SEARCH UK & Ireland Tour 2010

Malaysia Rock legends Search are coming to UK & Ireland!

Organized by OrangKita Search will be performing in Dublin, London and Liverpool from February 16th to 21st 2010.

KNUKE is a proud supporter of the event. For ticketing and event details, please contact our KNUKE UK representatives:

Nik Imran

nikimran87@gmail.com
+44(0)7846240651

Shah Hussaini

+44(0)7549955241
shah.hussaini@hotmail.com

For more info, visit OrangKita

The Chairman says....

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

We have a great year ahead of us and only better things to come.

In 2008 we have brought you the band HUJAN to tour a series of gigs in UK.

In 2009 we upped the ante by bringing the sexy bossa nova act ESTRELLA and indie veterans SEVEN COLLAR T-SHIRT for a UK tour and also a FEATURE rockumentary of the tour on 8TV!

Now for our third season we bring you... PESAWAT & COUPLE!!!

Flying high all year round, PESAWAT have headlined numerous gigs and music festivals throughout 2009 as chart-toppers with rock tunes heavily repeated on major national radio stations in Malaysia and Singapore. Dubbed by the Malay Mail as the 'Discovery of 2008' they have given a fresh breath of hope to emerging breed of bands with unique originality.

Power-pop explosives COUPLE has made the country proud after being declared by music journalism giants Rolling Stones Magazine as the 25 Best Bands on Myspace. Consistently active for more than 9 years in entertaining the local scene, they have crossed borders by being featured in a Hollywood short film directed by James Gunn.

Continuous discoveries and greater following year after year in the local music scene has made KNUKE realize how rich and prospective our homegrown bands are and it will be a shame not to share it with the rest of the world. We are strong and can only grow stronger. We are proud because pride reflects what we will see in the future.

Wait and witness the live UK tour. Coming soon from the 19th to the 29th of March.

Watch this space!

Chairman of KNUKE
-SHAQ-

Johnny Roadhouse sponsors conga

Johnny Roadhouse Music is a family owned and run music superstore that has been serving the musicians of Greater Manchester and beyond for over half a century. On the basement level is a comprehensive drum and percussion department, with an array of brand new and second hand drum kits ranging from entry level kits to the latest professional set-ups, such as Sonor, Premier and Tama, as well as a whole lineup of percussion and accessories for you to choose from.

The ground floor features a quality display of brand new and vintage electric guitars and basses, as well as all the latest pedals, effects units, P.A equipment, microphones and recording equipment. The department also features a comprehensive equipment hire service, serving the needs of touring bands and smaller gigs throughout the city.

On the first floor is Manchester's biggest and best folk music department. Selling everything from acoustic guitars to accordions and run by seasoned professionals with a huge knowledge of everything folk. Hobgoblin Manchester on the first floor of Johnny Roadhouse Music is the first port of call for anyone looking for a slightly more traditional instrument......

Taken off from www.johnnyroadhouse.co.uk

THE TOUR

LONDON GIG

Date: 29 March 2009

Venue: The Venue, ULU

Time: 1800 hrs (6pm)

Entrance Fee: £10

Opening Bands:

Johann

Colonel Boxmaster & The Womanizers

Izrin Thani

The Stowaways

Secure your tickets by contacting one of our London representatives:

Shasa (general) - 07921193447
Ifham (general)- 07878362335

Faz (UCL)- 07789933666
Nik Imran ( UCL) - 07846240651
Nik Izrin (UWE) - 07595310846
Alia Ishak (QM) - 07515488798
Dayana Rogayah (UMNO) - 07886418326
Akmal (LSE) - 07894470170

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MANCHESTER GIG

Date: 5 April 2009

Venue: MOHO Live 

Time: 1800 hrs (6pm)

Entrance Fee: Door - £9, Book & Pay - £7

Opening Bands:

The Paris Riots

The Torrentz

Myo Oh Chentaku

Get your tickets from our Manchester representative:

Ungku Iskandar - 07515102388

Alternatively our Manchester venue has its own online ticketing service. Click here to get your tickets from the MOHO Live website.

REMINDER:

For those who are attending, please don't forget to bring your passport OR driving license OR any ID with your date of birth.

SEE YOU ON SUNDAY!

