21st June 2014: Fete De La Musique 2014 at Jalan Mesui, off Bukit Bintang! Here’s the late evening half of it.

Back2Basixx at Table 23, the Pop Stage.

Knights of vocal harmony.

Hameer Zawawi, prince of dark melody, at Lima Blas, the Traditional Stage.

Caleb Savari (also on guitar, not depicted) at Pisco Bar, the Indie/Electro-pop Stage.

His band of awesome musicians!

I first saw him at the ICOM Celebration Series Tribute to Bee Gees.

Talitha Tan, just over 2/3rds of 23, at Table 23.

Very cool guitar!

Danielle videographing while looking like she’s on a catwalk.

Fete De La Musique, for me, isn’t just about the music, but a mini-reunion of the scene, and bumping into old friends.

The lyrics sheet that doubles as a light source.

Cassandra Mary is pure rock. Lima Blas.

Crinkle Cut, disco at the Pisco. Well no, they don’t play disco.

Frances on soul vocals.

Melissa on backup vocals and acoustic guitar.

Ashley on cajon.

Just a Grace in the crowd.

The vocal effects blows Ashley away.

Nah here no duckface!

Son Of A Policeman (SOAP) at Table 23.

The band also merged with Nate Francis, Aaron Francis, Mustafa Kamal Yahya from Revolution Kingdom, Ravin Puspalingam and Rachel Bridget Chee to form Sabun Kingdom Alliance Force (SKAF). Thanks Joshua for the heads up on the band name!

Rachel.

The guitarist also gets on the melodion.

Eyyy Maria! Their catchy song has a dress code.

Bill Murray spotted in Table 23.

Hameer Zawawi, Table 23.

KissKillMary, actual disco rock at Pisco Bar.

The band.

This was before Jenn asked…

…do you want to take a selfie?

Like Silver.

This, at Nagaba, the Electronica/Hip-hop Stage. Very cool interior.

Left to right: Adeline Chua (also from Halfway Kings), Adlin Rosli (also from Lied), Eng Hooi (also from Sulyn Ooi and Halfway Kings), and Sulyn Ooi (also from Sulyn Ooi and The Vochale Project).

And of course, Eugene (whose bands are too many to list or remember.)

Avril Chan and Arlyne!

Shaneil Devaser with Riz, at Table 23.

Santosh Logandran, Lima Blas. Yes, I attempted to merge 3 separate pictures together.

Part 1 here.

There’s one more part remaining. Soon, I hope!

21st June 2014: Fete De La Musique Malaysia 2014 at Jalan Mesui, off Bukit Bintang! Here’s the day half of it; I’ll upload the evening ones and some other shots later. Here’s Santosh Logandran with a cool ukulele strap. I like how it grabs on to the soundhole!

His guitarist. This was the Acoustic Stage in front of Feeka, a new hipster coffee shop.

Christian Theseira, at Lima Blas that had the Traditional Stage (they serve my favorite Malaysian coffee, tasting a bit like Kopiko…)

He had a different lineup – Melissa of Crinkle Cut on guitar…

…and Ashley of Crinkle Cut on cajon!

Melissa and her megawatt smile.

Emcee for another location, Table 23, for the Pop stage.

In Lobby, the Rock Stage, was hard-rocking Black Lightbulb featuring Hameer Zawawi.

I… don’t know her name. She looks like Simmy, but I can’t be sure.

Zaim Zaidee is zen.

Ash and the crash (cymbal).

Raja Farouque (right) with his bandmate from when he performs as Raja Farouque.

More of his bandmates, all in separate bands! Left to right: Grace Cho (in Fazz) and Kelly Siew (as Kelly Siew).

Hameer singing rock vocals, a rare sight – the last I’d seen him like this was for Ask Me Again, back at Rock The World 9, 26th December 2009.

