EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT please help spread this out! Latest breaking news! Hey gang! So here's the great news! Doppelganger Open Mic Open Stage slots are filling up!! If you're a singer songwriter or band, we still welcome you too. Yes, even if it's at the last minute. Just text Jaz at 0176230288. Stage will be open from 5pm until late late late. All night entertainment by some of the Klang Valley's best newcomers. Doppelganger Open Mic Open Stage Venue: South Atrium, SohoKL Solaris Mon't Kiara Time: 5pm-3am Date: 31 December 2008 Free entry!!! Confirmed open mic acts: Greenpaver Sparanormal Nanokinetics Freak of Channel Made of Scars Ask me Again George Wong Sallyfairie Brendan What else to expect: Indie Scene Cafe sells indie CDs, t-shirts and stuff Guitar Hero World Tour Demo Play Don't Panic International Poster Walk-Thru Doppelganger Open Mic :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hello

Hello all! We're inundated with events this December. Come be a part of the celebration. Here's why: SCHOKOLART CHRISTMAS EVE SHELLEY LEONG, AZ SAMAD & ZALILA LEE Date: 26 December 2008 Time: 7.30pm Dinner & Show / 9.30pm Show only Venue: Schokolart @ 1st Floor, SohoKL DOPPELGANGER OPEN MIC @ MARKETPLACE KL GEORGE WONG & SPARANORMAL Plus open mic Date: 28 December 2008 Time: 9.00pm Venue: MarketplaceKL off Jalan Yap Kwan Seng NU YEAR'S EVE @ SOHOKL BROKENSCAR, KOMPLOT, PESAWAT, THEY WILL KILL US ALL, KILLER CALCULATEUR, THE TIMES Plus Doppelganger Open Mic Date: 31 December 2008 Time: 3pm-3am (5pm-7pm Open Mic / 7pm-9pm XFm Mini Stage / 9-11pm Art Dance & Japanese Anime / 11pm-3am DJs Bo. aka Mr. Fluff and Elf) Venue: SohoKL Main Concourse & South Atrium

Shelley Leong Tis' the season to be... Christmas Season Greetings & Celebrations at Schokolart @ SohoKL Join us this Christmas Eve at Schokolart SohoKL Solaris Mon't Kiara 24 Dec 2008 It's Christmas Eve and there's no time better than to get together with your family & friends. Featuring acoustic performances and a delicious menu of savouries, a heavenly spread of chocolate desserts and chocolate cocktails, this Christmas will be indeed memorable! ::: Acoustic Performances by singer-songwriter and pianist, Shelley Leong accompanied by long-time collaborator and one of Malaysia's leading acoustic guitarist, Az Samad. Shelley graduated from Berklee College of Music last year and is currently playing for Bogofusion, a world-jazz fusion band that has played for Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and opened for Stevie Wonder and The Foo Fighters. She also tours performing her original songs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2005, Shelley was nominated Best New Engl

They Will Kill Us All Pesawat Brokenscar (Yes, he'll be back from Melbs) DJ Elf Bo. aka Mr. Fluff What do these guys have in common? NuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNuNu Sure-fire party! Come by this NU YEAR'S EVE and don't forget to bring the NU U! Let's chill out, dance, play and countdown to the new year! Organised by SohoKL and Go International Group, our partners are coming in full force with loads of goodies, cool prizes worth over RM80,000 including a free phone (Nokia N95/ 3110/ 5000 and others) will be thrown out every 15 minutes!!! Way coooool! Event: SohoKL NU Year's Eve Countdown Party Time: 3.00pm - 3.00am Venue: Main Concourse, SohoKL @ Solaris Mon't Kiara The day starts at 3pm and will run through until 3am in 2009! So party people, bandies, singer songwriters, arty sorts, designers, don't go anywhere else!!! SOHOKL IS THE ONLY PLACE TO BE! And that's a command from Kakak Jaz! here's why it's the only place to be la... Featuring BO. aka M

