It’s 4am now and by the time you’re reading this, I’m already on my way to the lush greenery and this weekend’s rave zone that is Borneo rainforest! 

Courtesy of Mysterious Asia for the media invitation, I packed my bags and joined the rave troop for Mysterious Festival’s 2nd instalment – Mysterious World.

You can check out what went down during the 1st instalment – here.

They chartered an entire plane to fly us media & VIP over to Sarawak!

I reckon we are now somewhere in mid-air across the South China Sea as we speak.

Mysterious Asia is hosting an exciting brand of music festival, MysteriousWorld on September 5 and 6 (that’s today and tomorrow!) at Sarawak Cultural Village, Kuching.

This music festival is its first event in Borneo, and will showcase electrifying DJs and live performances by some of the top and emerging artists in the EDM scene for a span of two days of massive electronic music diverse genre and grandeur production set up.

Here are the set times for easy reference! 

DAY ONE

DAY TWO

Here are some of the headlining acts which I am extremely excited to eat, sleep, rave and repeat with! So glad that our rave music festival scene hasn’t raised the white flag yet.

Save the rave, indeed! Good job, Mysterious! 

Dutch hardstyle producer HeadHunterz!

Canada’s finest exports of big room house, DVBBS  of ‘Tsunami’ fame 

Might be interviewing them too, so stay tuned!

Belgian jumpstyle & hardstyle producer, DJ Coone!

Italian big room / progressive house producers VINAI

of ‘Raveology’ and ‘Bounce Generation’ fame.

Trance songstress Emma Hewitt of Dash Berlin’s ‘Waiting’ 

and Cosmic Gate’s ‘Be Your Sound’!

Dutch producer Mark Sixma – Have you HEARD his remix of Tiesto’s ‘Adagio for Strings’? Awhhhsome.

 And of course, our very own homeboys which I am such a manic fan of…

 Hardstylers, Bass Agents!

This smashing music festival promises to create an exhilarating electronic music experience for festival revellers in Malaysia and overseas with its world-class star line-up and massive stage production. 

Based on the names of Sarawak culture, the festival stages include Tugau, Tibow, Mengarang Menyak, Mukah, Tajau, Rentap and Pua Kumbu.

Held in the ‘Land of the Hornbills’, #MysteriousWorld presents its mascot dubbed Alang, a fun and mystical hornbill, which represents the digital world and traditional culture.

Tickets to #MysteriousWorld are available from the official website for RM125 (one day), RM200 (two days), RM180 (VIP, one day) and RM310 (VIP, two days).

Festival revellers can get tickets on the event day at the counter for RM180 (one day), RM300 (two days), RM240 (VIP, one day) and RM420 (VIP, two days).

I will be updating LIVE on Twitter and Instagram – @imthejessicat as well as my Facebook page facebook.com/thejessicatdotcom so do stay with me so you don’t miss anything! 

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Log on to their official website at: www.mysterious.my

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It’s such a shame to learn that ‘Blasterjaxx in Mysteriousland’ ended up postponed after so much buzzing drama-rama revolving around the utterly sensitive situation of the Malaysian rave scene.

I really was looking forward to raving my head off to Blasterjaxx!

The tracks and remixes of this Dutch big room-electrohouse duo has been on loop on my iPod for the past couple of months.

We can only look forward to September as Mysterious is set to present DVBBS, Vinai and Bounce Generation. – if it doesn’t get cancelled at the eleventh hour again, that is. *crosses fingers*

All dressed up and ready to tear up the town!

Here’s what turned up the heat in Platinum 21 KL when Mysterious Asia brought down international EDM superstars like Sandro Silva, Nari & Milani, Jacob Van Hage, Tony Romera, 2 Faced Funks and Reece Low as well as Trance headliners from the likes of Tenishia, Bobina and Susana.

Today’s post is a sequel to this blog article!

Tonight’s get up! Jessicat wears:

Cropped top by Kitschen | KItty skater skirt by H&M | High tops in purple by PUMA

Accessories by The Wild Things | Spiked snapback from a fashion bazaar

Having being cancelled by authorities at the very last minute from taking place in MINES International Exhibition and Convention Centre, Mysterious Asia fought hard to make it happen for us fans and insisted that the show must go on!

And it did 

Making my way down to the rooftop club, Platinum 21, atop The Icon in KL city

 Brought childhood buddy Ed along to party it up!

