Platform the Label

2008-09-12T11:29:00.002+08:00

2007-08-28T00:48:00.000+08:00

Literati @ SeptFest

Come celebrate the power of meaningful words at Literati!!! A showcase of poetry, prose and music delivered by talented local writers, storytellers and musicians. .

This round of Literati will present Elizabeth Tan, Yong Shu Hong, Susy Bungsu, Maya Dance Theatre Ltd. Patrick Chng, Ben Harrison, Zack Yusof and The Random Collective #3.

Organized by Platform (The Label). For more info, please visit our website: http://www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com

Date: 1^st September 2007, Saturday
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Substation Theatre
The Substation Ltd
45 Armenian Street
Singapore 179936
Admission: Entry by donation

The next Literati will be held in January 2008 at Books Actually. Watch for it.

Do check www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com for updates

Performer's Info

Story

Elizabeth Tan
Elizabeth caught the arts bug since 7 yrs old, performing for Act 3 Theatre Company. Now an actress/host for stage and television, she was last seen in Ho Tzu Nyen's 'King Lear: Avoidance of Love' as part of the Esplanade Sparks Project and World-In-Theatre's 'Mishima: Women in Love'. Also a presenter, she has hosted programs for Mediacorp Channel 5, Kids Central and Nickolodeon Asia. Having an intimate relationship with writing, she reviews movies for http://www.cinemaonline.com.my and her passion for fashion is fulfilled at http://www.60nicholson.com.

Maya Dance Theatre
Maya Dance Theatre Ltd. is Apsara Asia's production entity that focuses on creating and presenting arts productions. It aims to create productions that transcend all cultural, ethnic and national boundaries, presenting in its original form within a unique contemporary dance theatre style combining dance forms, text and sound. Maya Dance Theatre will be presenting a preview of their performance, ATMA, which will take place at the Esplanade in October.

Poetry

Susy Bungsu
Susy Bungsu , otherwise known as "soozeeB", who is a secretary by training, is currently in the education sector, with a focus on events management. She is actively involved in Migrant Voices, a registered arts society, as a Secretary as well as being in charge of volunteer management. She aspires to be an Art Therapist in the near future and hopes to help children with learning disabilities. She pens her poetry under the moniker "Petal P. Rose".

Yong Shu Hoong
Yong Shu Hoong is an accomplished poet. His published collections of poetry include Isaac (1997), do-while (2002) and Frottage (2005), which won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2006. His works has also appeared in various publications, including The Straits Times, South China Morning Post and the MTV Asia website.

He is the organizer of the monthly subTEXT readings at the Central Lending Library and is also a regular guest of literary events all over the world – most recently, British Council's Cambridge Seminar for Contemporary Literature and Byron Bay Writers Festival in Australia.

Music

Patrick Chng
Patrick Chng started performing in the mid 1980s and formed one of Singapore 's most loved indie bands The Oddfellows in 1988. The band went on to released two albums "Teenage Head" in 1991 and "Carnival" in 1992 and had huge radio hits such as "So Happy", "Unity Song", "Your Smiling Face", "She's So Innocent" and "Breach" in the 1990s.
Patrick was also an original member of The Padres and has occasionally performed as a solo acoustic act. He's now the guitarist in TypeWriter and is the founder of non-profit music organisaton Music For Good.

Ben Harrison (Etc)
Ben Harrison was born the day Elvis died. He's lived in Singapore for a long time and was in the Joe Ng-fronted band, Padres. For the last decade Ben has been the only constant member of Etc – a loose-knit band that instinctively adapts its volume, songs & line-up depending on the occasion. They've played numerous live shows and spent barely any time recording. Nobody's offered them money to do an album yet, but they do have enough material for several. You can hear songs Etc songs at http://myspace.com/abcdetc

Guest

Zack Yusof
Zack Yusof is a music journalist, occasional indie radio jock and enthusiastic part-time club deejay who sings, plays guitar and writes songs in KL-based indie rock five piece Deserters. Driven by his love of classic songwriting and inventive sonic experimentation, Zack also makes intimate lo-fi acoustic folk under the guise of Kid Kowalski. Previous musical form includes Rebecca Fishpond (UK), Release (UK), Fast Boyfriends (UK) and Trafford (MAL). Visit: http://amp.channelv.com/deserters

The Random Collective #3
Order a poem from the Proletariat Poetry Factory by providing a word and paying a fee of your choice. The Servile Poet will generate your poem live, using a typewriter, while being psychologically infected by a noise feed from the Supreme Programmer. Part of an ongoing situationist experiment by Rage Goh, in collaboration with YC Teo. This will be their 3^rd experiment.