I then switched to my Peleng 8mm F3.5 circular fisheye, that makes a circular image. This, however, is a defished image in DxO Optics Pro Elite – de-fisheye slider set to 100.

Farouque’s metal guitar slide for some sweet soloing.

Headbanging Hameer.

Outside, back at Feeka, was a quieter gig.

Joey Tong. Her guitar duty was transferred to the cajon player from this point onwards.

A friend compared the lineups between Fete De La Musique happening at The Curve and Jalan Mesui (on this same day) and said, “oh Jalan Mesui has the husky-voiced YouTube singer.” I don’t know if she was referring to Joey.

But yes, somewhat husky. Cool maneki-neko top!

Cassandra Mary at Table 23.

Another emcee!

Just So You Know.

Talitha Tan at Feeka.

Always the cheery summer child.

Familiar audience!

SICK, back at Lobby.

These guys bring me back…

…to the early 2000s with Limp Bizkit-like stuff. He had an angry song about his ex. I miss songs like these.

Outside, at Table 23, was Panda Head Curry.

Ever quirky, as much performance art as it is music and clever lyrics.

Jumero at Lima Blas. This picture is merged and blended from two pictures.

Back at Lobby…

…was HIX.

Nice! Epiphone Signature Zakk Wylde LP Custom Plus.

Rock, as the stage is.

Sulyn Ooi at Feeka.

Eugene’s sweet neck-through bass.

According to the schedule, this would have been Jocelyn Wong, but I didn’t see her when I dropped by to take these pictures. (Fete De La Musique schedules everyone on at the same time, so you have to do a bit of walking and you might miss some people, unless they have been scheduled to perform more than once at a few venues.)

Liam Callan.

20th June 2014: Five Ways, at Mezze Wine Bar & Bistro, Medan Damansara!

Here’s the band.

Jerry Ventura of The Falcons fame.

Richard Gomis of Freedom.

Jimie Loh of The Alleycats.

Edwin Nathaniel of Aseana Percussion Unit.

Boy King of progressive rock band Ash Wednesday.

Together, they play the dirty-funkin’ and hard-rockin’ music of the 60s onwards.

This Yamaha and its strings are beautiful! They started with a request – The Shadows – Apache.

Cowbell!

Richard, surrounded by keys and knobs.

Jerry is a multi-instrumentalist. Here he is with one of many percussive instruments!

Tamborine man. I discovered Uriah Heep – July Morning through them covering it. I love songs with such epic riffs!

The stage upstairs is a wee bit small, and the audience can also sit to the side of the stage.

They funked into James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag.

Uncle Jimie being cheeky!

Odd that I’d call him uncle, given I’m an uncle myself (which probably explains why I went to go listen to uncle music.)

14th June 2014: Tabloid Party Time at The Bee, Publika! This would be the first time I caught a full set with my camera, with this exact lineup.

Their new logo, on the drum set, designed by Keat Leong.

Faz on guitar!

Melina on bass in jacket!

Sharon on vocals! She wears many hats, but not today as the ponytails would displace them.

Yvonne on vocals! Both taking equal time on the microphone.

Adriane on drums.

David in a sea of keys, and a vocoder.

Sharon pops, locks and hops all over the stage!

Mystery gizmo on the floor.

Percussion time! This was probably their Outkast – Hey Ya cover.

More keyboard time…

…with Yvonne singing songs that R&B divas sing.

Kevin, sporting a new hairdo, admittedly quite stylish!

Goodnight!

14th June 2014: I headed down to Kenanga, next to Hang Tuah LRT station.

An interesting part of Kuala Lumpur that I’d not seen before.

Some shophouses were nicer-looking than others. They all sold textile-related goods.

Quite a cool alley.

I reached Kenanga Wholesale City, in search of Tiger Translate, an event that was not stated on any signboard or poster outside. I had to call Ann Na, who was the proxy to my ticket benefactor (Sepet Vernz), to ask if I was in the correct building.