As I arrived a little late, here are the local acts I missed out on.

The event started with ArfixQ & FyeQ, followed by Fahmi Azlan & Hiroshi, Bobby Bangers & Hidetoski, Pafko & La Short and LissaQash.

A wonderful medley of sounds can be heard, from House to Electro, and Progressive House to Trance booming through the speakers in the club. 

The event continued with its first international guest act at about 740pm.

All the way from down under, Reece Low slams his signature sound – the Melbourne bounce!

Reece Low in action.

The pink masked and covert duo –

2 Faced Funks kicked off after Reece Low with massive tunes!

I heard their latest release ‘Underdog’ got the crowd way too excited!

It definitely should; I love that track too!

This progressed perfectly with Tony Romera’s upbeat progressive house set.

Throwing in some evergreen remix of Eurythmic’s Sweet Dream, the crowd responded insanely to this French powerhouse’s refreshing, funky beats!

I was so glad not to miss his set!

Tony Romera set the pace for my night as I arrived right smack in the middle of his eclectic performance.

Arriving Club Platinum 21.

Look ma, I’m glowing (with euphoria)!

 Tony Romera interacted with his crowd so well!

We went totally nuts with Tony Romera himself as he dropped his popular track ‘Go Nuts’

His twisted, elasticated synths and a massive thumping drops, bounces along with the intense energy the crowd fed off from.

The night got a lot heavier with his deep club banger of a track. 

 I took a breather from the incredulous amount of jumping for a sip by the bar

 But his electro house set was so good that I had to go onto the dance floor again!

 Watch him go!

Before I knew it, it was time for the next act.

The transition of artistes were so smooth as Tony Romera thanked his raving audience before Jacob Van Hage took to the stage.

The transition: Tony Romera and Jacob Van Hage!

 With buddy Edwin by the bar waiting for Jacob’s set to kick-off!

I was checking out Jacob’s tracks throughout the week leading up to Mysterious and I really fancied his experimental sounds!

I can’t quite put my finger on the genre that describes him most as he seems to alternate between different styles in his mashups and productions but if I would, the closest would be varying sub-genres of house.

 Welcoming Jacob Van Hage on the decks!

Jacob turning it up!

He’s known to be very energetic in his performances.

Seeing him tonight, I can totally vouch for that!

His inexhaustible drive throughout his entire set shot the crowd to even higher waves.

It was a definite havoc on all corners of the dance floor!

From Krewella, to Chuckie and Bingo Players to W&W, keep it going, Jacob!

The Dutch DJ-Producer also included slower, uplifting numbers,

like Armin Van Buuren’s ‘This is What It Feels Like’. Perfect, we need a rest too!

The many expressions of Jacob Van Hage when he dropped his original track, ‘Spotfire’

Jacob whipped out his phone and took a picture of his party peeps mid performance.

One for Jacob’s Instagram album, guys!

Even I tried to take a picture with Jacob during his performance! Haha.

 But to my surprise, he was beside me on the dance floor right after his performance!

I excitedly said hi and grabbed him for a photo. Pardon my awkward smile.

 Thanks, Jacob! You were wonderful!

Our next entertainment of the night was Italian house duo, Nari & Milani.

They continued to pump the crowd up with their energetic electro set!

I was raving up high in the sky throughout but they particularly stole my attention when they slipped in some old skool and classic rock into their progressive set.

Wow! That was unexpected. But a little plot twist never gets old. 

In fact, it always works! Such was the case for Nari & Milani tonight.

They also played various tracks from the likes of Calvin Harris, Alesso, Nicky Romero and more. Nari & Milani remix of One Republic’s ‘If I Lose Myself’ was a good club banger right there! 

 Put your hands up!

 Buddy Audrey and I getting our groove on!

Selfie time!

 We both had one common aim that night –

to wait for Sandro Silva’s set in anticipation!

 I went to the back of the crowd again to the bar as all that jumping got me real thirsty.

It was that good!

 Pretty sure everyone else agrees with me!

 Thank you, Nari & Milani for turning up our night to the next level!

Sandro Silva was next and the total dance floor destroyer  took over with a high note.

At this hour, the club was already at full capacity and even overflowing to the outdoor balcony area. All the party punters were going beserk with one massive Beatport chart-topper one after another.

