{"id":1492,"date":"2011-02-02T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T12:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2011-02-02T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T12:20:56","slug":"estranged-the-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"Estranged: The Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand5.jpg\"><br \/>\nSometime back, July 15th 2009 to be exact, Ken of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeinkl.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">LifeInKL<\/a> and I did a collaboration. We shot <a href=\"http:\/\/estranged.info\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">Estranged<\/a>, a Malaysian rock band with a modern sound!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand6.jpg\"><br \/>\nI first saw these guys at the first ever gig I went to, at the original location of No Black Tie!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand3.jpg\"><br \/>\nRed + Green + Blue = White<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand4.jpg\"><br \/>\nAzwin found his claws.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand1.jpg\"><br \/>\nGetting out of bed the hard way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand2.jpg\"><br \/>\nRich has an invisble forcefield.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand7.jpg\"><br \/>\nI loved this spot. Too bad it is now closed off.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand10.jpg\"><br \/>\nWe then adjourned to Azwin&#8217;s blue-walled room which became a blue-walled studio. This is <b>Din Hormatov<\/b>, rhythm guitarist.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand9.jpg\"><br \/>\nOne light from the left, one light from the right, and one ring flash coming right up!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand13.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Richael Gimbang<\/b>, lead vocals &#8211; crooning and the occasional bridge-section-screaming.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand12.jpg\"><br \/>\nYes their wardrobe is sponsored by Badger.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand14.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Azwin Andy<\/b>, drummer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand8.jpg\"><br \/>\nHe is one of three brothers who are all drummers in Malaysian rock bands &#8211; Pop Shuvit and Frequency Cannon are the other two.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand11.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Hanafi<\/b>, lead guitarist, without the ring flash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand15.jpg\"><br \/>\nOne more, with. Though the room was airconditioned so I&#8217;m not sure where he got his windswept hair from.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/estrand16.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe making of &#8211; thanks Ken for this picture! You can see one of the two off-camera flashes, as well as my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1441\">DIY ring flash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More shots of rock bands here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1419\">It&#8217;s True It&#8217;s Dragon Red<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1420\">Five Parts Metal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometime back, July 15th 2009 to be exact, Ken of LifeInKL and I did a collaboration. We shot Estranged, a Malaysian rock band with a modern sound! I first saw these guys at the first ever gig I went to, at the original location of No Black Tie! Red + Green + Blue = White [&hellip;]<\/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-1492","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\/1492","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=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}