Pesta Gambus 2008 was held on 25-27 July 2008 in Sipitang. This annual festival celebrates the musical culture of the Brunei community in the West Coast of Sabah, with the Gambus instrument as the central theme.
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(this Christmas song that she wrote had 620,675 hits and 4,176 comments so far.)
KokoKaina has an amazingly beautiful voice, plays guitar, writes songs, not to mention cute too. She was recently featured on the Youtube front page. I was surprised to find that she’s is from KL. We actually have real new talents here in Malaysia, not like “some” people who can barely sing, don’t remember song lyrics, and pok famous saja (you know what i mean?). Our KokoKaina is different, doesn’t really show her face, just focuses on singing and playing guitar. She is currently unsigned and just sings for fun. Hey music labels! Are you listening to this?
Here are some more of her videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LST222h9sjk
Finally! Dewa 19 in KK! I never thought it would ever be possible, because big Indonesian bands like them only does concerts in KL, until now!!! Last Saturday (15-12-2007), I went to Stadium Likas to see them perform. I took some pics and videos (though the videos are only short clips).
A shot of the stage before the concert starts.
Opening by Jinbara.
Felix A.F. with Jinbara.
And then, the stage was darkened and I knew Dewa was next to play.
Video of Dewa 19’s first song, “Angin”.
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More pics.
Ella and Dewa’s Dhani in a duet of “Sedang Ingin Bercinta”.
Video of “Dewi”.
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Video of “Kangen”. This time I got quite close to the stage.
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At the end of their final song, they said “Terima Kasih, Kinabalu!”
Video of Laskar Cinta and ending of concert.
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All in all, Dewa 19 concert was an awesome show! They did a stellar performance. Our local artists (Jinbara, Felix and Ella) also did a good job. But, Ella must have been so surprised to see the crowd’s laid back attitude. “Mari nyanyi sama-sama! “… … crickets … …
Somehow I felt weird when Dewi-Dewi (Indo Girl Pop Group) was singing. They were covering Dewa songs, but in a Pop/R&B way and made the stadium so quiet (maybe most everyone was so puzzled, “huh? what is this?”. Though they managed to pick up the crowd’s mood with their own hit “Dokter Cinta” as their last song (which sounded too much like “Everybody Dance Now”.
There are a few things that every singer/band/group needs to know about performing in KK, the audience here are shy and very laid back. Asking the audience to sing-along is fine, but we came to hear you guys sing, not tuneless out of sync singing of our own voices. Also, there is no mosh-pit or stage diving, or crying/feinting. We might seem “cold” but we are enjoying your music, just in our own way.
After people started to leave, I finally found my sisters and cousin.
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Yo, check it out guys. This is Pop Shuvit, a Malaysian band. Video is shot in Sweden, directed by Johan Hannu.
Their new album is coming out in a few days. It’s called “In Rainbows”. Pay what you think it’s worth. Interesting experiment…
O Lord, bless this thy Angel Sword Guitar, that with it thou mayst blow Christina Aguilera and A-HA and Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias to tiny bits, in thy mercy. If you want it, follow these steps: first shalt thou get to eBay. Then shalt thou pay $4,500, no more, no less. Sadly it won’t play Guitar Hero.
But it does go well with my header background image.
“For Money or Love,” the second song on The Like Young’s Last Secrets really says it all about the Like Young: for the love of their music, for the love of the band, for the love of each other (they’re married), Amanda and Joe made sacrifices to do what they loved, despite the struggles with money. Last Secrets explains it all, and perhaps, fittingly, was their last album before they retired the band back in August. Many more songs of their duo-punk-rock from earlier releases can be downloaded from their site.
For Money Or Love [MP3, 3.0MB, 192kbps]
via 3hive.com. More songs from their site: thelikeyoung.com
New study finds “many adolescent “metalheads” are extremely bright and often use the music to help them deal with the stresses and strains of being gifted social outsiders.” Haha, validation.
It’s been a long time since i blogged about free music. This is a band called The Never, if you like geek rock (like Weezer and such), I’m sure you”ll dig this too.
Cavity (MP3, 3.9MB, 192kbps)
Download more at 3hive or go to thenever.org (Official Site)
Look at web design these days: Gradients, bursts, big type, rounded corners, pastel colors, and reflections rule the roost. This slavish adherence to Web 2.0 design trends by the “chorus” is resulting in a big snoozefest. …