 Hello, Sandro Silva!

When he dropped his track collab with Quintino ‘Epic’, the night catapulted to an even more epic one in an instant!

I personally recall myself screaming and jumping ala trampoline right beneath my feet.

 I wasn’t alone in my world though!

 Imagine all the thrashing about on the dance floor when

Sandro Silva dropped Showtek & Noisecontroller’s ‘Get Loose’!

 Random pic of buddy Ed and I mid raving!

The young Dutch DJ-Producer smashin’ the dancefloor once again

with his remix of  DVBBS & Borgeous’ famed track Tsunami!

After his performance, I bolted to the balcony outside to catch a breath.

A few minutes later, who else do I least expect to see sipping on his drink right behind me?

 Such a pleasure to meet you in person, Sandro!

He is based in Amsterdam now as we had a quick chat before I went back inside.

With no time to waste, Tenishia took to the deck and pushed the beats off the roof with their medley of uplifting and tech trance.

 Welcoming Joven Grech & Cyprian Cassar from Malta to Malaysia!

Tenishia blasted tracks and remixes from Armin Van Buuren, Showtek, Tiesto, Jorn Van Deynhoven. I was a little disappointed that they didn’t drop ‘Benedictus’ which was a staple in my playlist! 🙁

But the #1 DJs of Malta more than made up for it with their ridiculously sick set!

 Tenishia dropping their original track – Where Do We Begin

Scheduled to perform together with them, trance vocalist Susana could not do so due to technical issues but regardless, she came onto the decks to rock out with the duo.

World ranked #50 in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs Tenishia also played Ramelia, a track which Susana collaborated with RAM and other tunes which had her powerful vocals resonating from its depths.

So we got to hear her voice after all, albeit not live! 😀

 Hi Susana!

 Heart hands! We love you too!

 Drinks by the bar again! We also got ourselves mineral water, which were reasonably priced thankfully (you know what I’m insinuating)

 Fellow partyrockers were still buzzing with energy despite the wee hours of the morning!

The force is strong in this one 😀

 SO EXCITED when I bumped into Cyprian of Tenishia.

That’s the goodness of hosting raves in small locations, ya know? 

Fans get the chance to meet all their favorite DJs personally instead of only seeing them from afar at more massive music festivals.

I mean, of course the latter has its merits; I wouldn’t discount the fact that music fests and large-scale rave parties are way more mind-blowing due to aesthetics like lighting, pyros, LCD backdrop effects, laser beams and more.

But hey, once in a while, going to smaller rave parties held at clubs has its plus points too!

 Went to the front of the DJ console to see Bobina’s head peeking out from under

the decks as he prepared for the transition to his performance. How cute 😛

 Sippin’ on an ice cold beer while waiting.

 Buddy Ed and I!

A name all too familiar with trance music, DJ Mag Top 100’s #47 Bobina takes care of the last set with grace.

This globetrotting DJ-Producer managed to keep the crowd raising their hands in the air with chart topper tracks like his collabo track with Andrew Rayel ‘Sacramentum’ and his latest number (a collabo with Susana too!) ‘Play Fire with Fire.’

 Bobina dropping an uplifting one by Armin Van Buuren  ‘Sound of the Drums’

 His progressive house & trance set gave exhausted party people that extra jab of boost we needed!

Moomoo and I (LOLOLOL inside joke!)

Pardon the dishevelled look as we only remembered to take selfies at the end of the night

after we danced like two psychomaniac-lunatics on acid-tripping fire.

 Check out the BOBINA flag a fan made for him!

(His manager holding it up)

 That’s the fan who made it. Can you spot him taking a pic in the background?

 Eat sleep rave repeat! Spot me raving in the front! Muahaha.

 Bobina surprised us with a trance classic by Tiesto, ‘Traffic’ before turning up a notch

to one of the latest track of this quarter, EIFORYA by Armin & Andrew Rayel.

 I went into a frenzy when Bobina dropped his very own remix of Armin’s ‘Ping Pong’ with W&W’s ‘Bigfoot’

That was brilliant! You should take a listen. Very tastefully done!

 Despite it being way past 3 in the morning, Bobina kept his infectious beats and deep basslines on a steady rise.

Bobina interacting with his crowd with the arm wave as we followed suit.

