And hmmm let me start … (and by the way if ou look at my reviews page: you wil find the list of songs I like most )
Evie Tamala or Evieta : very nice voice though melancholic with a broad range of ‘dangdutized’ music ie from very light to somehow folkie or hard-folkie (though I don’t like to say this way .. ) there are several songs I like but are also many tht I donot like. For example my favorites are kerinduan, , suara hati , selamat malam and generally of same kind including unplugged versions as of getaran and kekal and takdir
Imam Arifin : another great voice for me with many more favorite songs than Evie’s. Very sweet voice for a man. Annie is my best
Delia Paramitha : does anyone know her? One of the nicest voices , found on Evieta collection singing ‘ I love you’ a nice easy listening dangdut
Cici Paramida : I hope that still someone knows her. Another singer with great songs from her RT5 RW3 , jangan tunggu lamalama (92 my wife’s best dangdut song) to the pop styled ‘galau’ ‘bulan merindu’ and ‘candu asmara’
Iis dahlia : another singer that I like and dislike the same time. Quite melancholic as Evieta Liking her dangdut and easy pop dangdut songs (tanda cinta,kecewa etc ) I don’t like several versions of ‘foreign’ songs (seroja , kuch kuch hota hai ,fatwa pujanga )
Ida Laila : the second nicest voice after Delia P , with Hindi style dangdut. Most of them are very nice to me
Ikke Nurjannah : herd first in Bali from the tapes I bought , her soft pop dangdut songs made me nice impression. Also later her colleksi terbaik with sung sing suwe and other soft pop dangdut songs were too impressive to my ears. In total I prefer her soft pop songs as well her Jawa .
Ona Sutra : also another man with nice voice but his songs have nearly the same style. But titi cintaku is one of the first hearing from him in Bali
Lilis Karlina: (cinta terisoalsi and a terbaik collection) Quite impressive from the time I heard it on 2000 and relatively exotic with her rock sunda
Endang kurnia : very cool man I think with a funny mix of rock with dangdut. Two persons were laughing with his style .
Ria Amelia – I think cinta kasih ku is of her , one of her songs , heard on bali 2000 which was too emotional with its flute. Her latest SMS was quite interesting on the start but afterwards destroys itself …
Iyeth Bustani (2005 ? ) is she indo or Malay? Her zapin album differs totally from the above and is an album that I love
Vivien Livania : (2006 ) An all kind dangdut(?) singer . Having her 4th album all her songs give nice impression. Rock and classic dangdut together. ‘Example for imitation’ as we Greeks say.
Yolanda : (2006 )(dangdut bersinar lagi) Goes second to Vivien with a nice and rich pure dangdut collection
Aksay : (arjuna dangdut )He is together with Vivien . Nice mixture with rock
Uut Permatasari : no comments but quite interesting in her tak jujur album
Rana rani: One of the standard dangdut singers with her totally own style. Very interesting .
And many others to notice without any comments
Counters :
Rhoma Irama : though most of you cold vote him the ‘bestest’ . I vote against him; first that I am not so much based on lyrics (I only look into music as I have not so much time now to translate his lyrics) Al of his songs make me indifferent except the music versions form others and the song ‘mirasantika’ that has a better music and rhythm .several of his songs are also too
Inul daratista : I know mostly from her video clips since 2002 when she was too ‘rocking’ herself .The counter goes to her new pop diva look
Isna Tania (2006 ) : a woman as singing to karaoke . Marginal is the rinduku di sungai musi , clone of cindai (Siti Nurhaliza ) and slightly better is ‘tebak2dua manggis’
Eva darnia : same with the Isna, poor voice , but giving a more exotic sound with her sunda tone . ‘Playboy cap jengkol’ is just a Sunda rock and roll dangdut song that separates from the remain songs