2007-04-01T19:03:00.000+08:00

Come celebrate the power of meaningful words at Literati!!! A showcase of poetry, prose and music delivered by talented local writers, storytellers and musicians. Featuring Jocelyn Chua, Dew Chaiyanara, Marc Nair, Azmi Danuri, Lee Yue Heng, and Jacklyn Soo of The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Also with special guest, Sharanya Manivannan (KL).

Organized by Platform (The Label). For more info, please visit our website: http://www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com

Date: 7^th April, Saturday
Time: 2pm
Venue: Singapore Arts Museum
71 Bras Basah Road
Singapore 189555
Admission: Entry by donation
Contact: plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com
91813142 / 63323222

The next Literati will be held in July at The Arts House.
Do check www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com for updates

Performer’s Info:

Dew
A Drama graduate of Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Kasamawati Masmintra Chaiyanara (Dew) has written and directed several dramatic performances and received a Merit Award for scriptwriting from the Singapore Broadcasting Authority in 2001. Currently, Dew is a freelance Drama Trainer, Theatre practitioner, Vocalist of local Rock band - “FWB”, Journalist/ Resident VJ for online music portal - “Pure Rock” and Production Assistant for LAMC Productions.

Jocelyn Chua
Long-listed for the National Arts Council Golden Point Award 2005 for her short story "A Brief Affair with Infinity", playwright-performer Jocelyn Chua was last seen at the Arts House Play Den in March 2007 performing her debut solo show – a dramatisation based on her aforementioned short story. An avid local theatre practitioner who also dabbled in short film making, Jocelyn was commissioned by TheatreWorks in 2004 to complete the one-act play "Restless" before proceeding to publish her debut collection of stage scripts in December 2006 entitled "Restless and Other Plays". She is currently trying to write more with her fingers crossed for paid artistic projects – It. Is. Hard. To. Write. With. Fingers. Crossed.

Marc Nair
Marc D. Nair - Teacher, Poet, Musician, Songwriter.

Mohammad Azmi Danuri
A digital film student at S.A.E. Institute Singapore, avid Star Wars fan and a photography enthusiast, Azmi has been writing poems for the past 4 years and continues to do so under the name Mrazmi. Asmi also does swordplay choreography/performance with SEJA and is part of a drama group that is in the National Drama Competition finals.

Jacklyn Soo of The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party is Jacklyn Soo and Ho Wai Kit. Formed early this year, the duo has been writing and producing songs of love, loss, memories, childhood, nature and peace.

Lee Yue Heng
Yueheng, a History/English Literature teacher has been writing songs since he was 17. His influences include The Beatles, Oasis, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and 70s Chinese oldies.

Guest

Sharanya Manivannan
Sharanya Manivannan was born in India in 1985 and grew up in Sri Lanka and Malaysia. She writes, dances, paints and photographs, among other polyamourous devotions. She is working on a novel, Constellation of Scars, and a book of poems, and has published a handmade chapbook, Iyari. This year, some of the things she's looking forward to include a solo spoken word show in Kuala Lumpur in June, being a panel speaker at Chicago's Kriti Literary Festival in April, and editing an anthology for Women Unlimited, an imprint of India's first feminist press, Kali For Women. She can be reached at http://sharanyamanivannan.blogspot.com.

Literati !!!

2006-12-18T19:37:00.000+08:00

Literati III

Words and language have long been used as mediums of expression, standing alone in stanza and prose or collaborating with music and visuals to affect both sense and mind. Yet in this fast paced world, the meaning of words gets lost and become empty in a contextual void which exists in day to day conversation, and that is what Literati hopes to remedy by placing the spotlight on the word and it's power to move you.

Context will be the highlight of this event, in which we will line up wordsmiths from different avenues in one intimate performance of poetry, story and song. We hope that through this showcase, we may be able to demonstrate the indomitable presence of words not simply by its existence in our mundane exchange of information, but in forms which are profound and stirring.

This round of Literati will present Dominic Ng, Ruby Pan, Teng Qian Xi, Russell Tan, Donald Pan of Nuance and Amanda Tee.

Organized by Platform (The Label).

