White Shoes & The Couples Company

White Shoes & The Couples Company is a small band slightly influenced by the spirit of classic acoustic jazz musicians in the 30's. With classic strings arrangements spiked with a bit of retro disco, easy listening acoustic ballads and a little touch of the keyboard tone toys late 70's output.

August 2002, in an arts college in Central Jakarta numbers. Two students of Fine Arts, Aprilia Apsari (Sari) & Yusmario Farabi (Rio) is a love affair, decided to make a music group with close friends invite their faculty named Saleh. Formation is formed first band White Shoes & The Couples Company. Sari on lead vocals & violin, Rio on rhythm guitar position, and the position of the guitar melodies Saleh. With this initial formation was first performed three of them at a campus event. But only three of them appear not the first plan, because of the actual start Sari and Rio wanted to invite a married couple from the music faculty, Ricky Surya Virgana (Ricky) & Mela. But because he was busy teaching and fill out some orchestra, they can not be found. After a few months, start a married couple is joined in the White Shoes & The Couples Company, Ricky on bass and cello as well as the position of the position Mela keyboard, piano and viola.

In addition to Sari, the other members are Rio Farabi (acoustic guitar), Saleh Husein (electric guitar), Ricky Surya Virgana (bass, cello), Aprimela Prawidyanti (keyboards, piano, viola), and John Navid (drums, percussion). (AMR)