Details of our upcoming events can be found here. Of course, if you're still full of questions, drop us an email!

Beloved Singapore alternative rock act B-Quartet launches its debut full-length album Tomorrow Is Our Permanent Address on Saturday 2 February 2008 at the Playden, The Arts House. Expect the 6-piece band to perform the album in its entirety with a couple of surprises along the way.

Date: Saturday 02 February 2008
Time: 2000hr
Venue: The Playden, The Arts House (1, Old Parliament Lane)
Charge: SGD16.00 (pre-sale), SGD22.00 (at the door)

Get Off that Thang Thang Thang!!!

Presented by the Esplanade, Aging Youth Productions’ event Get Off That Thang Thang Thang!!! returns for a 3rd time, celebrating the uptempo funk and jazzy grooves of our Singapore (and Malaysia) acts. The last installment of the series sees a return to band-based music. The musical genres of the acts will be still diverse from funk-rock to Latin-fused pop to ska-reggae.

Date: Friday 18 January 2008– Sunday 20 January 2008
Time: 1930hr, 2045hr, 2200hr
Venue: The Esplanade Powerhouse Stage

Friday 18 Jan 2008

Fishtank (1930hr – 2015hr, 2045-2130)

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Glitched Roots Project (2200hr – 2245hr)

Saturday 19 Jan 2008

Glitched Roots Project (1930hr – 2015hr)

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Ugly in the Morning (2045hr – 2130hr, 2200hr - 2245hr)

Sunday 20 Jan 2008

Sea Bed Sound (1930hr – 2015hr)

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The Otherside Orchestra (2045hr – 2130hr)

Underneath a Blood Red Sky

Presented by the Esplanade, Aging Youth Productions’ “Underneath A Blood Red Sky” will feature the bands that fuse indie rock, lounge and electronica into atmospheric-laden musical pieces drenched in guitar feedback. It’d be a showcase of musical acts from Singapore and Malaysia!

Date: Friday 26 October 2007 – Sunday 28 October 2007
Time: 1930hr, 2045hr, 2200hr
Venue: The Esplanade Powerhouse Stage

Friday 26 Oct 2007

As Seen From Above (1930hr – 2015hr)

Formed in early 2007, As Seen From Above is a band that aims to defy generic boundaries in music and write originals that focus on creativity, originality and some level of technical proficiency. With 3 members in the band, the band draws upon different musical influences including the likes of jazz, blues, electronica, modern rock, heavy metal and ambience. Taking its theme from a CCTV camera as seen by the band’s logo, As Seen From Above basically symbolizes surveillance, usually by an authoritative figure unknown to the one being watched, akin to a Panopticon.

As Seen From Above is:

Davin Shakya – guitar

Muhammad Farik – drums

Richavel Leong – vocals

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flica (2045hr – 2130hr)

flica is the solo project of Seto Eu Seng, one half of Malaysia’s highly respected experimental duo muxu. Their first collaboration was for a joint band project and eventually paving their way to establish muxu in early 2006. Their appreciation for nature's beauty and mystery is evident in their common use of organic and leafy cover arts. Influences on their work include electronic, acoustic and minimal IDM electronica beats with layers of sensual rhythms and emotive melodies.

flica is:

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The Oslo Castaways (2200hr – 2245hr)

The Oslo Castaways wishes to instil in their listeners an understanding of what they want to portray. More often than not, people try to put themselves in other people's shoes, trying to feel what they feel, without even understanding the root of the problem. An understanding is what they seek, at the very least.

The Oslo Castaways is:

Joanna Lim – keyboards, laptop

Joe Hendry Soong – vocals, guitars

John Toh – bass

Saturday 27 Oct 2007

MUON (1930hr – 2015hr)

MUON is:

Edwin Leong – drums

Justin Chin – keyboards

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Tinkerbell's Open Cascade (2045hr – 2130hr)

Tinkerbell’s Open Cascade is:

Ahmad Khaliq – guitar

Bani Hidir – vocals, guitar

Luqman Hakim – guitar

Muhammad Siraaj – bass

Patrick Leong – drums

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KLPHQ (2200hr – 2245hr)

KLPHQ is bravely paving the way in Malaysian music by pushing the boundaries that define experimentalism, expressionism in art and emotional connection by way of their intense live performances. Combining the sounds of post rock, drone and sludge, they have survived several line-up changes and yet continue their pursuit to be the loudest music act you've ever heard. Essentially a live act, the band remains heavily bootlegged at their shows, giving fans from all over the opportunity to experience part of the reason why KLPHQ has moved people to tears by intense delivery, emotional connection and overwhelming joy brought by their music.

KLPHQ is:

Ihsan – drums

Irman Hilmi – guitar

Ned – bass

Tariq – guitar

Sunday 28 Oct 2007

Alaling (1930hr – 2015hr)

Alaling began as a solo bedroom project with Ching Ching, her acoustic guitar, an RM12 Labtec computer microphone and the discovery of multi-track recording software. Draw a Venn diagram with artists like Corrine Bailey Rae, Rachael Yamagata and Feist. Where the circles overlap is where you'll find her music, a concoction that has elements of each artist without being either. Soulful in its simplicity, Alaling's easygoing and chirpy personality also keeps the music very cheerful and fun. 