For more info, please visit our website: http://www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com

Date: 27th January 2007, Saturday
Time: 4pm
Venue: Books Actually
125A Telok Ayer Street
Singapore 068594
5 min walk from Tanjong Pagar MRT (exit G)
Admission: Entry by donation
Contact: plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com
91813142 / 62211170

The next Literati will be held on the 7th of April 2007 at The Singapore Art Musuem.
Do check www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com for updates

Performer’s Info:

Dominic Ng
Dominic has been heavily involved in the theatre scene back from his home country, Malaysia. He managed to clinch the title of the best actor of Malaysia under-18 in the year 2004. Since then he helped the Bangsar Actors Studio as a crew for a short while before arriving here in Singapore to become a full-time professional actor. He currently studies in LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts. He's taking a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.Ever since stepping into Singapore, he has worked with renowned directors from around the globe such as Leith Taylor, James Kable, Samantha Scott Blackhall and Terrence Crawford, among many others.

Ruby Pan
Ruby Pan is a trainee teacher at NIE. When she is not learning to be a Native English Speaker, she writes and performs - she has appeared on the Mr Brown Show.Com. Ruby is also a member of Migrant Voices, a non-profit organization that seeks to platform the voices of migrant workers through the arts.

Russell Dominic Tan
A 21 year old undergrad majoring in English Literature in NUS. Russell who enjoysmusic, reading and writing poetry in his free time intends to pursue teaching as a career upon completion of university.

Teng Qian Xi
Teng Qian Xi's first collection of poetry, Eye and Tongue, will be published next year . Her writings have been published in QLRS, Softblow, the London Underground, and Today, among others. She was the publicist for the recent cinema release of Singapore GaGa, directed by Tan Pin Pin. She will be returning next year to Columbia University to finish her degree in comparative literature.

Amanda Tee
She may be only 17 years of age - but with a couple of years' experience, she will not disappoint. In her songs, she makes it a point to find a comfortable compromise between the realms of words and melody. After all, they can very much compliment each other. Her songs aren't perfect, but she tries. So don't miss your chance to catch her belting out songs that can take on a more emotional expression. 'If music be the food of love, play on!'

Donald Pan of Nuance
Donald Pan is a member of Nuance. An intelligent song-writer, his evocative and smoothly crafted lyrics flow like poetry, equally matched by beautifully haunting tunes. Nuance’s music is hopeful and optimistic, with acerbic and premonitory undertones. Exploring current affairs and testament inspired messages, their music is fodder for philosophical discoursers and inspires travel to utopian faraway lands. Literati will be Donald’s first solo performance.

Flea.Fly.Flo.Fun!

2006-10-11T02:37:00.000+08:00

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Flea.Fly.Flo.Fun.

Come on down to HOME Club every 3rd Saturday of the month for an Indie Eclec-tric Flea Market brimming with tunes from up and coming local bands and sweet, sweet rocking indie music from our very own sweetmusic.fm collective.

Featuring this October, we present a flea market galore, local bands 'T.H.E. (Thusly Henceforth Ergo)', 'The Oslo Castaways' and 'Sleeve' and 'sweetmusic.fm' at the console

Flea.Fly.Flo.Fun.
Indie Eclec-tric Flea Market
sweetmusic.fm
Local bands*: T.H.E. (Thusly Henceforth Ergo), The Oslo Castaways and Sleeve
21st October 2006, Saturday. 4pm - 10pm.
HOME Club
20, Upper Circular Road
B1-01/06, The Riverwalk
Singapore 058416
Free Entry
Happy hour till 11pm
*Band performances starts at 6pm
Enquires: Flea.Fly.Flo.Fun@gmail.com

sweetmusic.fm:
sweetmusic.fm is an established Internet radio station based here in Singapore. A collective of DJs who assign themselves names by color, this team serves up an eclectic mix of indie rock and alternative tunes to rock the floor with style and humor. Listen out for mashed up tunes that will change your perspective of certain tracks and their heritage.

sweetmusic.fm will bring you indie rock with a different slant, their wide range of influences and various members and contributors prove that more can also be just that, more. Get ready for some sugaré brown, white, yellow, maroon, gold, blue, black and green, whatever color of the rainbow you should choose, these guys are prepared to dish it out.

