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Remember how awesome Niklas Harding's gig? So if you are looking for another round of Trance music at Mist Club, here's your chance! Mist Club is bringing over another Armada DJ, Bjorn Akesson. I bet he will drop bombs to the dance floor.

Details below.


What?
Volume pres. Bjorn Akesson

When?
5th December 2009 (Saturday)

Where?
Mist Club, Bangsar KL

Who?
Bjorn Akesson
DJ Shane
Affiq

How?
ADMISSION (inc. 1 Drink)
RM35 Ladies / RM45 Men

Why?
Talented young and upcoming Swedish DJ / producer – Bjorn Akesson who signed under Armin’s Armada record label make his debut show in KL. His famous track “Perfect Blue” was introduced to the world as 'Tune Of The Week' by Armin van Buuren’s radio show - 'A State Of Trance' and being supported globally by world class DJs such as Tiesto, Judge Jules, ATB, Above & Beyond and many more. The wait is over, see Akesson at his best at Mist Club along with special guest DJs.

Thumbs up for bringing us more Armin's army to Malaysia! Perfect Blue, y'all!

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I've been trying my luck to win the prizes in the Got X Got Friends... But nevermind. Let me share with your some ways that you can upload your photos to participate in the contest. Let the photo below tell you how!


Easy, right? So what are you waiting for? Start uploading and grab those prizes!

Wish you luck!

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What went down at the Music Conference Asia (M.C. Asia) last week? Mentoring session by two cool international DJs and loud-thumping music! :D

The inaugural Music Conference Asia (M.C.Asia) Music Factory “The Beginning” has successfully attracted conference participants, both industry professionals and music enthusiasts of the Electronic Dance Music, from the region, including Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Thailand just to name a few.

You guys should have come early to hear the mentoring workshops presented by Canadian Producer, DJ and Label Owner, DJ Preach, and World’s Top 100 DJ, Marcel Woods from the Netherlands. Indeed, it was very informative. This is the first in our shores, event in the Asia Pacific, whereby conference participants received first hand introduction and guidance from Preach and Marcel about the professional world of music production

The first session of the workshop, Preach spoke on three key topics including the “Marketing Strategy for Professional DJs”, “The Love-hate Relationship between Technology and Traditional DJ-ing”, and “Knowing Your Tools to be the One in Music Production”. In the second session, Marcel touched on “The Evolution of Music Label”, “The Challenges in the Digital Age”, and “Artist development and Music Label Promotions”. Very, very interesting.

After the serious talk, the organizer has also thrown an appreciation party in the evening to entertain and reward everyone. Besides international headliners Preach and Marcel Woods, the no.1 most popular Nordic DJ 2008, Marcus Schossow was also invited to perform at the party, supported by our local talents Affiq and Funko Munky.

Among all DJs played that night, I'm surprise with the sound of Preach. His music is awesome! I wasn't really partying hard that night but his mix got me in the mood! Kudos to the man.

The party attendance was good. Wanna know something? Global Sound Masters will be contributing RM2 to the “GSM Music Fund” for every ticket sold. The money collected will go towards the nurturing of new talents in the region. We have done something good for the industry! :)

Look out for the second installment of M.C. Asia. It's gonna be happening on January 23 next year. Richard Durand and Sean Tyas will be playing for the appreciation night! I know you don't want to miss this.

Will update you on that soon! Now let's move on with some party pics!

We all had a great time at M.C. Asia! Hope to see everyone at the next one... "The Creation"

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For a local concert-slash-gig production, I think Hujan's Mencari Konklusi Tour is the best by far with awesome venue and great crowd that complements the whole atmosphere... plus great music.

The show was opened by two local bands; The Dia and Couple, with Yasmin Hani on the emcee. We thought we were late but thank god, we only missed the first act. Couple was half-way through their set playing "C'mon Operator".

Thanks to a friend, he let us enter the VIP section and we've got ourselves the best view in the house!

Hujan was set to rock onstage around 4.30pm and it was very amazing. Their show was divided into two sessions which are the acoustic and electric with a memento video playing in between to show their appreciation to their fans and the journey throughout the tour. Pretty impressive, I must say.

Besides playing the usual set of songs, Hujan lived up the crowd by playing a cover of Kris Dayanti's "Mencintaimu". Surprisingly, indie crowds scream their lungs out to sing along with Noh. Isn't that ironic?

Loque of Butterfingers was brought to the stage by Noh to sing "Rantai Rasa Cinta" together with him. According to Noh, the song is Loque's favorite track. Like it or not, it is my most favorite Hujan track!

