Iwan Fals
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Indonesian singer and musician
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Indonesia
- Active from
- 1961-09-03
contemporary folkfolk popfolk rocksinger-songwriter
Discography
- Canda Dalam Ronda1979
- Sarjana Muda1981
- Opini1982
- Sumbang1983
- Sugali1984
- Sore Tugu Pancoran1985
- Lancar1987
- Wakil Rakyat1987
- Mata Dewa1989
- Cikal1991
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 36,101
- Total plays
- 1,806,488
Tags
indonesianfolkindonesiacountrysinger-songwriter
Iwan Fals, born Virgiawan Listanto on 3 September 1961 in Jakarta, is a charismatic Indonesian singer/songwriter remembered as Indonesia's "most dangerous singer" in the '80s and '90s. He was popular for his gritty-witty ballads accentuated songs on life of Indonesia's marginalized groups or political satire on the troubled Indonesian social/political scene during the Orde Baru (New Order) period under Soeharto. Some of his socially aware hit-songs includes: "Oemar Bakri" which tells the story
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Indonesia
- Place of birth
- Jakarta
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Educated at
- Jakarta Institute of Arts
- Languages spoken
- Indonesian
- Religion
- Islam
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Musica Studios
- Official website
- www.iwanfals.co.id
- Image
- Iwan Fals, 2015.jpg
- Height
- 1.71
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1961-09-03
- birth name
- Virgiawan Listanto
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- pseudonym
- Iwan Fals
- social media followers
- 1862728
- name in native language
- Virgiawan Listanto
- Commons category
- Iwan Fals
- name in kana
- ヴィルギアワン・リスタント
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