Band Info:

T.H.E. (Thusly Henceforth Ergo)
Hailing from different walks of life, a group of people have come together to form T.H.E. Infusing their different influences into the band, T.H.E is a melding of a range of sounds, expressions and personalities. It also contains a broad range of sense of humour, some in unsalvageable levels. If you're into indie pop, alternative and the sorts, they're the ONE for you. Thusly, you should catch them in action as they hype up the stage with their music. Henceforth, it will be a great experience. And ergo, you will buy them drinks after they finish with their sets.

The Oslo Castaways
The silence engulfs.

We are The Oslo Castaways. (Formerly Known as The Subway Stars)

Hailing neither from Norway or the sea, the reference to Oslo wishes to encompass the beauty of Oslo. Of the long days and of the Northern lights. Of the waters and fjords. Of the tranquil and peace. And of being cast away from this place. A sense of longing and grief. Regret, despair, negativity.

This four piece indie rock act wishes to instill 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.

Sitting. Standing. Waiting. You know what it's like to wait forever.

Sleeve
Formed in July 2005, Sleeve is a quintet producing original music that, according to listeners, is deeply melancholic and emotional. Our members have varying influences ranging from the music of Radiohead, to old school Malay rock. On the whole, the different playing styles of each member complement each other to personify a sound that is essentially unique to Sleeve's identity. Sleeve draws inspiration from true life experiences and emotions, making it easy for listeners to relate. We are currently working on our new single "Bound" and hope to release it on CD soon after.

Literati 2: Say What?!

2006-08-30T01:31:00.000+08:00

Say what?! We use words everyday of our lives to communicate with other people, but how often do our points get across?

Come celebrate the versatility of words in Literati, where storytellers, poets and musicians attempt to change your view on the conventional usage of words.

Date: 8^th September 2006
Time: 8pm
Venue: The Substation Guinness Theatre
45 Armenian Street
Singapore 179936
Admission: Admission by donation
Contact: 91813142
plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com
http://platformthelabel.blogspot.com

Verena Tay
Verena Tay brings stories vocally and physically alive in her unique fashion, drawing from her twenty-year experience in acting, directing and writing for local English-language theatre. Together with Kamini Ramachandran with whom she founded MoonShadow Stories in November 2004, Verena has been telling stories at The Substation, the Armenian Church, local museums and within the community, much to the delight and enjoyment of adults and children. An active storyteller with Talespin and the Storyteller’s Circle, Verena is also a founding member of the Storytelling Association (Singapore).

An Associate Artist with The Substation since 2002, she is also the President and a founding member of Magdalena (Singapore), a society that seeks to promote networking and sharing amongst women arts practitioners. In addition, she teaches voice, speech and/or presentation skills at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University and other local institutions.

Ferlin Jayatissa
Ferlin Jayatissa was trained as a lawyer and now teaches Law. He has always been enthralled by stories from the very first time he was read one at 5. He began storytelling unofficially as weaver of tales amongst his mor gullible little cousins at the age of 6 and gave his first public storytelling at the age of 35 as a guest storyteller of MoonShadows. Now he tells, writes and stages stories as his passion because in the crevices of all tales, lay obscure, oft pungent but always enlightening truths.

Lion City DIY
Lion City DIY is a collective of independent and progressive minded writers, musicians and artists. Seelan Palay and Sha Najak are representing LCDIY this time round, but expect a guest appearance or two by other members!

Chris & Clare Murphy
Twins Chris & Clare Murphy are exploring theatre studies through music, drama, and writing. They are Grade 10 students at United World College and actively audition for and perform in school productions.

Linda Joelle Ong of Lunarin
Linda Ong is the singer and bass player of local alternative rock band, Lunarin. She enjoys reading and appreciates the power of words. As almost all Lunarin songs were born out of an acoustic guitar and random nonsensical phrasings, Linda shall attempt to go back to basics for Literati in order to expose the songs in a different way.

Yee Chang Kang of Typewriter
Yee Chang Kang is a singer-songwriter & fronts indie-superband TypeWriter. His previous band, The Ordinary People have released 2 CD albums & 2 demo cassettes. TypeWriter owe its brand of music to the Pop-Underground movement. Filled with exuberance, Pop Underground is distinguished by power-pop's hallmarks -- infectious melodies, thoughtful lyrics & ringing guitars – basically a great love for the craft of songwriting. Besides fronting TypeWriter, Chang Kang is also an ardent film-maker. His quirky short films have been screened at film festivals in Tokyo, Bangkok, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Cologne. Being a local music advocator, Chang Kang uses local music extensively in his films.

