Ari Renaldi is an Indonesian music producer, composer, arranger, sound and mixing engineer, music director and musician. His production credits include Mocca, Tulus, Vidi Aldiano, Raisa Andriana, Afgan, Yura Yunita, Sezairi Sezali, Maudy Ayunda, Rossa, Ungu, Juicy Luicy, Yovie & Nuno amongst many others.
During college years, Renaldi started his career as session drummer for Project Pop, Glenn Fredly, Rio Febrian, R42 and many others. He is currently the drummer for 4Peniti, a jazz band based in Bandung and was formed in 2002 with Rudy Zulkarnaen (simakDialog), Ammy Kurniawan and Zaki 'Peniti'. Renaldi is a member of 2010 and 2012 Mix With The Masters series.
Beside record producing, Renaldi have done music directing for concerts and live performances as well. He is the music director for all of Tulus major performances, including 2015 and 2017 Java Jazz International Festival, 2016 San Francisco US Live and other eight solo concerts (Tulus: An Introduction, Beyond Sincere, Diorama, Gajah Concert Tour, Konser Monokrom Malaysia, Bandung, Jakarta) from 2011 to 2015 in Bandung, Jakarta and Yogyakarta cities in Indonesia. He is also the music director for Tulus at the collaboration concert between Ari Lasso and Tulus titled "Dua Ruang" held at Istora Senayan, Jakarta on October 4, 2015.
On 2015 at the 18th Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI) Awards, an annual Indonesian major music awards, he won four AMI awards for Best of the Best Album, Best of the Best Production Work, Best Pop Album and Best Mix Engineer out of seven nominations, mostly for his works with Tulus in Gajah album in which he acts as the album producer. In 2008, he also won an AMI Award for Best Alternative Production Works with Mocca in Colours album.
In 2017, he won all AMI awards for the top categories including Best of the Best Album, Best of the Best Production Work, Best Pop Album, Best Sound Production Team and Best Soul/R&B/Urban Album. At the latest 2019 AMI Award, he again received AMI Award for Best Pop Album Producer for his work with Yura Yunita in Merakit Album and Best Sound Production Team for Adu Rayu (Yovie Widianto, Tulus, Glenn Fredly), one of the most highly appreciated single of the year in Indonesia. Until 2019, Renaldi has won 13 awards and been nominated 25 times by AMI Awards.
His works often receive positive reviews and recognition, especially "Gajah" and "Yura" albums which was ranked the 1st and 6th in the 20 Best Album of 2014 by Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine in addition to their nominations as Best Pop Album and Best Soul/R&B Album in the 2015 AMI Awards. "Gajah" album was also listed among the top 9 Indonesian albums by Tempo magazine.
In addition, four of his produced singles, namely Jatuh Hati (Raisa), Cinta dan Rahasia (Yura Yunita), 1000 Tahun Lamanya (Tulus) dan Teman Hidup (Tulus) were published as Top 10 Indonesian Songs 2015 by one of the biggest social media company, Path Indonesia.
Renaldi's Anugerah Musik Indonesia (Indonesian Music Awards) wins and nominations are:
Ari Renaldi has been credited as producer and arranger and/or mixing engineer on the following songs:
Ari Renaldi has been credited as producer, arranger and/or mixing engineer on the following albums:
Ari Renaldi has been credited as mix engineer in the following albums and songs: