Been really busy! Hence lesser updates in this month. 

Anyway, what rocked Malaysia's music scene?

 

It is the first ever Asian installation of the famed Future Music Festival – an outdoor, world-class rave party originating from Australia.

As I mentioned in this previous entry, Malaysia was the first ever venue to host Future Music Festival outside of Australia, boasting 70 international, regional & local acts on our party-grounds in Sepang International Circuit.

 

The FUTURE IS NOW.

 

If you missed the fabulous 13-hour rave event, then take my hand and I'll show you what happened through my eyes & party-feet

I started my journey south to Sepang International Circuit right after lunch with my partymates.

 

Pam & I (and a wild, random distraught face) in the backseat

 

Emily & I

 

Okay so.. that wild, distraught face wasn't exactly that random after all.

It was theboyfie photobombing us

 

We arrived just as Stafford Brothers set ended. Bummer!

But at least we could hear just how awesome they are – collaborating with Timmy Trumpet – as we walked to the event from our car.

 

Partying at Future Music Festival Asia in First Class thanks to Future Music Entertainment, Livescape Asia & Ecosphere

 

My partypeeps for the day! 13 hours of non-stop raving.

Let's do this! 

 

Got our rave essentials ready : our Ray-Bans & party shades, slapped on lots of sunblock, brought disposable raincoats (just in case!), tissues, fully-charged mobile phones & cameras, LED finger-lights and ourselves of course – brimming with energy!  

 

Camwhoring with theboyf while waiting for others to arrive!

 

More camwhoring!

 

Met up Sueann!

 

Finally when everything was over and done with at the entrance, we proceeded to go into the grounds.

There's no backing out once you get in there as a no re-entry rule was imposed.

 

Once you're in, you stay in

 

With the Aussiemates!

 

Watching The Potbelleez at Future Stage

 

The crowd went crazy when they sang their single 'From the Music'

 

The other half & I (LOL look at Jane & Ray photobombing us!)

 

LOL Ash wore his shades upside down

Prolly can't see Jane's hat in this photo but she was wearing an epic feather headgear ala red-Indian!

 

With Shannon & Jane (and Joanne photobombing!)

 

The 4 piece Irish-Australian electro music group gave us a swell performance!

 

Managed to spot Jonny Sonic backstage! I ran outta the VIP lounge room to catch him for a photo

 

Sehati-sejiwa and I with Jonny Sonic! 

 

After Potbelleez, we stayed on at Future Stage to watch Flo-Rida spin right round, right round  

 

Flo-Rida!

 

Flo-Rida performing 'Low'

 

The popular American rapper bringing the house down with 'Club Can't Handle Me' 

 

Flo-Rida interacted with his audience pretty darn well! He came down to where the audience was and stage-dived.

Grabbed my friend's waterbottle and poured everything on himself too!

 

Next up, we headed to Flamingo Stage to watch Grandmaster Flash

 

No prizes on guessing why it's called the Flamingo Stage

 

The legendary American Hip Hop pioneer, musician & DJ – well known as King Grandmaster Flash!

 

Boyfie and I

 

We be lovin' his 90s gangsta rap music! He even dropped beats by Eminem and Snoop Dogg.

 

Joe and I at the VIP deck

 

Bumped into a few other friends during Grandmaster Flash's set, Leonard & Belle!

 

So happy when Aaron and I *finally* met each other!

 

We haven't seen each other ever since I left Australia to come back to Malaysia 

 

Bumped into a former collegemate, Theresa!
I just had a hunch that she will be there, knowing jolly well she's an EDM fan too!

 

Also met up with Chris, my first few buddies here when I first moved to KL!

 

When we walked past the art wall, Pam & I couldn't help but to run to the graffiti and take a picture with it!

Beautiful street art. Major loves!

 

We crossed to the other side to get to Las Venus stage to wait for Sneaky Sound System.

 

Look at everyone behind us waiting on the field!

 

Boyfie and I waiting too…….

 

Why are weeeeee waiting!!?

 

Getting darker and darker! Still waiting..

 

Jon, Jason and I…… still waiting

 

It was already 15minutes past 8PM and we have been waiting for 45 minutes!

We could no longer wait and dashed to Future Stage to quickly catch the last 15 minutes or so of Eddie Halliwell's set

 

We made it in time  

 

Loved the deep & heavy sounds of his house and trance mixes 

 

On the same stage after Eddie Halliwell was Pendulum, an Australian-British Drum n Bass/Rock band.

Rob Swire in action!

 

He was so lively and bursting with spirit and vigor – jumping, headbanging and beckoning us to follow suit.

We DnB revellers were practically feeding off his infectious energy! 

 

Pendulum performing ''Witchcraft'

 

I daresay that Pendulum stands strong as my favorite act of the whole event, a tie between Cosmic Gate & Eddie Halliwell.

They were so amazing and their performance was resonating with intensity throughout their 2 hour set.

Pendulum performing 'The Island'

 

Wish I could stay longer though! Loved their performance so much  

Unfortunately, we were all famished and thirsty as we had not eaten ever since we arrived the event at 3PM.

 

We had meat pies and delicious ice cream!

 

Laying on the couches inside the VIP lounge room after dinner

 

Pam & I ran all the way to Las Venus stage to catch Chase & Status!

Alas, we only managed to hear their final song performance and a thank you speech from them

 

Shortly after, Pam, Konzy & I headed to Gnome Stage to catch Super 8 & Tab.

Geez! We felt like energizer bunnies running from stage to stage making sure we get to watch our fave acts!

 

Woot woot watch the Finnish duo of  trance music producers go!

 

The laser lighting & flashes at this stage was extremely glaring! It was difficult to take photos or to watch the DJs

But fret not! We had our rave shades on us – it sure came in handy!

 

Shades and LED finger-lights!

 

Bumped into XinXian!  

 

Finally, my Konzy came to join us right after he finished playing

his racing game at the interactive game hut

 

Oh, and he won himself a kick-ass lighter in red & silver!  

 

We all then headed over to the Las Venus stage to catch Alex Metric soon after.

 

Watching the British musician & DJ drop the bass! 

 

Bumped into my other Aussiemates, Michael and Chris standing right in front!

 

And the rest of the girls chilling on the field listening to Alex Metric from where they lay

 

After Alex Metric was over, we roamed about before heading to watch the Chemical Brothers

 

Fun fair rides! There was a Ferris Wheel and a Reverse-Bungee Jump ride!

 

From the initial 5, we spread out and so the 3 of us made our way to the front  to watch 

Chemical Brothers as well as our favorite of the night, Cosmic Gate!

 

Part of the Chemical Brothers!

 

The transition between Chemical Brothers and Cosmic Gate was so quick that many of us didn't quite notice the sudden switch!

But here they are, the final act of the night…. the German trance duo behind the ever-popular 'Be Your Sound'

 

Cosmic Gate

 

Raise your hands for Nic Chagall and DJ Bossi!

 

Their 1.5hour set was phenomenal

 

All 5 of us reunited again after the 13 hour rave – fully exhausted and drained yet ecstatic that we have lived to rave through the first ever installation of Future Music Festival in our home country, Malaysia!

First of many to come, I hope?

 

Final photo! Tired but happy faces 

Bought myself a Future Music Festival Asia tee as a memorabilia of the fabulous night!

 

I had recorded so much footage and was going to make a kick-ass video summarizing my FMFA 2012 experience, but it got deleted by accident as I thought I had already transferred them to my computer (but I didn't yet). Goddamnit! Was so pissed

But at the very least, theboyf happened to put together a simple video containing the footages he recorded! 

So here it is - 

 

Thanks for the footages, hun!

 

A big KUDOS and thank you to the organizers of Future Music Festival Asia 2012, Future Entertainment and Livescape Asia as well as its sponsors for making this event a tremendous success!

FMFA 2012 has certainly set the bar for world-class rave/music festivals 

 

If you were there, you definitely will remember this for life!

 

Friday night was beyond exhilarating. My fangirl life is complete.

I was an arms length away from one of my favourite, renowned DJs in the world. Ranked World #16, he is none other than the Dutch hottie Sander Van Doorn!

 

Let's get this party started!

 

We shook hands and he autographed my hand!

 

SVD -Looks like I'll never wash the back of my hand again

 

 

As he was signing my hand with his lil Sharpie marker, I told him he was awesome.

He looked up & gave me a million dollar smile. I swooned. Sander is adorable! 

 

 

Okay. Enough with the gushing

Sander Van Doorn's gig was scheduled at 2am, and opening for him was DJ Terrence C.

 

Picture taken during Terrence C's set

 

I attended the event with my gurlie & fave rave-kaki, Pammy 

Yay yay! We be partying with Sander Van Doorn

 

 

As if we never have enough of raves!

Nope, never. Bring ALL the world class DJs and we'll be there.

 

 

When the clock hit 2 in the morning, the crowd became so rowdy!

Everyone had to get a closer look at Sander, to give him a high-five, to shake his hand, to get photos of him, to just be right in fronta him!

 

 

I was squashed, elbowed, and jostled against the uproarious crowd.

But was loving it. After all, that's how a mosh pit should be; what's a loud, crazy crowd made of if not for its unrestrained hustling?

 

Sander droppin' it sick

 

He got the crowd so wild with his rambunctious spinning

 

 

The level of energy went 10 notches higher as Sander rocked the house with 'Koko'

He also spun a few popular favorites like 'Rattle' by the Bingo Players

 

We love you Sander! 

 

Birds eye view : taken from upstairs in the VIP section

 

Deadmau5 spotted amongst the crowd!

 

It's a little different raving in the VIP area as no one really jumps madly.

So I went downstairs again to join a group of friends I spotted from the top!

 

How Ash & I would probably look during the day

 

How we look during the night

 

Keep it going till the sun comes up, Sander!

 

 

The night ended on a high note. What can I say?

Best Friday the 13th ever.

 

Got home at 7am, smiling myself to sleep. Indeed a night to remember

 

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Probably kinda late, but what went down in Febuary?

 

Another EDM powerhouse, Hardwell! Leaning more to Electro & Progressive music, the Dutch-born DJ is certainly on top of his game!

Ranked at World #24, Hardwell has pretty wicked tracks under his belt 

 

Hardwell acknowledging his fans

 

Hardwell dropping his co-track, 'Zero 76' that he made with Tiesto

 

I went there with my usual rave-kakis to watch him perform live.

Neither of us could miss watching this talented DJ spin that thang! 

 

My gurls Venessa & Pamela

 

The other half & I

 

My party peeps for the night

 

My gurlie Pam & I 

 

Bumped into more buddies! Kelly & Cherina

 

We went crazy

 

Arms waved furiously in the air, heads banged in unison and the entire Zouk mainroom was escalated into a hub of energy!

Hardwell dropped his 'Encoded' and 'Cobra' as well as other popular tracks apart from his own.

 

Grainy picture of Hardwell from my phone

 

Only 23 years old, he has been making waves, collaborating with EDM giants and not forgetting releasing Top Tenners on Beatport!

So ecstatic to finally meet him

 

Boyfie and I were drenched with perspiration

 

Epic night with Hardwell indeed

 

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Back in December, we had Ferry Corsten perform for us right in the middle of our city that never sleeps.

Everyone was in the Christmas mood & ready to Get Merry with Ferry!

 

It made my night watching Ferry Corsten take the night to full swing right before my very eyes.

 

Having him as part of my wallpapers for the past year and now seeing him in the flesh?

Indescribable. 'Nuff said. 

 

Take it away Ferry!

 

Watch him roll!

 

Ferry upped our party-mood way off the ground as he blasted his popular mixes 'Punk', 'Feel It', 'Holding On' and 'Into the Dark'

Don't stop! The party enthusiasts haven't gotten enough of being merry with Ferry just yet 

 

Ferry Corsten at the turntable

 

Closest photo of mine with Ferry

Thanks for the photos Ed!

 

Drop the bass & watch us rave!

 

Hey, it's not every day you get a world-class DJ performing for you. 

But World #18 DJ Ferry Corsten is right here, right now. So ya better bask in his house & trance beats!

 

My partypeeps for the night

 

Pammy & I again 

 

What's that Ferry? You want a toast with your people of tonight?

Why, gladly! 

 

CHEERS!

 

*clink*

 

Wheeeeeee!

Now where ma party peoples at!

Thanks for a great night Ferry!

The pleasure is all ours.

 

Keep up the good job in bringing international acts & world class titans of the music industry, Zouk!

You certainly know how to make your party people happy campers every night don'tchall?  

 

 

Hello! Happy Easter to all

 

Sorry been haven't updating as often as I usually do! Had been swamped by assignments recently and I'm proud to say I've just submitted them ALL before the deadline. Yaayyyers!

 

Today, I'm gonna share a really lovely event of which I had the privilege to attend, awhile back.  

 

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It was Moët & Chandon's Valentines Day event!

 

It was held in conjunction with the launch of their new, 

limited edition Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial champagne! 

 

I spoke about that pink, stylish, glamorous gift of a bottle here and happy to know that many of you told me you got yourselves one too!

They transformed the concourse of Pavilion into a pretty pink, exclusive, invite-only event area 

 

Love how the Moët carpet just runs through the steps like that

 

Taken as I was walking closer

 

Alright, I've arrived!

 

This whole section is so pretty!

 

I brought a plus-one along for the event. Who else but my gurlie? Buddy Pamela :)

 

Pammy & I at the photowall

 

Remember how I shared the premise behind the campaign's design?

It was inspired by a renown Swedish graffiti artist Andre – known as Monsieur A 

 

He is internationally acclaimed for his passionate graffiti about love

and his signature stick-figure doodle

 

And oh look! Looks like Monsieur A's doodle found himself a girlfriend during this campaign 

 

Cheers to the celebration of love! 

 

Took a few photos by the photowall with some friends I bumped into during the event:

 

Will Quah & I

 

Pammy, myself & PinPin!

 

Dennis Lau & I

 

Mikey & I!

 

We were all served to free-flow of Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial throughout the party.

I loved the light texture and the exquisiteness of the champagne – especially the sweet aftertaste!

 

Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial basking in all its glory

 

The event was buzzing with people

 

The congenial – and so friendly! – waiters kept coming round to fill our glasses

 

So delicious 

 

Looking awesome in PINK!

Well, so we did come in accordance to the dress code teehee

 

Had good fun chatting with buddies Esther, Bok & Pammy over the delightful Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial

 

Maine & I did some catching up over it too!

 

This is my first time seeing you dressed in PINK, Simon!

 

It was oddly cute seeing all my guy friends wearing so much pink in one day.

 

Some of them shared with me funny stories of coming in pink neckties, pink bowties, pink shirts, pink belt and whatever pink they could possibly ransack from their wardrobes.

Thumbs up! Only REAL MEN are bold enough to wear pink, alright? ;)

 

We were entertained with a few powerful renditions of love songs

 

Wonderful!

 

The place was buzzing with guests!

 

I took a seat by the comfy couches and fluffy Moët pillows

 

Taking a short break from all the merriment!

 

I took a walk around to the front of the concourse and spotted a huge pile of pink packages 

Those Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial bottles came in abundance that night! 

 

 

So tempting; almost as if beckoning me. I'd like to bring one of you home with me tonight!

Hmmm.. what should I graffitize and doodle onto this flawless bottle? 

 

Me having what they call an 'Asian Flush'

 

It is beyond me as to why I turn crimson red even after one glass of anything! So strange.

I would get all flushed and red so quickly! Grr.

 

Despite being flushed, I couldn't help but to have more of this enticing, flavourful champagne 

consisting of 3 grape varieties – Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay 

 

Oh, such love! 

 

I had a great time! Tonight was simply engaging and fun.

It was wonderful catching up with many of my friends from the industry over champagne for a change!

 

Thank you Moët & Chandon – and Monsieur A's doodle guy – for bringing 

us such a charming and memorable Valentines party this year! 

 

 

Sum 41's music and I go a long way back. 

Growing up, I was an avid punk rocker who listened to nothing but punk music and many variants of rock.

 

One of my favorites was undoubtedly Sum 41.

 

Here are some of my notable favorites that I grew up with and know by heart 

 

In Too Deep

 

Still Waiting

 

With Me

 

Pieces

 

…and after many years of their inception in 1996, here's their latest single from their 5th album!

 

 

Screaming Bloody Murder

 

Following the cancellation of their debut performance at last year’s Rockaway Festival – and the rest of their tour for the remaining of 2011 - Sum 41 is back in action for 2012 and all geared up to rock our Malaysian shores!

They're gonna be here pretty soon and yes, they're not here to disappoint.

 

 

Thanks to the awesome folks at Livescape Asia, Sum 41 will be rocking our Malaysian stage this 14th April 2012 for a special Rockaway showcase.

 

WHAT SUM 41 LIVE IN KL

WHERE KL LIVE, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

WHEN 14TH APRIL 2012 @ 7.30PM

HOW MUCH RM138 | RM158 AT THE DOOR | RM238 VIP

BUY FROM ticketpro.com.my | Rock Corner | Victoria Music | The Guitar Store

 

Kick-starting the event will be two supporting acts – Malaysia's own favorite punk-rock bands One Buck Short and Bunkface! 

 

One Buck Short

 

Bunkface

 

Can't wait!

So excited that they're making this stop in Malaysia as part of their Screaming Bloody Murder tour 

If you're just as excited as I am and want to catch them LIVE in KL, try your luck in winning a VIP ticket to the concert in this contest!

 

 

Contest Details

 

1. Share this contest on your Facebook wall & Twitter timeline

2. Follow Livescape Asia on Twitter

3. Like Livescape Asia on Facebook

 

THEN

 

Answer any ONE (or more) of the following 3 choices by leaving your answers (or link of the photo) in the comment section :

 

1. What's your Sum 41 story? Tell me your most memorable Sum 41 moments.

(Be creative, what history do you have with Sum 41/growing up with Sum 41 songs/how it impacted you, anything!)

 

2. Take a photo of yourself with a sign saying 'Sum 41 LIVE in Malaysia!'

(Be creative, you could impersonate Sum 41's punk rocker style or anything!)

 

3. What's your favourite Sum 41 song & why?

(Be creative, how the song relates to you/what made you like that song or anything!)

 

 

Judges will pick 3 winners from this!

Come on, show us what you've got. The 3 most outstanding & creative answers will win

 

Be prepared to rock your socks off this 14th April!

 

You can send in as many entries as you like! So show us that you really want to go. You could also answer to win it for your friends who love them!

And to the 3 most enthusiastic, most creative & most deserving people, no sweat! That VIP ticket will be yours to rock out to.

 

All the best peeps :)

Keep rockin, keep your fingers crossed & see you at Sum 41's VIP deck!