Tony Waluyo Sukmoasih (popularly known as Tony Q Tony Q or Rastafara; born in Semarang, Central Java, 27 April 1961, age 50 years) is a homage to the reggae singer Indonesia that has been active in the range since 1989. He along with his musical group Rastafara popularized the term "dreadlocks" (dreadlock hairstyle) in Indonesia through songs with the same title in 1996. Q Tony has become an icon of reggae music Indonesia. He is considered the pioneer of reggae in Indonesia, because he was not just dabbling in it since a long range, but also develop character reggaenya own music, which he incorporates many traditional elements of Indonesia to the music, and themes raised in his music unique to Indonesia..
personal life
Tony Q is a graduate of the STM Shipping in Semarang. Before plunging into the world of music, in 1980 Tony Q has worked for six months in the quality control (quality control) in a canning factory owned by Singapore company in Cakung, East Jakarta. But then he left the job and chose to become singers in the streets and a musician, his family faced stiff opposition. He had become a musician for five to six years in the area of Blok M, Jakarta.
Music career According to an interview with Tony Q at Radio Netherlands Worldwide, before plunging in reggae music, he never played blues, rock, even country music. In 1989 he finally chose to pursue reggae music which he can not escape from public life. Q Tony was deeply idolizes Bob Marley, the late renowned Jamaican reggae musician. Joint Rastafara : Q Tony reggaenya music career started in 1989 with Roots Rock Reggae band. Regular gig from cafe to cafe music scene or event in Jakarta. Having joined with many reggae bands such as Exodus and Rastaman, finally in 1994 he formed the band that became quite famous Rastafara as bearers of musical genres reggae in Indonesia at that time. Together Rastafara he had released two albums, namely "Dreadlocks Hair" (1996) and "I'm Falling In Love" (1997).
Almost all the songs in the album is created Tony Q, with the lyrics of songs that a lot of themed social, humanity, love, and people's lives everyday. One of the popular song is "Hair Dreadlocks," a term for dreadlock hair style that is often used by followers of the Rastafari movement, which then indirectly be used as a term in the Indonesian language that became popular because of the song.
Rastafara was considered different from other reggae band because they managed to enter and combines elements of traditional music and instruments typical of Indonesia into the music, forming a reggae music ala Indonesia that could be detached from the shadows of another country to reggae music like Bob Marley, UB40 or Jimmy Cliff. The use of traditional musical instruments such as Kendang Sundanese or Javanese Gamelan music add color to participate in songs Rastafara. And at first glance the music arrangement is also seen elements of Malay music, music typical of the region of North Sumatra, or West Sumatra.
In 1997 Rastafara decided to vacuum in the music because of the lack of reggae music market in Indonesia. Tony Q then continued his career by forming a new band with a name still carries Rastafara. Formed in 1998 Tony Q & New Rastafara, with the format of the band gets extra players. But then the 2000 Tony Q decided to start a solo career while still carrying the name of the music group that has made him known by his fans, namely Tony Q Rastafara. Solo music career Q Tony in 2000, now known by the name Tony Q Rastafara successfully released his first solo album, "Peace With Love" without a record company was shaded. On his first solo album is Tony Q began to experience the peak of his career in reggae music. After hearing the first album, a professor in the music of Tony Q Canada provides a reference for sending demos to participate in the event the Bob Marley Festival in the United States. Organisers of the festival like the songs on the demo and then invited Tony diacara Q to appear the same in 2002. But the departure of Tony Q with his entourage to the festival was forced to cancel because they did not get permission from the American Embassy visa due to security reasons related to the occurrence of "events 9 / 11" in the United States that occurred adjacent to the planned departure of Tony Q.
In 2003 Tony Q Rastafara released a second solo album titled "Chronology". Songs in the album is a collection of some of the songs from the albums Tony Q previously and also some songs which have not been released. Q In 2005 Tony released the album "Greetings of Peace". In this album Q Tony tries to combine elements of reggae music with traditional instruments of Indonesia. In the album there are songs with lyrics Sundanese ("Paris Van Java") and Java ("Ngajogjakarta"), which further adds to the traditional elements of Indonesia in the thick reggae music.
In 2005 the song "Pat Gulipat" from his first solo album "Peace With Love", entered into a music compilation album "Reggae Playground" which was released in February 2006 under the record label Putumayo World Music, a record label based in New York, U.S..
Q In 2009 Tony released the album "President" in order to rise the 2009 elections in Indonesia. According to Tony Q, the album was released to give to the public discourse so that reggae fans know how to address the political conditions at that time. Music in this album brings back such traditional elements Indonesia Sundanese drums, gamelan, Javanese zither, tambourine, trumpet and even reog
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