Ari Renaldi | |
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Also known as | Ari Aru Renaldi |
Born |
Bandung, Indonesia |
January 17, 1978
Origin | Bandung, Indonesia |
Occupation(s) | Music producer, Composer, Arranger, Music director, Mixing engineer, Drummer |
Instruments | Drums, Piano |
Associated acts | Tulus, Mocca, 4Peniti, Yura Yunita |
Ari Renaldi (born January 17, 1978), also known as Ari Aru Renaldi, is an Indonesian music producer, composer, arranger, sound and mixing engineer, music director and musician. His production credits include Mocca, Tulus, Vidi Aldiano, Raisa Andriana, Afgansyah Reza, Yura Yunita, Sezairi Sezali, Maudy Ayunda, Rossa, Ungu, Juicy Luicy amongst many others.
During college years, Renaldi started his career as session drummer for Project Pop, Glenn Fredly, Rio Febrian, R42 and many others. He is currently the drummer for 4Peniti, a jazz band based in Bandung and was formed in 2002 with Rudy Zulkarnaen (simakDialog), Ammy Kurniawan and Zaki 'Peniti'. Renaldi is an alumnus of 2010 and 2012 Mix With The Masters Seminars.
Beside record producing, Renaldi have done music directing for concerts and live performances as well. He is the music director for all of Tulus major performances, including 2015 and 2017 Java Jazz International Festival, 2016 San Francisco US Live and other six solo concerts (Tulus: An Introduction, Beyond Sincere, Diorama, Gajah Concert Tour) from 2011 to 2015 in Bandung, Jakarta and Yogyakarta cities in Indonesia. He is also the music director for Tulus at the collaboration concert between Ari Lasso and Tulus titled "Dua Ruang" held at Istora Senayan, Jakarta on October 4, 2015.
On September 22, 2015 at the 18th Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI) Awards, an annual Indonesian major music awards, he won four AMI awards for Best of the Best Album, Best of the Best Production Work, Best Pop Album and Best Mix Engineer out of seven nominations, mostly for his works with Tulus in Gajah album in which he acts as the album producer. In 2008, he also won an AMI Award for Best Alternative Production Works with Mocca in Colours album.