Wanted Symphony

Vibrant, passionate, energetic and adventurous! Those are just some of the words that can be used to describe local fusion rock outfit Wanted Symphony - Since breaking onto the scene in October last year, the band has been on an exciting musical journey and has never looked back. Uniting four young and talented musicians, the band brings together a variety of influences and a whole lot of fun. Wanted Symphony definitely is a promise of something fresh - Together, they dabble in a genre they like to call ‘experimental fusion rock’. The band writes, arranges and produces their own music – uniquely characterized by a creative mixture of sounds, solid musical composition and strong lyrics. In the process, they have had the privilege of churning out crowd favourites such as ‘Breathless’, ‘Midnight Chatter’, and most recently ‘A Place Called Home’. The band performs live regularly and has rocked the house down on numerous occasions with their electrifying performances. Having already chalked up countless shows and feature performances nationwide, Wanted Symphony was recently blessed with a TV appearance as finalists on a reality show sponsored by Coca-Cola. Aside from that, they were also interviewed and featured in local newspapers Kosmo! and the News Straits Times. Despite having fun on stage and enjoying what they do, more importantly Wanted Symphony aims to touch and impact people with their music. As lead singer Daniel Wong puts it, “Our aim is not just to make music that people can remember and enjoy, but above everything we seek to speak into the hearts and lives of our listeners with our songs and the words that we sing, in the hope that people will go home carrying a positive message to their family and friends.” With the release of their much awaited debut single ‘You Will Be Mine’, Wanted Symphony now sets their sights on scaling greater heights. The band is just getting warmed up – there is much more to come so make sure you watch this space!

Fragments & Frictions

Fragments & Frictions or FnF for short was founded by Sherwin Singh (bass/vocals) in early 2010. Sherwin got the band name by mistake while listening to Angels & Airwaves's Fragments & Fictions. He didn't notice that the word was Fictions and not Frictions. Sherwin thought it was cool and went on to name the band Fragments & Frictions. After the band name was settled, Sherwin happened to see his good friend Andrew Kornnish perform at a battle of the bands event with Andrew's band Stalking Shannon. Sherwin instantly set his sights on roping Andrew in for his new band. Andrew agreed to join the band and soon after Brendon Khoo filled the position of drums. After 2 months of composing and rehearsals, Fragments & Frictions has already a number of original songs under their belts and have played in various events and places, notably FEYST Concert and An Honest Mistake's Debut Album Showcase . Their biggest achievement so far was bagging third place in DiGi's talent competition DiGiLive Tour on August 8 2010.

RevuForte

Subang Jaya native, 20-year-old, Afiq, started out the band as a side project with the help of a few local youngsters a few years back. Claiming that their main sound is hard rock, they cite Trivium, Slipknot, Muse, and Arch Enemy as their main band influences. The name means “ to entertain loudly”. The band’s sole mission in life is to continuously make music that will constantly inspire people to play music.After a few member turnovers, they are now a 3-piece band.Back in 2007, lead singer Afiq was working on a new side project band,and he called Asrul(bass),Daniel(drums) and Ryan(guitar) and together they formed a band. They called themselves,RevuForte.They recorded their first single titled 'Greed’. After recording their first single, Afiq and Daniel had continuous creative differences and soon after, Daniel left the band. They found new drummer named Adrie.Things were starting to turn around when Ryan decided to quit for personal reasons and Asrul has since been removed by the band for Afiq and Asrul had had different ideas about their own music ideology .Now, Afiq has found Bulya as their new bassist and together, they are planning to record more songs in the future.

Unexpected Mercy

We are six passionate musicians, with a great desire to influence and to inspire the world through our blend of metal / hardcore / death metal music.Formed in 2007, after a few rounds of slight line-up changes, Unexpected Mercy are finally set with a permanent line-up.The band started off with Ian and his sister; Vivian together with Russel to form a band that plays hardcore music thanks to the many musical influences by the bands that they started to listen to that plays hardcore music. A few months later Daniel joined themand together they have a couple of jamming sessions. Former band members started to leave thus pushing them to seek for members to fill in the spaces.During the end of the year 2007, Ian met Joey at a college music event, thus prompting him the position as the vocalist for Unexpected Mercy. Without hesitation, Joey gladly accepted the offer and since then he is the best candidate for the position. At the beginning of 2008, they started to compose their own songs and atthe same time they were struggling and seeking for a full-time bassist in the band. Late 2008, Joshua came into the picture nicely when they met him at a show. After that, there’s no turning back and a new journey begins for Unexpected Mercy with a steady and permanent line-up.With Joey on vocals, Ian and Russel on guitars, Joshua on bass, Daniel on keyboards, and Vivian on drums, Unexpected Mercy is now poised to impact the music scene with passion and sheer determination. Unexpected Mercy's music is comprised with solid double-bass kicks, with hard-hitting snare hits; creating beats and grooves, working together with basslines that are groovy as well as solid bass fills, mixing them with both chugging guitars and also riffs combining with guitar solos, thus bringing in the atmospheric keyboards and lastly melodic vocals and not forgetting low growls and high pitch screams that are orchestrated into a concoction of brutal breakdowns, prominent symphonic keyboards with electronica samples, guitar riffs and solos, and also with a melodic feel in those songs that can inspire you.Lyrically, Unexpected Mercy writes about the normal struggles we face in our everyday lives, but yet we can find hope within their belief and their faith, to encourage and to impart a whole new level and mindset towards the world.So far, 3 songs have been recorded and released in the year 2010, following plans to release an EP in the 1st quarter of 2011, then followed by plans to also release a full
length debut by the end of 2011.

