Updated 16 July 2009: Hi guys! Thanks for your interest and participation. The slots are full now and we'll announce the next Indie Youth Fest Tour dates soon. Watch this space!
Notes: Calling all bands, singer songwriters. Want to help us create Malaysian history? If you'd like to perform, please fill in the form here PLAY @ INDIE YOUTH FEST. Confirmed acts will be posted here. These are the ones confirmed so far for the SEASON KICKSTART & SELANGOR ROAD SHOW:
SEASON KICKSTART SHOW SATURDAY, 1 AUGUST 2009 INDIE ROCK STAGE
Army of Three An Honest Mistake Freak of Channel Maleena Marionnexxes ChainLett3rs Ariff Akhir Phlox Goodbye 20th Century (previously known as Minotaur & The Labyrinth) Council of One Metaphor ODD Beatboxers Showcase Lightcraft Lydia's Diery Bayang Bliz
SUNDAY, 2 AUGUST 2009 ACOUSTIC STAGE Oh Chentaku Aimran George Wong Siren Snow Symphony Dzamira Ariff Abu Bakar Sheng
If you're wondering if we're doing it again, the answer is YES! Consider the idea around organising a GIANT DOPPELGANGER GIG :D And so we have it! THE ONLYIndependent YOUTH Festival in the world! Cheh.. yes meh? Yes! Try look around. If anyone can find something similar, please tell us!
What is it? A celebration of being able to stay 'indie'and have the freedom to just be yourself, to showcase your music, art, skills and knowledge. So you could be a musician, singer songwriter, poet, multimedia artist, dj, dancer, beatboxer, video gamer, game developer, filmmaker, green activist, blogger, photographer... get the drift? So long as you have what it takes to be REAL and to come and SHARE your talent. We provide you the platform.
This year, the twisted theme is DIGITAL DELIRIUM. So get ready to go crazee and let's immerse ourselves in the digital XPO of the coolest things out there...
Hi! Welcome to our new regular segment. Each month, Jaz will be on the lookout for some of our favourite local, regional and international indie acts and will link it here. If you know of anyone and would like to recommend it to us, email openmickl@ gmail.com and we'll check it out. This week, allow us to recommend the following singer songwriters:
Malaysia
Artist: Zee Avi (aka Kokokaina) myspace.com/zeeavi
Bio: Born in the tiny town of Miri in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, Zee grew up near the South China Sea in a liberal, encouraging household where her father owned an energy consultancy. “I was bred to be a lawyer,” she says, but music was in her blood. Her father’s father sang and played double-bass, accordion, violin and guitar in bands. At age 12, Zee moved from Borneo to Kuala Lumpur where she has been based since. At 17, Zee started locking herself in a room for hours on end to learn to play guitar. Guitar took a back seat for 4 years while she was studying fashion design in London. When she returned to Kuala Lumpur, she picked the instrument back up and began writing songs and performing with a band. Zee began recording her songs on a webcam and posting them on YouTube for a friend to hear. “I remember getting so excited when there was one new comment from some random person I didn’t know… One read ‘I’m lost for words - I shall favorite it and ponder if that’s OK,’ ” which was written by Kris Rowley, a U.K. singer-songwriter with a YouTube following under the name Zzzzzzzzap. He began posting her videos on his site, which began a viral snowball effect.
Bio: I first found out about Emilliana when I was visiting in Australia and caught the Icelandic singer songwriter on a music video show on tv. Just addicted to Jungle Drum!!
And so, here's this month's Doppelganger Indie Picks. Have someone you love and would like to share with us? Email it to us for our consideration at openmickl@gmail.com.
Gadoh is a 70-minute feature film that explores our perception of identity and challenges our hatred of the “other”. Directed by Brenda Danker and Namron, it is produced by Big Pictures Production for KOMAS, a Malaysian human rights organisation. Starring: Namron, Zahiril Adzim, Nicholas Liew Davis, Amerul Affendi, and Maya Tan Abdullah.
We will be having a FREE Public Screening of Gadoh!
