Mocca (band)
Mocca is an Indonesian four-member jazz and swing band based in Jakarta.
The band
Mocca was formed in 1997 by Arina Ephipania and Riko Prayitno, who met while studying at the National Institute of Technology. In a 2004 interview with The Straits Times Ephipania said "Riko was influenced by rock music, I was fascinated by motion picture music and story telling, so we came up with this concept of telling stories in a musical form." The other two principal members are Achmad Pratama and Indra Massad. They signed with independent label Fast Forward Records in 2002. The band is popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Mocca's fans are called Swinging Friends.Mocca includes the following other members when playing live:
- Ardiansyah — trombone
- Agung Nugraha — keyboards
- Indra Kusumah — keyboards and guitar, occasional
- Yonathan Godjali — keyboards
- Rio Fritz Torang - keyboards
- Dodo Rahmadi - trumpet
- Akbari "Bane" Hakim — trumpet
- Ronald Tommy Pangemanan — trumpet
Discography
My Diary Indonesia's best selling Indie album of the 2000s. Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine placed My Diary at 59th on their list The 150 Greatest Indonesian Albums of All Time. Me and My Boyfriend, the fifth track on the album, was ranked 150th Greatest Indonesian Songs of All Time. Friends featuring guest artists Bob Tutupoly and Karoline Komstedt from Club 8. It was re-released in 2015.OST Untuk Rena Colours Mini Album Home Lima the band's first Indonesian language album Day by Day released as a limited edition box set to mark the band's 21st anniversaryFunfair EP featuring guest artist David BayuIn 2019, to celebrate Mocca’s 20th anniversary, a tribute album You and Me Against the World was released, featuring nine new musicians and bands.
Film and TV
The band appeared regularly on MTV Indonesia in the 2000s.- 2005 - Hanya Satu appeared on the OST of ', directed by Riri Riza
- 2005 - On the Night like This and I Remember appeared on the OST of '
- 2008 - Listen to Me appeared on the OST of '
- 2009 - Do What You Wanna Do appeared on the OST of South Korean film Bandhobi, directed by Shin Dong-il
- 2011 - Happy from their 2005 album featured on the OST of South Korean film Cool Guys, Hot Ramen, directed by Jung Jung-hwa.
- 2011 - directors Ari Rusyadi and Nicholas Yudifar released a documentary Mocca: Life Keeps on Turning about the band's first 12 years together, before Arina moved to America. It was nominated for the 2011 Golden Hanoman Award
- 2019 - Happy appeared on the OST of Inseparable Bros
- 2019 - Friends appeared on the OST of '
- 2021 - Simple I Love You appeared on the OST of