Yesterday while trolling around the net, I decided to do my weekly check on Koko Kaina’s YouTube page, hoping that a new song would have come out. But to my disappointment, there were none, so I just decided to scroll down which a few seconds later I saw something that caught my eye. Koko Kaina was going to have an event, on 28th June which was like, freaking next day. Clicked on the link she gave and ended up at UrbanScapes website, saw the ticket price and the location, was good but the date… It clashed with the day my friend Gigi’s flight to Russia. And thus, the battle of decision making begins…
Nico I : Go to the event my man, there’s nothing to lose.
Nico II : Don’t you idiot, don’t you remember, you have to send off Oi (Gigi, ma good friend) to Russia.
Nico I : B-but, Koko Kaina’s performing. KOKO KAINAA!!!! After this she might be super famous and you won’t have the chance to meet her face to face!
Nico II : You must remember, you value friendship over everything. Or are you going against your principles, eh trash?
Nico I :But, how much would it cost you to get a return ticket to KLIA?
*Checks with people and on the net… RM70*
Nico I : RM70!!!!! Where the heck are you gonna get that much money???
Nico II : Ahh, fuck that. *Pause* Shit, howla eh?
Nico I : *Smses people to tag along*
Nico II : What the hell are you doing?! Stop that!!
Nico I : Too late, looks like we know where we’re going. NGAHAHAHA.
Nico : Stupid subconscious minds…
And thus I went to Klue UrbanScapes, after *hanging out* with my parents in Tesco Ampang and being lost for half an hour. Aqram was there to accompany me even though it was on such a short notice. All the way from Klang summore, a thousand thanks would not be enough to appreciate what he did.
It was 3pm and Koko Kaina was only going to perform at 6.30pm. What to do? Aqram and I checked the schedule which was…
There was Estranged and OAG before her who’ll be performing. But there’s Yuna too! OAG and Yuna performances clashed, so we decided to see how things will go. So after loitering around the building and enjoying a few sights which were…
And the robotic polystrene moved!!!
Teddy, reminds me of someone.
The dude's name is Amir
Then we moved on towards the Lawn Stage where Citizens of Ice Cream were performing. If you asked me before who they were I would say I don't have the slightest idea. Now I do. They were performing some kind of instrumental songs without telling the audiences what was the title or maybe I didn't catch them saying it because they were talking so soft on the mike. They played with the trumpet/horn? and the songs were okayla but not the type I would listen to over and over again. My verdict? An okay band live but I'll be waiting for their songs to be recorded so that I could judge it properly.
The Citizens of Ice Cream playing
Next up was Dian Bang, which at first came on with only two guys, a guitarist/bassist and a dude who I think works with the synthesizers and effects. The first song was also okayla, can tahanla but then the second song killed my ears. The frequency went too high and gave me headaches. When I thought they were another instrumental band, two girls came up, one with a tamborine. And the girl without the tamborine started singing. I can see she got the feel of the music and all but I think she was syok sendiri. Like those who go for a karaoke session and goes all high and everything. Their lyrics were full pa dap pada and not much words. Personally, I'd rate them 2/5.
Dian Bang with only the two dudes.
The whole team finally came up on stage
So the first two bands didn't communicate with the audiences, which was a dissappointment. Estranged was performing next but the lack of crowd made me puzzled but my clock showed it was only 4.25 pm. Took the Estranged team awhile to set up their stuff and all. Then the crowd came... only to sit on the freaking grass!!! A short conversation took place...
Nico: Tuan hamba, bukankah mereka-mereka ini patut berdiri? Khabarnya yang berada di atas pentas itu kumpulan rock?
Aqram: Hamba tidak mengetahui sebabnya tuan hamba, hamba merasakan mereka ini malas.
Nico: Ataupun mereka ini tidak bisa mengetahui cara-cara menikmati persembahan sebegini.
Aqram: Mungkin benar katamu itu hai Sang Beruang.
Nico: Hamba sememangnya handsome dalam bab-bab ini sepertimana yang engkau ketahui selama ini Sang Robot.
And so Estranged performed with their first song, again I didn't get the title (I'm very bad at this). I guess the band was confused to why people sat down so the vocalist started urging people to stand up, which the crowd took quite awhile to do so.
Oooh, I'm in a rock concert... right...
Chocolate Syrup was in the playlist and Estranged announced that their second album will be out. They ended it with two songs, Itu Kamu and a song from their new album. The funny part was during the second last song, Itu Kamu because the vocalist was trying to get the crowd to get involved with the performance. It was a vain attempt.
*The part when Itu Kamu repeats enters*
Estranged Vocalist (Rich): Everybody sing along!!! Itu kaamuu!!! *Shows mike to the crowd*
Audience: *Silent*
Rich: Okay guys one more time!!! *Shows mike again* Itu kamuuu!!!
Audience: *Silent*
Rich: *Shakes head and smiled* I can't hear you guys, c'mon louder!!! *Shows mike again* Itu kaamuuu!!!!