 Spot me in the crowd again 😀 😀

We were more than tired and I could feel my feet starting to give way LOLOL

But still, a set as energy-driven as Bobina’s didn’t stop me from mustering my last fumes of rave power!

 Managed to grab a selfie with Dmitry ‘Bobina’ Almazov before I adjourned home to crash.

 Thank you, Mysterious, for a spectacular rave party!

Needless to say, I enjoyed myself so very much!

So glad the peeps of Mysterious endeavoured for the show to go on despite complications surrounding our local rave scene.

Let’s save the rave… together! 

 Let no one stop us. Peace Love Unity and Respect to all fellow EDM fans!

PLUR babeh, let’s rave this the right way with Mysterious.

Can’t wait for the next Mysterious rave! Two more to go for 2014 😀

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For more information on Mysterious Asia, get in touch with them!

Log on to their official website at: www.mysterious.my

LIKE them on their official Facebook page at: fb.com/mysteriousfest

Follow their updates on Twitter at: twitter.com/MysteriousFest

Follow their latest uploads on YouTube at Mysterious Asia Debut 

Contact them via email at: memberships@mysterious.asia

We’re awake and still alive! Definitely still brimming with energy despite the madness that is the night before at Future Music Festival Asia 2014 – Day One.

Missed out on the action? Blog post on FMFA Day 1: here!

Today will be more of a trance-tastic one with the bunch, as Armin van Buuren’s famed radio show A State of Trance 650 will be ongoing LIVE at Future Music Festival Asia 2014: New Horizons – Day Two.

 Armed with our weekend bands, we’re ready to go!

 But first, let us take a selfie! 

Yuppp it’s a given. We love the camera.  YAY! High five!

Picked up the rest. Next stop – Bukit Jalil National Stadium!

 This was it – ASOT650!

I can vividly remember last year’s ASOT600 where I partied too hard and collapsed due to dengue fever LOL 

For the record, I didn’t inconsiderately attend ASOT600 with a contagious infection as I wasn’t aware of it yet. Got myself checked 3 days later and was only officially diagnosed with the deadly high dengue fever.

I survived. Thank God.

This year, I’m back healthier than ever. Are we ready for ASOT650 Kuala Lumpur? 

As we arrived rather late, we only managed to catch the end of MaRlo’s set.

I wanted to watch and support both my friends who were spinning as the opening acts! But we didn’t make it in time. Le sigh.  It’s a lot harder to coordinate everyone when there’s too many people in the party crew!

But here’s what we missed out much earlier!

 Ramsey Westwood as the first act of the day.

Holla back fellow Penangites!

2/3 of Trimix – Droolette Tasha and Samuel Dan on the decks!

Was given one of their CDs during their gig in QEII, Penang and loved their mixes.

Towards the end of MaRlo’s set, we were having trouble locating a vacant parking space.

So we were basically raving in the carpark like total nut-cases and even while walking all the way to the party zone. MaRlo, wait for us! 

I could envision MaRlo playing, while listening to his set from a mile away!

Now based in Australia, Dutchman MaRlo’s set was heavily leaning towards trance, house and techno. Love ’em fast-paced beats.

By the time he got off the stage, we finally made our grand entrance.

There was a long line at the gates and we all waited on one another before we zoomed past the crowd right into the middle of the rave zone.

 The jungle welcomes us!

Excuse the quality of the iPhone photographs.

Didn’t want to lose my camera in the midst of raving.

You know how partying can result in absent-mindedness! 

Where in the world are we from? Believe it or not but we all originate from the same home.

One universal dance floor. And one stage only; that is electronic dance music.

 The lights dimmed down for the transition between MaRlo and Omnia.

Before we knew it, laser beams of lights burst out and colourful flickering spotlights took over.

When the ever-blinding fluorescence stopped, it was time to present us… OMNIA.

 Ukrainian Trance & Progressive DJ-Producer Omnia taking the stage with a bang!

He shot the party to the skies with his Beatport #1 hits ‘The Light’ and ‘Immersion’.

Seeing Omnia play it live with such a rowdy crowd really won me over!

I remember going over the top when he played Dash Berlin’s 4am remix of Apollo. Love!

Okay let’s take a chill pill from the madness. 

First wave of party pics; here we go!

 Blurry from all the raving!

 TheJanu and I. We were so sweaty from all the raving it was bonkers!

 Sweaty is an understatement! Taking a break from all the madness.

