Here’s the final episode of Hip Trip featuring Oh Chentaku. We hope you have enjoyed watching them here as much as we enjoyed filming them. We’ll be back with new artists very soon so keep visiting us!
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Check out April 2010’s Hip Trip! Artist of the Month, Oh Chentaku talking to us about the band and the music they play. More to come real soon, so stay tuned!
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Getting the spotlight all this month on Hypptunes Hip Trip is KL’s favourite emo-rockers Oh Chentaku. What started off as a ‘prom night’ band made up of 3 childhood friends has now turned into something much bigger and exciting. Oh Chentaku is fronted by Myo who sings and plays the guitar, Naem on bass and Adib on drums and was formed in June 2007 when they recorded their debut single, ‘Polaroid’.
After releasing their mini album ‘Heartbreak Ridge Was Never This Arrogant’ in late 2007, the band took a year off as Myo flew to Switzerland to further his studies. The music didn’t stop there, though. While living overseas, Myo filled up his free time writing music for the band and even managed to cut a special European release album entitled ‘Off-Broadway Twilights’ in Spring 2009. The boys were reunited in 2009 and in June that year, they released their latest album ‘Suitcase, a Scarf and the Departure” which received rave coverage from the press – magazines, TV shows and radio stations around the country.
Be it a solo performance by Myo or together as band, Oh Chentaku has performed not only around Malaysia and in neighbouring Asian countries like Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand but also in far away countries like Zurich, Luzern, Amsterdam, London, Manchester, Lugano, Dublin, Tokyo and Chiba. They are currently planning a small tour in the UK and Melbourne.
So, that’s some brief background about the band, but if you’d like to know more about them and their updates, you can check them out at www.myspace.com/ohchentaku
We’ve got more videos of them coming up every week of this month, so make sure you keep tuning in to Hip Trip! Catch you guys later!
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Couple recently released their latest album ‘Pop Tak Masuk Radio’ so we called them up (well only Aidil and Shahrin though, as Ariana and Masrin were unavailable on that day) to have a little chat about their latest pride and joy. Here’s the video…we hope you’ll enjoy watching and don’t forget to get the album too!
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you guys had a blast in 2009 and reach higher heights in 2010! It’s the beginning of the year and Hypptunes is happy to kick off Hip Trip with January’s Artist of the Month, Malaysia’s favourite Power Pop foursome – Couple!
Couple is one of the country’s leading indie acts and has been around since 1995. After a couple of line-up changes, the band is now going stronger than ever with Aidil (lead vocals/guitar), Arianna (guitar), Shahrin (drums) and Masrin (bass). Over the years, Couple has been getting rave reviews from various publications around the world (including being voted ’one of the 25 Best Bands on Myspace’ by Rolling Stone USA!) for their awesome Power Pop music. Just checkout their Myspace (www.myspace.com/couple) for the long list of heartening media quotes.
Reputable for their exhilarating live sets, you can always count on Couple to get your party rockin’ and rollin’ all night long. Not only do they charm you with their music and performances but they’re also a bunch of really down-to-earth people! They say seeing is believing, so keep dropping by Hip Trip all January to watch some exclusive footage of the band that we have lined up for you!
Meanwhile, we have something special for you to start with. We asked Couple to share with us the songs that rocked them hard in 2009, so here they are…load ‘em songs into your playlist people!
Couple’s 10 Best Songs of 2009:
- Young Adult Friction – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
- Is It True – The Reigning Sound
- Balerina – Efek Rumah Kaca
- Be Calm – Fun.
- Blame It On The Girls – Mika (download this from our Store!)
- I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas (download this from our Store!)
- Stopgap – Law
- Strange Is The Song in Our Conversation – Monkey To Millionaire
- Too Many Birds – Bill Callahan
- Put Me Back Together – Weezer (download this from our Store!)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Here’s our final episode of SevenCollar T-Shirt as Hip Trip’s December 2009 Artist of the Month – SevenCollar T-Shirt Unplugged. Enjoy! See you again next month!
Monday, December 14th, 2009
We took a little visit to Laguna Records headquarters in Ampang Jaya to bring you this exclusive interview with Hip Trip’s December Artist of the Month, SevenCollar T-Shirt. Check out what they have to say about their latest album ‘The Great Battle’, what’s it like being in the band and so much more!
Don’t forget to come back next week for our final episode of SevenCollar T-Shirt as Hip Trip’s December Artist of the Month!
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Here’s a treat for those of you who missed SevenCollar T-Shirt’s performance at Laguna Music’s Lust 4 Some Music Showcase that happened on 11th Nov 09 at Cloth & Clef, KL. It was also in conjunction with SevenCollar T-Shirt’s latest album release, The Great Battle. Feast your eyes and enjoy!
We have more interesting SCTS goodies coming for you all December, so be sure to drop by Hypptunes again!
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
This month, Hypptunes is proud to present one of Malaysia’s most talented rock acts, SevenCollar T-Shirt (SCTS) as HIP TRIP’s Artist of the Month. Having been around in the local independent music scene for about 12 years now, it is just about time that we celebrate the music and the tremendous amount of talent these boys have. It is also the perfect time to feature them on HIP TRIP as they have recently released their third full-length album ‘The Great Battle’ in November 2009.
A little bit about the band…
SevenCollar T-Shirt started out with initial members Saiful Ridzuan (Duan), Muhammad (Ham), Nik Justin and Faizal in the year 1997. In 1999, when Nik Justin and Faizal left the band due to commitment to work and studies, the band recruited new members Mohd Rafidi and Mokhtarizal to fill in the empty spots. The band recorded their first EP (which sold out!) and was invited to record a track for the Family Day compilation album alongside bands like Prana, Love Me Butch and Lyme, under Posse Records/NSR. In 2002, SCTS released their first full-length album ‘Freeway, Dreaming & Broke’ which was produced by renowned producer, Greg Henderson. Throughout 2003, the band’s work received recognitions from various publications including The Star, The Malay Mail and Revolution Magazine. However, the band went through another change of line up when Mokhtarizal and Mohd Rafidi left the band for work commitments. Their spots were replaced by Adil Ali (drums) and Keng Lee (bass). Their 2nd album, ‘Drones’ was recorded with Laguna Records and released in November 2004. This album got the band back on track with their new members and they soon began gigging and touring actively. In December 2006, they brought their music over to East Malaysia and Indonesia.
In 2007, to celebrate the band’s 10th year anniversary, SCTS together with Laguna Records held an anniversary show called ‘A Seven Collar Sonique Cinematique’ at The Actors Studio, Bangsar. Their performance on that night was accompanied by a 10-piece orchestra from UiTM Shah Alam. That same year, SCTS was given the privilege to compose a song for the NIKE ‘Jangan Togel’ campaign, in which they recorded a song called ‘My Generation’. This song was also featured in the short film/documentary ‘Togel’ and hit the number 2 spot on Hitz.fm’s Malaysian English Top 10 chart.
Last November, after about 4 years of some serious songwriting and rehearsing, SCTS has finally released their much-awaited third album ‘The Great Battle’. It is an album full of emotions and loaded with creativity, not only in the songs but the album artwork as well. The band is currently back on the road, gigging at various venues around and outside Kuala Lumpur.
Now to give you a sneak peak of what’s to come for the rest of December on HIP TRIP, here are some exclusive ‘behind-the-scene’ photos of the band while in the making of HIP TRIP: SEVENCOLLAR T-SHIRT.
Don’t forget to come back every week to see what we have lined up for you, right here on Hip Trip!
SevenCollar T-Shirt
