Barry Likumahuwa Experiment

Barry Likumahuwa; Elseos Jeberani Likumahuwa Emanuel was born in Jakarta, June 14, 1983 and is a talented young Jazz Funk bassist from Indonesia.

In 2008 he released his first solo album "Good Spell" and followed by his first album with band BLP (Barry Likumahuwa Project) released in 2011 titled "Generasi Synergy" (Synergy Generation) that ranked 9th in the 20 best albums of 2011 by Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine.  February 2014, BLP released the second album "Innerlight" collaborating with Indonesia’s great singers such as Indra Aziz, Bayu Risa, Bubu Giri, Ivan Saba and also Glenn Fredly.  Innerlight album itself has  reached Number 1 TOP downloaded iTunes Indonesia in the first week of the album released.

Barry was 1st Winner of Indonesia Music Festival, bass category held by Fender (2003), Most Favourite Newcomer (JakJazz Awards 2008), Jazz Rising Star (JGTC Awards 2008), "Mati Saja" Best Jazz Song ICEMA (Indonesian Cutting Edge Music Awards) 2010, Indonesian Young Talent Award (JavaJazz Festival 2014).  He was proudly selected over more than 4000 musicians globally to be one of the fellows in a program called OneBeat 2014 initiated by United States of America, Department of Cultural Affairs alongside with 24 other musicians from 16 different countries. They had tour & travel across the West Coast performing music for the whole month of October. His influence spans from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Pat Metheny, Victor Wooten, Benny Likumahuwa, Yance Manusama to Roy Hargrove. He participated in Jazz Festivals and venues all over the world, from Java Jazz Festival, Taichung Jazz Festival, Vienna Jazz Fest, Blue Note Tokyo.

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