i was so surprised and impressed simultaneously upon watching the talented, fresh new acts in KL's underground music scene. sent to KL to meet a few publishing house personnels gave me the chance of a lifetime to reunite with my college mates. they were preparing to spend the evening appreciating music, having some feel-good time.
while climbing the steps of CM, i saw a class being conducted by a familiar face. Hishammuddin Rais, quickly recognizing that goatee. well, dude was lecturing on some conceptual thingy to some weird-looking "students" or Socrates wannabes, i reckoned. all i can hear is "anti-thesis...bla...bla.... matter...bla...bla...emm, go get more chairs and to those who had just arrived, i got plenty of seats in front of me....). and that's when i turned around and left for the gig upstairs.
reza salleh. one cool dude. perfect opening act. he's a gifted son-of-a-b***h. melina of tempered mental on bass. i thought i saw sonic youth. not until they started playing. combination of dave matthews, counting crows, john mayer and jason mraz. that's how i comprehended his music.
few other bands.
(moods-singaporean) good. they might need a different vocalist for their version of sade's "no ordinary love". (stone revival-singaporean) ok. not my thing. stone roses meets jet or the killers. well, they're stoned anyway. (hujan-KL) unique. frontman must be high on laughing gas. and the rest was satisfactory on my standards.
many funny stuffs.
a group of street performers from azerbaijan, travelling on weird bicycles was the closing act. their performance was much more weirder. satan-like strings puppet, bottle-juggler accompanied by mini drums and violins and accordion. they could be useful for future radiohead's music video.
while climbing the steps of CM, i saw a class being conducted by a familiar face. Hishammuddin Rais, quickly recognizing that goatee. well, dude was lecturing on some conceptual thingy to some weird-looking "students" or Socrates wannabes, i reckoned. all i can hear is "anti-thesis...bla...bla.... matter...bla...bla...emm, go get more chairs and to those who had just arrived, i got plenty of seats in front of me....). and that's when i turned around and left for the gig upstairs.
reza salleh. one cool dude. perfect opening act. he's a gifted son-of-a-b***h. melina of tempered mental on bass. i thought i saw sonic youth. not until they started playing. combination of dave matthews, counting crows, john mayer and jason mraz. that's how i comprehended his music.
few other bands.
(moods-singaporean) good. they might need a different vocalist for their version of sade's "no ordinary love". (stone revival-singaporean) ok. not my thing. stone roses meets jet or the killers. well, they're stoned anyway. (hujan-KL) unique. frontman must be high on laughing gas. and the rest was satisfactory on my standards.
many funny stuffs.
a group of street performers from azerbaijan, travelling on weird bicycles was the closing act. their performance was much more weirder. satan-like strings puppet, bottle-juggler accompanied by mini drums and violins and accordion. they could be useful for future radiohead's music video.
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