Love Me Butch

Love Me Butch was formed in 1997 in Shah Alam, Selangor.In 1998, they started to write original songs and released their first demo EP, Psychedelic Relic and toured the whole of Malaysia, gathering fan base in the underground scene.In 2000, the band was featured in a local compilation released by Posse Records entitled Family Day with their first single Freefall. . The debut album, Enter Posthuman was released in Nov 2001. 5 months later, they shook the nation as they became the first independent band in Malaysia to receive an award in the Anugerah Industri Muzik (Malaysian Music Awards). They were the Best New English Artiste of 2002 and the album was also nominated for the Best Produced English Album and Best Engineered Album categories.In July 2002 issue of TONE magazine, Love Me Butch was voted third in the TONE Urban Top 20 list.They formed their very own indie label, One Armed Productions in 2003 to continue their musical odyssey. It took them about a year and a half to materialize songs that would be featured on This Is The New Pop which was produced by Love Me Butch themselves, and recorded at 101 Studios between Nov 2004 and February 2005. This Is The New Pop was released on April 2005.
Apart from the Malaysian release, they had secured international distribution in Singapore (Voideck Music), Japan (CR Japan), Thailand (IndyPop Records) and the Philippines (MCA/UNIVERSAL MUSIC), being the first Malaysian rock band to have penetrated the Asian music scene.
The song, Hollywood Holiday, is on the Malaysian Top Ten Charts for more than 4 months in one of the biggest radio station in Malaysia, Hitz.FM as well as received high airplays on X-Fresh FM and Red FM.
The band also released 2 music videos for the singles, “Reconcile” and “Hollywood Holiday”. The video for “Hollywood Holiday” was nominated at Anugerah Industri Muzik 2006 (AIM Awards) in the Best Music Video Category.It is currently on rotation on MTV Asia which is broadcasted to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand as well as local TV stations such as Hitz.TV, 8TV and TV3. It also debuted in the top 30 of the MTV Thailand International charts. As quoted by MTV Asia and 8TV, this video is the best music video ever produced in Malaysia. The video has started to receive airplays on MTV Japan since July 2006.Love Me Butch was also on the number 1 spot for 7 weeks in one of Japan’s largest indie music website, www.audioleaf.com, something reminiscent to myspace.com and purevolume.com.
They organized their own tour, Sejenak Di Semenanjung Tour 05 throughout major cities in Malaysia to support of the album release.
They have toured in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Philippines playing to a crowd of 500 to 25 000 people. The band also opened for Simple Plan when they came to Kuala Lumpur for their tour, and had been featured in more high profile shows such as the annual Rock The World concert (they were featured in RTW2, 3, 4, 5,7), ESPN X-Games, The Quiksilver Revolution Tour, Blast Off Finals, Homegrown Finale Concert, The Rottwailers’ Convention, Lucky Strike F1 Street Party, Malaysian Independence Celebrations, New Year Countdown Celebrations, and numerous radios & magazines sponsored events throughout Malaysia. LMB was also featured at the FC Five Tour in Malaysia, playing 2 dates back to back with the hardcore punk band from Japan.In October 2005, Love Me Butch toured across the city of Bangkok, playing 3 dates in Suansunanda University, The Rock Pub and Immortal Bar with Thai bands such as Brand New Sunset, Late, Housetrap, Outro and more. A few months later in March 2006, they were invited to play in Thailand again. This time at the Grand Pattaya International Music Festival playing at the MTV stage with Thai and international bands alike such as Sek Loso, Futon, Modern Dog, Rivermaya, 4gotten and Thaitanium. Then in May 2006, they played in Thailand again in an unplugged show, organised by their Thai fans. They attended the MTV Asia Awards show and after party, and played an opening set for Rivermaya at Cosmic Café, R.C.A.The band had also appeared 3 times consecutively at Baybeats 2004, 2005 & 2006 (South East Asia answer to Big Day Out) alongside bands such as Brandtson, Copeland, The Posies, Angelas Dish, Blue Line Medic, Last Days of April and Buddhiston held in Singapore as well as co-headline the Asian Youth and Music Festival with Baroque from Japan at the Singapore's Youth Park.
In October 2006, Love Me Butch was signed by MCA/Universal in the Philippines and toured the country to support the release of This Is The New Pop with Philippines’ bands, Chicosci, Urbandub, Faspitch, Valley of Chrome and Bad Burns. They performed at 6underground, Janero Bar, rock radio station NU107FM, SM Lipa Mall, Music One in store show, Breakfast Morning Show@ Studio 23 and appeared on local TV stations such as MYX and MTV Philippines. LMB was also featured as the only international band at the MTV Staying Alive Music Summit for HIV/AIDS held at The Fort, Taguig, Metro Manila on Dec 5. They also played at this year’s biggest rock festival, Summerslam 7 in April, rocking out the stage with 50 other Philippines acts and Death Angel from USA to a crowd of 50 000.Love Me Butch has just completed the INVASIA 2007 Tour whereby they toured Manila, Bangkok, KL and Singapore non-stop with Furcurve (Australia), Brand New Sunset (Thailand), A Vacant Affair (Singapore), Faspitch (Philippines) and Chicosci (Philippines).

