IGMO: The Indonesian Hard-Rockers released its debut album
[2022-02-28]
IGMO is excited to announce the release of its debut album, Take It Over. Released by Soundjana Creative, it’s available in physical box set format through pre-order from February 25, 2022.
The album theme revolves around its very title, Take It Over. But, what is “it”? About that, the band said, “... ‘It’ refers to anything you can think of. But in a most personal way, you can read it as ‘Taking ourselves over’; fighting, standing, and keep growing our very selves each day. Carpe diem.”
Take It Over consists of 8 lyrically and musically diverse tracks. There are faster, hard-paced numbers such as “Head on Fire” (first single), “Awesome” (second single), “Dark Rhyme” (fourth single), “The Oldbook”, and “No Time After Weekend”. Those tracks make up the “hard rock” label they carry on.
However, IGMO doesn’t stop there. They also recorded three songs outside their aforementioned DNA. For instance, there is “Peace of Night'' (third single); a southern-rock tune influenced by Lynyrd Skynyrd and the likes. Going even softer, the last track, “Endless Route” presents a contemplative acoustic track; reminiscing John Denver and Bob Dylan’s vibes. In addition, there’s this finale called “Undisclosed/Kill the Pain, Let Our Mind...”, a 7-minute stoner number that showcases the musical direction of their second and third album. (That’s right, they have prepared all of them).
Produced by Pradio Manggara Putra, the album was recorded at Vamos31 Record Studio and Virtuoso Studio (drums only). Yasa Wijaya handled the project as the co-producer, sound, mixing, and mastering engineer. Maria Titin from Hutan Hujan also contributed her vocals on “The Oldbook”.
Visually, PUCATPENA did the artwork for Take It Over. The Malang-based visual artist has done all the previous singles, too.
Finally, this album would not have been possible without the support of various parties. For this, IGMO would like to thank Sad.der, Dahan Diesel, and Athena Coffee Kediri that contributed to the success of this album. Don't forget the WARLOG ( their loyal listeners) who support them to this day.
Get Take It Over in a limited edition box set containing CDs, T-shirts, zines, and stickers for IDR 200,000. The digital download format is also available for pre-order on Bandcamp (igmo.bandcamp.com).
"Take It Over"
A full-length album by IGMO
Executive Produced by Soundjana & IGMO
Produced by Pradio Manggara Putra
Co-produced by Yasa Wijaya
Recorded at Vamos31 Record Studio, Malang (except drums)
Drum taken at Virtuoso Studio, Malang
Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered by Yasa Wijaya
Artwork by Pucatpena
Released by Soundjana Creative
PERSONNEL
Pradio Manggara Putra - Lead, harmony, & background vocals; lead & rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Iga Dahana - Background vocals, lead & rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
Muhammad Anggra - Background vocals, Bass
Ilham Bintang - Background vocals, Drums & percussions
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
Maria Titin from Hutan Hujan - Harmony vocals on “The Oldbook”
Yasa Wijaya - Sampling on “The Oldbook”
Tracklist:
1. Awesome
2. Dark Rhyme
3. No Time After Weekend
4. Head on Fire
5. Peace of Night
6. The Oldbook
7. Undisclosed/Kill Pain, Let Our Mind…
8. Endless Route
ABOUT IGMO
IGMO itself is a rock-goers coming from Kediri, Indonesia. Composed of Pradio MP (lead vocalist, guitarist), Iga Dahana (guitarist), Anggra (bassist), & Ilham Bintang (drummer), they plan to release its first album titled Take It Over in 2022.
