Cahaya Bulan (Cover) by IndonesiaBersatu

Hello brothers and sisters, We are Indonesia Bersatu, a Punk Rock band from Medan, Indonesia. We are here to entertain you again and also share the music video we played in the Hive #OpenMic community which has entered its 124th week. So, this week's theme is “Moonshine” which has been chosen by spotlight artist @anna-newkey. At first, I was confused by the direction of this theme. Because, apart from the shining moon, Moonshine is also a liquor. Luckily I asked, and Anna answered.

Anna has told me this theme is about moonlight. So my friends and I chose a cover song entitled “Cahaya Bulan” in English “Moonlight”. This song was popularized by an alternative rock band from Indonesia, Netral. The band was formed by Bagus, Coki, and Eno in 1992. They still exist today. The song Cahaya Bulan, performed by Neutral, was released in 2000 and became Netral's best album.

Original song lyrics

“Cahaya bulan menemani aku
Cahaya bulan menemani aku
Mencumbu mesra singgasana malam
Bersenda gurau hibur bintang-bintang

Walaupun sedih
Dan senang melanda hati
Kau tetap cahaya bulanku”

Lyrics translated into English

“The moonlight befriends me
The moonlight befriends me
Making out to the throne of the night
Joking around to cheer up the star

Even though sadness
And happiness hit my heart
You’re still my moonlight”

source of lyrics

In 2018, this band came to my city and made their fans excited and scream. Because at that time, this band was the last band to play in the event. This band is also what concertgoers have been waiting for. Their performance on stage was amazing and I felt like I wanted to be on stage playing music with them.

The place where we recorded this video at our friend's music studio named Mita, which is located on Jl. Setia Budi, Medan City, Indonesia. We recorded it using a Cannon brand mirrorless camera. For the sound produced, I edited using Adobe Audition CC to reduce noise in the sound recording, and the final process of editing the video was using Adobe Premiere Pro CC software. That's all we can say, hope you like it and thank you. Peace to all of us.

Below is the original video of their song