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9 Jan 10: Music Charity Friends MAS TOUCHDOWN @ Skypark Terminal SAAS Airport

Doppelganger Open Mic will feature An Honest Mistake George Wong Ady Suwardy Don't miss this one! Malaysia Airlines will organising its very first Music, Charity, Friends MAS Touchdown @ Skypark Terminal SAAS Airport indie concert and charity bazaar on 9 January 2010. What started off in 2008 as an internal employee driven charity jumble sale has now grown to include singer song artistes from the local indie music scene and will now be opened to the public. Malaysia Airlines in collaboration with Skypark Terminal SAAS Airport, Go International Group together with Bijou Bazaar presents a chilled-out day with music, friends for the benefit of Womens' Aid Organisation, Bandar Harapan Organic Farm and FoodBank for the Poor. As a show of thanks to MAS for supporting Doppelganger in bringing 8 artistes (One Buck Short, Liyana Fizi, Reza Salleh, One Buck Short) over to Sydney Australia in September, the artistes and their friends are performing at this charity concert pro-bono! In add

Gig: 16, 23, 30 Dec 2009 Doppelganger Open Mic @ Artista Tropicana City Mall

>> 30 Dec 2009 Doppelganger Open Mic NYE Party @ Artista, Tropicana City Mall Presents... Doppelganger NEW YEAR'S EVE party!!!! Come early & enjoy the buffet spread from 8pm. All welcome! Kalysa (SG) Jerome Kugan (KK) EVE (KL) A Ruthless Cleansing (KL) Readings by Jasmine Low (KL) A Ruthless Cleansing In 2009, a band called The Council of One played their first actual gig at Rock Genesis, turning down an opportunity to play at Monash Uni's Street Carnival. Throughout the year the band played intermittent shows while hashing out a punishing, passionate, and wholly melodic sound and live performance. Combining the best of metal and hard rock, the sky seemed the limit after a tremendous show at Malaysian Today's SyokShock night. With the departure of two founding members, Long and James, The Council of One regrouped to find they were no longer the same band. Recruiting Rajif,ex-Traumagash, and also James Robind, ex-Reign of Fire, The Council of One was reborn as A R

Gig: 13 Dec 2009 @ No Black Tie, KL

NEW! Sharanya Manivannan joins us via YOU TUBE!!! Listen to the poetic Wani Ardy Band, Phlox Instrumental - He Libra Enter Tshiung Han See's Twitterverse Jasmine Low reads and hosts the night 13 Dec 2009 @ No Black Tie, Kuala Lumpur Doppelganger Gig Series presents a special year-end show featuring... Phlox He Libra Wani Ardy Readings by Jasmine Low & Tshiung Han See Plus, special guest, SHARANYA MANIAVANNAN shares her spoken words via YOU TUBE! Cover charge: RM20 Time: 9.30pm-late //// ARTISTES' BIO //// He Libra is an experimental post rock outfit from Ipoh, Malaysia. Started out in the midst of 2003 as Julies Plot Tragedy, playing mostly indie and emorock music. Evolving music preferences, maturity and passion had lead to various line-up changes and musical direction over the past years. End of 2006, He Libra started the journey of passion, playing indie experimental post rock. Promising passionate avant-garde experimental post rock so keep your finger cross as we are

Special Announcement: Benchmarx releases song to save OrangUtans!

Help save OrangUtans - buy song for US$0.99 only! Last year Rockin' for the Environment and BENCHMARX raised US$7,000+ for Orangutan Appeal UK in support of the Sepilok Orang Utan sanctuary in Sabah!! The Orang Utans were so thankful they called BENCHMARX and asked them to write a special inspirational song for them! Now's your chance to hear the unique and exclusive BENCHMARX song... MISSION FOR PERMISSION TO SAVE ORANG UTANS and continue to help save the Orang Utans from the brink of extinction! For US99 cents you can purchase the song and 100% of the money will be donated to the Orangutan Appeal UK in support of the Sepilok Orangutan sanctuary! THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT! A GREAT SONG.. A GREAT GIFT FOR THE ORANG UTANS.. A GREAT GIFT FOR YOURSELF OR A FRIEND! Buy song for US$0.99 only! Read more on the event, check out http://www.gointernationalgroup.com/earthweek.html

Gig: 2, 9 Dec & 25 Nov 2009 @ Artista

>> 9 Dec 2009 Doppelganger Open Mic Wednesdays @ Artista, Tropicana City Mall Izzy Mohamed Vernadium Featuring... Vernadium Izzy Mohamed Goodbye Twentieth Century Acid Hadi Open Mic Hosted by Jasmine Low No cover charge >> 2 Dec 2009 Doppelganger Open Mic Wednesdays @ Artista, Tropicana City Mall Featuring... Smelly Shoes Rustic Rose Daymien (vocals/guitar), Jais (guitar), Wan (percussion) Khairul S Danny Boy & Amanda PHLOX Ariff Abu Bakar Jeffrey Megat Hosted by Jasmine Low >> 25 Nov 2009 Doppelganger Open Mic Wednesdays @ Artista, Tropicana City Mall Featuring... Smelly Shoes Anuar Faiq Daymien Ariff Abu Bakar and friends... Hosted by Anuar Faiq Doppelganger Open Mic Wednesdays happen weekly at Artista, Tropicana City Mall. That's located beside Kenny Rogers on the Ground Floor. We start promptly at 9.30pm and open mickers need to register. Performances will be on a first come first serve basis. Interested to play? Email us at openmickl@gmail.com. Thanks!