Alaling is:

Adlin Rosli – guitar

Alexander Ang – d rums

Chew Phye Boon – acoustic guitar

Natalie Tan – bass

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ShameJoannShame (2045hr – 2130hr)

This trio dishes out upbeat instrumentals along with jarring guitar soundscapes soothed by ambient keyboard passages. They’ve described their tunes to be “cute rock”.

ShameJoannShame is:

Anne – keyboards

JosephRoberts– guitar

Ring-a-ding-ding-ding, I’m coming HOME…

Brought to you by HOME Club and presented by Aging Youth Productions, Ring-a-ding-ding-ding, I’m coming HOME… is a showcase of musical acts which treads the line of providing aural assaults and musical entertainment.

Date: Saturday 29 September 2007
Time: 2000hr
Venue: HOME Club, 20 Upper Circular Road, B1-01/06, The Riverwalk, Singapore 058416
Cover charge: $12 (with one drink)

Documentary In Amber

Inspired by the cinematic arrangements of momentary life, the 4-piece attempts to strike a balance between the chaotic and beautiful. With the impetus on the music and not the message, etherealized guitar lines and driving crescendos are utilized, contrasting and dynamically interwoven between walls of sound.

Documentary In Amber are:

Daniel Lim – guitar

Daniel Tan – drums

Iliyas Ong – bass

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Citizens of Icecream

If all that you wish to achieve, all that you desire, all that you wish would happen, transform as a whole to an ice-cream. And as you think you could take just 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 "icecream" 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 Icecream.

Citizens Of Icecream are:

Hwang – guitar

Kuan Seng – drums

Phang – synthesizers

Ray – bass

Tan – guitar

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Astreal

Astreal was formed in Singapore in 1992 with influences ranging from shoegaze/noise bands, ambient soundscapes to electronica and rock. In 2006, they released their second full-length album Fragments of the Same Dead Star under Wallwork Records and distributed by EMI. The album is a collection of 11 songs which can be described as a spacey hybrid of indie and electronica.

Astreal are:

Ginette Chittick – vocals, bass

Muhammad Alkhatib – guitar

We Came Down From The North

"We Came Down From The North" features the up and coming bands from our neighbouring country, Malaysia.You'll see our neighbours dish out everything from trip-hop to heavy rock in this showcase!

Friday 11 May 2007

The Lovecraft (1930hr – 2015hr)

The Lovecraft started out collectively in the year 1999. Formed by Farul Azri, the collective’s main purpose was to create moody and ambient sounds for the side project after being concentrating on hard and distorted beats for their current bands. In 2001, the band grows with the inclusion of female vocalist, Line (pronounced as Lynn). In 2004, Kech (aka Azwan Hadi ) joined as their new bassist. The trio is known for performing atmospheric trip hop tunes with provocative and dark lyrical imagery.

The Lovecraft is:

Azwan Hadi – bass

Farul Azri – acoustic guitar, laptop, keyboards

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Tempered Mental (2045hr – 2130hr & 2200hr – 2245hr)

While bands releasing recordings and playing lots of shows is commonplace, what sets Tempered Mental apart from its peers is the band's sound; an eclectic mix of styles and influences performed with progressive rock panache and always kept together by vocalist Melina William's memorable vocal melodies. 'Honestly' perfectly encapsulates this approach. The song is propelled by an intricate bass line in the verse, inventive guitar work throughout and a bullet-proof groove, but all the while though the song's emotional content gets across though Melina's vocal delivery wrought with longing and desperation. Currently Tempered Mental is working on their 1st full length album and with the support from Music Canteen Records; the album will be out by the end of 2006.

Tempered Mental is:

Jack – guitar

Jimmy – drums

Saturday 12 May 2007

Lurks (1930hr – 2015hr)

Started off as a hobby, Lurks begin its musical journey in the year 2001 as a one man electronic music experimentation using music authoring software as a tool of expression. In the early days, Lurks was only a web-based project with words spreading only through the net by mp3 and e-mail posting. In 2002, Lurks signed to an US based independent music label called Peace Music Network for a net distribution deal. As years passes by, after several changes in the music direction, the band has changed its musical concept to a style akin to indie-electro.

Lurks is:

Azlan Ibrahim – guitar

Mohd. Fariz – vocals

Mohd Zaid Fadhil – drum machine, sampler, electronics, drums

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Lied (2045hr – 2130hr & 2200hr – 2245hr)

You’ll hear a lot of big guitar riffs and passionate singing in Lied’s music. The debut EP Making Enemies is chock-full of that along with some unexpected twists. Primordial emotional catharsis, white noise, memorable melodies, melancholic dirges, weird sound effects, tender ballads, acoustic songs and pummeling overtures. Lied wants it all. In spite of the anything-goes approach to the music Lied will always depend on its songs having a sincere emotional core.

