11 on Rolling Stone Indonesia 's ' 150 Greatest Indonesian Albums of All Time' list. In addition to Western and Malay influences, Hindi composers were credited for some of the band's songs. He has stated that he took his guitar style from Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple. His choice of pose showed the influence on his music of Western bands, influences which also found their way into his music вЂ“ Orkes Melayu was in his opinion was too soft, too acoustic, too polite, and unable to compete against the power and energy of rock music, and so the music was electrified, with keyboard, two electric guitars, electric bass, as well as the traditional suling and gendang. The song featured a topless Oma Irama wearing tight trousers and holding an electric guitar.

Their first album, Volume 01, Begadang ('Stay up all night'), released in 1973, featured four songs by Oma Irama, three by Elvy, and three duets. The group featured Oma Irama and Elvy Sukaesih as singers, both solo, and duets. The subtitle, the sound of Moslems was added in 1973. Once Oma broke from recording with the Purnama Group, he formed Orkes Melayu Soneta (taken from English word sonnet), which became the first dangdut group in 1970. He also recorded pop Indonesian music during this period with the Zaenal Combo and Galaksi, while the album Ingkar Janji was recorded in 1969 with Orkes Melayu Chandraleka.

This group pioneered elements of the dangdut style within Orkes Melayu music вЂ“ the drum was changed to double drum, the electric guitar's role was expanded, and the suling, or bamboo flute, adopted a style reminiscent of Bollywood music. In 1968 he joined the group Orkes Melayu Purnama in 1968. In the late 1960s Oma Irama, sang jawa and also some pop Indonesia music. Oma Irama's first bands were known as Tornado and Gayhand and covered Western rock and roll music of Paul Anka, Andy Williams, and The Beatles.

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