Just few hours ago, the talented Pop and R&B singer known for his unique vocal sound known as Bayu Risa presented his latest music video for “Berhenti Untuk Mencari”. Published by the official YouTube channel of Sinjitos Records, the second official single from Bayu Risa is taken from his latest album called “Changes”. The music video itself is an academic project undertaken by Universitas Pelita Harapan, School of Design Department, Visual Communication Design concentration of Cinematography. This project is carried out to introduce students to the industry. While the execution of this project through the guidance of the lecturers, special mentoring by guest lecturer Dibyokusumo. The official team member for this music video are Intan Putrianti as Producer, Octryanto as Director, Monica Karina in charge of Director of Photography, Gilbert March as Cameraman, Khairunnisa Mutiara Vania Utami in charge of Art Director, Kevin Jonathan as Editor, Sara Robert as Make Up Artist, Stella Windy as Typographer, and last but not least is the infamous Dhancun of LMT as the stylist. Without further information please watch the entire four minutes video of “Berhenti Untuk Mencari” by Bayu Risa featuring ShotgunDre above.
Bayu Risa was born as Bayu Purwadi Risakotta in Depok, October 6th 1983. He already shown his interest in music at the early age of 10 when he joined a vocal group in an Indonesian cultural exchange program. He traveled to Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darusalam, Thailand, and the United States to sing Indonesian songs and introduced local culture to residents in those countries. When he was in high school, Bayu Risa continued developing his musical talent by actively performing in cafes and and school shows. After graduated, Bayu went to Bandung to join a band called Ever Nine. In 2005 his musical career was hampered by a long sickness that forced him to quit music for awhile. However, quickly after he recovered, he was asked to join PASTO and with this band he made his name in the Indonesian music scene. In 2007, PASTO released their debut album that was produced by Glenn Fredly under Rame-Rame People Records and distributed by RPM. Despite the band’s increasing fame, Bayu Risa decided to leave the band in 2008. With hard determination and passion to succeed on his own, in 2009 Bayu Risa released his first single “Inner Beauty” which he wrote himself. When producing his first single, Bayu Risa was helped by several friends, one of them is famous arranger David “Tities” Salanggamo that mixed and arranged the “Inner Beauty” single. Unlike most singers, he prefers to release a single before releasing an album. He said, “It is not about how many songs you can compose but it is about heart and feeling that you put inside in your music.”