urbanscapes 2010 + palate palette 31 July

We wish we had more stuff to show you from our session under the tree at Urbanscapes, but so far we've only uncovered one video (thank you Wayne!) of strangely enough, Believe Me I Saw It On The Internet. It's a poem to my cat which I wrote because she was trying to walk into the microwave.

What we did different THIS time at our gig was before we started, we passed around bits of paper containing one poem from our setlist. It was randomly assigned and we did spot some people trading poems after the show, which was what we hoped would have happened. In the past we've had people come up to us before saying they missed out on a few words (A GREAT EXAMPLE is the poem Wayne shot because frankly it's a bit crazy).

Maybe we'll do this at all our shows from now on?

See for yourself at Palate Palette, 31 July at 9:30pm. RM15 gets you in with a drink.

(applicable to everyone who isn't perving on Katy Perry the same night, that is)

our letter to JUICE

which we've just sent and would also like to share to new friends landing here from the article about us in the February issue of JUICE magazine. (for those who haven't seen it yet, we're trying to find a scanner).

Dear JUICE,

As well excited as we were when the call came for us to play around in your February issue, we've just read the accompanying article, and figured we should set a few things straight. 

1. Our EP is not at all available at "the best record stores", only through us. Unfortunately we only handmade a few hundred copies, & they're all sold out.
2. The first page of our effort seems to have skipped publication, & so we'd like to clarify that only the second half of Wildcats was printed.
3. Most importantly, Dizzy is Liyana, & The is Alia in our little duo— really not vice versa!

We would have gladly provided these details & our blog to JUICE along with Wildcats if we had known they were needed. After all, our memory of being named your Best Spoken Word Album of 2009 is still fresh in our heads, and now we have you to thank again for our biggest spread in a magazine to date. 

Dizzy (Liyana) & The (Alia)

http://dizzyandthe.blogspot.com

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Our next post, hopefully, will be the complete version of our handwritten Wildcats for everyone to read. Once we find it! 

PS: We have a pretty ridiculous idea for our next release, and hopefully things will be set into motion before middle 2010. We'll flood you with updates when we're done working it out.

dizzy & the's first post of 2010

our first project of the year had nothing to do with a performance. It took all day and we're pretty happy with it. Watch out for Juice Magazine's issue next month (I think).

This is the first photo of us taken in 2010. Thank you, Adrianna Tan!

we're 2nd runner-up in Junksounds!

I know I cast my vote for Arabyrd and Tenderfist, but thank you everyone who chose to vote for us! We somehow persisted in that mad sweep of winning Indonesians and came in as 2nd runner-up in the Electronic/Fusion category!

Congratulations as well to Goodnight Electric :)

PS: hey, that's not our myspace...

200 sold!

I am writing this in the car with Alia behind the wheel. Fueled by the purchasing power of kind strangers and in the mighty shadow of Farish Noor's new book launch, tonight we have sold absolutely all 200 copies of our self-titled EP! Thank you everyone for making us feel a little like rockstars :)

Juice Magazine voted us Best Spoken Word Album of 2009 which is also crazy awesome. Alia and I personally think there might not have been many other contenders in the category, but since it's now out there, we're pretty psyched at the possibility of spoken word releases proliferating henceforth.

I don't always write like this but we're happy and in a traffic jam! Thank you everyone!

Best Electronic/Fusion Act (Solo/Group) — Dizzy & The?

we're pretty blown away that there's space for us in the JunkSounds '09 nomination category, especially since it's regional! Crazy stuff. Of course this means we're up against very, very solid and diverse acts (you think fusion food is confusing? mix all of us together yo), and even our latest music-crush, Tenderfist. Tenderfist rocked our world the last time we saw them, which happened to have us on the line-up as well. They don't even have a release yet but we're standing in line for a trade.

Also, an awesome tweeting byrd we know was there to check them out too, and turns out she's also in on the nominations! So that's Dizzy & The, sidebyside Arabyrd, and Tenderfist, together agaaaain.