When Noh went onstage after the second video, he played "Ku Mahu Kau Tahu" solo and the moment got me close to tears. Very beautiful performance, it was!

Hujan played almost all tracks from the first and second album with some unreleased tracks such as "Lonely Soldier Boy" and an encore, "Ludah Amerika". They end it with a bang, man!

We bought the Mencari Konklusi CD and had our groupie moment. Hehehe. A great show with only RM20 for entry charge? Totally worth it.

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Care for another round of Shinichi Osawa? Let me tell you a story before we get into the details... I went to Zouk to catch his previous gig and by 11pm, Barsonic was already close due to full capacity... and I sat outside waiting for a miracle to come.... Nothing happen and I don't want to repeat the same mistake again. :(

Now let's get on with the deets!


What?
When Lapsap Meets Shinichi Osawa

Where?
Zouk KL

When?
4th December 2009 (Friday)

Who?
Shinichi Osawa & Lapsap

How?
TICKET ENTRY (inc. 1 drink):
(Access to ZOUK & BARSONIC)
RM38 Ladies / RM48 Men

Why?
über-producer, composer, and DJ Shinichi Osawa is one of the leading names in Japanese dance music. His remixes for the likes of Felix da Housecat, Soulwax, Digitalism, and Snow Patrol have found much favor on dance floors across the globe. After selling 150,000 albums in Japan, Shinichi’s ‘The One’ is a great introduction to an artiste whose profile on these shores is set to rocket over the next year. The One sees Shinichi mixing dark and introspective grooves with euphoric dancefloor smashes and emotive melodic chilled grooves. The Lapsap boys are there too don’t forget. Blink and Xu will plug the support.

Are you ready?

Here's a video of Shinichi Osawa at Barsonic



Awesome, ey?

See ya there, that's for sure.

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Malaysians are overexposed with commercial Indo-bands and I don't want to mention any name here... So this is something that don't usually happen to us: Inspirational Joni & Urbandub in Malaysia.

Details here...


What?
Youreka! Finale Party by Yahoo!

When?
25th November 2009 (Wednesday)

Where?
KL Live @ Life Centre

Who?
Bunkface
Lapsap
Inquisitive
Urbandub
Inspirational Joni

How?
BY INVITE ONLY:

• To score an invite, pick up your issue of Junk November, find the YOUREKA! stencil pad within and present it at the door for admission (admits 1 only)

• Starting hunting for coloured tickets hidden around Yahoo! Malaysia sites and redeem them on-ground on specific dates for RED, BLUE AND GREEN tags. Each of the coloured tags entitles you to a whole bunch of goodies and will be your entry ticket to the Youreka! Finale on 25 November.

Why?
Organised in collaboration with Junk, we're gonna be fusing together music, art & fashion into a singular ball of awesomeness - you can be sure that it's going to be more fun than a barrel full of monkeys!

Party on down to a world of colour at the YOUREKA! FINALE PARTY BY YAHOO!

Visit YAHOO.COM.MY to discover great rewards & prizes from Yahoo!

Adli Syahril says: I've got the Blue tag! W00T!

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One party after another. November is undoubtedly an awesome month to party! We've got Nic Fanciulli earlier this month, Mr Flash of Ed Bangers, Matt Darey, and Mark Farina within the same night! MC Asia is happening this weekend and KL clubbers could not wait on what's coming in the week after... LAIDBACK LUKE!!!

Ok, no more crap.. Start reading! Details below.


What?
GLOBAL presents LAIDBACK LUKE

Where?
Zouk KL

When?
27th November 2009 (Friday)

Who?
Laidback Luke

How?
TICKET ENTRY (inc. 1 drink):
(Access to ZOUK & BARSONIC)
RM48 Ladies / RM58 Men

Why?
Another hotly anticipated debut this month comes in the form of Dutch house super star Laidback Luke. There’s probably no other star in the world today that has seen such crossover success like Laidback Luke. The man with the golden touch in terms or remixing tunes, producing records and setting dancefloors around the world on fire seems unstoppable from where we stand. Every DJ in the world from the likes of Tiesto to Pete Tong to David Guetta to A-Trak and diplo want tow ork with him and its no surprise… this man is seriously on fire! Come and watch him blow us a near roof, dent our dancefloor like no other and literally send you to heaven and back with his infectious bass ripping, rip roaring set.

I can't wait to hear him play "Need Your Loving". Awesome track!



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