DoPPel Kafe celebrates International Women's Day 8th March this year by
featuring some of KL's known and upcoming female filmmakers, musicians
& poets. Come join us this year and play a part in strengthening the
arts & culture spirit amongst women folk. Spread the word...
STAND OUT this international women's day. Join us at DoPPel Kafe to celebrate International Women's Day on 8th March this year.
The evening presents KL's foremost female filmmakers, musicians &
poets. Come join us this year and play a part in strengthening the arts
& cu
lture spirit amongst women folk. Spread the word... All are welcome!
Confirmed acts:
Readings by Bernice Chauly, Elaine Foster, Jasmine Low, Sheena Baharudin & Winn-Er!
Performances by Lynnzay A. of Senoritas, Tashya's Ink, Abstrak hingga ke bulan, Shh... Diam!, The Impatient Sisters, Min'Z.
Date: Thursday, 8 March 2011
Time: 7.00 - 11.00pm onwards
Entry: RM40 or by donation of your choice (1/3 of funds raised will go towards a particular shelter home for girls)
Beneficiary: Home of Peace shelter home for girls.
Want to know more about IWD?
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
2012 theme: Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures
Performers' Biography:
Bernice Chauly is a Malaysian writer, poet, actor,
photographer and filmmaker. She graduated with a B.Ed in English
Literature and TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) from the
University of Winnipeg, Canada, and has worked extensively in the arts
for over 20 years. Of Chinese and Punjabi parentage, her work stems from
the desire to tell stories, and she has worked with marginalised
communities from sex workers and refugees to indigenous peoples, in
mediums that incorporate film, photography and prose. She has published
two collections of poetry,
going there and coming back (1997),
The Book of Sins (2008), a collection of short stories,
Lost in KL (2008) and a critically-acclaimed memoir
Growing Up With Ghosts (2011),
an exploration of grief, personal and political history, and
bloodlines. She works in both Bahasa Malaysia and English, and her work
has been exhibited, screened, published locally and internationally. She
is also the founder of
Readings and CeritAku, two live
literary platforms in Kuala Lumpur, now in its eighth year. She lives in
Kuala Lumpur with her two daughters and she keeps a blog of her work at
bernicechauly.wordpress.com.
Elaine Foster specialises in teaching performance poetry and spoken
word. She regularly organises and hosts spoken word events including the
unofficial KL Poetry Slam. Elaine trained under Word Forward teaching
poetry slam to secondary school children in Singapore, then joined the
Academy at KLPAC to teach 10 and 12yrs olds and currently is a full time
teacher with Blu Bricks. She participated in the LitUp Festival Singapore 2009 with the
Malaysian poetry ensemble group ‘Lost Poets and organized LitUp KL in
2011, a literary performing arts festival for emerging and young writers
and performers. Elaine continues to volunteer with Reboot The Roots (Fallen Leaves), a
community theatre group based in Malaysia using the Theatre of the
Oppressed with socially excluded communities such as recovering drug
users, the stateless, the underprivileged, young offenders and those
living with HIV/AIDS.
Jasmine Low is a social entrepreneur who plays a
pivotal role in uncovering independent musicians. Under the indie brand
Doppelganger Open Mic, she has organised and hosted some 150 community
events showcasing independent singer songwriters, musicians,
writers, poets and filmmakers since 2002. She is also partner of marketing communication agency, Go International Group. The annual Indie
Youth Festival // Digital Delirium Xpo brings together youth from all
facets of society, linked together by digital technology.
Sheena B is a certified hug dispenser, performance poet and travel junkie who will be performing alongside 23 year old newcomer guitarist, Winner Chan.
Lynnzay A. of Senoritas is an independent performer and
supporter, inspired/ supported by her family and friends who always
believe in her. She sings, dances, acts, hosts, choreographs, composes
songs and has been aggressively moving ahead in the Malaysian music industry.
Visit
http://www.myspace.com/lynnzayhouse to listen.
Tashya’s
Ink is a 4 piece band formed in 2008 and based in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The band currently consists of Tashya Basir on vocals and
rhythm guitar, Iriz Iziad Abdullah on lead guitar, Zarul Ikhwan on bass
and Syarizwan Abdullah on drums. After winning the first season of
MyStarz LG competition in 2007, Tashya decided to form a band so the
search for bandmates began in early 2008.
Tashya’s Ink has recently finished
recording their first 6 song EP and will be releasing 2 singles soon, an
English number called ‘HU’ and a Malay one by the name of ‘Yang Ku
Mahu’. Tashya's Ink play a mixture of sounds from the
elements of rock, folk and alternative. Influences that span the music
spectrum, from KT Tunstall to Alter Bridge to The Temper Trap can be
heard in their sound. Check out http://www.reverbnation.com/tashyasink.
Abstrak hingga ke Bulan was founded in 2006 by Jen Ed aka Zarul-lead guitarist/programmer/vocal (previously from popular band D-va), Deeba- lead vocalist, Kepanche- rhytm guitarist, Aretoms-bassist. Their influences include Asobi Seksu,Puffy Amiyumi,No Doubt, Meg and DIa,Letters To Cleo. Listen to their radio friendly songs here:
http://www.myspace.com/abstrakhinggakebulan
Shh...Diam! was formed in August 2009.
Actually they were formed before they existed. Farah made the band up
when she got a gig by saying she had a band when she didn't. She
recruited her schoolmate Diyz on bass, cousin Yon on guitar and
ex-colleague Kurin on drums because they were there. Kurin left to get
married and Jellene joined them a short while later to fill a void in
their drummer-less lives. Shh..Diam! does not suck as much as they used
to because they practice sometimes. They sound much like what any band would
sound like if you put jazz, metal and punk together in a big bowl, add
eggs, flour, water, a pinch of salt, butter and put that in your oven.
Wrap in foil and leave overnight to retain moisture. You might get a
moist butter cake but you will also get a nice musical smorgasbord. Want more? http://www.reverbnation.com/shhdiam
The Impatient Sisters are not your typical vanilla flavoured run-of-the-mill girl band, The
Impatient Sisters write and sing expressive tunes with bouts of
romantic depth, blending together quirky soul and folk-pop to create a
unique flavour. Distinctly signaturised by haunting harmonies and
lyrical peculiarity, the three sisters from Kuantan are happily addicted
to making their fans happy with expressive songs on love, death,
heartbreak, letting go, sleeping and other random observations of modern
life.
Quickly surf to http://www.youtube.com/user/cempakasessions.
Min'Z (pronounced - Min Zee) is
a 21-year-old who writes depressing, suicidal songs but leads a good,
fat, happy life. Want a copy of the Charcoaled Firefly EP? Kindly send
in your details to minzcdsales@gmail.com.
As reviewed by Juergen Michael Becker - "Her debut-EP ‘Charcoaled Firefly’ (2010)
is taking this approach a step further. Min'z presents 8 original
tracks with her voice being the centre-point within an enormous variety
of aural landscapes. Once she is surrounded by sweet-sounding acoustic
instruments (Tomatoes, Sore, Caught Between), guitar-lines running
backwards (Are We), next embedded in strange ambient noises and
other-worldly choirs (Lies). The listening experience is topped by
‘Fear’, a song driven by a relentless rhythm-machinery and marked by
heavily processed guitars and voices; a show-case for goth/industrial
rock at its best. Scrambling for comparisons from the
international stage, names like Damien Rice, Tori Amos and Dido come to
mind. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience this straight-shooting
new artist presenting herself and her music in a performance far off the
mainstream. Here she is: http://www.myspace.com/minz.music
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