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\n10th July 2014: Laundry X AHM Records Present: Discovery Thursday<\/a> at Laundry Bar, The Curve! Here’s Shane of Ministry Of Blunk<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nHere’s Vishnu, but we call him Black Jesus<\/i>.<\/p>\n


\nThey have a sessioning bassist.<\/p>\n


\nIsaac on drums. Unfortunately I got there only in time for their last song and missed most of their new sound!<\/p>\n


\nDarren Teh of An Honest Mistake (and An Honest Mistake Records), emcee and organizer.<\/p>\n


\nMeanwhile, outside, Ray Cheong and band, practicing.<\/p>\n


\nBack2Basixx<\/b>, a vocal harmony group!<\/p>\n


\nLooking all dapper.<\/p>\n


\nSharply suited.<\/p>\n


\nCool shave!<\/p>\n


\nDaryll on guitar.<\/p>\n


\nTheir own Bruno Mars.<\/p>\n


\nSide bokeh time!<\/p>\n


\nChristian Theseira, who also sings R&B with his band. (Thanks Christian for the correction!)<\/p>\n


\nBack2Basixx from the back.<\/p>\n


\nChristian then gets on guitar while Daryll sings.<\/p>\n


\nIf he’s familiar, that’s because he performed at Laundry Bar almost 8 years ago, on the 13th of July 2006, at an open mic session at the third ever Moonshine at Laundry Bar<\/a>, or the seventh ever Moonshine. (Yes, this picture was taken with a Canon Powershot A520, not a dSLR, and it is misfocused.)<\/p>\n

Just for listmania, here are the first 10:<\/p>\n

1) 26th November 2005, No Black Tie
\n2) 15th December 2005, No Black Tie
\n3) 5th January 2006, No Black Tie<\/a>
\n4) 2nd February 2006, No Black Tie (postponed due to complications with DBKL.)
\n5) 11th May 2006, Laundry Bar (same lineup as the postponed Moonshine #4, just relocated.)
\n6) 1st June 2006, Laundry Bar<\/a>
\n7) 13th July 2006, Laundry Bar<\/a>
\n8) 10th August 2006, Laundry Bar<\/a>
\n9) 14th September 2006, Laundry Bar<\/a>
\n10) 12th October 2006, Laundry Bar<\/a><\/p>\n


\nMeanwhile, Darren looks busy on a laptop.<\/p>\n


\nRay Cheong<\/b>, double-tapping fingerstyle extraordinaire.<\/p>\n


\nThe song is elevated with Jonathan Khor’s violin.<\/p>\n


\nRyan Lee Bhaskaran, on percussion.<\/p>\n


\nRay sings his soul out.<\/p>\n


\nMeanwhile, this soul-stealer…<\/p>\n


\n…is featured in the next band, Black Lightbulb<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nHere’s Raja Farouque looking as handsome as a cat can be.<\/p>\n


\nIan fills in for Zaim, with one extra bass string.<\/p>\n


\nSimmy just got out of prison and hasn’t found her civilian wear.<\/p>\n


\nThe genre is rock of the instrumental type, but Hameer adds acoustic guitar and rock vocals. They even did a cover of Led Zeppelin – Kashmir<\/i>!<\/p>\n


\nFarouque on fire on slide on guitar on speaker on stage.<\/p>\n


\nSimmy then released her hair as all rock stars should.<\/p>\n


\nThe next rock star, however, kept it all under a cap.<\/p>\n


\nThe brutal Deumuseth<\/b>!<\/p>\n


\nThere’s just three of them.<\/p>\n


\nThey play music so heavy, they have difficulty carrying their own weight.<\/p>\n


\nMinor electronica.<\/p>\n


\nDark, heavy, Drop E tuning (an 8-string guitar adds a 7th string which is a lower B, and an 8th string which is a lower F#, but from his tuning and comparing a video to my tuner it looks like he dropped the 8th string to E so it plays like Drop D on a 6-string guitar.) Although we were all getting into the sound of the djenty guitar, so low the band doesn’t need a bassist, I do wish there was more higher register guitar work though! (This also makes me wonder if there are bands that are just a drummer and an 8-string guitarist, where either one of them sings.)<\/p>\n


\nSara, an accomplished screamer.<\/p>\n


\nWhat a varied night! Music ranging from heavy sludge to vocal harmony!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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