SEA DIY NETWORK – Report #3 : JUNE 3rd 2001 ARCHIVE
SEA DIY NETWORK Report #3
hello again people. The list is getting longer and it seems like the Malaysians are really busy and active people, do check out
the many zines and newsletters etc. thanks to dinslife and Jasrul Izwan AKA rulehirtz for the reports.
Labels & Distros
Singapore
name: Solitude Records
statement: Solitude Records is an independent label based in Singapore. We specialize in the eclectic, experimental, and emotional side of the underground music scene.
bands: Anaconda & Kindred
website: http://www.geocities.com/solituderecs/
address: Solitude, Blk 419, #04 – 213 Bukit Batok West Ave 2, Singapore 650419, Singapore
inquiries: dinslife at dinslife@yahoo.com
name: Hybrid Distribution
statement: Hybrid distributes hundreds of independently released records from all over the world. we carries independent records from the likes of ferret, r.p.p., brickland, monotonstudio, immigrant sun, bad taste, secretly canadian, helen of oi!, hectic, impression, brickland, escape artist, now or never, devil doll, reflection, onefoot, desperate fight, arson, cyberdine 243, alveran, genet, coalition, noco, smorgasbord records and many many more from smaller labels.
website: http://www.envy.nu/hybrid/
catalogue: available on request, or send an e-mail to
dinslife@yahoo.com with the subject “send me a catalogue”.
inquiries: dinslife@yahoo.com
Malaysia
name: Cactus Distro
statement: “to spread as many stuff from around the world (literature, records, t-shirt, etc) to Malaysian scenester and to keep the DIY HC/Punk scene alive.”
website: http://www.cactusdistro.cjb.net/
catalogue: http://www.geocities.com/cactusdistrolist/ (updated April 18th)
inquiries: cactusdistro@anarchist.com
address: Wan Hazril Hisham, E4/366, Kampung Pulau Lang Kiri, 26800 Kuala Rompin, Pahang, MALAYSIA
seadiy sez: “A very good source to those who want to check out recent Malaysian zines.”
E-mail Newsletters (a bit like seadiy itself!)
Malaysia
name: Persuratan Kepunyaan Peraturan
content: Personal articles and opinions and also reviews and listings, issue 1, 2, &3 already out.
address: Jasrul Izwan bin Jaafar Sidek, 2/994 Kg Bt Hitam
26100 Beserah, Kuantan, Pahang DM
contact: rulehitrz@hotmail.com
seadiy sez: “well written, entertaining, but be warned, most of it is in Bahasa Melayu or Malay.”
Fanzines & Newsletters
Malaysia
name: Airtight Container #1
statement: “Featuring an interview with Laura of Synthesis zine/Distro (England), Butch of Get In Touch zine (Phillippines) and Saha of Embrace zine (Malaysia). Also contain an usual stuff like column/article, reviews, scene report (terengganu, Phillippines, Thailand and Germany), etc.”
size: 64 pages / A5
price: RM3 ppd / USD2 ppd / trade
address: Hassan, 1A, Felda Lui Muda, 72130 Bahau, Negeri
Sembilan, Malaysia
inquiries: profpunxs@hotmail.com
name: Free From Penury # 1
statement: “An interview with Rasyidin Arshad (Kontrabrawl distro), usual article + a memory of Kamal Ahmed Bamadhej, + lot of cut n paste ad’s, classified etc.”
size: not stated
price: RM 2ppd/USD 2ppd/Trade
address: Wan Hazril Hisham, E4/366, Kampung Pulau Lang Kiri,
26800 Kuala Rompin, Pahang, MALAYSIA
inquiries: ufo_tendencies@yahoo.com
here’s a list of recent MALAYSIAN zines taken from Persuratan Kepunyaan Peraturan e-mail newsletter (listed up there). Most of
them in Malay and we don’t understand it much (duhh):
title: switchstance #0
statement by PKP: “dah lama keluar, jan’00. cuma aku baru dapat dari seorang kawan aku yang cantik. dari rupanya.. jangan carita – memang huru-hara! namun begitu penuh dengan artikel (dengan tema : “article attack”). huru-hara tapi humur yang bijak!!”
price: RM2
address: sukry, no 61, kg dato’ shariff ahmad, 28050 temerloh,
pahang d.m
title: old instrument #5
statement by PKP: “dipenuhi dengan artikel ‘serius tapi kelakar’. dan juga ada komen mengenai barangan u/g yang lama+baru. tapi macam ada salah tembak ke kat band kuantan tu..”
