Mixing modern instruments with traditional Javanese and Balinese music styles, it is now considered a landmark album.

Roni Harahap played the piano, Oding Nasution was on guitar, and Abadi Soesman on synthesizers.

[4] All tracks are written by Guruh SukarnoputraGuruh Gipsy combines modern, Western instruments like the piano, synthesizers, and various rock instruments with traditional music forms, including Balinese gendér, Central Javanese vocal styles, and West Javanese melodies and scales.

[8] In December 2007, Rolling Stone Indonesia selected Guruh Gipsy as the second-best Indonesian album of all time, behind Badai Pasti Berlalu.

[9] Guruh Gipsy is considered an influence for the 1990s Indonesian trend of mixing traditional instruments with pop music.