It has been a great privilege working with the following persons on the production of my upcoming debut album. Many thanks to all of them for their input. I wish them all the best and am looking forward to work with them again.
Head Technician & Engineer: Holger Schwedt & Han Nuijten @ Shamrock Studio in Hilversum, The Netherlands;
Arrangers: Andy Rianto, conductor of the Magenta Orchestra, Irwan Simanjuntak, Yandi Gunawan;
Mastering Engineer: Peter Brusse @ QPoint Mastering, Hilversum, The Netherlands;
Recording Engineers: Samuel Kevin, Oki, Fay Ismail & Lulud Pambudi;
Editing: Ario Hendarwan;
Guitar: Stevie Morley Item, Edi Kemput & Agam Hamzah
Bass: Ari Firman, Rishanda Wicaksono & Adi Darmawan
Drum: Yesaya Wilander Soemantri & Ronald Fristanto
String arrangers: Oni Krisnerwinto & Andre Dinuth;
String section: Magenta Strings Ensemble & David, M. Fadly, Rival & Rully.
Cajon & Percussion: Reza Yosef
Vocal Director: Ray Jeffryn;
Backing Vocals: Ray, Yandi, Dimas, Irena, Anne, Alvita, Jeanette & Arni;
Recorded at Brotherland Studio, Colosseum Studio, Pendulum Studio and Musik Kita Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia
Furthermore I am thankful to the following persons & businesses for their assistance, support, advice and kindness during this project:
Lars Janssen (Director Yapfilms), Buanoi Kridsada (Director Kridsada Food Thailand), Zografia Tsopela & Patricia Blanco (Energie Netherlands), Mary Lee (Buddha-to-Buddha), Ivor Dekker (European Events Executive Canon), Indahyati (Indosat), Alex Frits (my personal manager & former manager of the Twilite Orchestra), Odyssey studios (for rehearsals), Andy Tan (photographer), Richard Schreefel (styling), Ineke Brugman (visagy), Edo Westerbeek & Ricardo Klaverdijk (MBS Benelux), Mr Lim & Mr Watimena (for advising me with legal issues)
Amsterdam, 20 November 2009
Ilja Alexander
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