Rifki Aris Munandar

Musical DNA

The Anatomy of the Retro Sound

Blending hypnotic groove rhythms, humid swampy syncopations, electric warmth, and wistful bittersweet harmonies.

Rhythmic Flow

Groovy Rhythms

Irresistible pocket beats and syncopated acoustic percussion designed to make your head nod and feet move instantly.

Delta Mud & Vibe

Swampy Grooves

Humid, laid-back delta blues grit, dirty slide riffs, and earthy basslines that smell of Southern rain and midnight riverbanks.

High Voltage

Electric & Soulful

Overdriven vacuum tube warmth, funky bass syncopations, and deep soul chord progressions that electrify the room.

Emotional Ache

Wistful & Bittersweet

Minor 9th Rhodes voicings and crying guitar solos delivering a bittersweet emotional release you can dance and cry to.

Audio Experience

The Retro Groove Listening Room

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RIFKI ARIS SWAMP SOUL

Track 01 • Swampy Groove Standby

Bayou Electric Groove

Swampy rhythmic pocket driven by heavy Rhodes m9 chords, sub-electric bass, and bittersweet crying expressions.

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Official Releases

Discography & EPs

Stream full high-fidelity releases across global platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

EP • 2025

#SwampGroove #ElectricBass

Swamp Echoes

A four-track sonic immersion into humid riverbanks, syncopated fingerpicked grooves, and late-night yearning melodies.

4 Tracks • 18 Min Listen

Single • 2025

#BittersweetMelody #ElectricGroove

Bittersweet Neon

Walking under flickering streetlights with heavy heartbeats. An infectious funk tempo contrasted with gut-wrenching guitar leads.

Single • 4:12 Listen

Album • 2024

#Soulful #VintageWarmth

Dust & Rhodes

Analogue tape recordings combining warm Fender Rhodes keyboard voicings with raw tactile percussions and swamp groove dynamics.

8 Tracks • 34 Min Listen

Visual Art

Paintings & Retro Textures

Visual counterparts to the music—incorporating earthy clays, charcoal, and layered oils reflecting swampy textures and wistful spaces.

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Oil & Mineral Pigment 2025

Swamp Resonance I

Abstract textural study capturing subterranean delta rhythms.

Bittersweet Frequencies painting artwork

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Mixed Media on Canvas 2025

Bittersweet Frequencies

Physical embodiment of longing with crimson pigments.

Electric Currents in Mud painting artwork

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Oil & Graphite 2024

Electric Currents in Mud

Sharp electric amber streaks cutting through murky organic greens.

Artist & Multi-Instrumentalist

Artist Philosophy

Grooving in the Melancholy

Based in Indonesia, Rifki Aris Munandar is a musician, composer, and visual artist exploring the visceral magic of groove coupled with the contemplative depths of human sorrow.

Refusing to treat rhythm and heartbreak as opposites, Rifki crafts a sonic world where swampy delta blues rhythms, modern electric syncopation, and nostalgic, bittersweet melodies coalesce. His compositions evoke the scent of humid damp earth after midnight rain and the amber glow of vintage vacuum tubes.

Electric

Groove & Bass

Swampy

Pocket Drums

Bittersweet

Wistful Melodies