oh chentaku: Bio

● oh chentaku (oh chenta ku) (Click to view all post on this band)

● Origin: Kelana Jaya, Malaysia

● Line up: Myo, Adib & Naem

● Genre: Post punk / Acoustic

● Label: Intrude Records

● Website: MySpace / AMP site

● INFO:-

PLEASE READ oh chentaku was formed in june 2007. consist of 3 enthusiastic neighbours myo, adib and naem from kelana jaya, selangor. type of music is towards 90s post-hardcore/emo. the name came all the sudden without any particular depth meanings. they are now currently working on their their second release as well as playing couple of gigs all over places in the country, the malaysia tour, after their successful singapore tour last december 2007, their recent bangkok tour last may 2008, indonesia tour last june 2008 as well as the showcase at esplanade singapore last june 28th. kindly please update yourself with their gigboard. they're updating it daily to ease you. so please help yourself. DISTRO & WHERE TO GET OUR CD? their debut album heartbreak ridge was never this arrogant is available at all gigs they are playing and at some distros such as bodysurf music ipoh, ricecooker shop kl, acoustic music station pertama complex kl, kedai auntie campbell kl, dollstore bukit bintang kl, propaganda machine singapore, inspire records jb, independent distros in kota bharu and jitra and in selected studios in melaka. feel free to buy the cd from them personally at coming gigs! it goes only for RM20 each and tshirt is only RM25/RM28 each(vary on sizes & types). as for international order, they are priced at USD$10 for a cd and USD$12 for a tshirt. grab them while they're still available. please note that they are currently recording their next release which will be out in august 2008. T-SHIRTS? contact them at ohchentaku[at]gmail.com for online cd purchases. they will personally brief you on where and how to make the payment. for your information, summerstorm arts clothing will release oh chentaku's next tshirts and followed by designs from suicidal arts clothing/thrace design, so please check out all details on how to make orders from summerstorm arts and ironic clothing/thrace design in their blog. please be reminded that, oh chentaku are not managing the tshirts order, so kindly contact summerstormarts@gmail.com for any inquiries. and for those who keen to get their songs tablatures or chords or music notes, truly sorry but they are just not available unless someone take the effort to write them since the band is so busy with gigs and classes at school. they stated that "we're not playing music as a full-time career, we make it as our hobby that we're taking seriously. so hold up for any lagging of updates, releases and shows, we're working on it at our very best as long as it will not distract our studies and other personal involvement. thank you for your understanding. we appreciate it very much." REMARKS they were out on 8tv quickie last february 3rd 2008 with rina omar and their first music video “polaroid” was aired exclusively last july 6th. they were also on cover story in the star r-age newspaper. they were offered twice by lee cooper wears to promote their new series of slim jeans last april 9th 2008 and april 16th 2008. furthermore, they were reviewed as the featured artist at amp and “starlight stalker” was voted at first place for seven weeks in a row on the international chart from march 26th 2008 until now as well as their newly debut song “off-broadway twilights” is currently voted at second place in the most popular songs chart. their song “castlefort” was featured in the may issue junk magazine compilation download as well as they've been featured as junk buzzed artist of the month for the may issue, furthemore, they were reviewed by many sources highlighting their recent achievement such as magazine powder, c.a.g. magazine, the star, junk, rottw, propaganda machine from singapore, guitar zine from bangkok and many more. their latest number “fallback” hit really big in the regional charts in the channel v amp website as well as the old time favorite single “polaroid” was officially covered by the popular and uprising beautiful singer/songwriter, yuna and is currently being airplay on fly fm radio. moreover, their song “the wicked offspring” is currently being airplay in traxx.fm radiostation since november 22nd 2007 as well as suria.fm since may 15th 2008 plus, in hitz.fm recently in november 2008 and they have been receiving excellent feedbacks and reviews from the scene.not mentioning their songs are widely covered by most indonesia radiostations. current achievement is to be featured in a reality travel tv show “the hoppers dan ahli muzik”. thank you very much everyone for the undying supports and for making oh chentaku looks great in the regional scene.

info source: band's MySpace