Pada 8 dan 9 Disember 2007 ini, Sabtu dan Ahad, satu
rangkaian solidariti bernama ‘Valley of Hope Solidarity
Group’ akan mengendalikan satu karnival ‘ I Love Valley Of Hope’
yang akan di isi dengan pelbagai acara termasuk forum,
tayangan filem, penerangan, pameran, pertandingan lukisan
untuk kanak-kanak dan persembahan budaya. Ia satu karnival
yang di rancang sebagai satu tindakbalas terhadap kes perobohan
sebahagian daripada Pusat Pengasingan Kusta di Sungai Buloh yang
sudah berdiri disana selama 77 tahun untuk memberi laluan
kepada pembinaan Fakulti Perubatan Universiti Teknologi
Mara (UiTM) (!). Tindakan ini telah merosakkan dan
menafikan sumbangan besar tempat ini daripada segi penemuan
perubatan dunia, dan yang seharusnya menjadi satu daripada
warisan nasional negara. Daripada masa ia didirikan, 1930, Pusat
ini adalah pusat pengasingan kusta terbesar dalam Empayar
British dan kedua terbesar di dunia. Ia dilengkapi dengan
peralatan perubatan tercanggih ketika itu dan perancangan
penduduk yang megikut prinsip ‘bandar dalam taman’. Selepas
beberapa tahun kemudian, ia menjadi pusat kajian terpenting
untuk penyakit kusta. Kerajaan telah mengumumkan perancangan
untuk menjadikan pusat ini sebagai warisan nasional, tetapi
sebelum keputusan diumumkan, dengan tanpa makluman awal
kepadapenduduk, ia telah dirobohkan sebahagiannya oleh pemaju
pada awal September lepas.
Ramai yang mungkin tidak mengetahui kewujudan tempat ini
ekoran stigma terhadap penyakit/pesakit kusta sebelum ini
yang mungkin sama hebatnya seperti stigma dan diskriminasi
terhadap pesakit AIDS. Pusat ini menjadi tanda penting
dalam sejarah Malaysia dalam hubungan perubatan,
perancangan penempatan, senibina dan aspek sosial budaya.
Penemuan dan penjelajahan kembali tempat ini bagaikan
sebuah kawasan ‘silam’ moden yang boleh dipelajari dan diterjemah
atas bagaimana sebuah dunia yang terasing di
rancang,distrukturkan dan diberi fungsi oleh sekumpulan
manusia, menyokong kehidupan sendiri secara sosial, budaya
dan ekonomi yang terpisah terus dari masyarakat perdana.
Permintaanyang memerlukan perhatian segera!
Lost Generation Space menjadi sebahagian daripada badan
atau kumpulan seni yang turut serta menyokong dan terlibat
dalam karnival ini. Dengan lebih terperinci, Lostgen space
akan mengambil slot terakhir pada 9 Disember 2007, Ahad
dari pukul 1 tengahari sehingga 3 petang atas nama persembahan
budaya (cultural performance). Di sini, ingin di nyatakan,
dalam masa yang rapat ini, kami di lostgen masih lagi membuka
penyertaan seniman-seniman, pemuisi, teman-teman, independent
artist, untuk turut serta bersama penduduk dan berkongsi rasa
pada masa karnival.
Yes,
well we motored up to Sungai Buloh on this hazy Sunday afternoon and
played about five songs in the community hall which was fun. We
played a new song called "Losing Nature" the lyrics of which turned an
article written by Chong Sheau Ching who is a writer for The Star Two
(she has a column every Monday called Stories for my
Mother)
into a song about an upland space close to the city which had been used
by members of the public as a recreation area and a jungle sanctuary to
get close to nature, but the developers soon got hold of it and of
course they always get their way because we homo sapiens
are material beings you know what I mean. The song was designed
for vocals, piano and slide guitar. One day Gid willing we'll
record it with some of that. But for now I play the harmonica on
it instead. The leprosy people seemed to like our show, they
applauded - so I hope they manage to stop the developers nibbling away
their reservation.
