Bersama Mocca 20 Tahun

Keadaan sebaliknya terjadi di fanbase Mocca yang menamakan diri Swinging Friends. Di saat Mocca rehat, justru mereka tumbuh membesar dan bercabang di mana-mana. Saya sendiri sempat menghubungi Indra dan kebingungan dengan hal ini, "Ndra, gimana ini? Kok Swinging Friends jadi tambah banyak, padahal bandnya lagi vakum."

Kala Arina ‘mudik’ ke Indonesia dan ada kesempatannya, Mocca manggung kembali dan bisa melepas rindu dengan para Swinging Friends. Dan memang sudah jalan Tuhan, titik balik itu terjadi tahun 2014 saat saya sekeluarga pindah ke Bintaro. Dengan kedekatan domisili antara saya, Indra, dan Toma, kami pun intens berkomunikasi lagi. Indra yang selalu membujuk saya untuk mulai jamming bertiga lagi. "Ayolah Ko, kangen euy nge-jam bareng kayak zaman awal-awal Mocca"

Dari awal iseng nge-jam itu, lahir lagu “Bandung” dan “Building Memories”. Kita merekam hasil mentahan latihan lagu itu, kemudian mengirimkannya via email ke Arina di Amerika Serikat. Arina membuat sketsa vokalnya, lalu mengirim balik pada kami di Indonesia via email. Dengan menyiasati kendala jarak, kita mulai menulis lagu lagi. Dan lahirlah album Home tahun 2015.

Sampul album Home

After a long long walk I finally found my way After a long long time I finally found my place Warm hug is a home I've found that I belong here Warm hug is a home I knew that I belong here (Home, 2015)

Lirik lagu “Home” mewakili perasaan kita berempat saat itu. Dengan dirilisnya album “Home”, Arina pun akhirnya memutuskan kembali pulang ke Mocca dan Indonesia. Kembalinya Arina, roda Mocca kembali berputar, tim manajemen, additional player, dan tim teknisi yang terpisah pun kembali merapat.

Riko Prayitno

Riko Prayitno was born on 29 January 1977 in Bogor. Graduated from Art and Design Faculty of National Institute of Technology Bandung. Riko began playing guitar at an early age and began playing profesionally with Mocca in 1999. Since then, Riko and his band Mocca has released 5 albums and gained popularity through out Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia.

He also had tons of side projects, start with playing bass The Triange Band in 2011, producer of many band and singer, speaker for classes about music industry, and co-founder of music business community called BinArt Collective.

In April 2019, Riko released his personal EP called Mini Album. An album talk about his personal life, family, love life. Not only playing guitar, Riko sing his own songs in this album. Together with his only son Nala, they sing a love song for his wife.