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Indonesia

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Pop rock

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 band led by founder, Armand Maulana, and songwriter Dewa Budjana

Dewa Budjana

I Dewa Gede Budjana or Dewa Budjana is an Indonesian guitarist, songwriter and composer. He is the lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Gigi. Budjana’s style changed dramatically to jazz as he got to know John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck, John Abercrombie, Chick Corea and Weather Report...

. Formed in March 1994, the band has released fifteen studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

s. The name "Gigi" (teeth) itself is named after the laugh members of the group had after the name "Orang Utan" nearly was decided as the name of the band.

History

Aria Baron, Thomas Ramadan, Ronald Sristisnto, Dewa Budjana

Dewa Budjana

I Dewa Gede Budjana or Dewa Budjana is an Indonesian guitarist, songwriter and composer. He is the lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Gigi. Budjana’s style changed dramatically to jazz as he got to know John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck, John Abercrombie, Chick Corea and Weather Report...

 and Armand Maulana. That is the founder of Band Gigi at first, which was established on March 22, 1994.

Imagination is the debut album from the Angan, the album sold 100,000 copies, it made quite the size of a bygone era. The amount is already quite a lot.

The promise is one hit song on the second album Dunia, the second album was released in 1995. The album sold 400,000 copies hinnga, really a very good improvement, with the success of the second album made a lot of requests from the masses to re-print first album. At the time Gigi was named best band.

Aria Baron left Gigi in September 1995, followed by Thomas and Ronald who left in November 1996. As a result, there were only two members left; they persisted and recruited Opet Alatas (bass) and Budhy Hartono (drums).

'3/4' is a unique name for an album, it's the third album from Gigi, the album sold in the market the program with the amount not much different from selling on its second album, which is 400,000 copies. At the time Gigi was named the most shining band in 1996.

Studio albums

• Angan, 1994
• Dunia, 1995
• 3/4, 1996
• 2 X 2, 1997
• Kilas Balik, 1998
• Baik, 1999
• The Greatest Hits Live, 2000
• Untuk Semua Umur, 2001
• The Best of Gigi, 2002
• Salam Kedelapan, 2003
• Ost. Brownies, 2004
• Raihlah Kemenangan, 2004
• Raihlah Kemenangan (repackage), 2005
• Next Chapter, 2006
• Pintu Sorga, 2006
• Peace, Love 'n Respect, 2007
• Gigi, 2009
• Sweet Seventeen, 2011

Current members

• Armand Maulana - vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
   (1994-present0
• Dewa Budjana
  Dewa Budjana
  I Dewa Gede Budjana or Dewa Budjana is an Indonesian guitarist, songwriter and composer. He is the lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Gigi. Budjana’s style changed dramatically to jazz as he got to know John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck, John Abercrombie, Chick Corea and Weather Report...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   (1994–present)
• Thomas Ramdhan - Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   (1994–1996, 1999–present)
• Gusti Hendy - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  (2004–present)

Former members

• Aria Baron - Guitar (1994–1995)
• Ronald Fristianto - Drums (1994–1996)
• Opet Alatas - Bass (1996–1999)
• Budhy Haryono - Drums (1996–2004)