Platform (The Label)
91813142
plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com
http://platformthelabel.blogspot.com

2006-08-27T15:26:00.000+08:00

Thanks "y'all" who helped or was involved or participated or had anything to do with T.A.G.S. 2 this year. Without you guys it wouldn't have been possible. Thank you.

2006-07-24T19:32:00.000+08:00

T.A.G.S. is back! Presenting…

It’s Never Enough: The Art of Gear Stomping Part Deux

This year, we’re taking T.A.G.S. to a new level. This year, you don’t come to T.A.G.S., we bring T.A.G.S. to YOU!

The Art of Gear Stomping a.k.a. T.A.G.S. is a convention BY pedal lovers FOR pedal lovers. The convention features mainly guitar effect pedals that not only enable you to shape and create sounds from your instruments, it also allows you to produce and manipulate noises from them. Featured at this convention are pedals that give you the opportunity to do this. It also features workshops to show you the different uses of different pedals. The rest is up to you.

This year, there will be 3 workshops held at 3 different venues over 3 different weekends, followed by a big beautiful disastrous fuzzy band bang gig at HOME Club.

T.A.G.S. is a collaborative effort between Platform (The Label) and MR. MISSE.

Featuring City Music, MR. MISSE, Ty Music Centre, Guitar 77, OM Laboratiories, Randolf aka The Embryo, Documentary In Amber, The Love Experiment and many more…

Info:

Workshop 1:
We Spread The Love, and The Noise to you.
The basics of FX
4th August 2006, Friday 2pm – 3pm
SAE Institute Singapore (School of Audio Engineering)
71 Bencoolen Street #02-01
Singapore 189 643
Walking distance from Dhoby Ghaut or Bugis MRT Station
Demo/Workshop by City Music, MR. MISSE
Entry $2. Free Entry for SAE Students.

Workshop 2:
CUM FEEL THE NOIZE!!!
Advance FX, sound and noise
13th August 2006, Sunday 2pm – 10pm
The Substation
45 Armenian Street, 2nd Floor
Featuring demo and performances by…
Mr. MISSE, Randolf aka The Embryo, Ty Music Centre, OM Laboratories, Guitar 77, tbkfas, The Escapist Theorist, mindfuckingboy, GrumpEmotionalDUmbMalayBoy, wyxmm and many more.
Convention $3
Performance $3
Both events $6 + one lucky draw coupon

Workshop 3:
Come chill, and chill, and chill, and chill….
Acoustica, and The Fine Art of Looping.
19th August 2006, Saturday. 4pm-6pm
Earshot @ The Arts House
1 Old Parliament Lane Singapore 179429
Featuring…
Acoustic guitar demo by Maestro and Paul Ponodurai,
EsSample by Darren Ng aka Sonicbrat,
The Variax Acoustic by Bernard of City Music and,
The Art of Looping by Randolf Arriola aka The Embryo
Free Entry. Donations are welcome.

Finale:
A Big Beautiful Disastrous Fuzzy Band Bang
Mini-flea market, gig and lucky draw.
26th August 2006, Saturday. 4pm – 1030pm.
HOME Club
20, Upper Circular Road
B1-01/06, The Riverwalk
Singapore 058416
Entry $12 plus one drink + one lucky draw coupon.
Free entry to Drum and Bass event after 1030pm.
Featuring performances by Ugly In The Morning, Documentary In Amber, The Love Experiment, Super Illegals, Al Grande Terrorismo and more.

Every $10 spent at dealers will be entitled to a lucky draw coupon.
Prices include vouchers, discount coupons, effects and other accessories.
Proudly sponsored by Mr. MISSE, City Music, Guitar 77 and Ty Music Centre.

We're also having a 2nd hand booth for all you people who wanna sell their stuff. Pls email plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com with your list of items you wanna sell and for more info.

Enquiries
plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com
91813142

Literati: Don't Just Speak It.

2006-05-25T15:53:00.000+08:00

Come celebrate the power of meaningful words at Literati! A showcase of poetry, prose and music delivered by talented local writers, storytellers and musicians. Featuring Kamini Ramachandran, Akshita Nanda, Ng Yi-Sheng, Sushela Sockalingam, Victor Tang and Feroz of Ecrus Garage. Special guest appearance from LA based singer/songwriter and avid poet Andrea Hamilton. Organized by Platform (The Label). For more info, please visit our website: http://www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com

Date: 18th June 2006
Time: 2pm
Venue: Books Actually
125A Telok Ayer Street
Singapore 068594
Admission: (By donation)

Performers notes

Kamini Ramachandran
Kamini is a professional storyteller as well as a mother of two young boys. She started MoonShadow Stories two years ago and has been actively promoting the oral narrative tradition for both adults as well as children.