Mercy Side

Mercy Side consist of 4 talented young musician with great enthusiastic when it comes to making music. Mercy Side established in the year 2009 based in KL M'sia.Mercy Side is now actively recording for their 1st EP contents of 4 songs all together and all in malay which will release in 2011. Mercy Side first gig was at paul place but before that the band was attended a battle in early 2009 at beach club(Asian Beat).Time by time Mercy side keep on searching place to perform, the band had a chance to paly at Myevo club at pandan indah twice and cont by others event at janda baik by J club and JIG studio,indie big jam JB and Dataran by 2 crank.com and Karyawan.

Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol was formed by a group of angsty but fun-loving adolescent males who embarked on a quest to explore sonical frontiers together. They combined their varied influences ranging from The Clash to Queens of the Stone Age to create an eclectic mix of punk, soul and electro.
Things got serious when their raw passion was validated as talent after they won 1st place in the Yamaha Asian Beat Central Region Finals. There was no turning back…
Today, they play some of the most infectious, experimental yet listenable rock in Malaysia; their impressive accolades include coveted slots at Rock the World 2009 & 2010, Urbanscapes 2010 and Baybeats (Singapore) 2010.

An Honest Mistake

An Honest Mistake, consisting of 6 talented musicians, is one of Malaysia's latest sensations to hit the music scene.The dynamic rock band writes and produces their own music, already generating hit songs like 'This Song Is So Random, I Don't Know Why' and 'The Snake With Limbs'. Fusing metal and hardcore with poppy choruses to make them unique; the band is definitely something to look out for!In 2009, An Honest Mistake rocked the house down at many popular venues such as Laundry Bar, Urbanattic and The Library with their electrifying performances. They have also played prestigious stages such as the Selangor Music Festival and Rock The World 9. An Honest Mistake is also VIMA's 'Best College Act' and was nominated for 'Best Sunshiny-Feelgood-Song' in the 2010 VIMA Awards.Come the new year, AHM is churning out more singles to delight their fans. With great music and determination, An Honest Mistake is set to take 2010 by storm, so watch out for them.

Rosevelt

Since Rosevelt was unleashed upon the world in June 2009, we have been living out the dream in the local music scene. This dream is simple: to blaze trails of our own among the footsteps of local indie music greats.The spirit of Rosevelt is best summed up in our public debut at Indie Youth Fest 2009: indie, young, and in the serious business of having fun.Within the same year, we were honoured with a slot in Rock The World 2009 and it has been the ride of our lives ever since. Rosevelt has had the pleasure of playing live at various venues, such as The Library, Laundry Bar, and Urbanattic, as well as many events including Fly FM Campur Chart, Youth ‘10, and Urbanscapes 2010.We have also been rocking the campus circuit, such as Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Sunway University College, Monash University College, and HELP University, so much so that Rosevelt was nominated for ‘Best College Act’ at the Voize Independent Music Awards 2010.So what kind of rock music exactly do we play? Some say Hard Melodic Rock, some say Alternative Rock. We say the kind of rock that will have you headbanging till your neck hurts.Our single Madicine, which debuted in June 2010, made it to XFM and also spent 8 weeks at the top of Cravecharts.