At about 8.30PM, Moldovan Trance and Progressive Trance DJ Andrew Rayel turned up the trance levels to another notch with a special intro mix of EIFORYA he made for his set.

It even has ‘Malaysia’ incorporated in his lyrics!

Thank you, our Dark Warrior!

  He hit us in all the right spots!

I remember him making some awesome edits to ‘Sacramentum’.

He also played Above & Beyond’s ‘Sun and Moon’ as well as Alex M.O.R.P.H’s ‘An Angel’s Love’. I clearly remember some classic Trance numbers being played during his set too.

Throughout his set, I felt like that burst of confetti right there.

Colourful, energetic and soaring the skies right above the crowd.

Yup, that’s me. Can you see me?

One of the million pieces of metallic paper in the air. 

I soon found myself straying away aimlessly.

When you get lost in your own world while riding high on the music, you’ll find yourself in another dimension… which is precisely where I bumped into so many of my friends in the crowd!

Perfect coincidence.

Like our shades? 😀

With Ju & Reagan!

 Us with the Pak flag!

Approximately an hour later, Markus Schulz took to the decks.

Despite already watching Markus Schulz perform in Malaysia, there was nothing stopping me from rushing to the front of the crowd to watch him play again!

Markus Schulz interacting with his crowd.

Best known for his marathon DJ sets, we made full use of our energy boosters and extra battery packs to survive this electrifying hour!

There’s no stopping this German Trance DJ-Producer. My personal favorite will always be his ‘Do You Dream’ album. Unfortunately, he didn’t play much from his albums but instead, epic remixes of other works.

At this point when you’re already having so much fun, anything goes! 

 We be rockin’ through the rave alright.

 Nothing can beat Yaz’ mega-watt smile.

I don’t remember when this picture was taken. I think someone had my phone!

Partyrocking all night for the past few hours didn’t seem to adversely affect us in any way at all. In fact, we were craving for more!

Looks like that’s what Future Music Festival 2014 can do to you, eh? 

At 11am, our Trance royalty Armin Van Buuren finally touched down on his spacecraft.

His opening was so spectacular – flames included! I kid you not.

So much so that the exceeding decibel levels and deafening screams heard when Dutch trancemeister Armin emerged on the decks should be made illegal! Hahaha.

As ‘New Horizons’ played while we welcomed Armin on stage,

he launched his set to space with a mix of his ASOT650 intro EIFORYA.

Armin then invited a very special guest on the decks with him while EIFORYA played.

It was none other than Andrew Rayel, of course! Watching the both of them play together for a period of time was captivating.

 The French flag was one amongst the many flags that were waved proudly that night.

 Armin, we love you! Thank you for all the episodes of A State of Trance.

It has been such an honour to celebrate ASOT600 and ASOT650 live with you!

Dressing the part with my A State of Trance – Armin Van Buuren tank top!

From the top of my head, among the tracks on his set was Gaia – Empire of Hearts, Beat Service  – Aurora, Tiesto – Adagio For Strings, W&W – Bigfoot and his orignal mix ‘Ping Pong’, ‘Forever Is Ours’ and ended his one-hour set with one last track – ‘This Is What It Feels Like’.

Sorry not being able to remember all of it as my brain already flying high to levels of insanity! It’s a miracle how I even managed to remember those LOL. 

Ethereal royal blue and indigo hues consumed the stage with tiny,

sharp laser beams as Armin put his hands in the air. 

We followed suit, of course! 

Uplifting us with his melodic, vocal trance numbers, he then took a moment of silence

to pay tribute for the Malaysia Airlines’ MH370 plane tragedy.

Total respect, right there. Thank you for this, Armin. That was very thoughtful of you.

An elaborate burst of confetti filled the air as Armin takes his exit.

 Next wave of party photos! 

The very dishevelled us from all the raving!

Awesome energy boost from him! Just what I needed.

If you’re wondering what I’m wrapped around with in green, it’s the flag of Pakistan!

Fun fact! I just realized that his flag marks the first flag I have ever carried apart from my own.

 Group shot!

 Okay enough photos. Back to partying!

When the clock struck 1 in the morning, Paul Van Dyk stole the limelight and gave us a brilliant hour of what was all but a fist-pumping, head-banging, feet-shuffling, heart-stopping closing set.

Hit us some more! 

