Nidji is a band

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 from Jakarta

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, Indonesia

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. Formed in 2002, Nidji's name comes from the Japanese word

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 niji, meaning 'rainbow'. Their music can be classified under alternative pop genre, and the band has cited Coldplay and The Killers as major influences.. The band consists of Giring (vocalist), Andro (bassist), Run-D (keyboardist), Rama (guitarist), Ariel (guitarist), and Adri (drummer).
They have released six singles so far including "Child", "Sudah", "Hapus Aku", "Kau dan Aku", "Disco Lazy Time" & "Biarlah". Two of their singles, Heaven from Breakthru' album and then Shadow taken from Top Up album were used as background music in South-East Asian season promos for the popular television series Heroes

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, and they provided soundtrack music for the acclaimed Indonesian film Laskar Pelangi (film)

Laskar Pelangi (film)

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Their album, "Breakhtru'" was released in 2006 with an English language

English language

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 version released the following year.
The second, "Top Up", was released in 2007.

History

Nidiji was initially formed in February 2002. The beginnings of Nidji came about through the friendship between Rama and Andro. Eventually with Ariel, who had joined the two, they wrote a song entitled "Maria". However, "Maria" was not yet complete and still needed vocals. After Giring met with them he was able to complete "Maria" by giving it some vocals.

Afterwards, Andro recommended Adri who had often done jam sessions with him to fill the position of drummer. The four of them together (Ariel, Andro, Adri, and Giring) then invited Rama to join. At the beginning of April 2005, Nidji added another member so that the band totaled six musicians. This was a keyboardist named Randy who was also a close friend of Giring.

Discography

Album	Year
Breakthru Breakthru (album) This album released on another Southeast Asia country with International language lyrics, plus remix from the song "Heaven". Also released in Indonesia.-International version tracklisting:# Hard to Feel# Child# Heaven# Breakthrough# Angel# Adam and Eve...	2006
Top Up	2007
Let's Play	2009
Liberty Liberty (album) Liberty is the sixth studio album by Duran Duran, released on . It entered the top 10 in the UK albums chart, and garnered a #6 hit for the single "Serious" in Japan.-Recording:...	2011

SINGLES'

BREAKTHRU(2006):

Child

Sudah

Hapus Aku

Bila Aku Jatuh Cinta

Kau & Aku

Disco Lazy Time

BREAKTHRU(English version)(2007):

Angel

Top Up(2007):

Biarlah

Jangan Lupakan

Arti Sahabat

Akhir Cinta Abadi

Shadows (ost.heroes season3 south east Asia)

OST.LASKAR PELANGI(2008):

Laskar Pelangi

Let's Play (2009):

Sang Mantan

Kutakkan Bisa

Dosakah Aku

OST.Sang Pencerah (2010):

Tuhan Maha Cinta

Liberty (2011):

Indahnya Cinta

Jangan Takut

Awards

Award	Category	Year
MTV Indonesia MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... Award	Best New Artist	2006
MTV Indonesia Award	Best Group Band / Duo	2006