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\n24th January 2016: Moonshine Anniversary<\/a>, at The Bee, Publika! Here’s emcee and organizer, Reza Salleh, introducing the show. This should make it a decade old.<\/p>\n


\nBut first, a most magnificent hair color, worn by Bihzhu (who played at the very first Moonshine.)<\/p>\n


\nFirst up, a most multiracial band…<\/p>\n


\nNadir<\/b>!<\/p>\n


\nThese guys play fusion worldly music, I guess.<\/p>\n


\nI finally got to see the proper lineup. Here’s Farique on guitar.<\/p>\n


\nAdil Johan returned from paternity leave to play saxophone.<\/p>\n


\nThe rest you’ve all seen before.<\/p>\n


\nSome people asked why the show started with a loud, full band. I asked back why musicians release loud singles first before ballads, and why albums start with energetic songs. So why is it that shows start soft and go loud to the end?<\/p>\n

One of the reasons, as I’d later find out, was to reduce setup time in-between acts. The biggest band would set up just before the show!<\/p>\n


\nJumero<\/b> was next.<\/p>\n


\nBeach boys keep it cool.<\/p>\n


\nBeachy music. They turned up the rockishness that night, which I liked.<\/p>\n


\nMelinya, sound engineer.<\/p>\n


\nDaniel C.<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nEarnest singer-songwriter from Penang!<\/p>\n


\nReza Salleh<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nFlanked by Sharon Chong…<\/p>\n


\n…and Savy.<\/p>\n


\nQ Sound<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nI’d know them by Marques Young of The Bassment Syndicate!<\/p>\n


\nThis drummer is one half of the Juny Brothers. He has a killer patch, that when he hits, drops a bass sound that booms downwards and strikes you right in the chest. A most powerful, moving sound.<\/p>\n


\nI’ve never seen Yvonne Chong like this!<\/p>\n


\nMarques on trombone.<\/p>\n


\nThe other half of the Juny Brothers.<\/p>\n


\nCrowd counts with them!<\/p>\n


\nLove how he pimped up his Roland AX-Synth!<\/p>\n


\nBrendan de Cruz<\/b> took to the stage alone.<\/p>\n


\nAs such did Az Samad<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nI love this blue backlight!<\/p>\n


\nLast act of the night…<\/p>\n


\nThe Metaphor<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nA traditional show-closer post-rock band with the volume level to match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

24th January 2016: Moonshine Anniversary, at The Bee, Publika! Here’s emcee and organizer, Reza Salleh, introducing the show. This should make it a decade old. But first, a most magnificent hair color, worn by Bihzhu (who played at the very first Moonshine.) First up, a most multiracial band… Nadir! These guys play fusion worldly music, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11003,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions\/11003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}