Silver

This is just another Indra Lesmana's compilation encompassing his long lasting hits. I know it sounds like a negative statement, but don’t get it wrong, I endlessly admire Indra as Indonesia’s dependable jazz musician. It just crosses my mind that the notion of continuing to release the-best-of albums would become as discouraging as every worst scenario might end up. I am not sure myself about this, but I rather find it hard to see Indra in a purely unprecedented album, deriving from the scarcity he has ever made any. People have been desperately longing for another manifestation like it is being exhibited in Reborn, or Rumah ketujuh. Silver, due to all respect, is not so bad an album, but it tends to be a reminiscence of his later accomplishment. 

Interestingly, I only grow enthusiastic when listening to the first and last couple of songs in Silver. I guessed I had reviewed the rest majority of the songs in his compilation I got a hand into there and then. In the event of I have not done the things I said about earlier, believe me, they are pretty much alike that I consider it meaningless to describe them in depth. The album thrives with the conservative smooth jazz style Indra inherits, that is Sedalam Cintamu. The rhythm is clear moderate; the arrangement goes diatonic, only gets intense as the key ascends one level right in the near end song. The next track promotes instrumental composition entitled female’s name, Stephanie. The song adheres to typical calming sounds of commonly represented jazz home tunes. Saxophone and piano play hand in hand to create melodic line. The beat grows steady, comprehensible, just like imagining strolling to a warm ambience inside a sweet home. 

There are two other songs in the middle of the album that resemble the attempted ambience like listeners could sense easily in Stephanie, as of those No Standing and Bule an Diatas Asia, or simply put, Moon Over Asia. In this case, No Standing stands closer as an image of Stephanie, while Bulan Diatas Asia has slightly differing harmonic intensity. For the latter, the song contains traditional Javanese melodic lines as guide through harmony arrangement. Flute is unseparable to say the least. The rhythm is freer, the beat form is more unbound, seems like the sounds are milder, and they fly weightlessly. It also shapes drifting jazz mood. I personally prefer these songs that Indra has selected because I believe that the distinguished instrumental tracks represent the genuine and warm jazz spirit within. 

Children of Fantasy is very enigmatic. The music chills out flawlessly, and the strong creation of lounge atmosphere can’t be more agreeable. Distorsi Jiwa introduces itself with heavy rock verses, before the chorus enters with groovy melodies. The fusion of the two kinds goes unpredictably, and there often happens the swift conversion between distorted rock melody and syncopated jazz melody in the process. The song highlights a unique experience. The closing chapter of Silver gets even more dynamic as the lively melodic line in Reborn remixed kicks in. The particular anthem song from the album Reborn drives up the ending session to high altitude as the punchy rhythm thrusts deep enough.