
You know the feeling when someone recommends an album to you even giving you there copy to listen to and
yet you simply don’t find the time to do so .Then you here a voice over the radio and think Who is this only to discover that it’s that very same person, who`s album you have not found ime to listen to.DIRA is an artist of immense talent when she approached producer BLUEY of the jazz funk outfit INCOGNITO with a demo he too must have seen this .A while later the album SOMETHING ABOUT THE GIRL was released there are two absolutely killer songs here , and I mean real soulful gems LETS GO BACK feat the main man OMAR and DAYDREAM they
demonstrate that soul music is here to stay and real quality music
always rises to the top ,sad thing is this might never get a lot of radio play ,yet it should BLUEY has produce a little masterpiece here and at the same time unleashed a massive talent on the world .Other songs that are equally brilliant are BRING IT ON an HAND ON YOUR HEART. Release by those soulful pioneers at EXPANSION RECORDS .DIRA SUGANDI comes from the beautiful country Indonesia and boy doesn’t it show that soul music can be expressed and shown by anyone from any place as long as you have soul and dira does. IF you’re a fan of 70`s and 80`s soul mixed with a bit of MAXWELL and brit funk then this is a must dont miss listening to her, otherwise you could be in the position I found myself it’s called CATCH UP. By the way the women can SING!
DAYDREAM
Born in Bandung,Indonesia on July 29th, 1979. At the age of 9,Dira Yulianti won the second prize of children singing competition. After she graduated from high school she took her first vocal lesson at Elfa Music Studio. She studied there for three years. She began her career as a singer as well as a student at the Music Department of Pelita Harapan, majo
ring vocal performance. In 2006 Dira Yulianti earned her Bachelor Degree. She has performed in several places with many groups and local musicians such as: SOULMATE, Maestro Big Band, Rieka Roslan, SOVA, Imam Praz Quartet, ARAB Jazz, Pelita Harapan University Big Band, and many more. And also foreign musicians: INCOGNITO (2002) in Bandung, Surabaya, Makasar, Medan (2006) in Bali, Singapore, Jakarta Keith Martin (2005) in Bandung YELLOWJACKETS(2006) in Jakarta and Bandung She has also performed at several jazz events like Java Jazz Festivals, Bali Jazz and Jakjazz. Right now she's recording her first solo album with Bluey from INCOGNITO as the album's producer which will be released this year. She's also involved in a project called World Peace Orchestra with musicians from around the world such as Dwiki Dharmawan, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Roger Burns, Steve Thorton, Andy Suzuki and Tollak Olstad.