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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!

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!

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!

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