Rabu, 04 Mei 2011

Mocca

Mocca is an indie band from Bandung. This group consists Rico Prayitno (guitar), Arina Ephipania (vocals and flute), Achmad Pratt (bass), and Indra Massad (drums). At first, Arina and Riko is a fellow at the National Institute of Technology campus. They joined in a college band in 1997's. Because it does not fit with other members, Arina and Riko also agreed to establish "Mocca". Two years later they met with Indra and Toma. Indra and Toma was a friend of the campus, they studied product design at the National Institute of Technology, Bandung and into Mocca at the same time. They released their debut album "My Diary" (2003) with the indie label "FFWD". This album was booming on the market. Songs like "Secret Admirer" and "Me and My Boyfriend" became hits everywhere. Video clip "Me and My Boyfriend" received an award as "best video of the year" award MTV version Music Indonesia 2003. They even signed a contract with one of indie records in Japan, Excellent Records, to fill one song in the album format is a compilation book rilisannya set (3 copies) titled "Pop Renaissance." There 3 discs that circulated in Japan and Mocca located in the disc no. 2 with the song "Twist Me Arround". Mocca own songs in English with the reasons for writing poetry as well as facilitate compliance with the color pop songs with a touch of swing jazz, twee pop, and '60s-style atmosphere.