price: RM2
address: adi, jt/pe:63, kg buntut pulau, 28000 temerloh, pahang
d.m
contact: termlove@asia.com
title: amankan damai #1
statement by PKP: “bersama; fazri d.r.s.a, narrator zine, s.t.p, ultimate rekrued fanzine, kqonsore. ditambah dengan artikel dan info yang patut kita tahu. ”
price: RM 2
address: apis, no 69, jln syed kuning, kg kadok, 16450 ketereh,
kelantan d.i
contact: peacepunx81@hotmail.com
title: latrine 2nd fable
statement by PKP: “bersama; silent majority, chlam shell. paling menarik ialah maksud terselindung disebalik peraturan. artikel-artikel menceritakan betapa ‘ketidakpuashatian’ terhadap persekitaran.”
price: RM2
address: m.nasir omar, no 19 jln kledang raya 22, off taman
alkaff, 30100 ipoh, perak d.r contact: crack_toe@hotmail.com
title: huh! #4
statement by PKP: “bersama; mass saperation, fazri d.r.s.a, psycho diversion, broken foundation. persembahan yang kemas (guna komputer). banyak sokongan dari kawan-kawan. yang paling menarik ialah artikel kehidupan seorang perempuan itu.”
price: RM2
address: syik/amishka, h 61 kg kuala dioh, 72000 kuala pilah, n.
sembilan d.k
contact: violent-girl@gurlmail.com or duckme@catcha.com
title: rigmarole #1
statement by PKP: “penuh denga karya bersambung-sambung. tak lupa satu katun yang cukup cantik!”
price: RM1
adddress: kunin, 828 sri aman 3, pasir putih, 16800 kelantan d.i
contact: kunin@ididitmyway.com
title: saparathorr #1
statement by PKP: “bersama; khairul dari northern with love, black dari infireal, toto dari burgerkill (bandung), zam dari perpetual. muka depan yang bijak! laporan scene dan artikel-artikel yang cantik.
price: RM2
address: fazrie, 126 kg sg baru gunung, 05150 alor setar, kedah
d.a
contact: cranxybrain_fg@hotmail.com
title: northern agenda #1
statement by PKP: “bersama; 6 editor dan satu band hc, hopeless. laporan scene; kolektif bran edema, kota tinggi, shah alam. artikel dan bio band.”
price: RM2
address: azali, no 71, jln pusat pertanian, kg payamas, 84900 tangkak, johor d.t
contact: northern_zine@yahoo.com
title: mindless minority? #1
statement by PKP: “temubual yang bijak bersama; zaiba+abira+saha+ibrahim, juga bersama zam nvw distro. penglibatan perempuan dalam scene dan kaitannya dengan anarki. ah.. tak lupa coretan emo..”
price: RM2
address: ika, 10 lorong suria, taman matahari, 86000 kluang, johor d.t
contact: toygirl_ex@hotmail.com
title: abstained agogo/homiside
price: RM2
statement by PKP: “bersama; container crusties from hell, rengkongxterkeluaqx,molotov, shortsited, disgruntled. bagus untuk dibaca terutamanya isu makanan segera.
address for homiside: bidan, no 1, jln tp6,tmn pahlawan, 76300 sg udang, melaka.
contact: homisidefanzine@hotmail.com
address for abstained: hafeez, no 60, kg lundang paku, 10450 ketereh, k. bharu, kelantan d.i contact: dwts82@yahoo.com
this Malaysian Newsletter List below are taken from the e-mail newsletter Persuratan Kepunyaan Peraturan (listed up there)
name: stinky socks #3
content: “hiburan d.i.y, syarikat minyak, gangguan seksual, berita dan banyak sekali alamat.”
contact: x_ophir@yahoo.com
comment by PKP, “ringkas, padat”
name: racial harmony #1
content: “antara seks dan rogol, hamba fesyen, dan komen barangan u/g.”
contact: basicliving@mathafacka.zzn.com
name: cintakan aman #5
content: “emo dan emo dan emo, karya kawan, n.o.s.c.”
contact: cintakan_aman@freeanuar.com
comment by PKP, “khas untuk hati”
name: piece of peace #5
content: “globalisasi, politik, perkauman, kepekaan politik antarabangsa – temubual bersama m. husni, ruangan berita.”
contact: darahmuda@themail.com
comment by PKP: “peka politik nih”
name: cat newsletter #4
content: “antara kehormatan dan pemboikotan, sajak, komen barangan u/g, info + berita.”
contact: northern_zine@yahoo.com
comment by PKP: “persembahan yang bijak”
name: cintakan aman #4
content: “erti kebebasan, perkauman, kerajaan, hak binatang, pembukaan minda, emosi & sajak, juga penggunaan bahasa yang ‘cantik'”
contact: cintakan_aman@freeanuar.com
comment by PKP: “ada kamus dari seberang?”