Special update: Team [LZ] Malaysia heads off to DreamHack - largest digital festival in da world!

How does it jive? Doppelganger Open Mic and the largest digital festival in the world, DreamHack? Eh? Scratches head. Well, it all started last year in 2008 when our company, Go International Group launched our very first Independent Youth Festival (a giant gig) in conjunction with Electronic Sports World Cup (France). Wow! C'est chouette! That led to more things than we had ever imagined! This year, we did it again and introduced Indie Youth Fest // Digital Delirium Xpo // Go International E-Sports Cup // DreamHack Malaysia. And got DiGi Broadband in as our main sponsor for the Digital Delirium Xpo :) So, besides music, here's a sneak peek into what else we champion - video games! Next week, we will be bringing a team of CS1.6 gamers - the champions of our very own Go International E-Sports Cup to Jonkoping, Sweden to play amongst 32 of the best best CS1.6 teams from around the world - MeetYourMakers & SK Gaming (Sweden). Looks like Team LZ (Malaysia) and TitaNs (Singapore

Doppelganger Indie Picks . November 2009

Hello again! Welcome to Doppelganger's Indie Pick of the month. We're always open to your suggestions so if you have someone you'd like to recommend us, just email openmickl@gmail.com . We're pleased to feature two very amazing sisters. Now, most people may not know the other sister but both have equally powerful voices and here's the most interesting thing. Their mom, who's in fact from Malaysia (and apparently lives in PJ - this is what she told Doppelganger's Founder, Jaz at a in Sydney Australia many years ago) was a singer herself. Their father is Maori. Introducing... New Zealand / USA Artist: Bic Runga New Zealand / Los Angeles, USA Artist: Boh Runga Click to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlZqRZXb3WU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g97snL1ZPg Thanks!

Gig guide: 18 Nov 2009 Doppelganger Flash Gigs @ Artista

Gig Report A Honest Mistake (hey! Someone's missing in this pix...) rocked the world from right inside Artista. Their energetic set just made everyone in the room want more. If you listen to Traxx fm, they've just released their song there. Otherwise, buy your ticket for Rock the World and catch them LIVE. On ya guys & Eve! Our special guest who played 3 songs for us and had to run off to work! Hey ho OTAM! That's him upstairs (look above). Thanks for playing BOBA yea... and thanks to Ajan from Brainhead who jammed with him! To all the open mickers - once again, thanks guys and dolls for coming and sharing your stuff. Also, for your patience. Yeah... sign up early okies. Now next week, Jaz won't be around so you'll need to look for Nick Hussin :) Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2009 Time: 9.30pm til late Venue: Artista @ Tropicana City Mall Once again, Doppelganger KL, the longest standing open mic gig that roams around town in search of talents is BACK! We thank

Announcement - Denim Music World

Dear community, Denimmusicworld.com - the online music competition conceptualised and developed by Go International Group has officially closed with a private function held by the brand owners on Tuesday 10 November 2009. In partnership with Popfolio.net, Go International Group developed a super cool website with the POPtopus player that allowed bands to upload their music, profiles and bios. We thank all the artistes who participated in the competition and we congratulate the top 8 winners (below) who won a hamper of products & cash prizes and a music video worth RM10,000 to the artiste with most votes - that's Marionexxes with 5750 votes! Runners-up were Ady Suwardy with 4075 votes and Lydia's Diery with 1375 votes! Well done guys! * In the news: Junkonline , KLUE , The Sun , Juice , TV3 - Malaysia Hari Ini , NTV7 * View Photo Library : Click to listen to the songs submitted: <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Click h

Gig guide: 11 November 2009 Doppelganger Flash Gigs @ Artista

Sherwin - first time on stage but he was super! Hi Ady Suwardy! Support him and go to his EP soft launch this Friday. Facebook him LAH. Alda Alda Alda and Jaz Jaz Jaz in Red Thanks to this dude, his name's David Leo - the brains behind Artista @ Tropicana City Mall Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Time: 9.30pm til late Venue: Artista @ Tropicana City Mall Doppelganger KL, the longest standing open mic gig that roams around town in search of talents is BACK! Introducing our venue partner Artista @ Tropicana City Mall... check out the tunes, songs & readings by upcoming artistes. Featuring... RADIO EDIT ( ) ATAXIA (sorry, cancelled) ARIFF ABU BAKAR GEORGE WONG OPEN MIC featuring... Justin Ang Rina S. Khairul S. Shar (my youtube fren) Daymien Eve Oh Anuar Faiq (yeah... our magicmusician buddy - go facebook him lar) Jeffrey (it's his first time!) Entrance is FOC. Nice brand new place that's located just beside Damansara Intan - this is a new mall and is very nice. Look.

