Generasi Biru is Slank

Slank

Slank is an Indonesian rock band. It was founded in 1983 by some teenagers in a small street in Jakarta called Gang Potlot. They had played rock music everywhere until they got an opportunity to make an album.-Early years:...

's fourth album. It was released in December 1994. This is the first album produced by Slank. The first three albums was produced by Boedi Soesatio under the Projek 'Q' label.

Prologue

Slank has made a breakthrough in Indonesian music in the 90's. Before Slank, Indonesian music was dominated by the so called 'pop cengeng' and Creative Pop genre. The various musical influences within Slank personnels has made a difference in their music. This difference was found out by a graphic designer, Boedi Soesatio, who was also a family friend of Indra Q. This was the man who land the deal to the band for the first three albums.

ADAT

After the first three album contract discontinued from Boedi Soesatio, Slank decided to produce the next album themselves. Slank tried to make another breakthrough by recording the album outside a recording studio. They use three units of ADAT

ADAT

Alesis Digital Audio Tape or ADAT is a magnetic tape format used for the simultaneous digital recording of eight analog audio or digital audio tracks at once, onto a Super VHS tape that is used by consumer VCRs.- History :...

, a Super VHS format recording units owned by Indra Q, the keyboardist.

Recording Places

There are three places that was used for recordings. Six songs were recorded at Pondok Nurul a villa at Cipayung, West Java. Two songs were recorded at Bunda Emma's place at Cibubur, West Java. The rest was taken at their home base in Jalan Potlot. These recording process was drawn as sketch inside the album sleeve.

Chicken Pox

During the recording at Pondok Nurul, Pay—the guitar player, and Indra Q—the keyboard player, caught Varicella (Chicken Pox) that they have to break the recording process for a moment of time.

Track listing

1. Kamu Harus Pulang
2. Terbunuh Sepi
3. Serba Salah
4. Blues Males
5. Nggak Perawan Lagi
6. Hey … Bung!
7. …
8. Reaksi
9. Feodalisme (Warisan Kompeni)
10. Birokrasi Compleks
11. Pisah Saja Dulu
12. Generasi Biroe