{"id":3017,"date":"2014-01-28T20:31:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T20:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2014-01-29T09:47:56","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T09:47:56","slug":"layan-fest-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=3017","title":{"rendered":"Layan Fest 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLayan Fest 2013<\/a>, 7th April 2013, at KL Performing Arts Center! In the foyer, there was a djembe jam going on.<\/p>\n


\nEmcee.<\/p>\n


\nIn Pentas 2, Brian was emceeing. Also, when I hear Layan Fest I think of his old band, Layan Sound System.<\/p>\n


\nSufiz<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nChristian Palencia<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nDarren Ashley<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nA rare lens makes its appearance at this gig – the Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 EX DG!<\/p>\n


\nAll red with an Elmo snowcap.<\/p>\n


\nDarren shows us the turn.<\/p>\n


\nHe then brings up a member of the audience to contribute to his loop pedal jam.<\/p>\n


\nOutside, So I’m Jenn<\/b>. She’s fun to watch, with a unique sense of humor!<\/p>\n


\nZalila Lee<\/b>, strumming outside.<\/p>\n


\nAnn Na and I, selfie-ing through the widest ultra-wide angle lens there is. I prefer the word “camwhore” as it fits the context better, e.g. camwhoring.<\/p>\n


\nZalila Lee and Ariff Akhir<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nAt the foyer, Jumero<\/b> brings on the classic vocal harmonies of the Bee Gees and other propagators of disco.<\/p>\n


\nAs I look at this, I wonder if kajons will overtake djembes…<\/p>\n


\nKeeping it funky.<\/p>\n


\nInside Pentas 2, +2dB<\/b>, awesome dark electronica.<\/p>\n


\nKIV<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nThe djembe jam moved outside!<\/p>\n


\nBihzhu<\/b> will connect you to the gentle flow of the river that runs inside you.<\/p>\n


\nAlthough focused on Faz, I have to say I love Bihzhu’s hair here.<\/p>\n


\nHameer joins, and finds the lyrics stand to be rather low.<\/p>\n


\nBACA<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nMeanwhile, a bunch of us played POLITIKO.<\/p>\n


\nInside, An Honest Mistake<\/b>!<\/p>\n


\nThis was back in the days of the vocalist who fits in your pocket, Sheryl Goh.<\/p>\n


\nGrab your friends and let us sing-along!<\/p>\n


\nIt has always been my aim to get that shot of An Honest Mistake, when they do the song breakdown where the 2 guitarists and bassist shred together. At this gig, it was yet to be fulfilled, because of my own bad timing. So here’s a cool shot that has nothing to do with me outlining my objectives.<\/p>\n


\nLeonard Chua (left) and Darren Teh (right).<\/p>\n


\nBrian Tan<\/b> was doing stand up rather dryly, but we gave face and laughed at his attempts to tell jokes. (Thanks Nicole\/Bihzhu for the name!)<\/p>\n


\nPrakash Daniel<\/b>, experienced comedian, asking for people’s names to sing in his song.<\/p>\n


\nThe Metaphor<\/b>, post-rock.<\/p>\n


\nDark side of the guitarist.<\/p>\n


\nOutside, Phoon Chi Ho<\/b>, one of my favorite stand-up comedians.<\/p>\n


\nShamaine Othman<\/b>, who gets to tell all the I’m-a-female-comedian jokes.<\/p>\n


\nNick Davis<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nMichael Leaner, on guitar, himself a rock vocalist.<\/p>\n


\nAI:IA<\/b> (Artificially Intelligent: Improvholics Anonymous).<\/p>\n


\nTempered Mental<\/b>, darlings of the rock scene for their progressive, innovative style. Melina on bass!<\/p>\n


\nJimmy on drums!<\/p>\n


\nJack on guitar!<\/p>\n


\nThe show ended early compared to other shows, at 9pm or so. Here’s Darren Teh chilling on the piano, post-show.<\/p>\n


\nAwesome poster for an awesome-sounding show. I didn’t get around to following up and catching it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Layan Fest 2013, 7th April 2013, at KL Performing Arts Center! In the foyer, there was a djembe jam going on. Emcee. In Pentas 2, Brian was emceeing. Also, when I hear Layan Fest I think of his old band, Layan Sound System. Sufiz. Christian Palencia. Darren Ashley. A rare lens makes its appearance at […]<\/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-3017","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\/3017","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=3017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3019,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions\/3019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}