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Nasida Ria
12+ albums
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Nasida Ria is an Indonesian qasidah modern musical group consisting of 9 women from Semarang, Central Java. The band was founded in 1975 by H. Mudrikah Zain, but is now managed by Choliq Zain. It is one of the oldest qasidah modern musical groups in Indonesia. Its members are Mudrikah Zain, Mutoharoh, Afuwah, Rien Djamain, Nurjanah, Nurhayati and Nadhiroh. Mudrikah Zain, a teacher of qira'at (how to read the Qu'ran), had previously had experience with the mixed-gender group Assabab. He assembled nine of his students for the band: Mudrikah Zain, Mutoharoh, Rien Jamain, Umi Kholifah, Musyarofah, Nunung, Alfiyah, Kudriyah, and Nur Ain. The group initially only used the rebana to provide music. Later, then-mayor of Semarang and fan of the group Iman Soeparto Tjakrajoeda donated an organ to aid the group, also facilitating their musical studies. The group later acquired a bass, violin, and guitar. Nasida Ria's debut album, Alabaladil Makabul, was produced three years later and marketed nationally by Ira Puspita Records. Their songs were entirely based in dawah and drew influences from Arabic music. The following three albums were similarly themed and included much chanting in Arabic. After a suggestion from kyai Ahmad Buchori Masruri that the songs would be more effective if entirely in Indonesian, Nasida Ria changed its style; Masruri also contributed songs under the pseudonym of Abu Ali Haidar. Nasida Ria's new style was shown to be popular, with several of the group's songs,