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Sunday 12th August
2.30 until 3.00 pm Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. Markiza & Peter Brown.
2.00 until 2.30 pm OPEN MIC.
Well this was rather like busking - friends waved and
grinned as they hurried past on their way to some other show - Tunku
the Musical? Enemy of the People? Even Joe and Faridah were there
amongst the crowds. We did our half hour spot with piano, guitar
and two voices although Peter Hassan was still waking up, it being 2 pm
on a Sunday. So sometimes he didn't get the chords right.
And Markiza was put off by the announcements preceded by tinkly music
(which happened to be in C while we were in E-flat) (yes, my fingers
are still aching - but it's pitch y'know - for the lady, she has a
delicate voice. And capos? They put the guitar out of
tune) ...Don't seem to get it together to take some photos
- sorry about that. If any of you have any photos send
them. We promise to give you a bi-line
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Friday 10th August9 pm sharp Jam Asia, Desa Sri Hartamas. RM20
inclusive of drink. CHICKS ROCK OUT2.0 All Women Gig (bands with women singers and
musicians or allwomen
bands, duos and acoustic acts) featuring: Markiza
& Peter Brown, I G
Collective, Oddity, Mili'z, Splitends. Good line-up - Mili'z are
excellent if the KL Sing
Song performance is anything to go by, as on that night they walked
away with it. Oddity is savage with passion - yeah
and they were! And they were really appreciated, to our delight.
Don't anyone tell you that hard metal core is out of fashion, excellent
female throatist Aadila and guitarist Aida, with good solid bass and
drums. They even got an encore, even though they were the last band
on. Before them Mili'z
did an excellent set with full band backing, including Melina on bass
and newcomer Adil on guitar displaying that two-hands-on-the-fretboard
Stanley Jordan type technique. Lead singer and songwriter
Michelle Lee is really charismatic. Previous to that were I.G. Collective, Nelson, Murat
and friends from ICOM with lead singer Shanti who can really belt it
out - coming up from under to steal Jac's throne. Very nice
R&B stuff. Before that Splitends
with a smart girl singer whose thing is 80s stars like Pat Benatar and
Joan Jett - a tight and confident performance. And who did you
think started the whole thing off? Well, just the two of us
now. I don't think we did too badly. People were very warm
and appreciative and we sold some albums. Thanks chums
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Sunday
July 22ndLost Generation
Space, 11, Lorong
Permai, Off Jalan Syed Putra, Robson Heights, 50460 KLfor
more information: 016-6838397Markiza & Peter Brown
& other acoustic acts as part of the NotThatBalai
Festival8
to 11 pm free
Report on Not That Balai Festival Amidst all the festivals that are
being touted, sponsored and given big splashes in the press, there is
one real, true alternative one, namely Not That Balai. A group of
amazingly efficient, yet totally laid back and cool organisers, a mix
of races that is truly integrated, and a cornucopia of events including
films, dance, drama, happenings, a very impressive visual art
exhibition and of course music mostly of acoustic variety with
improvised sound systems which worked very well in the small front room
venue that is Lost Generation Space - a house at the end of a lane in
Robson Heights on the hill the other side of the original Highway from
the Megamall complex. When we got there for the soundcheck they
were screening a macabre German movie while some artists were laying
down a doormat made of miriads of tiny gold stars, which are still
glittering on our clothes and shoes. For details of events go
to: www.notthatbalai.blogspot.com At about 8.30 (Saturday) the 3 week
long Arts Festival was opened by the eminent novelist and Sasteriawan
A. Samad Said who gave a very
effective talk on the importance of the
arts as a humanising and civilising influence on society. This
was followed by a performance by American troupe Cyclowns on strange
customized double-storey cycles who not only skilfully played acoustic
blue-grass music with banjos, fiddles and percussion, but also did
conjuring tricks and acrobatics. One girl walked a tight wire
between two bicycles, while playing the trumpet and doing a striptease
(well only her skirt but that was clever enough). All wore
clownish apparel, like flounced skirts, bloomers, horizontally striped
stockings, wigs, hats, false beards, blacked out teeth and face paint -
humans and bikes alike decorated in simple bright colours.