Presenting the YEAR END SHOW @ Marketplace KL (click for map) ! GEORGE WONG SPARANORMAL JASMINE LOW and the regular open mickers..... hang on a minute! That's George Wong?!! Gosh.... tell your friends about this, spread this link, facebook us if you like or join our facebook group! And here's a little more about our performers for December! SPARANORMAL Sparanormal, An unintended collaboration formed in 2001. It went on nameless for quite a while, until just sometime last year the name came to be. Since then the band managed to record a few songs. It was hard squeezing in work and music together. But in the name of music and in dire need of some variation in our daily lives the band had to live on. So far Its been a hell of a journey, and were looking forward for a hell lot more. Sparanormal is Kameel, singin' and strummin 2nd guitar Jzon, rippin' 1st guitar Ajeem, thumping bass Safwan, rolling the drums With our first not so far in the future release (hope so) Between,

ARTrage Lab: brit invASIAN in collaboration with Indie Scene Cafe & Doppelganger 29 & 30 Nov 2008. 2.08 - 9.08pm. Main Concourse, SohoKL DIY meets freedom! Come by and shop til you drop, dine til you're too fine at SohoKL's many F&B outlets and listen to indie bands/singer songwriters and poets at the Live + Loud and Doppelganger Open Mic stages. Over 80 vendors peddling their own homemade craft, fashion, toys + collectibles. You won't want to miss out on this one! What else to expect from ARTrage Lab? Photography exhibition + immersion digital art + trunk show by Button My Buttons, an interactive art installation + a batik painting workshop. Yoyo Demonstration ARTrage Lab's Live + Loud Stage + Senoritas + Luscious + Infinatez + The Dogen + Ana Raffali + Cloud Burst + Violet + Ain Zulkifly + special guest, Imran Ajmain (Singapore) + Doppelganger's Stage (see below) Indie Scene Cafe returns! Back in 05, we ran our very own Indie Scene Cafe a

Oh some interesting opinions on the indie culture. Fads usually become something talked about when it's passe... haven't you noticed? We've been indie since like 4ever and won't ever stop evolving ;} And there's always a fine line between being 'indie' and 'selling out'. Check out this article I stumbled upon which discusses what makes the writer 'indie' as opposed to being a 'poser'. Doppelganger KL does not endorse the ideas and opinions from these excerpts from www.sampahsociety.com and http://addydeena.blogspot.com . It's here for you to judge for yourselves. "" ye, sejauh manekah anda yg mengaku diri anda peminat susah mati indie tahu akan konsep indie dan segala isi dalam dunia indie ni sendiri? jgn la poyo-poyo je kate harfans indie, tapi sepatah haram, sehabuk zarah pun tatau pe menatang indie ni. dtg dari india ke? ke main bantai je follow org suke indie, kite pun nak suke jugak? orang pegi gig sane sini, buat

Hey guys! I just received this. Check it out. This is a note from them: KVLT ( www.kvltmagazine.net ) is a fresh new Singapore-based portal and bi-monthly online magazine that focuses on Asian art, design, music and fashion. Covering the spectrum of all things creative and inspiring, we provide online space for galleries, collectives, artists, brands, designers and musicians to be publicized and featured. We have recently launched our portal complete with a twice-daily updated newsfeed and special features such as KVLTure, a global street photography project that differs from any other. These new additions are supplements to our flagship product, KVLT Magazine. The ‘Loveless’ Issue is our second; our third will be launching on the 27th of November. So bandies, send em your stuff!

