The Corn Cake Kings

Julian Mokhtar has been playing professionally since 1980 and is best known known as lead guitarist for the legendary Malaysian band Blues Gang which he joined in that year. Over the next 13 years he recorded 10 albums with the band, making numerous TV and concert appearances as well. Since 1993 he has been pursuing a solo career, two highlights of which were jamming with blues legend Buddy Guy at the Hard Rock Cafe in Kuala Lumpur in 1996, and taking the stage at the jam party after the 1997 annual Kansas City Jazz & Blues Festival held at the Grand Emporium, Kansas City, USA.

Julian self-produced and recorded an album, “About Time”, completed in 2000 with a limited run of 500 copies. Other activities include several stints in Akita, Japan performing with fellow Malaysian singer Karen Nunis Blackstone and session work. Besides performing, Julian is an accomplished guitar repairman and also custom designs and builds electric guitars.

The Corn cake kings was formed sometime in 2005. The two mainstays are Julian Mokhtar (guitar & vocals) and Aznan Aziz (guitar, vocals and harmonica). If required they take on additional musicians such as a percussionist, bassist etc. The group’s sound is primarily guitar driven, acoustic, electric or mix and match.

Julian had met Aznan Aziz aka. Nan Blues after seeing him perform. Aznan had himself been playing music for many years, sharpening his abilities by busking and performing gigs. The two discovered that they not only like the same music but are the same age (Nan is a day older). The band has performed at various venues in KL and PJ such as Little Havana, Finnegans Irish Pub, Noblacktie and Ol’ Skool bistro. Their longest running gig was at Malones Irish pub in KLCC, once a week for a year and a half.

Their repertoire of choice is Southern rock, Folk/country rock, classic rock and some reggae, all linked by a shared love and feel for and blues and R&B.  However they are also able to do a good job on classic and contemporary popular songs as well.

The Strollers2

Hussein Idris (an original member of “Strollers”), Desi and Casper (two ex members of the “Memories” Band) decided to make a comeback to the music scene solely out of  their love of music. So they got together and formed “The Strollers2” in August, 2008.

Before “THE STROLLERS2” were formed, they made a survey around Kuala Lumpur and noticed that there were not many Bands performing Hits of the 60’s, 70’s & 80′s in the city clubs and cafes. So with their old fans in mind, they decided to hit the scene to meet the demand for music from the ‘Golden Era’ especially, Rock n’ Roll, R&B and Pop Genres.

They now perform mostly Number 1 Hits of an era gone by and thus ‘Bringing on Back the Golden Memories of Yesteryears’ for you.

Hearing good old  “EVERGREENS” & “OLDIES” songs being sung by bands of today are hard to come by and many of us in our 40’s and above long for such live entertainment. Just one night with “THE STROLLERS2” and you will get a chance to revive back those good old memories again.

“The Strollers2” have a repertoire of more than 150 hit songs for your listening pleasure. With the majority of these songs, if not all, you will find yourself reminiscent of those good old days. Make a night with us. You will be guaranteed of a wonderful, enjoyable and a very entertaining evening.

FREEDOM

FREEDOM…..featuring founding member, Shuib have performed in major clubs in Malaysia, Singapore, China, Brunei and Indonesia. They have also performed numerous private functions and launches for big corporate companies. Thus, acknowledged them as an entertaining and accomplished band in the local industry.

This band is best known for its catchy 1980’s No.1 hit, Mulanya Di Sini. Whether it is performing Malay, English, Chinese, Latin or several other languages songs, FREEDOM offer an exciting show incorporating both original materials and innovative arrangements of past and present popular songs.

Shuib together with other well experienced members, FREEDOM will assure you a dynamic performance up on stage while making the crowd asking for more!