 We found ourself sailing on a trajectory to utopia with the German trance legend!

 Paul Van Dyk kept us riding high with his uplifting trance beats and

brought us down just as hard and nasty as the bass he dropped.

I remember watching him perform 3 years ago in Sepang International Circuit.

Blog post – here! 

By the end of the night, we were so exhausted and famished but still extremely determined to survive the entire rave.

Nope, definitely not backing out just yet. The tribe has spoken. We all knew exactly what we signed up for; a raging all-nighter! 

AND WE DID IT. ALTOGETHER! Three cheers for us!

A State of Trance 650 will always be a night to remember.

The sickest, trippiest, most explosive trance cult night to date.

Got home and crashed straight to bed to mentally and physically prepare ourselves for Future Music Festival 2014 – Day 3.

But alas, due to unforeseen circumstances, the 3rd day of FMFA 2014 was cancelled by the organizers as advised by the authorities. Read their official statement – here – if you’re curious.

Allow me to digress a little with my personal point of view. Why would you ever overdose yourself on drugs, or purchase (significantly cheaper) tampered drugs? Why the drug abuse when you can draw the line on your limits? 

Not that I condone the act, but let’s get real – no one in the whole wide world can ever eradicate the use of illegal substances, especially party drugs, so the best and wisest thing to do is to enjoy in moderation.

It’s detrimental and you wouldn’t want to jeopardize your life, do you? It’s your health on the line.

Be safe, kids. Momma wouldn’t be proud.

As I was saying before digressing, by the time we found out that FMFA 2014 Day 3 was cancelled, we were already prepared to leave the house. 

Oh well, all dressed up and nowhere to go!

 Gathered for an early dinner instead.

 Fist bump!

 Disappointed, we decided to bring the party home instead. 

We all played tracks by the artists that we missed seeing that night at FMFA.

ATB, Porter Robinson, Martin Garrix, Arty, Bassjackers, Knife Party and more!

Can anyone say, HOUSE PAAAARTAYY!!? 

Wait… what? Future Music Festival Asia 2014’s Day 3 was cancelled? Really?

But we just had it right at the comfort of our home till the wee hours of the morning!

Hahaha. I jest. 😛 😛

Thank you, Livescape Asia, for a superb two days of such euphoric mayhem.

I must commend the crew and the entire team for such a well-thought out damage control after such an expected tornado of bad PR regarding the drug abuse deaths.

At the end of the day, you can’t please everyone – there will be bound to be many unhappy fans. Then again, it’s only natural for the fans to feel dejected when the most anticipated Day 3 did not come to fruition. 

Looking forward to next year’s Future Music Festival Asia 2015! *fingers crossed*

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ANNOUNCEMENT!

Mysterious – Journey to the Sound has not been cancelled. It has only underwent a change of location.

Below are both their official statements made 14 hours apart.

It has just underwent a change of location. The show is back on, fellow ravers!

See you at Club Platinum 21 KL! 

The address is as follows:

Club Platinum 21

The Icon

21st floor RooftopWest wing

JalanTun Razak

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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As if the tidal wave of rave parties and music festivals has been decreed to remain on a continuous high all year round, we now have yet another exciting event to look forward to this weekend.

A 12-hour endurance rave, no less!

I personally am still replenishing my depleted energy from the back-to-back rave last Friday and Saturday, but I bet I’ll be fine come this Saturday for Mysterious – Journey to the Sound. Certainly not going to miss this for the world.

Event details:

WHAT? Mysterious – Journey to the Sound

WHEN? 26th April 2013 (2PM // Saturday)

WHERE? Malaysia International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC)

at Mines Resort City

HOW MUCH? RM158 (regular) // RM258 (VIP)

For some of you who aren’t too familiar with the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) scene, you might be wondering – who are these DJs? Are their tracks nice? Have they made any outstanding remixes, Beatport chart toppers or are they listed on DJ Mag’s top 100 DJs in the world? 

Let me tell you one thing. If you’re a fan of vocal trance, progressive house and electro, you will be in for a treat as Mysterious Asia – Journey to the Sound is hosting some of the world’s most talented acts this weekend.

Allow me to introduce you the 9 international artists of the night.

I was going to feature them in no particular order, but since the DJ set times have just been announced, here they are according to their time slots on the line up!

REECE LOW (5pm-6pm)

Electro and House DJ-Producer based in Melbourne.