Date: 22 May 2009 Time: 5 PM Venue: Theatrette, HELP University College, BZ-2 Pusat Bandar Damansara, KL.
For free passes, please email gadohthemovie@gmail.com !Official launch and screening at 8 PM (By special invites only). Limited Gadoh DVDs and stickers will be also be given to viewers on that day only! To watch the trailer, please visit OFFICIAL SITE: http://komas.org/gadoh . Feel free to embed the video on your blog(s) and facebook pages:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AswI-DbMRtY
It's World Music Day on 21 June 2009and guess what? Once again, the Alliance Francaise is putting together FETE DE LA MUSIQUE. This time, do NOTE that it's NOT at Jalan Gurney. SO please do not head to that direction. Ironically, this year's day of free music.
Date: 21 June 2009 Venue: Lounge La Bodega 14-16 Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar. Acess map: http://www.gastrodome.com.my/tsb/ Time: 6.30pm - 7.30pm (event runs from 6.00pm - 10.00pm at La Bodega Lounge as well as TSB - which is up the road) DOPPELGANGER HAS AN OPEN MIC SLOT FROM 6.30pm - 7.30pm. Update: Slots are all currently full. Thanks to those who showed interest :)
>>> EXCERPT FROM WEBSITE::: The musicians are asked to perform for free, and all the concerts are free for the public. It’s the reason why they are used to play in open air areas as streets and parks or in public buildings like museums, train stations, castles… Furthermore, the Fête de la Musique is a way to encourage the major music institutions (orchestra, operas, choirs, etc.) to perform outside their usual locations. This kind of institutions can also welcome other types of music. In this way it offers an opportunity to develop exchanges between city centres and their outlying areas, to offer concerts in hospitals or in prisons, to promote encounters and exchanges between young musicians and well-known talents. The event was launched in 1982 by the French Ministry of Culture... >
News Updates: 11 June 2009
This year, "TIME OUT KL" is the media sponsor! So the TSB stage will be named "Time Out KL stage". Actually La Bodega stage will sound classical, traditional, accoustic and R'n'B, and TSB will be local Pop/rock/metal. Lounge La Bodega and Telawi Street Bistro will offer a complementary soft drink to all musicians! Yeah!
SCHEDULE: More than 20 bands/artists will be performing from 6pm in TSB and La Bodega Lounge.
Welcome to the Indie Scene Cafe // Doppelganger Open Mic
Here is where the indie spirit comes alive!!
Doppelganger Open KL Mic Open Stage is a well known brand amongst the indie scene. We've been producing gigs and events since 2002 and have featured over 100 singer songwriters, bands, poets, in fact performers of any kind a stage to strut their stuff. We've seen indie acts come, go, stay and grow stronger. We have had residence at various venues around town like No Black Tie, Liquid, La Bodega Tengkat Tong Shin, Marketplace KL, and even at the foyer at SohoKL at Solaris Mont Kiara.
The team, led by Jasmine Low (Jaz) has been pitching pitching pitching for more and more indie concerts and recently, we were even involved in producing the Selangor Indie Concert at Shah Alam where indie acts performed on one of the largest stages in their lives!
Once a year, Doppelganger KL will organise a giant gig called Independent Youth Festival. Each year, the season celebrates digital + DIY culture with an exciting line-up of bands and acoustic singers performing LIVE at 1 Utama Shopping Centre. Lock in 14-18 Oct 2009 for the Indie Youth Fest Grand Finale, and expect to catch your favourite indie bands, singer songwriters, pro-gamers etc to take stage!
So just email us if you'd like to perform or attend. Email us at openmickl@gmail.com.
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MH supports the indie scene all the way to Sydney Australia!
An annual event, Indie Youth Fest celebrates digital culture and the wonderful world of being indie! From music to poetry, console to pc games! All under one roof! Indie Youth Fest returns with the season kickstarting with the 1st ROAD SHOW on 1 & 2 August 2009 at 1 Utama - Rainforest LG! Then it goes across the country and returns to 1 Utama again from 14-18 October 2009! Block OFF your dates now!
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