Special announcement: Doppelgangerkl Milestones 2009

Milestones... // About Doppelganger Open Mic Gigs // When Jasmine Low returned to KL, little did she know that by organising one open mic gig with the help of friends back in 2002 at Liquid Bar (thanks to encouragement by proprietor, Jay), that was the start of a series of hundreds of following events for the independent music scene. That accidental event has now led to a series of seemingly never-ending open mic sessions which travel from venue to venue around the Klang Valley. Sometimes at night, those voices still resonate... "Jaz, can I please play one more song?". Then, it was known as VALHALLA OPEN MIC. The gigs eventually took on new life as Doppelganger Open Mic in 2005 and through its partnership with Troubadours, both teams organised 'Troubaganger' gigs at La Bodega Tengkat Tong Shin from 5 June '05- 3 Sep '06. The team, led by Jasmine then experimented with a 'pop-up' cafe store in KL. 'Indie Scene Cafe' operated from 6 Nov '06 -

Special Event 1 Nov: STAND UP @ No Black Tie

Hello hello! It's great when people come together to do something good for others. This time, I was approached by Michael Lim and Jojo Struys , Founders of Kyanite of Project Alpha to help out at a charity event for the Shambala Kids Creative Mentoring Project. Well, what happens is that once a month, a group of artistes/dancers/singers etc get together and offer their time to coach and mentor children so that they are able to express themselves and showcase their creativity. The result? More confident children :) And this is truly in line with what we believe in at Doppelganger - to provide a platform for people like you and I to showcase our creativity. And it's a stage for us to express ourselves. Sometimes we don't realise how lucky we are until we meet those less fortunate. Let's not let it be that way. So remember, each time you sing a note, how priviledged you are, and let's try to do our little part and to just try to love unconditionally. If you'd like

Gig 17 Oct: Doppelganger Flash Gig @ Indie Youth Fest LG Rainforest 1Utama

DOPPELGANGER FLASH GIG! OPEN MIC IS OPEN! @ INDIE YOUTH FEST 2009 DEEPAVALI WEEKEND Update: We're scaled down this year but we're still going on with the show. After making many many calls, we have finalised the venue for this weekend's Indie Rock Concert. A huge word of thanks to Studio V, The Star's New Media hub at 1Utama. Did you know that the radio stations broadcast LIVE from here? Well, this coming Saturday, come check out our amazing line-up. Fresh and exciting! A note to all the bands who have sent in their entries to perform, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your interest. All day SATURDAY! 17 October 2009 OPEN MIC SESSION Time: 12.30pm - 2.00pm Venue: StudioV@Rainforest GF First come first serve. Note: All acts must register at High Street, 1Utama Shopping Centre. Registration opens from 11am-12.30pm. BEATBOX CHALLENGE Time: 2.30pm-3.30pm INDIE ROCK CONCERT Time: 4.00pm-9.00pm Emcee: Rina Omar 4.30pm An Honest Mistake 5.00pm Superbar 5.30pm Tilu

Indie Acts Perform at Malaysia Fest Sydney courtesy Malaysia Airlines

MALAYSIAN INDIE ACTS HEAD DOWN UNDER THIS SEPTEMBER 2009! View photos from gig Article in The Star, R.A.G.E. Join MAStravel Facebook Group http://www.darlingharbour.com www.OneBuckShort.com ONE BUCK SHORT performing at Indie Youth Fest 2008, Kuala Lumpur Photo courtesy multiplay.lowyat.net by Syefri Zulfefli LIYANA FIZI (ESTRELLA) http://www.myspace.com/liyanafiz REZA SALLEH http://www.myspace.com/rezasalleh RASHDAN HARITH http://www.myspace.com/rashdanh Event: Indie Youth Fest 2009 in Sydney - private gig Venue: TASTE @ Surry Hills, Address: 38 - 44 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills Reservations: (612) 9281 7228 Date: 26 September 2009 Time: 12pm - 3pm Cover: Free Entry Event: Malaysia Fest 2009 Venue: Darling Harbour Tumbalong Park, Sydney Date: 27 September 2009 Cover: FOC Time: 10am - 5pm Lots of other activities, dances, Malaysian food stalls and more! Visit www.malaysiafest.com.au Organiser: Doppelganger Open Mic - a community project by Go International Group Sdn Bhd. As we step into