Lenso Dance Song

This album is not too special, if there is no song entitled Mari Menari Lenso. Composed by Soetedjo, this song was interpretated by Tiga Dara Asmara, vocal group from Surabaya. Lenso is traditional dance from Minahasa North Sulawesi. According to www.indonesia-tourism.com, Lenso dance is a dance that being taken away from Maengket, where the dancers apply hand broom when they were dancing. Maengket is common name for dance traditional drama that used in some places in Minahasa.

Lenso dance reminds Indonesians to Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia, who promote this dance in early Indonesia history to encourage genuine Indonesia culture. Sukarno even contributed one song and put his signature on long playing cover entitled Mari Bersuka Ria dengan Irama Lenso (Irama, 1965).*

Discography:
Artist: Tiga Dara Asmara
Album : No title
Band: Orkes Marjono
Composer: All songg composed by Soetedjo
Publisher: Remaco

The Experiment Piece of Alfian

English summary: I have a copy of Djinak Merpati, an album by Alfian, Indonesian pop singer in 60-ies. In this album ALfian collaborated with Marjono, a prominent saxophonist in that time. *

Penyanyi era 60-an ALfian pernah bereksperimen membuat intro lagu pop Indonesia dengan melodi Jawa. Eksperimen itu bisa didengar dalam lagu Sendja di Pantai Sanur. Alfian adalah penyanyi solo pop terkemuka pada masanya dan dikenal dengan lagu-lagunya yang mendayu-dayu.

Bagi yang maunya nyinyir, mungkin akan menilai intro etnik tersebut tempelan saja. Namun harus diakui bahwa eksperimen Alfian dan saksofonis Marjono pada masa itu merupakan perintis pemasukan unsur etnik dalam musik pop Indonesia, sesuatu yang di era 2000-an ini sudah lazim dan tak mengejutkan lagi. Itulah salah satu materi dalam album Alfian berjudul Djinak Merpati dengan iringan orkes pimpinan Marjono, produksi Remaco tanpa tahun. Semua lagu karya Alfian, kecuali lagu Djinak Merpati karya Sambas. *

Discography:
1. Artist: Alfian dan Marjono
Album : Djinak Merpati
Band : Orkes Marjono
Producer: Remaco, with no date of production.
Songs: Pagi Indah, Djangan Kau Biarkan, Sabar Menanti, Telaga Warna, Sendja di Pantai sanur, Djinak Merpati, Lisa, Usah Tanjakan Daku.