Another novelty performance was that of poet Rahmat Harun with every
strand of his dreadlocks stretched out with cords in all directions. After this the event repaired inside
with artists like Fathul, Markiza and Peter Brown, Hakim and various
poets and musicians performing on a makeshift PA system, but the
atmosphere was so relaxed, with everyone being themselves and enjoying
the evening. Nothing showy or phoney. Loads of food and
even brewed coffee was on hand. The following night we went back
there to sing some more numbers, along with Jerome, Paolo Delfino,
Wolf, Lightcraft, Estrella, Sei Hon and Azmyl Yunor - this one arranged
by Troubadours. Some
great songs were excellently performed and
the audience was really appreciative. Thanks to all who came and
to those who helped to organise the weekend events. (KL Sing Song
was good too - go to: www.troubadourskl.blogspot.com for
that one)
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Saturday July 28thNotThatBalai Festival
@ Seksan's, 67,
Jalan Tempinis Satu, Lucky Garden, Bangsar Markiza & Peter Brown
- acoustic gig (with other acts)
9 pm start free
On 28.7.07 we
played at Seksans as part of the Not That
Balai Festival. This is real art-for-the-people
stuff. No big sponsors. No newspaper coverage. There
was a succession of buskers including Rahmat Haron, Meor
(for the first time I witnessed this extremely talented and sensitive
musician play lead acoustic guitar and very nice it was too). Oz
the lofty from Republic of Brickfields jammed on harmonica while 3 or 4
singer-songwriters got up and performed their lyrics-and-music.
Some were poets who recited more than sang. One of the highlights
was Miss Fynn accompanied by Meor reading her
poems. She asked me to play for her but I'm mighty glad I told
her to ask Meor instead as those two are positively symbiotic. I
would mention everyone's name but of course half-zeimers me can't even
remember them - sorry guys. Markiza and Hassan Peter
Brown played at the end with piano and guitar through our
makeshift sound system. Better World went down a bomb with some
people singing along, others dancing, and some kind lady making an
offering of a kitten (was it homeless? I never discovered).
Melissa brought up the rear with her nice song.
Monday
30th JulyNo Black Tie,
17 Jalan Mesui,
off Jalan Nagasari behind Istana HotelMarkiza
& Peter Brown
solo evening (that is duo evening)
Markiza will play and sing some solo stuff at the grand, Peter will
play a solo song or two with the ole' acoustic and ole' blues
harp 'n' they will also perform some songs together.9.30
pm no cover charge. Sound here is perfick
Yes on Monday 30th it
was No Black Tie. We were the featured act
(very rare) and played two sets, with stuff from our Passion
albums (soon to be up on the web - you won't have to wait too long to
download all those songs) and solo songs from Hassan with Mar backing
up - and a few covers from Joan Armatrading, REM,
Miriam Makeba, and...
Thanks to the very nice and appreciative audience some of whom like
Wayne and his friends we have never met before, and Joanna, her mother
and sister and Rafique and his friend, not forgetting Stew, our very
faithful fan and webmaster. It was a quiet and relaxed evening
and I actually made very few mistakes - chuffed about that.
Usually I fluff the words, play wrong chords, sing off key...
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Saturday afternoon 24th
June 12 noon until 10 pm. No
charge Fetes De La Musique
Alliance Francaise, 15, Lorong
Gurney off Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur 4 Stages of non stop
music in all musical genres
50 artists and bands will be
performing on this day, there's a
restaurant selling suitably high quality food and lots of French people
to practice your French on.
also there is OPEN MIC - see tel
contact below
Conceived
in France in 1982, la Fête de la Musique (Music Day) has been a
much anticipated musical event every year.
Since 1996, Alliance Française
de Kuala Lumpur has been hosting La Fête de la Musique in its
welcoming premises.
