White Shoes & The Couples Company
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| White Shoes & The Couples Company | |
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| Origin | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Genre(s) | Pop, funk, jazz |
| Years active | 2002—present |
| Label(s) | Aksara/Minty Fresh |
| Website | whiteshoesandthecouplescompany.org |
| Members | |
| Ricky Virgana Saleh Aprilia Apsari Yusmario Farabi John Navid Aprimela Prawidyanti Virgana |
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White Shoes & The Couples Company are an Indonesian pop/funk/jazz band from Jakarta. The band are currently signed to both Indonesian label Aksara Records and American independent label Minty Fresh based in Chicago.[1]
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[edit] Overview
White Shoes & The Couples Company consists of Aprilia Apsari, Saleh, Yusmario Farabi, John Navid, Ricky Virgana, and Aprimela Virgana. Apsari and Farabi, who are currently dating, met each other while they were both studied at the fine art faculty in Institut Kesenian Jakarta (Jakarta Institute Of The Arts). The two formed the band with their colleague, Saleh in 2002. In 2004, Ricky Virgana, John Navid and Aprimela Prawidyanti Virgana (Ricky Virgana’s wife) joined later.[2]The band came up with the name due to the fact of the fad of wearing white shoes at the school where they met and the two romantically-involved couples that are in the band. The band sing the majority of their songs in their native tongue of Bahasa.[3]
Their music is influenced by Indonesian movie soundtracks from the 1970's, 1930's jazz and 60's harmony pop music.
In 2005, the band released their self-titled album on Aksara Records. In 2007, they released an EP titled Skenario Masa Muda in 2007. Eventually, the band was signed by Minty Fresh and re-released their self-titled album for an international release.
The band was honored by Rolling Stone as one of the best 25 bands on MySpace. They were also honored by All Music Guide as one of the 25 most crushworthy bands of 2006.[4]
[edit] Band members
- Aprilia Apsari (Miss Sari) – Main vocals
- Ricky Virgana (Mr. Ricky) – Kontra Bass, cello, Bass, vocals
- John Navid (Mr. John) – Drums, vibes
- Aprimela Prawidyanti Virgana (Mrs. Mela) – Piano, viola, keyboards, vocals
- Saleh (Mr. Saleh) – Electric guitar, vocals
- Yusmario Farabi (Mr. Rio) – Acoustic guitar, vocals
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- White Shoes & The Couples Company (2005 on Akasara Records/2007 on Minty Fresh Records
[edit] EPs
- Skenario Masa Muda (2007)
[edit] Compilations/Soundtracks
- Janji Joni movie soundtrack (2005)
- Riot compilation of Thursday Riot (2006)
- Berbagi Suami movie soundtrack (2006)
- Mesin Waktu Compilation album
- Quickie Express movie soundtrack (2007)
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