I tried my luck by going all the way up to the 8th, 9th and 10th floor. When I found nothing, I went to the lift, and discovered that the lift would go up to 15 floors, so I got out on the 15th floor where it said events should be at – and saw a rear door and the event’s loud music booming through the wall.

A security guard told me to go down one floor and enter from there. So I took the stairs down one floor to 13A, and found it was just a car park. I went down again to 13, also finding it a car park. I then took the lift up to 15, getting off when all the people who looked like they were going for the event got off. They, too, were told to go down one floor.

And so, we all took the stairs, since the lift took forever, and tried our luck at the car park – one group going left, the other going right. I followed the group going right, and we eventually saw that the entrance was the car ramp going up to 15. There was no sign, poster or bunting that would hint where it was. A speakeasy event, perhaps?

Even the ticket didn’t say what floor it was at. Apparently, this place was popular for K-pop concerts, but the people who were going for this event didn’t seem to be the same demographic as K-pop fans.

Finally!

Awesome blue versus yellow theme.

Indiego!

Art installation versus art you always carry with you.

Tiger stripes.

Sunclipsing light. (Sunset is technically incorrect as the sun does not set around the Earth.)

Here’s the view from the 15th floor, near the balcony. Pudu Jail! Also, the rest of Kenanga’s shophouses.

This is all that is left of Pudu Jail – its doorway.

Surau An Nur Pudu survived the demolition of Pudu Jail.

Fascinating bungalow.

I didn’t catch this band’s name… but then there wasn’t an emcee announcing it, either, nor a set list.

Good lighting, though.

Bokeh time with the Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA.

Good Canto rock, if I remember correctly.

There were also trampolines, and Leonard Chua on trampolines.

Darren Teh on trampoline (as opposed to vocals and guitars on An Honest Mistake, who was not playing that night.)

Manic Sheep, from Taiwan.

Nice aggressive stuff, despite this smiley picture, and a full sound despite being a 3-piece band.

Nearer to sunclipse.

Just a bit after magic hour, where artificial light and natural light is in balance.

Jeremy bounces.

Indirect ticket b-Ann-Na-factor bounces.

Chochukmo.

They hail from Hong Kong!

Drum shot.

Boom.

I left before OJ Law, regrettably, and The Editors, to head to another gig (this was #2 of 3 for the day!)

14th June 2014: I went down to The Guitar Store, Cheras. This is near Cheras Leisure Mall.

I climbed many flights of stairs to the top. Fortunately my journey did not continue up that ladder!

552 The Stage!

Raja Farouque demonstrating the new BOSS ME-80 multi-effects pedal! Probably the coolest thing I saw was using the expression pedal to make divebombs!

Bands give me stickers, and I never know what to do with them, since my own guitar has a quilted maple top in see-thru black, and it would diminish its nice shiny look.

13th June 2014: Nightshift live at The Bee, Publika!

Here’s Ian on bass.

Jared on drums with a cool T-shirt.

Jack on keyboards and vocoder.

Andy on guitar licks.

Emmanuel on vocals.

Ian shifts to keys. (Here’s a random throwback of Ian in 2012!)

Teddy bear on the top.

Pictures from this one onwards, taken by Melissa “bokeh” Wong.

Glenn and Jack.

POLITIKO Version 2! Who would win the elections?

Not at all related to any party in real life.

13th June 2014: I passed by The Stage in Publika…

To find belly dancing going on!

Middle East Dance Academy presents Biya Raks.

Apparently, this academy was in Publika itself, as well.

And so they showed us Middle Eastern Belly Dancing.

12th June 2014: Laundry X AHM Records Present: Discovery Thursday!

I came from a birthday party, just in time to catch the last band.

A Chinese John Mayer!

A half-Chinese drummer!

Cassandra Mary, rocker. She’s got attitude. I like to watch attitude.

Darren of An Honest Mistake Records, emcee and host, wrapping up that night.