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SEA DIY NETWORK Report #3 part 2
Welcome to part 2 of the third seadiy report. some are taken from postings by hatta, dungboy and ibrahim ganyang.
GOSSIPS
Malaysia
1) from ibrahim ganyang: “DEAD SYMPHONY is an emo HC with a metal touch, in the vein of Converge, Jasmine and Finger Print. Check out their latest 7 studio recorded songs that will be released in a near future. Beyond that I can say that they one of the active band in the Malaysian gig circuit. A release that have been waiting for a quite long time by all.
Contact: asbentayan@hotmail.com”
2) from ibrahim ganyang: “COUPLE, a DIY garage pop bands with nice arrangement of music schedule to release an EP under Carshover Records. Just imagine Mineral meets Shazam you’ll find Couple What I’ve heard that the recording is done and they are still bursting their ass to construct the inlay layout. Contact them for more updates.
contact: encik_aidil@hotmail.com”
3) from dungboy: “I’ve been asked to be a regular columnist for Fracture zine in the UK. It’s a monthly, edited among others by Russell Remains (of the Charred Remains zine infamy). It’s free in UK, available through out Europe and fast becoming the MRR of the region, without being tight-arsed dogmatic.The musical scope is wider than most American zines, as long as it’s DIY that is! I would like to start the column with a full scene report of the Malaysian DIY scene, so if you have releases, news items, etc. or if you can help me out with information on your area, please send them in. I’ll also start doing reviews in that column, and will concentrate on the Malaysian and also the regional stuff, so send your zines and recordings to that adress above. It’s time we share what we got with the continentals.”
seadiy sez: ” we have agreed to let dungboy use the stuff here in this list. his address is at Joe Kidd 14A Bukit Ceylon 50200 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA and e-mail: dungboy@rocketmail.com
– and you can check fracture’s site at: http://www.seanchai.dircon.co.uk/
4) from dungboy: “CookBook Fanzine, which is going to be an A4 pro-printed zine at about 500 copies, is looking for contributors for stuff to review, artworks, articles, interviews etc. CookBook is initiated by some people from the Food Not Bombs KL featuring about 10 volunteers on the editorial committee and it’ll cover a lot
of socio-political areas and also DIY music. The first issue is now being laid-out but we need more contributions. write to cookbookzine@yahoo.com for more info.”
Singapore:
1) from Kadir Doyok
2) Additional info from abdul khalid
“there is going to be some kind of Asian fest coming this 7th July 2001. there will be bands from malaysia too playing here in Singapore. I hope there will be more people from malaysia and other Asian countries could come to this gig. We will create more networking.”
seadiy sez: “Hmm, two different people with similar report it seems but where? what time? by who? etc. if you know about
this do write. it seems very interesting.”
GIGS
Malaysia
title: Together Gather Gig
date: June 9th 2001
bands: Aghast, Carburetor Dung, Custom Daisy, Fast Game, Foreground Division, Mass Separation, Relationsheep, Spunky Funggy, Bombshell and Shock System
venue: Colours Pub, Uptown, Damansara
time: 1 pm till 7pm
ticket: RM 10
seadiy sez: “acording to the latest dungpeople newsletter, Carburetor Dung had to pull-out since the band’s bassist is not available for that day.”
