Rio Alief

RIO ALIEF (born in Banjarmasin, February 17, 1992) is an Indonesian musician, drummer & songwriter. He is one of the most well-known and highly regarded session and touring drummers in the music industry. He has worked with popular musicians from a wide range of genres including notably Pasto, Keith Martin, Sammy Simorangkir, Gamaliel Audrey Cantika, Isyana Sarasvati, Andien, Marcell, RAN, Judika, Afgan and Agnez Mo. In 2013, he was a member of the bands for the television shows NEZ ACADEMY on NET with Ronald Steven Project. In 2016, he joined as a member of the live house band of RISING STAR INDONESIA 2 RCTI with Hanny n Co. Rio Alief is known primarily for playing drums with NOAH as additional drummer. It began when he submitted a video to his official Youtube account, doing a drum cover of NOAH’s songs from the latest album “Seperti Seharusnya” in a medley format. The video was seen by the band when they were looking for drummer to replace the former member “Reza”. On January 2015, NOAH officially announced via Instagram & Twitter account that Rio Alief would be joining the band as their additional drummer after the departure of Reza Danish in late 2014. Started from 2015, Rio has spent much of his career with NOAH including live touring, video clip, and studio recording. In the middle of 2015, Rio also joined with NOAH for U.S tour in Los Angeles, Washington DC & New York.