Kidung Abadi

Kidung Abadi

Kidung Abadi" is a song written by father and daughter team Erwin and Gita Gutawa for the Kidung Abadi Chrisye concert; the concert was held on 5 April 2012 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Chrisye's death. The song was created over a period of three months by splicing syllables from previously recorded vocals by Chrisye. At the concert, spliced black-and-white footage of Chrisye was shown lip synching to the song while Erwin's orchestra performed the music. The song was well received: the audience gave it a rowdy ovation, while critics praised its lyrics and described it as one of the best parts of the concert.
Towards the 5th anniversary of Chrisye's death, Chrisye's widow Yanti Noor, director Jay Subiyakto, and composer Erwin Gutawa began collaborating for a concert; the concert was announced on 29 February 2012 and marketed as Chrisye's 4th concert. It was held on 5 April 2012 at Plenary Hall in the Jakarta Convention Centre and featured a hologram of Chrisye singing with Once Mekel, Vina Panduwinata, Sophia Latjuba, and the band Gigi. Another feature of the concert was "Kidung Abadi".
The song was composed by Erwin Gutawa, who had previously collaborated with Chrisye on five albums. In an interview with The Jakarta Post, he said that he felt guilty as he had never written anything for Chrisye in the time they had worked together; he had intended to make a new song with Chrisye's voice since soon after the latter's death. The lyrics were written by Gutawa's daughter, Gita, who was asked by her father to write as if Chrisye were singing about having died, but his songs living on. Gita, who also sang at the concert, felt she owed something to Chrisye as her 1st stage performance was at his 2003 Dekade concert.
To record the vocals, the elder Gutawa and a ten-member team of researchers compiled thousands of syllables from Chrisye's older songs, obtained from the masters, in a database. Some syllables were kept unaltered, while others were amalgamated to form a single sound or more than one; according to Kompas, the "ku" syllables in "Kidung Abadi" were an amalgamation of 1,056 "ku" syllables in Chrisye's previous songs. Ultimately, a total of 246 syllables were combined in Pro Tools to form the new song; the program was also used to change the pitch of numerous syllables. Gutawa inserted pauses where he assumed Chrisye would have paused if singing the song in real life; he based his choices on his previous experience with Chrisye. The entire process, from writing to recording, took three months.
Eko Sutriyanto, writing for Tribun, called the song one of the best parts of the concert, although he considered the synchronisation off. Frans Sartono wrote in Kompas that the song was "touching", quoting the lyrics "See the times pass, I'm here and you're there.... Though now I'm far from you, I'll keep singing. Hear my melody flow; this is for you"[c] as reflecting Chrisye's unique style. The thousands-strong crowd gave the song a rowdy ovation after the performance.

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