Lied is:

Adlin Rosli – vocals, keyboards

Azuan Fakaruddin – drums

Matthew Boo – guitar

Natalie Tan – bass, keyboards

Sunday 13 May 2007

Superbar (1930hr – 2015hr)

Superbar is a pop-rock band based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fronted by sometime singer-songwriter Chak with lead guitarist Bala, eclectic rockers Superbar came together in 2004. Beginning its life as an acoustic act, their sound has evolved through several line-up changes, drawing from influences that include Coldplay, Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms and John Mayer, the group dishes out radio-friendly pop rock with a touch of blues and lashings of funk.

Superbar is:

Dinesh Francis Benedict – d rums

Gobala Krishnan – guitar

Lau Chak Onn – vocals, acoustic guitar

Suren Haris – bass

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Telebury (2045hr – 2130hr)

Formed in 1999, the band’s name was inspired from an electric guitar, Fender Telecaster and Michael Eavis' Glastonbury festival. They are mainly influenced mostly by The Cure, Longpigs, Elbow and the beloved Radiohead. Telebury is a three guitar attack band. The band has released their first EP Is There Us In You? back in 2003 with 2 hit songs ‘Overdrive’ (number 2 at Australian Digital chart and number 1 at Malaysian radio stations) and ‘God Speed Your Love’ (as best and favourite song). Telebury has played various shows in Kuala Lumpur, Baybeats 2004, a tsunami benefit in Penang and a band festival in Kuching.

Telebury is:

Adrian Alphonsus – vocals, guitar

Ahmad Azhar – drums

Awang Hisamudin – bass, vocals

Haizronnaha Hasan – guitar

Low Seng Jee – guitar, vocals

Get Off That Thang Again!

“Get Off That Thang!” returns in "Get Off That Thang Again!", celebrating the uptempo funk and jazzy grooves of our Singapore acts. 2007 sees electronic and hip-hop musicians being incorporated into an event. The musical genres of the acts will be diverse from chill-out electronica to Latin-fused ska to experimental hip-hop.

Friday 27 April 2007

Prana vs. r-H (1930hr – 2015hr)

Prana vs. r-H marries groovy electronic dance music and live instruments, dishing out a sonic assault of ethnic sounds mix with electronic beats and beyond. Imagine sitars and wild rock guitar solos sitting comfortably in the pocket of a hip-hop groove. Kelvin Tan and Patrick Chng are the two guitarists in The Oddfellows, a Singaporean band who have been around since 1988.  r-H, a.k.a. Rajesh Hardwani, the Electronic artiste, music producer, arranger, composer and sound designer hails from Singapore .

Prana vs. r-H is:

Kelvin Tan – guitar

Patrick Chng – guitar, drums

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Nuentendo (2045hr – 2130hr & 2200hr – 2245hr)

DJ Weili fuses his ability to engage the dancefloor with Marc’s wildly inventive guitar playing. The duo blends broken beats, nu-jazz and funky house with funk grooves and guitar riffs under the moniker Nuentendo. Both of them work closely with guest musicians such as guest vocalists or percussions to hype up the crowd and engage the audience.

Nuentendo is:

DJ Weili – turntables

Marc – guitar, laptop

Saturday 28 April 2007

One Point Brilliance (1930hr – 2015hr)

The One Point Brilliance sound is characterized by funky guitar chording and pulsing drum beats. The trio is known to dish out instrumental laid-back tunes and upbeat anthems. What makes them unique in the spectrum of funk music is that they operate without a bassist.

One Point Brilliance is:

Adrian Yuen – vocals, guitar

Ian Ortega – guitar

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Fatskunks (2045hr – 2130hr & 2200hr – 2245hr)

Considered one of the most exciting reggae-funk bands in Singapore, this young quintet has won over its audience everywhere they have played. The group has been invited to play Rock On Singapore, an event sponsored by the National Arts Council as part of the Singapore Arts Festival.

Fatskunks is:

Azizul Bin Ali – drums

Mohd. Izaar – vocals, guitar

Mohamed Rosdee – keyboards

Mohamed Yazid – guitar, vocals

Mohammad Zaki – bass, vocals

Nazri Bin Zamzam – percussion, vocals

Sunday 29 April 2007

DJ Ko FLow (1930hr – 2015hr)

Beat juggling and scratching, 2004 DMC champion DJ Ko Flow brings back the exciting experience of a full hiphop show. DJ Ko Flow will astonish you with his technical proficiency on turntables empo grooves.

DJ Ko Flow is:

Ko Flow – turntables

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Breakbeat Theory (2045hr – 2130hr)

Formed by 4 like-minded musicians who share a common love for music and alternative forms of music production, Breakbeat Theory is a live drum’n’bass band. Built upon the live interaction between members, Breakbeat Theory creates dance music that is free-form and unrehearsed, immersing the audience in its sonic chicanery. All its music, sounds and moods are spontaneously developed along with its beats. The quartet aims to be the new test bed and cross pollinator between live musicians and the DJ.

Breakbeat Theory is:

Boey Yinhao – drums, percussions

Mohd. Dougall – guitar, laptop

SereneTan – keyboards, vocals

Tang Kinho – bass