a local music act

ARTPORT-a local art enthusiast organizing an art gathering from bands to street artists and poets to express and share what they think or got. An effort to rectify musicians' image so that not all black-tshirt-wearer and hard music fans are classified as 'black metal' follower.

Location : Galeri Seni, Shah Alam
Time : 3 pm (i think)

I arrived there at about 4 pm already. Heard it from a friend who passed a lack of details detail of the location. We were glad to find the place, and amazed too actually. It was an open air performance. Everyone was sitting circling the performance spot, waiting and yawning waiting for the band (i don't remember the band's name...and i don't bother to) to set up their instruments and sound (which took a hell lot of time and still the sound sucks)..the band was from ipoh.the guitarists wore a gas mask, one of the vocal was wearing an ultraman mask which covers his left side of the face..no, i don't know of the motives..cool maybe?so, they were of hardcore/metalcore genre. The music was hard and screaming, the vocals were energetic though to me, the lyrics was only shrieking vocals of screaming. But the loudness really relaxes me, for the first 2 song at least. Too much of the scenario bores me..

And then there's a poem reading..the theme: 'mekarnya satu kematian'.Magical.

"...perihal tangan yang memberi lebih baik dari yang menerima...

dunia ini terlalu tamak untuk memberi

dan terlalu bongkak untuk menerima..."

I quote the first recital..

Then there's a solo guitar performance. It was awesome. It actually saves the day, if not, I'd be going home dissapointed. He played 2 Eric Johnson's song and an own-song, "my land"..Magical,startled,fantastic..a world class performance.the guy's from penang..

and then there's more bands, playing metal-core, indo-influenced rock, punk-rock (this band was actually cool and different, but too much of MxPx and NOFX), and then I took a tour around the place.

The event was to be finished until late night (the organizer announced)..but, too much of the same thing bores me, sorry. Overall - my friend was inspired, and I was dissapointed. Support the local music act? give something real to support, otherwise, keep working on it and then shout again.. However, the effort is admirable.

ARTPORT..every saturday..sneak a peek..maybe it's worth it..