NEWSLETTERS
Malaysia
title: News From Malaysian Punk/HC Scene #1
content: news and brief descriptions on what’s happening in Malaysia.
how to get: write to Ibrahim at asianpunk@excite.com
address: Ibrahim Ngah Ahmad, 43 Kg Dusun Hulu 32800 Parit, Perak, MALAYSIA
seadiy sez: “simple mail-out mostly on the North West scene of Malaysian DIY”
title: Get The Kid With The Sideburn issue #1
content: free e-mail newsletter with global DIY news. This issue features interviews with Japan’s Bright Lights, Malaysia’s Mass Separation and music reviews.
how to get: write to Hatta for a copy at subkultur@lycos.com
address: Hatta Nirman, 94 Jalan BS 5/20, Taman Bukit Serdang, 43300 Seri Kembangan, MALAYSIA
seadiy sez: “good stuff, maybe hatta should put out a full zine.”
title: Dungpeople E-Mail Newsletter
content: “news from the camp of a Malaysian label called AGE, bands such as Carburetor Dung, The Shitworkers and other
related stuff.”
how to get: join at http://www.onelist.com/isregistered.cgi?listname=dungpeople
address: Dungpeople 14A Bukit Ceylon 50200 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
contact: dungboy at dungboy@rocketmail.com
website: http://dungpeople.port5.com
FANZINES
Malaysia
title: Ganyang #5
statement: “Full scale report on the Human Right Violation in Acheh,Indonesia. interviews with Moxuan (Malaysia very own Chinese post-punk band), Brain Failure (Punk Rock band from the heart of Beijing, People Rep. Of China), Bad Mojo (Melodic and Garage Punk act from Macau) and Bright Light (Grind duo from the land of the rising sun ‚Äì Japan). scene report from obscure countries & area like Karaganda, Kazakhstan / Wuhan, PR of China / Ecuador / Guatemala / Macedonia / Taiwan / Semarang, Indonesia. 12 columnists discussing and putting well ‚Äì diverse and serious writing tackles on music, social, politics and personal issue, a dedicated commentary by some great people. reviews of records and fanzines and some other shit!”
price: RM2 + stamp (Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei) US$2 ppd (Asia region including Australia and New Zealand) US$3 (rest of the world including Middle East Region). TRADES ARE MORE THAN WELCOMED!!!
contact: Ibrahim at asianpunk@excite.com
address: Ibrahim Ngah Ahmad, 43 Kg Dusun Hulu 32800 Parit,
Perak, MALAYSIA
title: Sadis #3
ibrahim sez: “One of the good HC zine from Malaysia, which covers on range of discussion by several people around the world. Interviews by USA’s Reinforce and Hong Kong’s King Ly Chee. Plus special report of the Penan Tribes in East Malaysia that had been threatens by the massive lodging activities.”
price: US$3
address: Effizul Salleh, 45 Kg Gunung Mesah Hulu, 31600 Gopeng, Perak, MALAYSIA or Mohd Abira, No 8 Block G, Tmn
Bakti, 68000 Ampang, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
contact: sadis_zine@lycos.com or xposipowerx@hotmail.com
title: A Piece Of Peace #5
ibrahim sez: “2 pages social based newsletter with range of discussion on WTO, racism and feminism. Contains one interview from Oppobrium Adornment (Grind core act from Malaysia).”
price: free
address: Firdaus, 952-A Kg Pauh Panji, Jln Hospital, 16100 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, MALAYSIA.
contact: darahmuda@themail.com
title: Sector TMPS #6
ibrahim sez: “A diverse punk/HC fanzine that comes with an intelligent writing entitled “Globalise of Punk” written by PhD scholar named Amardeep Singh. Interview with Sinatra (local Emo HC band) and the editor of HITR zine. A series of scene report from Hungary, Taiwan and Thailand.”
price: US$2
address: Syamzuddha Yang Razali, 67 Kg Paloh, Layang-Layang Kiri, 32800 Parit, Perak, Malaysia.
contact: radioparit@apexmail.com
seadiy sez: “that particular writing my Mr. Singh is actually available on-line at http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/global/Abstracts/singh.html It’s actually a comparison between “world music” and international DIY punk rock, the fact that DIY punk is more representative of “world music” in terms of it’s “culture”. Quite interesting.
DISTROS
Malaysia
name: Aman Distro
hatta’s statement: “carried some zines, tapes and CDs. All of them are worth checking out especially the PROPAGANDHI
“Today Empires, Tomorrow Ashes” CD and the INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT EDGE BULLETIN zine.
contact: maxthink@hotmail.com
address: Huzaiba, I-056, Pst. Lthn. Pertanian Pintu Padang, 27600 Raub, Pahang, MALAYSIA
name: Serenade Distro
ibrahim sez: “They got some stuff from CD, 7″, Tape, Books and Fanzine. Contact them for a latest list.”
