Shinichi Osawa is Coming to Town!

Yes yes, he’ll be coming to Kuala Lumpur on February 28th, together with Masatoshi Uemura, together they are known as an act called Off The Rocker. Joining them are the lovely boys of LAPSAP. And new semester starts on March 2nd, what a great way to start a new one.

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VAN SHE + DEXPISTOLS + LAPSAP @ Zouk KL

As some of you may know, Van She came over to town yesterday, along with Dexpistols the DJ duo from Japan, and the most-awesome LAPSAP. The party itself was a Heineken private function, which I got the invitation from the LAPSAP draw .

I arrived there about 10 o’ clock-ish with a couple of friends who got the invitation as well. The queue line was longer and was quite packed, compared to last week’s Simian Mobile Disco. So, I went in, the band already played 2 songs so I think I missed The Sea and Cat And The Eye. Inside, fuck, it was so friggin’ packed, you could barely move, so I was stucked near the entry. However, I still got a good view of them whom already started to play Talkin’, and yeah I started to record a couple songs that they performed. Their live performance is exceptionally good, I love how Nick (the vocalist, fyi) sounds just like he sounded like on the records. Only a few indie bands do that.

The live set ended about 11 o’ clock-ish (when my arms were pretty stiff from holding up the camera), Dexpistols started to spin. And hell they’re really good, even better than their Youtube videos. And then came Van She turns to spins. And then Dexpistols came in again to mash up some shit with Van She. Came along LAPSAP. And then they did some mash-up stuffs with Dexpistols.

Again, compared to last week’s stuffs, I like how the DJs (Van She, Dexpistols, LAPSAP) are all so interactive with the crowd, something that you would rarely see back at Jakarta. Have you ever been to a party, where there are guys who did some bodysurfing like it was a rock concert? It was one of the best party that I’ve ever been. I liked the lineups, the music, the crowds, and most importantly, the atmosphere that made me jumping from 11PM-3AM. Like every fellow Indonesian would say,

GOKIL MENG.

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wasting time wasting

Sometimes, I’ve wondered whether Bill Gates or Barack Obama had suffered any attention deficit during their uni days, because I found out that it is so hard for me to keep my mind focused on the lecture note that had been staring back at me for a couple hours now. Great minds always wander I guess.

So what’s up?

Last friday I’ve had my first exam for this semester, Software Engineering’s. It wasn’t that difficult, provided I’ve studied all the right questions. And the next day after that, me and a couple of friends went to Zouk to catch SMD spins. SMD played pretty good for the first one and half hours, but then their stuffs started to get out of my music palate. It was too hard and dark (dark techno as Xu referred) me thinks. However, the party itself was really awesome, especially LAPSAP, they really got the party started and got me obsessed to them back again. Can’t wait for next week’s Van She + Dexpistols + LAPSAP.

And after that, I’ve been wasting a couple of days doing nothing related to my academic life. And now, its day minus 2 to my System Design And Implementation exam and yes, yes, yes I just start to get seriously studying by now (hopefully). After I finish typing this entry, I’m gonna take a bath and stare back at my lecture notes viciously as if I wanna rip them off and eat them.

Below are a companion song for your studying/dancing activities. Catch you later!

Sneaky Sound System – When We Were Young (G.L.O.V.E.S Remix)

Datarock – True Stories

(p.s. : IF you are the owner or the songs or the copyright’s holder the content I’ve provided above, I’d be happy to remove those links for you. And Kemi I stole the pic from your FB haha)