Audience: *In a very faint voice* Itu kamuu
(Band stops playing and the audience's voice can be heard singing)
Rich: Okay everybody, that's what I wanted to hear!!! Thanks for your support and everything!!!
And thus it ended on a high note even though the crowd was really bad. Kudos to Estranged for trying to make things happening.
After that, Aqram and I went off because we didn't see OAG anywhere in sight. We went searching for drinks to quench our thirst. Along the way we checked out the Angkatan Baju Malaya which had lots of clothes designed by independent designers (I'm not into clothes or fashion). Most of them had interesting designs but a lot of the clothes were for ladies, so I got bored halfway walking and scoot off to the building in the search for drinks. We went upstairs and bought two cans of coke for RM8 (I could've bought 3 of those things at my place!). I was worried when I saw the Accoustic Session overflowing with people. So we decided to plough through the crowd to not miss Koko Kaina eventhough OAG was performing at the moment. Everyone was watching Mia Palencia whom I think had a very beautiful voice (from what I can hear from farla).
Then Yuna came dressed in yellow. I think she had a sweet face and when I heard her singing with the guitar in her arms... it blew me away. She has a lot of fans and I can see why. People sang along to a few of her songs and she sang a song she just wrote a week ago. I was honored to be one of the first to listen the song live. Someone should sign her, it would be a waste if so few people know about her. My opinion? Enjoyed her song throughout her session. She plays and sings the kind of song I'd listen to over and over again. Her voice conjures up an image of me sitting by the beach and enjoying the sunset.
People overflowing.
Nico: Shit, where am I gonna sit for Koko's performance?!! NUUUUU!!!!!
Next came Otam, a guy who has this deep and I don't know what's the word for it but it his voice resembles Louis Armstrong to me. I can't forget his first song, Pulau Perhentian. Funny lyrics and it was great too. Another dude whom I just found out on that day existed. If only I was a freaking rich man, I would've set up a record label and sign them in no time. Otam was entertaining but he suffers the same fate as me, we sweat easily. But it was paled by his humor and spontaneous jokes. Ahh, his music was great, I'd give him and Yuna both a 10 out of 10.
Otam performing, a cool guy and a joker too.
And guess who I saw while Otam was performing... Yep it was the one and only person I came all the way from Cheras (I know it's not that far considering Aqram came all the way from Klang but meh, I wanted to sound hyperbolic) to see. This person was the sole reason I decided to come to UrbanScapes and her name isssss Koko Kaina!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Her voice will save many souls and her smile will blow any men (and ladies) away.
Nico: *Goes green and starts to mumble* I'll kill you if that what it takes to be beside her. Hehehe.
And the lady I've been waiting for went up the stage but at that time pulak my camera decided to to have a weak battery which forced me to only have one good photo of her performing and a few bad shots because of the lighting and the camera But I guess some things are just meant to be kept in the heart. She started off with an acapella, asking the audience to snap their fingers to the song. Ahh, how I was melted away when I heard her voice. I thought I was in heaven. And then she sang Poppy, a song about a lover who's a drug addict. Her voice was so serene and God, words can't describe how beautiful it was. One thing that surprised me was her attitude, which reminded me of my friend back in high school. She's like this gutsy type of girl with... I don't know how to describe it. You'll have to see my friend to see the resemblance. Anyway, she looks like the type someone would be happy to hang out with but you know that's just from what I can see, I'm no mind reader. Oh, and she was not quite... tall (trying not to use the word sh*r*, hehehe) and her friend who played the guitar as lead/bassist/shaker/percussion was really good too. *Sigh* I wished I was that good so that I could play with her *Goes into a corner and cries silently* It was then I decided to do something no one could've think of. *Evil grin*
After she finished performing, I aksed Aqram to take a picture of me with her. I told him what I was gonna do and he was like "You're kidding me". One thing I hated was that, people kept cutting my line to talk to herla, take picture with her but I was silent all the way for patience is a freaking virtue. Yeah, the amount of people that wanted to talk to her, interview her, was not alot but many. So I waited until the last girl who took pictures with her and jumped into the chance. Asked her if she don't mind me doing one pose with her. She gladly accepted it. And thus,
She rejected me at first but...
I should've done the devilish + darlie smile, oh well, too overwhelmed I guess.
Koko Kaina: Now you'll have to buy me diamonds from Habib Jewels, remember Habib Jewels or Poh Kong, they're beautiful too. And it must cost you at least thousands.
Nico: (Crap) Sure, how many thousand? (Walao, so mahal one!)
Koko Kaina: At least four zeroes at the back. *Said that with a big smile on her face*
Nico: (Shitted in his pants) Ehehehe, okay, thanks for the pose! You really make my day!
I wished I was her boyfriend or her friend or something, I'd be the guitar if that's possible. But meh, things don't always go the way we like them to be so if I can't do so, then I'll have to look for other options or rather, look back to my fanclub in Russia, hehehe. Geez, I have this knack for being attracted to really hard-to-get girls. I fell in love with her voice, if I was blind I wouldn't care how she looked like, all I cared was the voice.
And so ends the experience started by spontaneity and obsession. Wow.