Akshita Nanda
Akshita tells stories that she inherited but writes tales about the future. Her life’s work is to utilize the power of language and transcend its limitations. Her fondest wish is to be adjectivised. She also really wants world peace, or at least for people to listen to each other in a non-judgmental manner. That is why she tells stories.

Ng Yi-Sheng
A past winner of a poetry slam, Yi-Sheng is a freelance writer and a contract drudge at the NAC visual arts department. If all goes as per schedule, this month he'll publish "Last Boy", his first collection of poems, under Firstfruits, and on August 17th will be releasing a non-fiction book about the lives of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in Singapore.

Sushela Sockalingam
A freelance teacher. She has read at Zouk for events organized by the Word Forward Outfit.

Victor Tang
This unsuspecting musician belts out an amazing range of originals. Songs of Singapore youth both melancholy and inspirational. Victor Tang consistently receives a standing ovation for his acoustic solo set of hits. Don't miss.

Feroz of Ecrus Garage
Roz from Ecrus Garage will present an amalgamation of words transcendent through music in his signature foreboding baritone. An expression of redemption in the form of spritual solace, the love of god, the love of another.

Special guest appearance from LA based singer/songwriter and avid poet Andrea Hamilton.
Andrea Hamilton doesn’t just make music; she shares her heart. With a voice so smooth it feels like cool water to a parched soul, she sings her simple but insightful lyrics, tying listeners intimately to each verse. The talents she shares with all who tune in are simply honest, which in today’s world should count as harder currency than bullion. And it certainly doesn’t hurt that her perfectionist nature pushes her to create some of the cleanest and most ear-titillating pop sounds around.

Sorry. Change in date

2006-03-08T01:58:00.000+08:00

Micro Series

Platform (The Label) presents…
Micro Series: The Laptop sessions…

…a series of miniature gigs to yank the apathetic listener back into the intimacy that should exist between the sound and the mind

From computers that fills up an entire room to devices that fits into the palm of your hand, the laptop has not only made computing portable, it is also fast becoming a “musical instrument” of its own in this fast technology growing era.

Micro Series showcases musicians, or Artistes of different genres crafting their works in front of a live audience. The Laptop Sessions will feature the rhythmic and haunting performances of Life Without Dreams, The Escapist Theorist, Ba3s and Softer, who, aided by their portable computers as part of their instrumentation, will attempt to push music beyond the boundaries of tradition into a world of transcendental sound.

Date: 22^nd April 2006, Saturday
Time: 1900-2200hrs
Venue: The Substation Ltd. 45 Armenian Street. 2^nd Floor. Dance Studio
Performers: Life Without Dreams, The Escapist Theorist, Ba3s and Softer
Admission prices: Pay-As-You-Feel

Performers notes:

Life Without Dreams

Life Without Dreams, is a result of three individuals who are searching for an outlet to develop ideas and concepts which do not fit in the context of their current bands. Consisting of members from IF / Phorous, Death of Cinema and Documentary in Amber, the trio aims to deliver conceptually structured sounds painted on the canvas of silence.
Contact: analogueman@gmail.com

The Escapist Theorist

The Escapist Theorist was formed as an avenue for singer songwriter Marcos Destructos to continue performing songs of his previous band Systemless after they disbanded. Initially playing under the moniker One Man Nation, he has infected the ears of the underground with tours in South East Asia and Europe introducing them to his brand of folky electronic music with its undeniable punk influence.
Contact: theelectricyouth@yahoo.com

Ba3s

An experimental three piece band that challenges the mindset of a typical band, Ba3s experiments with the sonic capabilities of the bass guitar by putting the bass as the main focus of the aural mix by having three bassists. The band creates music by layering and interweaving bass lines and melodies over preprogrammed samples.
Contact: wyxmm@singnet.com.sg

Softer

Head honcho of the MyFunkyTurntable label, Softer has always been inimitable when it comes to music and sound manipulation working with the concept of 'closed circuitry' using field recordings and acoustic improvisations. His journey into the world of electronics spans a healthy 5 to 6 years having appearances in numerous sonic arts events including the recent Resonator Series. Softer, tingles microscopic lush minimal perfection.
Contact: underneathblueskies@hotmail.com

About Platform (The Label):

Platform consists of a dedicated team of music lovers/musicians who hopes to have a hand in the perpetuation of our local music scene.