The New Straits Times: London Calling for Indie Band

ONE of Malaysia's much-loved independent acts, Seven Collar T-Shirt (SCTS), will be braving the cold to play in Britain at the end of the month.

"I'm just going to enjoy myself and have a holiday," said Saiful Ridzuan, better known as Duan, the singer, guitarist and head of the quartet which was formed in 1997.

He said the main reason for going there was to entertain the Malaysian students enjoying their Easter break.

The event is organised by KNUKE (Kugiran Negara ke UK Enterprise), comp-rising former and current Malaysian students studying in Britain. 

KNUKE had successfully brought another indie band, Hujan, to Britain last year.
This time, SCTS' label Laguna Records is collaborating with KNUKE, and the band will be performing with label mate Estrella in London (March 26), Brighton (April 1) and Manchester (April 6). 

"We'll be in Britain for two weeks, so we'll also be networking there, selling our music, doing promos like radio interviews and chec-king out other bands," said Duan. 

"For our sets, we'll be playing almost all of our songs as well as the latest material from our upcoming album. It should be out a few weeks after the British gigs. 

"It has more edge than our previous material, more uptempo songs with a slightly new direction." 

He credited the band's new bassist, Sim Keng Lee, for injecting some punk ferocity and drummer Adil Ali's energetic thumping style for the album's bite.

Guitarist Muhammad Abdullah and Duan's melodic playing and vocal style give the songs a dreamy resonance, as heard on the Wild Child (Here For You) single, which can be previewed on the band's website (www.myspace.com/scts).

"Lyrically, there's a song about living in a time of war, some on relationships with people and things I read in the papers that affect me," said Duan, who is looking forward to a nationwide tour later in the year in conjunction with the album release.

The 30-year-old musician said he started taking music seriously after the band released its debut album, Freeway, Dreaming & Broke, in 2002.



A degree-holder in music composition from Universiti Teknologi Mara, Duan has also been giving guitar lessons for the last five years.

He is also a commercial sessionist, doing studio work and live gigs and was involved in the P. Ramlee and Puteri Gunung Ledang musicals. 

"It's an ideal job for me, I have my creative output with the band and I get to work as a musician." 

His big dream is to some day play with the London Symphony Orchestra, but for now it's the British stint. 

"I hope these gigs will open our eyes, humble us and that we'll be a hundred times better because of them." 

Visit www.knuke.org for details on the British gigs.

Message from our chairman

Dear People in UK,

4 days to take off! Estrella and 7 Collar T-shirt is gonna land in the UK in 4 days! I'm glad that we are coming close to this big big day. 

We of KNUKE here in Malaysia have gone through a lot. From the tour being possible to impossible to just a dream to possible again thanks to Azran the CEO of Air Asia X. Most of us have endured lack of sleep, and fatigue during day time trying to balance our day jobs and our commitment to KNUKE in order to bring you people in the UK the best Malaysia has to offer.

After countless gig surfing and research, we rate Estrella and 7 Collar T-Shirt as the most qualified for this year's UK TOUR 2009. Estrella has won numerous awards during the first ever 'Voize of Independent Music Awards' (VIMA) and 7 Collar T-shirt being the veterans that they are, has recently launched a kick-ass album after such a long hiatus.

To hype up the tour we have organized a proper media conference to announce our project in Malaysia attracting every possible media coverage that we can grab. All for the love of music. This particular event went successfully well with 20+ media representatives turning up and showing interest!

We had also recently organized a Pre-Departure Gig (Sounds Unite) in collaboration with Laguna to give the local Malaysian crowd a jizz of whats going to happen in the UK. Laguna portrayed professional co-operation and Estrella's performance was amazing. I am definitely convinced that they deserve the tour.

I recently heard over X-fm announcing KNUKE sending Estrella & 7CollarTshirt to the UK. Liyana appeared on 8tv quickie and announced the 'UK TOUR 2009' to the whole nation! Such massive attention that we are getting here in Malaysia.

Now is your turn in UK. Show us your support! Give us your best! This is a show that you do not want to miss. KNUKE has come so far to bring you the best independent entertainment you can find in our tanah air. This tour will go down as the 1st tour KNUKE has organized. The planning was rough but successful. Now you will have to determine whether we can continue our struggle to bring local music to the world.

Chairman of KNUKE,

-SHAQ-

Estrella's new music video: Take It Slow