Info: Dirly Idol 1st Album - Menggapai Mimpi

At last, after waiting for a couple years, the runner up of Indonesian Idol 2006 Dearly Dave Sompie, known as Dirly, released his first album titled Menggapai Mimpi (Reach The Dream). Rumor has it, that Dirly is the last runner up who signed a recording contract in Indonesian Idol, because since season 4 only the winner gets exclusive contract from recording company. So he’s very lucky indeed.


The album contains 10 songs, with 2 singles expected to become hits. The first single 'Let's Get the Beat' has actually been the theme song for Honda TV ad since early this year, but the MV just premiered on TV last month. Along with that, his second single Sampai Ujung Dunia is now appearing on TV just recently.
The Manado Baby said he felt relieve that he finally accomplished his first solo album and the album are available on stores since August 8, 2008. "I’m relieved, finally my album comes out,” said the 18 years-old boy who's studying in home schooling.


It was such a long waiting for the youngest contestant in Indonesian Idol season 3 to release the album, two years after he became the runner up of Indonesian Idol 2006. Being a singer without a solo album feels like incomplete, he added. For 1.5 year Dirly has performed on plenty of on-air and off-air concerts, and most of the time he brought other singers songs until single Tak Ingin Dilupakan recorded last year.


The album that was produced in six month, starting from February 2008, contains 10 songs, two of them are winner song Kemenangan Hati - a recycle song that he’s sung with third winner Gea for Yovie Widianto album in 2006, and Tak Ingin Dilupakan, a single that became the theme song for Indonesian Idol season 4 and once was happened to be the most requested song on the radio.


Famous composers and musicians such as Maia, Yovie Widianto, and Tohpati contribute their work in this album as well. For this debut album, Dirly admits he focused more on to build the character for each song, rather than to himself. He also admits the making of this album was quiet in a rush, therefore he still feels lack of something.


“If I had more time, I wanted to add the material,” he said. And because of the limited time, he had to record his voice from morning to the next morning, and it affected his stamina as well.


Now that the music videos have been released, Dirly hopes the people can accept his work.

Credit to: indonesianheartthrob.blogspot.com

Menggapai Mimpi Album Track Lists:

01. Let’s Get The Beat
02. Tak Pernah Rela
03. Sampai Ke Ujung Dunia
04. Hujan
05. Bumi Berhenti Berputar
06. Kemenangan Hati
07. Menggapai Mimpi
08. Tak Ingin Dilupakan
09. Maafku
10. Akhir Tak Seperti Awal