Check out the rest of his works on Soundcloud – here

JACOB VAN HAGE (6pm-7pm)

House & Progressive House DJ-Producer from the Netherlands.

Check out his live performance at Tomorrowland 2013 on Soundcloud – here

2 FACED FUNKS (7pm-8pm)

Progressive & Electro DJ-Producer Dutch duo signed under Armada Records.

Check out their latest release – Underdog! Loved it.

BOBINA (7pm-8pm)

Russian Progressive House & Trance DJ-Producer. Ranked #47 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ list.

Radio show host of ‘Russia Goes Clubbing‘.

Personal recommendation: His 2011 album ‘Rocket Ride’

*Do note the time clash between 2Faced Funks and Bobina. 

Well, as the locals say, pandai-pandailah adjust your time, kan? 

TONY ROMERA (8pm-9pm)

French Electro, House & Progressive DJ-Producer.

I’m nuts over his latest ‘Go Nuts‘ and his remix of Nicky Romero & Calvin Harris’ ‘ ‘Iron’!

NARI & MILANI (9pm-10pm)

Italian Electro DJ-Producer duo. Take a listen to their works on Soundcloud here!

SANDRO SILVA (10pm-11pm)

House DJ-Producer from the Netherlands is known to be Laidback Luke’s prodigy!

Who can ever forget his collabo with Quintino on ‘Epic‘?

Gets me jumping each time it is played. Except when I’m driving of course. 

Thumbs up!

TENISHIA (above) ALONG WITH SUSANA (below)

Top Maltese DJs with fine works of Progressive Trance. Listed as #65 on DJ Mag’s Top 100.

Check out their tracks and remixes on Beatport.

That soothing, melodious voice you hear on tracks by Aly & Fila, Bobina, Markus Schulz?

It’s none other than Trance vocalist, Susana. And we’ll be hearing those vocals LIVE!

Check out her collabo in ‘Without You‘.

And that’s a wrap! A brief introduction on all the international acts.

Now it’s your turn to get to know them and their music this weekend, yeah? 

Oh, and on a side note, I will be interviewing Bobina as well as Tenishia before their set.

If you’re particularly interested in something about their lives/DJing or anything at all, do let me know if there are any questions you want me to ask them.

I will try my best to accommodate your questions into the interview! 😀

Will I see you this weekend? I better! 😀

Let’s rave our 12 hours to the skies. Are you ready? ‘Cos I am.

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What do you do when you wake up to an invitation to the largest and most anticipated rumble in the jungle yet to shake the grounds of South East Asia?

You roar with delight and swing from tree to tree to the party grounds with your favorite Tarzan in tow, of course.

 Super-pumped for the safari-themed rave party that is Future Music Festival Asia 2014.

Thank you, Asahi Malaysia!

 En route to the Bukit Jalil National Stadium!

Look what greeted us the moment we entered the vicinity?

It’s GUY the pink Corntoz horse mascot!

Picture time with (half) the giant pink horse!

The jungle awaits us all!

Despite the haze, we partygoers still soldiered on. 

But I was glad the amazing organizers, Livescape Asia, took precautionary measures and provided face masks for us all.

To my surprise, I found a selfie of the boys wearing their face masks in my camera, so I’ll just post it up LOL

Who takes selfies from the bottom angle anyway? Selfie-noobs 😛 😛

Haha kidding! You know I love you both!

Photo-ception! So this is Joseph taking a photo of us with Prashant taking a photo of

Omer and Maisa doing the exact same pose as we are LOL

Another pretty sight that greeted us. Just like FMFA 2013, this year’s installment

also featured a Ferris wheel for its party animals.

Outfit of the Day! I was terribly indecisive of what to wear on the first day

as all of us decided to go in black so I ended up in this.

I initially wore this but then it struck me that nobody wears long pants to a rave.

Plus, my top wasn’t black. It was very dark green and I didn’t wanna be the odd one out from the group!

Anyway! We all got to the showgrounds of Bukit Jalil by 5PM, and waited for the rest to arrive.

Selfie time! 

Guess what happened when Stella and I were busy taking selfies?

Photobomber alert!

A selfie (or two!) in peace without the photobomber!

Chilling by the Ferris Wheel!

Maisa and I.

When we finally managed to round the entire herd up, we dived straight in to explore the safari! 