Hello, is this the band?

Hello, is this the band? (HITTB) band was formed in Alor Star, Kedah, in late 2007. Band members today are Diana (Vocals),Fahmy (guitar), Shahfeeq (Drums), Hidhir (bass), Shazmir (lead guitar). The band original members are Fahmy, Shahfeeq and Shazmir. The first song the band put together was now known as "Letting You Go". They recorded tw o songs without vocals in January 2008 at Subhuman Production Studio in ALor Star (now moved to Bukit Antarabangsa KL), and later set up the band's Myspace account and uploaded both songs. The band wanted to find another bandmate. The band wanted a female singer for them. So the search started.After the two songs were uploaded to Myspace and the band started to add people and advertise about their search, the band received good responses and few people were auditioned. Hidhir later joined the band and took Shazmir's position as bassist. Shazmir then moved to lead guitar. Later the band found their singer who currently studying in her 1st year at Multimedia University, where all the band members are currently studying too. Diana or well known as Dy decided to tryout and later joined HITTB and the band was complete.The band's name was taken from their advertisement tagline in Myspace to search for a singer. "call now, and say - hello, is this the band?". In May 2008 the band recorded another two songs, one of it was "It's Not Rocket Science, It's About Us". In December 2008, HITTB recorded their first song with Dy, with their lecturer Mr Norman. Then the band recorded another two songs with her, "It's Not Rocket Science, It's About Us" and "Secret Admirer" in early January 2009.After the band released the songs, they received overwhelming invites to play at gigs and shows all over Malaysia. Thanks to organizers like Bodysurf Records, Gegey Music, Sovereign Records and many more, the band now has a growing fanbase all over Malaysia. In August 2009, the band signed a record deal with Malaysia's indie label from East Coast, Gegey Music and they started recording their upcoming album at JD (Pop Shuvit) 21:05 studio in TTDI in October and expected to be released by Gegey Music in February 2010.HITTB's music can be generally regarded as Pop Punk, Emo, and Rock. The band influences ranging from Paramore, Anberlin, We The Kings and many more.

Dichi Michi

 Dichi Michi burst straight into the local scene 3 years ago and perform actively in numerous events, collaborating and working with independent artist from other country. Besides, Dichi Michi also has been regularly interviewed and featured in local newspaper(harian metro & news straight times), magazine (junk, pizza, rottw etc.) and tv shows (8tv quikie,tv3 MHI, cyberjaya tv, the wknds session, homegrown etc.) . They also attract many famous independent clothing labels and sponsors (That’s rite, Mejiku Indonesia, MACBETH footwear etc). With that accomplishment, Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) has approached Dichi Michi and offered to shoot a video clip for their song “Lost in Final Year” and “Realiti dan Fantasi” for Astro Musik Aktif channel. RTM was interested to further promote them because of their credibility in performing.They’ve released their EP entitled “SOUNDS OF NEW HOPE” (released independently in 2009) that received positive responds from most of music lovers around the world. Their hot single "Fine Without You“ and "Realiti dan Fantasi" become people's favorite in Internet and ranking among the top five of Hit.fm Malaysian English Top Ten and Flyfm campur chart as well as being at the top of Suria.fm Suria Band Kita chart for 6 weeks becoming new teenage/local/independent music and fashion icon in Malaysia.

Handle With Care

Handle With Care is an independent rock band based in Petaling Jaya. The band consists of Faisal Yusof on vocals and bass, Andy Seah and John Paul Pacaldo on guitars, and Abdul Musowir (Moose) on drums.Bonding over a common interest in music, Faisal, Andy, John and Chee Ben Jin (former drummer) built a strong friendship and soon enough, Handle With Care was born in early 2009. The band was later joined by bassist David Woong in mid 2009. In August 2009, Ben left the band to further his studies overseas. He was then replaced by Moose in October 2009. In January 2010, David left the band due to personal reasons. With his departure, Handle With Care is now a four-piece band with Faisal taking over the role of bassist.A far cry from their beginning of playing covers, the band took a step forward by writing their own songs after being together for a few months. Handle With Care have released three singles and played numerous gigs. Their latest single, “Apa Warnamu”, has been creating a buzz and getting airplay on XFM, Hot FM as well as Fly FM. The song has reached no.1 on XFM Underground Chart and also no.1 on online music charts, such as Channel [V] AMP Chart, cravecharts.com and jomgig.com Top 50. Handle With Care is now on a roll to make a name in the local music scene.