Manik Purwakrishna gorgeous vocals waft over the music of of La Luna, indie from Indonesia

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Singer Manik fronts this retro-pop outfit from Indonesia. Its bloody hard to find much info in English on the group, and it doesn't help that a singer from Belgium and a world music folk/jazz outfit from Norway also share the same name. But, we got Twitter and Facebook and some youtube. And I did find a paragraph from Last FM

Biography from Last FM

- Founded on January 2nd, 2000 in [place]Bandung[/place], [place]Indonesia[/place]. The band originally consists of Manik Purwakrishna (vocals), Iyan Sopiyan (drums), Erwin Januar (bass), and Mufti Syarief (guitars), but as of 2006, Erwin Januar left the band. The band has released several albums: "Penggalan Kisah Lama" (2001), "Dua Musim" (2002), "Menanti Pagi" (2003), "Menanti Pagi Repackaged" (2004), "Indah Pada Waktunya" (2005), and a single "Membekas Di Hati" (2007) which is included in a compilation album from various artists titled "Singles Tersayang 2007".MORE

Equinox Digital Music Distribution
is a apparently resource for music from Indonesia, including them. And apparently they are on Itunes as well.

La Luna - Membekas Di Hati

LA LUNA - Tetap setia

La Luna - selepas kau pergi

La Luna :: Bahagia Tanpamu