Adrian Yunan Sintas AlbumAdrian Yunan Chronicles Survival with His Solo Album “Sintas”

Many people know him for his role as a bassist in Efek Rumah Kaca, but Adrian Yunan proves that he is a capable soloist with his new album “Sintas”. His deteriorating health since 2010 made him had to leave Efek Rumah Kaca’s stage for a while. It is simply not possible to do live performances when his decreasing physical health and vision took place. Since then, Adrian Yunan spent most of his time getting the treatment he needed and tried to adapt with his condition. “At that time, I felt very upset. Up to my lowest point, I only lived from the bed without doing anything,” recalled Adrian. A revelation came to him from a dream, and he decided to not letting his sorrow and depression got him away from music. He found a way to make his physic and mental got better, which was composing songs. It worked like wonders, and writing songs which have been a routine for the musician was some sort of therapeutic process. Songs after songs were born and he didn’t even think about the possibility of them being recorded or not. Some of the songs he wrote ended up on Efek Rumah Kaca’s latest album “Sinestesia”, and some others faced uncertain fates.

Adrian Yunan Sintas Album
“Sintas” artwork created by Vira Talisa

Starting from a suggestion from Efek Rumah Kaca’s vocalist, Cholil Mahmud who encouraged him to collect all the songs for his solo album, the idea was met with enthusiastic response. Adrian chose the tunes he thought would fit to be included in this solo album. A total of 10 tracks can be found in this album that is titled “Sintas”. The term means ‘survive’ in English and it depicts the situation of survival in an unwanted environment, a situation that was faced by Adrian Yunan and made him a survivor. He has performed some of this songs live in several occasions and now the album is finally out. The album is filled with his personal feelings and deepest inner conflict. He also dedicate a song called “Ruang Yang Sama” for fellow disabled people. It also contains songs that are inspired by his interaction with his wife and kid. It simply conveys a message that there will always be light at the end of the tunnel. “From the beginning that I started to write songs again during my sickness, I believe that one day this all shall pass and it would become something good. Eventually it is proven with the release of “Sintas”, there is a silver lining in all of these,” says Adrian. “Sintas” with an artwork created by Vira Talisa, has been released in its physical CD format and has been distributed in some record stores starting from Monday, 5 June 2017. Here is the complete tracklist and follow his Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook for more updates.

“Sintas” Tracklist :

  1. Mikrofon
  2. Lari
  3. Parti & Partner
  4. Terminal Laut
  5. Komedi Situasi
  6. Mainan
  7. Mimpi Seperti Hidup
  8. Ruang Yang Sama
  9. Tak Ada Histeria
  10. Alzheimer