In
2007, La Fête de la Musique is part of the French Art Festival
organised by the Embassy of France and took place in Alliance
Française at 15, Lorong Gurney Off Jalan Semarak 54100 KL.
Alliance
Francaise de Kuala Lumpur's compounds were as usual dedicated to all
musicians, to all musical trends from 12 pm to 10pm on the 24th
of June 2007. 4 stages
of non stop music with more than 50 bands, including Fasi, King Lhota, Jazz from France: Fallait
Pas Enviter, Abstrak, Azmyl Yunor, Ariff Akhir, Y2K, Triple Six
Poser, Doppelganger,
Zalila Lee, Saer Ze, Lightcraft, Markiza & Peter Brown, Revenge,
Poseidon, Sasi the Don, Jayalakshmi, Jayasree, Yuri &
The Vostok, Blumps, Frequency Cannon, Beat The System,
Eleanor Shotgun Story and many more performed
during the event.
Markiza and Peter Brown, with
Zalila Lee on percussion performed about 5 pm inside
the main building. Zalila
Lee & Jerral Khor performed too. We played for about half an
hour, which was ok except that the sound was a bit overlaid with
natural reverb from the bare walls. Zal and Jerral helped us out
with percussion - thanks guys. See forthcoming gigs page for
future gigs
Saturday
& Sunday May 5 & 6 night. Central
Market Main Stage for the World
Press Freedom Day 2007 (Malaysia)
organised
by the Centre for Independent Journalism.
Music
show 7.30 onward Saturday & Sunday ComeBack
Kings (young stand up comedy act), Azmyl Yunor,
Pak Pandir, Mei Chern, Modar,
Tan Sei Hon, Kamasutra (RS Murthi), Shanon
Shah, Carburetor Dung, Markiza and
Peter Hassan Brown, Sonia Randhawa,
Art
Workshop for kids, Poetry Reading, Film screening , Critical Cartoons
with Zunar,
Wayang Kulit (y)
We (Markiza and I - no more Soft Touch I'm
afraid) performed at Central Market for this gig celebrating World
Press Freedom Day (maybe it should be renamed World Press
Bondage Day - sorry to be cynical), along with the following acts:
Azmyl Yunor, Carburetor Dung, Come Back Kings, Kama Sutra, Modar, Pak
Pandir, Tan Sei Hon, Shanon Shah, Mei Chern, Sonia Randhawa. In
fact we opened the gig on Saturday night - a hot and dry night.
It was a good gig, partly because it took place on a BRAND NEW
STAGE (on the left of the front entrance in the Car Park) with a good
sound system courtesy of the Central Market. I don't know what we
sounded like but the acts I watched sounded pretty fine. We
actually got an appreciative audience (thanks to all of you who went
and gave us some encouragement in the face of my poor memory for lyrics
- sorry for the dries. Markiza energetically (that's no
exaggeration) slammed away on the keyboard with fingers exercised and
strengthened by daily osteopathic treatments, while I strummed the
usual plain chords (no Mickey Baker for me I'm afraid). We BELTED
OUT the original songs (singers don't sing in Malaysia, they BELT OUT)
and one by Miriam Makeba (known apparently by some of the elders
amongst the audience) called What is Love
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Buran
Space Oddysee: The Encounter When?
24th & 25th March Where?
Megamall Hall 1 (3rd Floor Centre) What Time?
Sat & Sun afternoon 2 to 6 When are Soft Touch
on? Sun Who else are performing?
Anuar Zain, Gerard Singh, Azmyl Yunor, Izzy, Yuri, Frequency Cannon,
Estella, Shanon Shah & Many Others
This is probably the last Soft Touch gig (get your tissues out
folks) We performed for the last time (he really likes to rub it
in doesn't he!) Better World, Listen 2 What U C and Love & Music together with two DAVID BOWIE numbers, A Space Oddity and Starman, to fit in with the main
theme of the show. There were many other fine acoustic acts, like
Estrella, Arif Akhir, and Izzy Mohamed with our Rhythm section
in her band - sounded very cool indeed. Just the ones I recall
but there were others. Jeremy
Lim played guitar instead of Wong who had already left the band
in January. Thanks Jeremy, and to Alex and Alda for their prodigious work for
ST.
