{"product_id":"mashabi-and-his-kelana-ria-orchestra-m-kafilah-nights-malay-arabic-variations-from-1960s-indonesia-copy","title":"MASHABI AND HIS KELANA RIA ORCHESTRA, M. - Kafilah Nights: Malay-Arabic Variations From 1960s Indonesia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the early 1960s, two of the best talents in the Indonesian music scene, songwriter and band leader \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdi Karso\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, known for his hits \"Papaya Cha-Cha-Cha\" and \"Balonku\" and Gambus musician \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMunif Bahasuan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e teamed up to form \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrkes Melayu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalay Orchestra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelana Ria\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Between 1961 and 1964, Kelana Ria recorded 48 songs that were spread over four records, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKafilah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYam El Shamah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYa Mahmud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYa Hamidah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which become the primary sources for this compilation. These four recordings changed the trajectory of Indonesian popular music. The songs and the soulful vocal performance belong to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuhamad Mashabi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, who despite the popularity of the songs he created is now largely forgotten, whose history was kept alive only in the neighborhood where he grew up in central Jakarta. With only a short musical career and only nine recorded songs from almost 40 compositions, Mashabi fell by the wayside in the early 1970s, especially with the rise of pop and rock from bands like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKoes Plus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePanbers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGod Bless\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Yet his songs, inspired by Malay traditional songs but performed in the modern studio setting, lay the foundations for what would become the biggest musical genre in the country, dangdut, especially the kind that was popularized by the self-styled king of the genre, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhoma Irama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\" - Elevation Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Elevation","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":45911028105435,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2295\/2925\/files\/ELE035CD_CU.jpg?v=1722020040","url":"https:\/\/www.fusetronsound.com\/products\/mashabi-and-his-kelana-ria-orchestra-m-kafilah-nights-malay-arabic-variations-from-1960s-indonesia-copy","provider":"fusetron","version":"1.0","type":"link"}