Armed with such an independent mindset, multi-instrumentalist, Rifan Kalbuadi began to make his initial steps in breaking the music industry in 2014 using Soundcloud as his first stopover. He started performing cover songs of his idols and quickly amassed a huge following. His discontent with being tagged as a cover musician led to unveiling his debut E.P “Statis” in 2017. Released in digital format, the album was warmly received.

The young musician, born 25 years ago in Jakarta on February 27, decided to brave the risks and took a hiatus after the promotional period for his debut EP “Statis” (released in 2017), ended. Rifan needed the break to finish his studies and to redefine his musical direction.

“Since the release of my previous album, where I took part in some phases of its promotion efforts, I realized that all this time my inner self was not satisfied. To put it bluntly, I was not producing, or playing songs that I fully enjoy. I tended to follow the crowd, rather than creating it. In short, I felt that I made music to please others, but not myself,” he explained. During this hiatus period Rifan did not stop playing—and making—music. He explored his musicality and wrote songs. And when he has enough songs up his sleeve to fill an EP, he returned to the recording studio.

On March 6 2020, Rifan returned to finally released his newest single “Temporary Hours”.