It's World Music Day on 21 June 2009 and 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 instituti...

Commemorating EARTH WEEK Towards a healthy & sustainable planet 18 & 19 APRIL 2009 ROCKIN' FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SOHOKL @ SOLARIS MON'T KIARA Hello again! Open Mickers... get ready to ROCK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!! {{MALAYSIANS ROCKIN’ FOR THE ENVIRONMENT}} We invite you to be a part of ROCKIN’ FOR THE ENVIRONMENT event. In collaboration with an initiative kickstarted by local music band, BENCHMARX , marketing communication company GO INTERNATIONAL GROUP is organising a two-day arts, music and educational festival to commemorate Earth Week. Titled ‘ROCKIN’ FOR THE ENVIRONMENT’, musicians as well as NGOs and eco-friendly commercial organisations will each play a part in raising funds for the ORANGUTAN APPEAL UK to help support and raise awareness of the plight of the endangered Orang Utan species. o In 2007, TURTLE ROCK raised RM7000+ for SeaTru (now known as TRRG). o In 2008, TIGER ROCK raised RM11,000+ for MyCat. o In 2009, ORANG UTAN ROC...

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...

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

An Honest Mistake Gamers in serious competition @ ESWC zone Hey there! Here's a huge call-out to all of you who came during the weekend. The afternoons seemed packed leaving the evenings slightly more intimate... yes, taxi stand-style intimate ;). For those of you who didn't get lucky winning the Guitar Heroes for XBOX, or the PES games being given away by Play Interactive, don't fret! We'll be giving more away real soon! So return to these pages as we update them with photos from the past 3 days. See you at the next Doppelganger! 27th July @ Marketplace y'all.... More pictures available on www.flickr.com/photos/thegogroup

B onjour! Thanks for supporting us @ Fete de la Musique at the Alliance Francaise Kuala Lumpur! Was it going to rain? That didn't stop the bands!!! Woooo hoo! Garden delight at the outdoor stage. The only stage, this year. Double Matthews Nano Kinetics Nano Kinetics =) Rashdan Harith with 'My Favourite Soprano' Djezna's Stalker Green Paver T he F antastic 4 (Organizers & Hosts) From left: Nikki, Jaz, MC & Benji Merci beaucoup! Passez une agreable journee! (thank you very much and have a nice day!) Report by: Mei Cher

Catch Deserters @ SOHO KL this Saturday! Ladies and gentlemen! Ahoy there! Come join us at the 'cruise' themed soft launch event of SOHOKL and listen to tunes from a bunch of idealistic singer songwriters and indie bands set to take KL by storm! Yup yup yup! Doppelganger Open Mic presents... Saturday, 28 June 2008 Soho KL @ Solaris Hotspotz Mont Kiara Singer Songwriters 1.00pm Mathew Ong 1.30pm Otam 3.00pm Izzy Mohamed 3.30pm Ida Lisa 5.30pm Imam of Lightcraft Bands 9.00pm Deserters 9.30pm Rashdan Harith 10.00pm Lightcraft 10.30pm AskmeAgain See you there!

Feel free to spread the word... spread the love... BE YRSELF. STAY INDIE @ THE INDIE YOUTH FEST. Illustration of Indie Youth Fest by Shahril Nizam . Flyer design by Donna Yii of Studio Agogo. More info on Indie Youth Fest: www.gointernationalgroup.com/indieYfest More info on ESWC 2008 Malaysia: www.gointernationalgroup.com/eswc Infocall: (03) 7727 0093

Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 C'est la 'Doppelganger' vie @ Fete de la Musique 2008 Bonjour! Et tu aussi? Yes, moi aussi! We're all into the homegrown act fever! Once again, Doppelganger Open Mic is pleased to work with Alliance Francaise for the third year running at the global French open mic festival which has been running since 1982 globally! A yearly event spearheaded by Alliance Francaise, Fete de la Musique (Music Day) is an extension of the celebrations in France every 21 June. Once again this year, Doppelganger Open Mic Open Stage is pleased to celebrate diversity through music and the arts! This year, Doppelganger Open Mic has collaborated with University College Sedaya International's student initiative, The Hive which is an avenue for students to showcase their creative talents and performing arts. The Hive is held fortnightly on Wednesdays from 12.30pm - 1.30pm in their main campus. For a day only, Doppelganger Open Mic & The H...

Celebrate digital culture and all things indie in collaboration with Electronic Sports World Cup 2008 Malaysia at Indie Youth Fest! Latest update! One Buck Short and Qings & Queens have confirmed and will be playing on Friday, 4th July 2008! Also, we're pleased to announce that Yokohama Batteries will be partnering with Motorsports Playground to display a couple of units of performance show cars (read... drifting machines!!!). So... be seeing you there! 4, 5, 6 July 2008. KUALA LUMPUR, 23 May 2008 – The Independent Youth Festival 2008, reveals more indie bands to its line-up today. Joining the fray at the indie concert on 5 & 6 July are three-piece band Tempered Mental , Laguna Record's pop band Estrella , Oh Chentaku! and singer songwriters including songstress Mia Palencia , Zalila Lee and rising newcomer, Yuna . Fuelled by the yearnings of the Y-generation for independence, Malaysian youth of today are keeping the ‘indie spirit’ very much alive. Evidence of a new...

Themed 'Celebrating Digital Culture', the very first Indie Youth Fest is the result of many years of producing Doppelganger Open Mic Open Stage gigs. Some of you who may know us when we were called Valhalla Open Mic, thanks for all of your support. The scene's simply mushroomed since those early days where gigs were only a few. So it's about time we pulled something like this together. Happening at the same time is the Malaysian National Finals of Electronic Sports World Cup, 2008 Malaysia where 7 Malaysians will be chosen to represent Malaysia at the ESWC Grand Finals in San Jose, USA in August this year. Check out our two mascot New Beetle cars (pictured with our gorgeous emcee, Elvanna) - the road show stars. Aren't they just so cute? Thanks to the guys from Play Interactive! More ... Indie Youth Fest will feature a 3-hour indie rock concert on Saturday, 5th July and a 2-hour indie singer songwriter showcase on Sunday, 6th July. Headliners include Tempered Mental...