Henceforth we (M & I) shall carry on as a duo.
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As it
turned out this gig was not performed at the advertised venue but at
the Laundry Bar in The Curve shopping centre in Mutiara
Damansara. The original venue's managers pulled out at the last
minute (1.30 on Sunday morning) giving no reason. Nevertheless
the gig went well, thanks to some fine bands and singers, personable
presenters like Erin and Prakash and not forgetting poor Jasemaine who
bore the brunt of the skewed arrangement which were not hers or the
organisers' fault. The gig was triumphantly brought to a close by
Diplomats of Drums who are about nine drummers and a bag-pipe
player. Soft Touch was helped out by Zal on percussion as only
Mar and PH could make it from the band. We hope that at the end
of the day the children's home received a handsome donation.
{Motivations}
Nature, seasons,
stories, random expressive
urges, concepts, love, ideas, people, organic music, artificial
intelligence & general disinformation ... *WE ARE BUT THE
MEDIUM* What does the music sound like? Sounds Like Heart gravy.
Experimental grunge with delicate, ethereal vocals - so a strange but
fascinating combination of soft and hard
THE RHAMAN
The Rhaman
was established in 2005.
Initially they were 4
individuals who shared interest in music and the mystic
world. With the desire to experiment with the local music
style, Hafidz and Ewin invited Hayan and Adik to complete the lineup in
their pre-band setup. This lead to the start of The Rhaman with Hafidz
on vocals and rhythm guitar, Adik on lead guitar, Hayan with his
dynamic bass playing, and Ewin on the drums. In their recordings, they
had Abong playing the keyboard and Yuyun on vocals.
Inspired by
the 60s sound, local music
and the vocal mood of the ever
90's emotional bundle generation, The Rhaman applied these
characteristic in their composition.
In the opinion that the local music circuitry is overflowing with
overseas influences, this had opened their eyes to take the initiative
to use Bahasa Melayu to interact between The Rhaman, their music and
YOU.
INDKA
The
Kuching-based underground
band started circa 1995 by 4 best friends who were neighbours; Rudy
Christopher (Guitars/ Vocals), Barnabas 'Barney' Dimbab (Guitars), Paul
Mosher (Bass) and Kenrick Keaton (Drums). Soon, they were covering
songs from the likes of Nirvana to Smashing Pumpkins; Sepultura and
Helmet.
These musical
styles have so
influenced their music and the
development of their individual abilities that after roughly 2 years,
they decided it was time to write their own material. Rudy took the
initiative as the main songwriter and architect of the band's sound.
Eventually Barney left the band around mid 96' for other
passions/obligations. .
The band has
since, functioned
primarily as a three piece
with Rudy as the sole guitarist and vocalist. Their very first gig was
at Jupiter in 97' Since then, Rudy and his boys carved themselves
a niche on the Kuching underground scene. They played ID31Aug99
(organized by members of FVKT.cum and held in conjunction with Borneo
Xtreme Games), Sarawak Metal Force (I &II held by members of
VORMIT), Cat City Live 2000 (opening for Butterfingers) and the Borneo
International Tattoo Convention. These and many other
performances helped Indka establish their sound and gain an avid cult
following; an accolade all too rare in the Malaysia local music
scene.
Their
sound is skull-crushingly
heavy and yet grooved
with a ferocious tenacity like James Brown dying of constipation. This
was a dark brooding contrast to the hype-laden, nu-metal wannabies that
permeated the scene at that time. Indka continues to loom incomparable
and impenetrable to the wave of trend-hopping fecal excuses for bands.
Long-time
friend and pace-maker of the
band; Kenrick left in
2003 and was replaced by Rudy's close friend, fellow songwriter, lead
guitarist and leader of fusion/funk/metal band FVKT.cum; Alex Ang,
who took on Indka to challenge his exceptional drumming abilities
and quench his unfathomable thirst for music.
