Non Sequitur: Singa-Scene

Radio Station Forgot to Play My Favourite Song (2003)











A 23-minute documentary on the contemporary rock music scene in Singapore. It features commentary from and footage of renowned DJs, music critics, industry bigwigs, producers and musicians.


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It has always been an age old debate about (1) the helpless history of rock & roll stigma vs. nation building sanitization, (2) the I-don't-care-about-you-but-your-local=bad-perception matters, and when you sprinkle a little economics on it, (3) the issue of critical mass.


Well, thank gawd for My/Yours/TheirsSpace and the current spectacle on national television; we can write our own history and change people's views weekly while still scratching our head figuring out a business model.


The place I call home but the 'kampong mat malay' bass still needs to be delivered. Talking about delivering and still on the home scene, here's a shout out to I Am David Sparkle for overcoming the challenges and will be rocking out at SXSW in a few days time.


We are still young!

Non Sequitur: Music of Resistance

A documentary piece that provides a peek into the dark & deep sonics of the Sahara........

Non Sequitur: Sarena Hashim

Moving away slightly from what we usually do here - cos too much of the same thing is not good for health and distractions serve a great purpose in life - here's the first post to Non Sequitur; all about discovering & rediscovering 'other' great music, ironically or not.



On the list today is Sarena Hashim. A gem of a voice I discovered while researching on Ismail Haron (don't ask me why and I will cover him here soon). From the record-cutting era of the 60's & 70's, lets say as I perceive it, Sarena was the equivalent of Nancy Sinatra in the enclosed yet vibrant Malay music scene. I bet they party as hard too. But she seems to be kinda underrated. Well for one, unlike Ismail Haron, she doesn't have her own wiki stub and secondly, my parents have very little knowledge of her. With an EP backed by one of the most celebrated bands in Singapore & Southeast Asia, The Quests, who cares whether it was really Rolling Good Times back then, this nostalgic sound of Sarena deserves to be unearthed now. So if there's gonna be a Steam Kodok Volume 2, someone please let me know!



Sarena Hashim - Mimpiku


Sarena Hashim & The Quests - Di Malam Ini


Sarena Hashim & The Quests - Panggillah Daku