Gig report... too damn good amongst friends and Doppelganger's regulars. Thank you Mei Chern, Markiza & Peter Hassan Brown, Benchmarx and our regular open mickers who played. Also a huge word of thanks to Rafique Rashid for his assistance at our sound console!!! See you next month! 28 December 2008 @ Marketplace KL. Tom (UK) Jaz, Mei Chern & Joe Benchmarx does their Malaysia Boleh acoustic version. Ronnie on Violins, Markiza Keyboards & Peter Hassan Brown warm up the room of Polar Bears Open Mic - Ronnie jams with Nick Davis Doppelganger features a varied line-up of acts. Acoustic singer songwriter MEI CHERN headlines this set and shares the stage with MARKIZA & PETER HASSAN BROWN, and rock band, BENCHMARX. ABOUT MEI CHERN Known for her reflective and insightful songs, Mei Chern first performed at a student folk club in England, and thereafter in and around Kuala Lumpur. An experimental psychologist by training and a writer for Freespace (The Sun), her songs on soci

Go International Group and Rhythm Tappers @ Malaysia proudly present the first first first TAP DANCE & JAZZ MUSIC collaboration. It's just a matter of pairing happy capable feet with jazz. Artistic Director Toh Kong Eu and partner in dance, Phang Shueh Miin will bring together a team of up to 12 dancers including special guest, Jojo Struys and percussionist Jothi. Reservations recommended as it will be a sell-out show at KL's newest and possible most sensual chocolate venue, SCHOKOLART! Huge thanks to studio sponsor, Havana EStudio. More about Rhythm Tappers . Reservations: novapr@gmail.com SMS inquiries to: 017 200 8631 or 017 623 0288

DENIM MUSIC WORLD presents DESERTERS ADIL JOHAN QUARTET Tuesday, 21 October 2008 Laundry Bar at Italiannies, The Curve 9pm-11pm | Free admission Hosted by Jaz What is Denim Music World? Calling bands, solo artistes, fans! Doppelganger Open Mic and Poptopus are working together with men's lifestyle fragrances, DENIM to showcase local independent bands. Log on, register in the Indie Artiste page if you're a band/solo artiste and you could stand a chance to a MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION of your original song! View the BETA website and email us your comments!

26 October 2008 The eve of Deepavali. Come gig with us. RM20 incl. 1 drink. 9pm until late. AN HONEST MI STAKE (pictured) NANO KINETICS JASMINE LOW + open mic + readings + op en stage Let's paaaaartay! BIOGRAPHY AN HONEST MISTAKE With pure honesty and heartfelt emotions about life and relationships, An Honest Mistake was birthed. Apart from playing bass with Armyofthree, this is a place where he picks up his aco ustic guitar and puts himself in the shoes of many to let his mind wander, wonder and explore the different facets of life. Started writing since 2 years ago has given him plenty of time to perfect his craft and finally allowing himself to break out into actually performing. Open up your minds and allow your dreams to be An Honest Mistake. NANOKINECTICS It all began when the 4 of them met together and dreaming about having a band. Alternative music is their genre. Mutual bonding is their essence in making music. DQ, (Lead guitar/ vocalist), Faizal (Guitar) Bortl(Bass) and A

Coming up next! Calling indie musicians. poets. dancers even! comedians. come and strut your stuff at doppelganger's next gig. 9pm onwards. rm20 incl. one drink. come on up! List of headliners to be confirmed.

Here's a huge call-out to all of you who made it tonight. It was simply a blast. Something was in the air and I guess people just didn't want to go home ;) Now that we're regularly at Marketplace the 4th Sunday each month, save it on your calendars now and see you again at the next one. We're thinking of a Doppelganger goes JAZZ so you folks who play jazz, fusion jazz, come on out. Meanwhile, here are some pictures from the night... Jasmine Low a.k.a. Jaz opened the night, as usual and read 3 short shorts. Izzy Mohamed playing her set with Otam Oh! That's Otam, half of Azahar's head (sorree Az!), Zalila looking mean and Izzy. Youli, Jenny and friend who kindly offered me a 'stick'. Jenny bravely read 3 short poems tonight! Go girl! Here's half of Ninja Seni, Otam, Azahar and a half of KLCC ;P Otam and Azahar Zalila Lee on Conga, Ninja Seni on the Harmonica, Otam the man and Azahar the bassist Ninja Seni open mic'ing! Our intern Caroline @ her