Iwan Fals - Coretan Musafir, Depok, Indonesia, 12-30-2020

So far, I've posted five albums by Indonesian musical legend Iwan Fals. I'm going to keep posting some more in the hopes that there are at least a few people out there who dig it. But be warned that he's an Indonesian who naturally writes and sings all his songs in the Indonesian language. So if you can't speak that, you might not fully appreciate it. Personally though, I lived in Indonesia a couple of years in the 1990s, and I really enjoyed his music even before I understood the language.

The previous five albums I posted were a series of acoustic home recordings. This also is a home concert with no audience, done during the height of the Covid pandemic. However, this one is different from the others because it was done with a band, and a particularly large band at that. You can see what I mean from the album cover.

So, if you're looking for an introduction to Fals' music, this is probably a better place to start than those five acoustic albums I posted, since he usually plays with a band. However, keep in mind that this isn't anything like a collection of his greatest hits. He's been called the "Bob Dylan of Indonesia," and like Dylan, he has such a deep discography that one would be hard pressed to present all the "greatest hits" in one concert. But he seemingly avoided most of his best known songs. This is more like the songs he felt like doing at the time that worked well with that particular group of backing musicians.

The concert starts in semi-acoustic mode, and then generally gets more lively as it goes on. By the way, this is unreleased, but was posted on the official YouTube channel for Iwan Fals. Oh, and one other thing. The title he gave for this concert, "Coretan Musafir," roughly translates into English as "a traveler's notes" or "a traveler's scribbles."

I've created two versions. The first version is an hour and 37 minutes long. It contains all the talking between songs, the same as the actual concert. But if you don't speak Indonesian, that talking would be a meaningless waste of time for you. So I've created a second version, with just the music, that's an hour and 22 minutes long.

Here's the complete version, that includes the talking:

01 Belum Ada Judul (Iwan Fals)
02 talk (Iwan Fals)
03 Ujung Aspal Pondok Gede (Iwan Fals)
04 talk (Iwan Fals)
05 Coretan Dinding (Iwan Fals)
06 Orang Pinggiran (Iwan Fals)
07 talk (Iwan Fals)
08 Lancar (Iwan Fals)
09 talk (Iwan Fals)
10 Ada Lagi Orang Yang Mati (Iwan Fals)
11 talk (Iwan Fals)
12 Rindu Tebal (Iwan Fals)
13 Si Bujang (Iwan Fals)
14 talk (Iwan Fals)
15 Oemar Bakrie (Iwan Fals)
16 talk (Iwan Fals)
17 Musafir Anthem (Iwan Fals)
18 talk (Iwan Fals)
19 Kuda Lumping (Iwan Fals)
20 Doa (Iwan Fals)
21 Bagimu (Iwan Fals)

The download link for this version has been split in two.

Part 1:

https://www.upload.ee/files/16068290/IwanF_2020_CoretnMusafirDepokIndnesia__12-30-2020_Pt1_atse.zip.html

Part 2:

https://www.upload.ee/files/16068329/IwanF_2020_CoretnMusafirDepokIndnesia__12-30-2020_Pt2_atse.zip.html

And here's the version with the music only:

01 Belum Ada Judul (Iwan Fals)
02 Ujung Aspal Pondok Gede (Iwan Fals)
03 Coretan Dinding (Iwan Fals)
04 Orang Pinggiran (Iwan Fals)
05 Lancar (Iwan Fals)
06 Ada Lagi Orang Yang Mati (Iwan Fals)
07 Rindu Tebal (Iwan Fals)
08 Si Bujang (Iwan Fals)
09 Oemar Bakrie (Iwan Fals)
10 Musafir Anthem (Iwan Fals)
11 Kuda Lumping (Iwan Fals)
12 Doa (Iwan Fals)
13 Bagimu (Iwan Fals)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15288357/IwanF_2020_CoretnMusafirDepokIndnesia__12-30-2020_MusicOnly_atse.zip.html

The cover is a screenshot of the video of this concert that I found on YouTube. Iwan Fals is pretty hard to see in this big group picture, but he's the guy in the upper right corner holding an acoustic guitar.