Collaborating Harmony: Dwiki Dharmawan

Collaborating Harmony: Dwiki Dharmawan (also known as simply Collaborating Harmony) is the first compilation album by Indonesian songwriter Dwiki Dharmawan. It was released by Sony Music on 6 February 2014, almost a year after his special album, Menembus Batas. Created as part of his thirtieth anniversary celebration, the album was inspired by Dharmawan's musical journey in Indonesian music over the years. It consists of twelve tracks that are mostly cover versions of Dharmawan's songs, along with three new songs written by him. Sony Music Indonesia's founder Jan Djuhana served as the album's executive producer, with Badai, Erwin Bragi, Tanto of the Groove, Tito P. Soenardi and others contributed production.

The compilation album was announced on 9 December 2013. Musically, it is primarily an Indo pop record with elements of jazz fusion, rock, and orchestral music. The album was preceded by the lead single "Imaji" sung by Shena Malsiana, which previously released on 11 December 2013. A physical version of the album was released on 25 February 2014 to generally positive reviews from critics, who complimented its fresh arrangement and interaction with new singers and music directors.

Background
On 9 December 2013, during the conference at RCTI Kebon Jeruk Studio, it was reported that Alex Rudiart and Shena Malsiana involved on a then-upcoming compilation album with a then-unknown arranger and musician, which was later confirmed to be Dwiki Dharmawan. Shortly after, Dharmawan began explaining which music genre heard by teenagers and younger children. The title Collaborating Harmony describes Dharmawan's musical journey in Indonesian music for the last three decades. From most of his songs, he chose twelve of them to be sung by young singers. He said that the album originally had thirty tracks, then shrunk to twenty as an official from Sony Music Jan Djuhana announced them and finally shrunk to nine in which representing songs' harmony and theme, including songs by Krakatau and soundtracks from the TV series. He also wrote and self-arranged three new songs, "Lamalera's Dream", "We Are Many We Are One", and "Kerinduanku" ("My Longing"). It was preceded by the album's lead single and title track "Imaji" ("Image") sung by Shena Malsiana, released on 11 December 2013, which received positive reviews, including its rearrangement. The album itself released digitally on 6 February, followed by the physical release on 25 February.

Production
To produce Collaborating Harmony, Dharmawan enlisted new collaborators to fit in with modern-day Indonesian music, such as songwriter Badai and young singers, including singer Shena Malsiana performing "Imaji", Mikha Angelo of Overtunes performing "Sekitar Kita", Dalagita performing "Biru Selintas Rindu", child actress Lana Nitibaskara performing "Dengan Menyebut Nama Allah" and Alex Rudiart performing "Melangkah Di Atas Awan".

Reception
Collaborating Harmony received generally positive reviews upon its release. Sapto Purnomo of Liputan 6 wrote that this album "brings up the fresh concept", with some of his past songs "repackaged with a modern-day style".

Personnel
Personnels adapted from album's liner notes.


 * Dwiki Dharmawan — composition (all tracks), lyrics (tracks: 7 & 11) , arrangements (tracks 9, 11, 12) , production
 * Doadibadai Hollo — arrangements (tracks: 1, 8), synths (track 1) , keyboard (tracks: 1, 8)
 * Ronny Koten — drums (track 1)
 * Lucky Barus — guitar (track 1)
 * Choky Cassandra — bass (track 1)
 * Arie Kurniawan — saxophone (track 1)
 * Tanto the Groove — arrangements (track 2)
 * Erwin Bragi — arrangements (track 3)
 * Tito P. Soenardi — arrangements (tracks: 4 & 5)
 * Donny Hardono — composition (track 2)
 * Pra Budi Dharma — composition (track 3)
 * Mira Lesmana — lyrics (track 1)
 * Ferina — lyrics (track 2)
 * Trie Utami — lyrics (track 3)
 * Ags. Arya Dipayana — lyrics (tracks: 4 & 5)
 * Eddy D. Iskandar — lyrics (tracks: 8 & 10)
 * Ivan Nestorman — lyrics (tracks: 9 & 12)
 * Sumobeat — arrangements (track 6)
 * Aria Baron — arrangements (track 7)
 * Takaeda — arrangements (track 10)