Turn It On (Gugun and the Bluesbug album)

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Turn It On
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Studio album by Gugun and the Bluesbug
Released June 8, 2007 [1]
Genre Blues rock
Length49:10 minutes
Label Sinjitos Record
Gugun and the Bluesbug chronology
Get The Bug
(2004)
Turn It On
(2007)
Gugun Blues Shelter
(2010)

Turn It On is the second studio album by Indonesian blues rock band Gugun and the Bluesbug, which later changed to Gugun Blues Shelter and was also known as Gugun Power Trio.

Indonesia Republic in Southeast Asia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands, and at 1,904,569 square kilometres, the 14th largest by land area and the 7th largest in combined sea and land area. With over 261 million people, it is the world's 4th most populous country as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, contains more than half of the country's population.

Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock: electric guitar, electric bass, and drums, often with Hammond organ. From its beginnings in the early- to mid-1960s, blues rock has gone through several stylistic shifts and along the way it inspired and influenced hard rock, Southern rock, and early heavy metal. Blues rock continues to be an influence in the 2010s, with performances and recordings by popular artists.

Gugun Blues Shelter band

Gugun Blues Shelter (GBS), or Gugun Power Trio, is an Indonesian blues band, formed in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2004. The current members are Gugun on guitar, Fajar Adi Nugroho on bass and Bowie on drums. They have released nine albums.

Contents

Track listing

All song written and composed by Gugun and the Bluesbug. [2]

No.TitleLength
1."Woman"4:10
2."Who Is To Blame"3:29
3."City Man"4:31
4."Bermain Cinta"4:19
5."Do I Have To Know"3:20
6."Holding On"4:35
7."Spinnin' Around Me"4:00
8."Fallin' Down"3:35
9."Turn It On"4:40
10."Funky Pesta"4:10
11."Decided To Myself"2:53
12."Enam Tiga Puluh"5:21
Total length:49:10

Personnel

Lead guitar is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure. The lead is the featured guitar, which usually plays single-note-based lines or double-stops. In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz, punk, fusion, some pop, and other music styles, lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompaniment chords and riffs.

Bass guitar Electric bass instrument

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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