 Group shot with the mates! Men (and women) in Black yo!

So glad to bump into my other buddies right at the entrance.

Music really brings long lost friends together! 

Wahid and I

Theresa and I

Grabbed a beer at the Asahi counter.

Save water; drink beer! 😛 😛

By the time we finally got to the stage, the sun was almost setting and I didn’t manage to catch the first two acts.

This was what I missed! 

The first act of the show: Local DJ Eva T!

The second act of the show: Local DJ duo, B.A.T.E

Pretty sure they did a fantastic job at hyping the crowd up for the international acts

Canadian electronic dance duo  Adventure Club was already on the decks as we kick-started our first rave of the day at 7.45pm!

Adventure Club droppin’ us some sick beats

Influenced by the sounds of Flux Pavilion and Skrillex, the duo comprise Christian Srigley and Leighton James

I loved Adventure Club’s set as it was right up my alley with dubstep, electro house, drum step and all the 150bpm and above. If I remember correctly, I think I ended up shuffling with a random guy wearing an anonymous mask during their set.

Whoever you are, you dance well! 

By 8.30pm, Aussie-born Will Sparks took to the stage and gave us a dash of his fine electro-house works.

Melbourne-based Will Sparks spinning on stage.

I watched him play LIVE back in Aussie too! He was just as good tonight, if not better!

 His tracks got the crowd jumping all with our arms in the air!

 Quick shot with the boys mid-raving!

 TheJaanu and I

Trippy smiles are the best smiles! 

Since we’re already at it, why not have another group shot, eh? 😉

And another! The Asahi glow sticks were just too pretty.

There’s even switch for you to choose the mode of lighting for it.

At 9.30pm, R3hab stole the limelight and swept us off our feet with his darker tracks, which reminded me a lot of psytrance and industrial sounds. The popular Dutch house act also entertained us with his energetic stunts on stage. 

R3hab didn’t only make us jump; he got into the action too!

 Waving our arms from right to left with R3hab who interacted with his crowd superbly well!

Shutting our eyes and letting the music save our souls!

Took a short break from all that raving as I was drenched in sweat from head to toe.

Selfie time! 

Stella and I

Fun fact:  I usually only selfie when I’m bored.

So the number of selfies of myself I have in my camera represents a scale of how bored I am at an event.

Can’t believe this is the only selfie of myself the entire night!

This means that I was enjoying myself way too much at FMFA – it’s a given!

  More party pictures of the night

Clinging on to my Asahi glowstick! So many people tried to snatch it away from me.

Get your own! ROAAAAR! 

We were so exhausted at this point of time.

R3hab never gave us a rest! His tracks were way too progressive and got us head-banging to no end. Woots!

 Stella and I taking a rest by the adorable pink leopard print phone booth.

By 11pm, the crowd was already summoning our favorite mouse up on stage.

There was a moment of silence as the lights and lasers turned up a notch for the star of the night.

Our king of the safari – Deadmau5!

Deadmau5 also got down from his throne to party with us.

T’was awesome  to be watching the legendary mouse of the EDM scene up close!

The progressive house DJ-Producer had us all caught up in his mouse trap.

Bolts of red and blue lighting flashed through the arena as Deadmau5 pounded his crowd into nothing but what I would call grated cheese to fuel his insane energy levels!

 Raise your weapon!

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Here’s a video from Deadmau5’s set!

Do we see some Ghosts n’ Stuff in the arena? 

Deadmau5’s set really shot us into a frenzy of electro house delights!

By the end of the night, we were reduced to piles of sweat and in dire need of an energy boost! After 8 hours of hardcore raving, jumping and catapulting ourselves to the skies, one can only expect us to crave for more. 

Ironic, right? But hey, it’s only because Future Music Festival Asia 2014 certainly exceeded our expectations.

Looking forward to Day 2, featuring A State of Trance 650. Looks like we’ll have to recharge our depleting energy levels for another night of mayhem!

Thank you so much, Asahi Malaysia, for the invitation to such wilderness!

I had a fantastic night. 

Definitely kept my thirst quenched with your ice-cold beer, considering the fact that mineral water costed 10 bucks. (Yeah, I don’t know why either). 

Exhausted and lumbering around like dehydrated zombies but here’s a final group shot.

Yup, one for the road! See ya’ll tomorrow for a trance-tastic night!