And we haven't even talked about the ones from other countries yet...
So. Can we just say upfront that it really is awesome to be nominated?
Because it really is :)
Thanks Junk.



And I don't know about Alia, but I'm not voting for myself. Just seems weird.

TimeOut KL; interview now, show later

Stop! TimeOut Time! (The will kill me for that). Aaaaanyway, TimeOut was also kind enough to invite us to play at their monthly installment show, No Black Tie. We'll be in September's edition on the 16th. it's in our google calendar. bring it on!

dizzy & the quick quick quickie!

We were just live on TV!
We really were!
But I was really nervous and kept staring away from the camera, so my mother at home thought I was reading something. Fail. My heart was in my throat.

Since I don't know how to embed videos, you can watch us right here yes click right here if you missed it!
(but you'll need to sign up first if you haven't already)

Thank you 8TV, Shaz (for the invitation), Asman (for taking care of us), very cheeky hosts Prem and Henry, Matthew (for calling in), the mask-wearing makeup ladies dan sewaktu dengannya.

did we make your hearts grow fonder?

one.
September 16th at No Black Tie for a Time Out KL gig, come come and watch us after buka. More details as we know them. We're gonna be featured in an interview with them too, will post the link when it's online!

zwei.
As you saw in our previous post, we were at Cloth & Clef a while ago, and here's the podcast if you missed it. Thank you to our favorite soundman Mac for balancing the recordings so you guys won't go deaf listening to "Believe Me, I Saw It On The Internet", hehe.

tiga.
SSK's "RM - Rap Melayu" is out! And if you squint at the tracklisting, you'll see that we are guests on the 3rd track "Chenta", also featuring Sipanitera. If not for our awkward geekgirl charm (cough), do get the album; we're big fans of these guys, they're all sorts of awesome :D
(ps: my favorite track is ATFL)

cuatro.
We'll be on 8TV's Quickie at midnight tonight. So if you want to see us caked in makeup and cloaked in even more awkwardness, do tune in! For those outside Malaysia, we'll post up a link to the video if it does get uploaded.

V.
We were almost going to be in Singapore this weekend for a show organized by the amazing Bani Haykal of B-Quartet and his girlfriend Ila, but we do sincerely apologize for not being able to make it, as there were delays and miscommunications. Fret not, however, I (The) will be there next weekend for the rescheduled show - but not to perform though - so say hi if you wanna :)
(will post up a link to the almost-show's flyer once it's out)

more for your play button

Remember our appearance on The Wknd? If you just can't get enough *cough*, head on over here to order a copy of The Wknd Sessions Volume 1 on DVD, featuring Azyml Yunor, Otam, Estrella, Paolo Delfino, Meor, Reza Salleh, Shahridir & Nizam P, Couple, Deepset, Bunkface, and us!

Includes extra footage from the first 11 episodes, and you get 10 free mp3s from Popfolio :D RM30 inclusive of postage and handling, or if you can't wait, come to Urbanscapes this Saturday. Limited copies available.

Dizzy & The are, unfortunately, not performing for Urbanscapes, but I'll be on stage with Furniture in the afternoon (and we might just barge into open mic, who knows? hehe). Come say hello!

a quick one! (oh, pun)

we're up tomorrow evening circa 5pm-ish at homegrown space, wisma bentley, in mutiara damansara, right before yuna, who oh-so-kindly pimped out the show on 8tv's quickie (aka NATIONAL TELEVISION). dizzy & i are trying not to pee in our pants at the amount of people in the audience. but we are excited, yes, and we are bringing copies of our EP :)

p/s - scroll down this link for a video of our performance at homegrown space's launch on may 8th.
p/p/s - we've been in a couple of magazines of late; scans of the clippings will be posted soon!

flyer: for 7th and the 23rd at Homegrown Space

RSVP on the Facebook page!