address: PO Box 258, 53800 Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
contact: warith@hotmail.com
LABELS
Indonesia:
name: Harder Records/Collective
website: http://www.harderrecords.org/index2.htm
Malaysia
name: Grind Combat Production
releases: Grindfest / Full Throttle split-tape (Grindfest is from Sabah, Borneo! while Full Throttle is from west coast Malaysia, both play grind/crust). Perpetual / Psychoneurosis split-tape (a Malaysian and Poland split of the usual grindcore slant).
contact: zamgrind@hotmail.com
address: Grind Combat Production c/o Zam, W.D.T 540, 90009 Sandakan, Sabah
name: Loosen Monkey Records
ibrahim sez: “Dedicated to the Chinese independent musician in Malaysia. You may found varies and diverse range of music, from experimental to post punk sounds. What a different here is that all the bands in this label putting their lyrics in Cantonese dialect.”
address: Cheng Kang, 13 Jln Bkt Midah, Tmn Midah, Cheras,
56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
contact: loosenmonkey@yahoo.com
seadiy sez: “according to this guy dungboy through his dungpeople list, the label is now called Monkey not “Loosen Monkey” and most of the Chinese bands in it sing in Mandarin. He also said that Monkey is not only dedicated to “Chinese musicians” but actually anybody they like, there are non-all-chinese bands like The Shitworkers and Maharajah Commission are included in their activities. check the music section for its first release”
MUSIC
Philippines via the States!
band: Signal 3
release: Kingsley United CD
seadiy sez: “a Pinoy-American street-punk band based in LA”
address: Sound and Fury Record Store, 192 Orchard St. (near E. Houston) New York, NY
website: www.soundandfurymusic.com
info: info@soundandfury.com
band: Kadena
release: Kadena CD
seadiy sez: “another Pinoy-American band, this time just straight-ahead punk rock but based in New York”
address: Sound and Fury Record Store, 192 Orchard St. (near E. Houston) New York, NY
website: www.soundandfurymusic.com
info: info@soundandfury.com
band info: kadena@angelfire.com
Malaysia
release: V/A – Loosened Monkey CD-R
dungboy sez: The compilation I announced a few months ago is now called “Loosened Monkey”. Featuring The Shitworkers, Maharajah Commission, Moxuan and many others, it is now available on CD-R only from Monkey (Moxuan’s own DIY label)”
price: RM 8 postpaid
address: Dungpeople 14A Bukit Ceylon 50200 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
contact: dungboy at dungboy@rocketmail.com
seadiy sez: “according to dungboy, this is a very varied compilation, some sung in Mandarin, some English and the
music styles are from experimental electronika, indie-rock, emo-punk, post-punk funk, ambient etc. His newsletter also said
that The Shitworkers has an MP3 song at their site:
http://dungpeople.port5.com/shitsite
or go the direct link:
http://dungpeople.port5.com/shitsite/audio/TheShitworkers_Elde
r.mp3 ”
band: 4ElmKids
release: “Sounds of The Falling Leaves” tape
ibrahim ganyang sez: “We can make comparison their music is between The Get Up Kids and Reggie And The Full Effect, highly energetic and catchy lo-fi/garage punk with pop sounds. This is one of the evolutions in the Malaysian bands’ sound. Sticky and sweet vocals over borderline cheesy (or overly “feels good” like Weezer) guitar rock.”
price: US$5
address: Crashover Recs., 137 Lrg 19, Tmn Sri Kota 2, 34000
Taiping, Perak, MALAYSIA
contact: 4elmkids@catcha.com
band: Protokol
release: “Mommy Says Don’t Talk To Bastard” tape
ibrahim sez: “Traditional grind sounds with a raw guitar distortion, can be compared to the early Napalm Death with political oriented lyrics.”
price: US$4
address: Pure Mind Recs., Lot 267 Kg Che Zainal Tamb. 1, 31200 Chemor, Perak, MALAYSIA
contact: gulamexorcist2@alienmail.com
title: V/A KOPI SECHEWEN Episode 2 Tape
ibrahim sez: “A series of Metal, garage, emo, HC and indie rock compilation from a town called Ipoh. Kopi Sechewen has become documentation for local scene since it’s first series. In every series they stress on the originality and always featured a new batch in the local scene.”
price: US$5
address: Trademuck Entertainment, PO Box 585, 30670 Ipoh, Perak, MALAYSIA.
contact: trademuck@email.com
SCENE PORTALS:
Indonesia:
name: Yogyakarta Underground
website: http://GEOCITIES.COM/yk_underground/
name: LAWAN
website: http://www.lawan.org/mainframe.htm