Since its establishment, Platform has organized and co-organised several successful events such as TAGS: The Art of Gear Stomping (with Mr MISSE), Plug and Play 2005 at the Substation Guinness Theatre, The Furniture Tour 2005 (with Voideck Music), as well as numerous Live and Loud sessions at POW. We pride ourselves as not only a middleman for bands and venues, but also friends to both sides.

Every event is a labour of love, conceived laboriously with utmost attention to sound quality and in creating an ultimate concert going experience for the people. Putting up a good show is top priority.

With many more projects in the process, we hope to create a series of events which is signature to our style.

Email: plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com
Hp: 91813142

2005-12-12T14:17:00.000+08:00

Hello peeps. A little teaser (oooh., you’re such a tease. tee hee hee) from the guys from Platform (The Label). While driving home from loads of food at 530am in the morning, it suddenly dawned upon us that the guys from Samanta and The Subway Stars will be pretty crazy busy in the month of January.

Samanta will be doing,
a) A collaboration thingy with friends The Subway Stars on Sat, 7th of Jan 2006 at Esplanade Waterfront @ 730pm (damn! Clashed with Lunarin’s album launch at The Substation),
b) Stasis 8 at Substation on Sun, 8th of Jan 2006 (timings will be released soon),
c) A double set at Esplanade Waterfront on Tues, 10th of Jan 2006 @ 730pm and 845pm and
d) Sembawang Fest on Fri, 20th of Jan 2006 @ 740pm

Samanta’s friends, The Subway Stars
a) A double set at Esplanade Waterfront on Fri, 6th of Jan 2006 @ 730pm and 845pm,
b) A collaboration thingy with friends Samanta on Sat, 7th of Jan 2006 at Esplanade Waterfront @730pm (Lunarin!!!!),
c) Stasis 8 at Substation on Sun, 8th of Jan 2006 timings will be released soon),

In the meantime, while we're all trying to work out the NS thingy, Rumour has it that The Subway Stars are planning to hit the studios in Feb 06 and Samanta are trying to debut more new songs at each gig for their up and very slowly<--note coming single releases.

Also a series of gigs with a couple of other friend bands like The Pinholes, who will also be playing at Stasis 8 on the 8th of Jan at The Substation and the Sembanwang Fest on the 21st of Jan, Sat and 850pm, The Subway Stars and Sourgrapes to name a few are in planning stages. But you know how we work. Very slowly. :)

One more thing. There’s word that there’s a new band coming up. It’s gonna consist of members from E.M.O.T., Samanta, Stellarnova and The Leaven Trait. Their music is so far described as Psychedelic Eccentric Rock. It’s Super Illegal. Shhhh….

It's all pretty messy now but hey, we're working on it :P

Furniture Singapore Tour 2005

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Furniture Singapore Tour 2005

Malaysian post-rock veterans Furniture are back, in support of their mesmerizing album Twilight Chases the Sun. Come soak in their lush, ambient sounds at the Substation Guinness Theatre on Sunday, 27th Nov, 6pm onwards. Supporting acts KLPHQ (KL), Life Without Dreams and The Subway Stars. $8 at the door.

After a mesmerizing performance at Baybeats 2005, come soak in the lush, ambient sounds of Malaysian experimental/dream pop veterans Furniture once again, in support of their mesmerizing debut album Twilight Chases The Sun.

"(Furniture) want(s) to disassociate itself from (Post-rock), but capture the adventurous unclassifiable spirit behind the original intent of the term."
-Frontman Ronnie Khoo, on Furniture
being pigeonholed as a Post-Rock band.

Be sure to be part of this one night only headlining event, which promises to feature some of the most reknown up and coming local and Malaysian bands in the experimental/post-rock music circuit. Supporting acts are KLPHQ (aka the Kuala Lumpur Post-Harmonic Quintet) and local band Life Without Dreams and The Subway Stars.

Furniture will also be playing acoustic preview showcases at Prince Of Wales Backpackers Hostel (Friday 25th Nov) and Earshot @ The Arts House (Saturday 26th Nov) with guest opening bands Ecrus Garage.