However, Alex
had already based
himself in Kuala Lumpur, and
the numerous jams he and Rudy made to flesh out new material, took
place during the holiday seasons of 2003. The result was two
performances off the island, the Liquid gig in KL city (Jan 05) and
Paul’s Place in Old Klang Road (August 05). In early 2006 Rudy moved in
to Alex’s apartment in Damansara and they have of late commenced work
on songs for Indka’s debut release. After 11 years of musical
persistence, the two anticipate the end product will be nothing short
of colossal.
KLUK KLUK
ADVENTURE
Formed in 98
in Johor Bahru, the band
was named after the misadventures of a same named character, a figment
of sharil's wild imagination. 5 extremely different
individuals were brought together by the love of making music. played
countless gigs, had a great time, almost gave up, had line up problems
a couple of times, but hey! it's 2006 and we're still
together. Even though half of us are in KL and the other
half is in JB, we're still making music! still fighting! still getting
frustrated! but we're working on it!
Update: Bai has left the band, due to personal
matters. The 4 of are still here however and still struggling- so we
hope for your continued support! :) Once again. It's been 8
years and most of the faces in our friend list are the same faces that
have been around from the start, so we thank you. And for the new ones,
we thank you too :)
CITIZENS
OF ICE CREAM
If all that
you wish to achieve, all
that you desire, all
that you wish would happen, were transformed as a whole into an
ice-cream. And just as you think you could take one bite of it, it
melts. And so you wish, hope and dream endlessly, until all your
frustrations and hopes give presence to another fictional, beautiful,
sweet ice-cream-like dream... Let frustration be your
drive, let the "ice-cream" be all that you hope for, even if you "know"
it's impossible, "believe" is the reason you dwell, the excuse for your
devotion. Hopes and desires make us "Citizens of Ice-Cream".
Citizens of
Ice-Cream Demo now available
at Awakening
Studio!! Influences:Broken Social Scene, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky,
Radiohead, Portishead, The Album Leaf, Slow Dive, Pink Floyd, and the
list goes on...
NAO
Nao are
amazing - a band with a
lead microphonist and
guitarist who sings, recites and harangues in Chinese, makes up
these epic pieces of music and plays like ...not quite like
anyone you've ever heard before. It's splendid stuff with a lot
of convoluted ingenuity and long instrumental passages, full of
successively different styles and moods. Influences:
a lot of band from CHINA. Sounds
Like: metal, rock,
grunge... you name it
Tat's lyrics
(more on his site)
Tombstone
Not even men of legends can move the light-devouring mountain
'Tis the tombstone of freedom, the monolith of power.
'Tis the hole of buried blood, the grave of racial massacre
We see brave men stepping up
Only to be buried in its greedy sea of fire
Some lose their honour, some leave their conscience
They sacrifice their lives only to appease this grave of decadence
O' Priests! Free them spirits of justice!
O' Monks! Pray for them ghosts of honesty!
O' you people! With your ignorance and apathy,
Fill this mortal world of more ghosts of honour!
(A mockery to
the ignorance and apathy
of Malaysian society)
Doggie
Doggies do not ask, do not speak, do not question any problems
Doggies do not stand, do not forward, do not turn left or right
Doggies do not dissent, do not gather, do not know right from wrong
Doggies do not cross, do not change, do not ask for their rights
Doggies are forever the slaves for their masters
Doggies are forever the watchers of their treasures
Doggies only live by wagging their tails
Doggies only live in their tiny little cages
Hear thy masters, and do what they speak,
humans are doggies, and doggies are humans.
(A critique of
the extreme violation in
Malaysia's freedom of
speech)
ABSTRAK HINGGA KEBULAN
Ditubuhkan
pada Disember 2005 oleh
Zarul (bekas kumpulan d-Va) dan Kusha. kumpulan baru yang berkonsepkan
alternative rock. Mereka selalu memainkan lagu-lagu cover daripada
Pink,Puffy Amiyumi,Asobi Seksu,Green Day dan Gwen Stefani.
