Having graduated from High School, he attended Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA) to pursue a degree in Music Production and Engineering. Graduated with a cum laude honor in 2001, Larry then busied himself composing songs. A single, titled “Just Another Night”, which he produced with DJ Takara in 2001, has formed a milestone in his early music career as a composer.
A few months before returning to Indonesia, Lawrence was approached by Edward Andez, his fellow Indonesian classmate in. Both Larry and Andezzz realized that their potential collaboration could go beyond a mere single and result in unlimited possibilities. So, following Lawrence’ return from the US in March 2003, the two rejoined and formed SOVA which managed to launch Tempo Tantrum, their first album, in December 2003.
Tempo Tantrum serves as a fresh break-through for Indonesian music fans by introducing its unique kind of music. Some people call it Nujazz, or Lounge, or Electro Jazz. Despite its maiden debut, SOVA was chosen as MTV’s Exclusive Artist of the Month in March 2004 and was commercially acclaimed as the most selling CD among Independent Artists.
As truly passionate and productive musicians, Larry and Andezzz managed to launch SOVA’s second album: Selayang Jingga in November 2005. Another thing is that this second album is available in vinyl (12” LP) which are also sold in vinyl stores all over London and even positioned number one in a local radio in Brazil.
After the SOVA era Larry and Andezzz went on separate ways to broaden their career. Larry put his performing days to rest and get more into producing and engineering. He managed to work as a producer for ALEXA (local rock band) and Indra Bekti, also was responsible for the sound recording in Maliq & d’essentials’ 2nd album. He also took part in creating music for TV/Radio commercials. As for his other achievement in composing, Larry won the 1st prize of BNI Song competition in March 2008.
His love for the art has pushed him to create a collective called Manga Warrior, along with his partner Sushiplatter. Manga Warrior held parties, which includes painters, artists, DJs and musicians; they were considerably very successful and have attracted the youth to appreciate art in many ways. As for a bigger result the collective was staged at Java Jazz Festival in 2007 under the name of Warriors Of Manga.
In 2009 Larry joined a legendary Indonesian crossover jazz group Humania, as one the producers. Today Larry busied himself writing singles, composing jingles for TV commercials, producing tracks for major artists and DJing as a hobby.
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