For fans of The Flaming Lips, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, John Cage and Bjork, this is a show you can' afford to miss. Mark your calendars for 27th Nov and reserve a seat in the ambient aural sofa that of Furniture.

For more info and updates on the Furniture Singapore Tour 2005 dates, refer to www.earsofa.com/tour.html

Organized by Platform (The Label) and Voideck Music<- click

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Come on down to POW this coming Thursday. 25th of Aug. Samanta and The Leaven Trait will be bringing the house down with their all out power madness. The stage will fry and your beer will turn warm just by watching them. Come feel the heat. And drink faster. Seeing is believing.

Live and Loud at the Prince of Wales Pub.
101 Dunlop Street. Little India. Behind Tekka Mall.

25th Aug.
930pm - Samanta
1030pm - The Leaven Trait

www.pow.com.sg
www.egopop.blogspot.com
www.theleaventrait.blogspot.com

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Up coming events

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ok. Gimme some time to gather them all. But in the meantime...

Morphy
The Pinholes
Stellarnova
West Grand Boulevard
Slowjaxx Does Dallas
ArPee blogspot and
ArPee purevolume

Plus extra dates. Samanta at POW on the 11th of Aug. 930pm

Samanta blogspot
Samanta purevolume

The Prince of Wales Pub <-click...is situated at 101 Dunlop Street. Behind Tekka Mall.

2005-07-21T15:07:00.000+08:00

Morphy won't be playing on the 11th of Aug as half the members will be overseas then. They'll be opening for Slowjaxx on the 5th instead.

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Come down to Substation on the 7th of June. Samanta's vocalist Naz's graduation video is being featured in First Take. www.substation.org

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Samanta will be playing @ Hideout on the 8th of June. 10pm. 31B Circular Road. They'll be opening for Moods. The band would like to drink with you guys so do come down and get wasted.

Chekkit! The self-proclaimed egomanical pop stars of Samanta <---click

2005-05-26T01:37:00.000+08:00

More gig dates!!!

10th June
930pm Camra - Indie Space Rock
1030pm IF - Melancholic Indie Rock

17th June
930pm ArPee - Melodic Pop Punk
1030pm Samanta - Ego Pop

24th June
930pm Documentary in Amber - Instrumental Wall of Sound
1030pm Eugene's Moment of Truth - Alternative Indie Pop Rock with a touch of blues

25th June
930pm The Pinholes - Retro Pop Rock with a quirky sense of humour

Venue: 101 Dunlop Street. Little India. Behind Tekka Mall.
Web: www.pow.com.sg

2005-05-23T12:26:00.000+08:00

Thank all of you for paticipating and attending TAGS. It was real fun. Will post pics once they're ready. Look up this place for updates of other evnts here. I know it's a bit messy but hey, just like my room man :D. It'll get cleaned up eventually. Eventually. Once again, thanks all. Gigs coming up in June. LOADS gigs.

2005-05-07T03:06:00.000+08:00

T.A.G.S.!
The Art of Gear Stomping

Less is more but more is still more. Queries have been targeted towards musicians by both musicians and non-musicians: “Why do you need so many pedals? All you need is maybe 2 or 3 but 12?!” Well, finally, here at the snug and friendly gallery of the Substation, pedal dealers from Singapore are here to show you why. The Art Of Gear Stomping is a showcase of different guitar pedal effects and the sounds they make, featuring brands such as Catalinbread, Z-Vex, George Dennis, MoogerFooger, Line 6, Visual Sound and Fulltone to name a few. Brought to you by the following dealers…

- Mr.Misse
- Wake Me Up Music
- Fierce Design
- City Music Pte. Ltd.
- Empty71
- JM Guitars
Also includes Modders and used gear.

Also for the very first time in Singapore, a clinic by our very own local musicians, Daniel Sasson of Electrico, Wendy Phua of Zhen, Linda Ong of Lunarin, Fuzz of Phorous and IF, Seng Woei Yuan of The Love Experiment, Muhammad Alkhatib of Astreal and Nick Chan of MUON, The Death of Cinema and Astreal. These musicians will be displaying their effects and will show us why and how they incorporate the use of guitar effects in their music.

Date and Time: 21st May 2005 2pm – 8pm
Venue: The Substation Gallery
Tickets: $2 per entry

TAGS is a collaboration by PLATFORM and MISSE Electronics and supported by Aging Youth Production and SUBSTATION

For more information, go to:
www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com
www.mrmisse.com
www.agingyouth.com
www.substation.org