Abstrak banyak
mendapat undangan gig dan
dinner show disekitar
Lembah Kelang dan walaupun usia band ini sungguh muda,tetapi band ini
ternyata sangat matang dari segi permainan dan muziknya. Menerusi label
mereka PRODUKSI RUNUT BUNYI
Abstrak
merakamkan album debut mereka di
studio Avenue One di
Cheras. Mengandungi sepuluh buah lagu dan dijangka mula menemui pasaran
pada bulan January 2007 nanti. Setakat ini 5 buah lagu dijangka menjadi
single kepada band ini iaitu Menanti,Cinta Ini Milik Kita dan Jadi
Superstar. Setakat ini single Menanti telah pun mendapat airplay yang
bagus di semua corong-corong radio.
ZIEL
Ziel was formed
in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia in the fall of 2003.
Currently based in Den Haag, The Netherlands. Our sound can be
categorized as Hard Rock, running on a blend of Hard Rock, Metal,
Nu-Metal, Punk, Funk and Blues. The band is currently busy finalizing a
11 track independent album under Village Roof Enterprise.
Why this
name?
The reason we took "ziel" as our band name is because there is a lot of
soul in our music and our lyrics focus on the blood, sweat and tears of
the soul. ziel is the dutch word for soul.
How, do you
think, does the internet
(or mp3) change the
music industry?
The internet helps musicians reach out and gives us the chance to send
our message to more people, easier, hoping that the listener relates to
our music. mp3's help us give the listener our music in a small file
that does not take up too much space and carry it around in small mp3
players that they may take anywhere.
Would you
sign a record contract with
a major label?
If the terms suited us, we would sign with a major label, however, we
like how things are running now.
Your
influences?
influences range from metallica to guns n roses to the goo goo dolls
We've been told that we sound like PearJam, Metallica, Thearapy?,
Butterfingers....
Your
recording?
Our recording was done
at the Village Roof Enterprise (Malaysia) garage studio on a Roland
VS2000cd, editing and some of the vocals recorded were done at S.A.E.
Rotterdam, NL.
STONEBAY
The
band was formed
with its original
line-up circa 1996-97. Consisting of only 3 band members, Stonebay was
a mere high-school friends’ band in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah who shared the
passion of playing the same genre of music, ROCK. As time flies, Ojie
(the vocalist cum guitarist of the band) realized how fulfilling music
can be once he unleashed his imagination and
was witnessing it come to fruition. With that in mind,
Stonebay started playing all original composition of songs and
developed music writing skills related to their personal/everyday
experience.
Unfortunately,
Stonebay didn’t get much exposure to the Sabahan underground music
scene and due to academics commitments; the band’s activities somehow
became dormant. While in college, Ojie met a KL native by the name of
Dicky Adrian who had the similar passion towards music making and
quickly, the two became friends.
In 2002, most of
the band members were scattered around KL and the two decided to
reunite. Stonebay started to enter band competitions and later, gigs
all over KL with the help of some new friends filling in the bass and
drums duties. They received a warm welcome from local existing bands
and media throughout the years and until today, striving towards
improvisation and more importantly, sharing the love with fans and
friends alike.
Members
Position: Awangku Huzriuden (Ojie) – Vocals and Guitars; Dicky Adrian
Adenan– Guitars and Co-Vocals; Roy Joeffry Joroh – Bass; Mohd Hazreq –
Drums
This show went very
well with all the nine bands playing so well and the sound system so
good engineered by Gerard. Thanks Gerard and thank you bands and
thanks most of all to Calvin and Brian for lending their premises in
the Plush Melia Hotel Lower Lobby and supplying Sound System specially
and paying each band RM100. It was a great gig (even tho Soft
Touch didn't play). Bands that played: Kluk Kluk Adventure,
Abstrak, Nao (pronounced "Now"), Citizens of Ice Cream, The Rhaman,
Stonebay, Auburn, Indka and Ziel. Thanks so much