OMG 404

Rocket just called and said her favourite track was wrongly numbered! Okay so for future reference, tracks 6 and 7 are wrongly labelled in the booklet tracklist; so it's

• immigrant & interpreter (track 6) - Rocket's favourite
• scarecrow & songbird (track 7)
  

Sorry about the confusion, the CDs were burned by Alia, the booklet was made by me separately, so the little error slipped past us somehow. if you (like me) can't stand little errors like this, I will make you a new booklet. Sorry again!

o hai pplz.

i am here to inform you that the album is in its final stages of packaging. we're really taking our time, we know, but there's been a lot going on. from being an extra in a malay drama... to just general drama overall. that's another story. anyway. we should, however, have copies ready for when i go to singapore next week for stars! so if any of you singaporeans were to be so kind as to want a copy, please drop us a line at our email and i will bring one for you! and come say hi if you see me, i will reciprocate with bear hugs.

peace. (and have a good 2009!)

ps: in the meantime, we're on katagender as part of their tomboy photo project here.

thank you to lepaq!

photo by sleepwalker

that is, Lepaq Cafe and Zara and Danial for inviting us to their Acoustic Poetry gig. The lineup was stellar and we were proud to be a part of it, even if we felt a little out of place (just a little, heh). Thank you!

which one is which?

Which is which? I hope you caught us on The Wknd. We're done and currently finding a way to make 200+ CDs to fit in the packages we've folded out. We wanted to do a launch barbecue party where you pay a little bit for a copy of the CD and get some awesome bbq buffet on the side, but I don't think we can squeeze it into our starving-student budget.

Selamat Deepavali!

a very exciting weekend

well not really, but Dizzy & The got a phone call the other day with an offer way too amazing to pass up. It's not exactly a gig, but I already gave a hint. Let's not jinx it!

wayang kata + merdeka cafe

We're so happy that people came out to watch us, especially at No Black Tie for Wayang Kata and its awful weather that night. The reception for both gigs were awesome, we made new friends, and people came up to talk to us after the show with feedback, which we always love.

Thanks especially for people who were there for both shows (Zalila Lee!) and to the organisers for inviting us. So sorry to Rantai that we had to turn down their gig on the 29th. We debuted a new track at both shows called Believe Me, I Saw It On The Internet about my cat and we heard that it was a lot of people's favourite of both sets. Cat lovers are made of win!

We don't know when our next show is again, we're still riding the high of those two. Alia tells me the album will be ready for packaging after Raya, and I plan on making the packaging process itself as snappy and stylish as possible. Hold on tight till after Raya, people, then let go... of a bit of cash. I'm. so. funny.

PS: If anyone has photos and videos of that night we would really appreciate a link!

merdeka, yaw!

We're probably going to be rather out of place here, but Dizzy & The is performing for the Merdeka Cafe gig (coinciding with the fantastic and cheap Art For Grabs bazaar!) on the 31st of August at The Annexe. Here's the lineup for the day itself:

1. Peter Hassan + Markiza [1pm – 1.20pm]
2. 13 Voices In My Head [1.30pm – 1.50pm]
3. Dizzy & The [2pm – 2.20pm]
4. Mei Chern [2.30pm – 3pm]
5. Fathulistiwa Soundscapes [3.30pm – 3.50pm]
6. Bernice Chauly [4pm to 4.20pm]
7. Jerome Kugan [4.30pm – 5pm]

So come and watch! On the 30th other amazing folk like Zalila Lee and Priya K will be performing too. I'm probably going for both days.

coming along

A little too much has been going on personally, resulting in so much rescheduling that we haven't gone into the studio since last week. Johnny needs to give priority to Oh Chentaku as Myo is leaving for Switzerland next month, so recording's going to be a little slow until they're done. Since yours truly will be interning there for the next 2 months anyway, there'll be plenty of time then to pretty up what's necessary. In the meantime, we'll keep you updated!