ARMIN VAN BUUREN

armin van buuren

one of the headliners/ the headliner of this year's edition of zoukout jetted into town just hours before his set and we managed to catch him as he made his way out of the airport.

im such a big fan of his 'mirage' album and his weekly 'asot' (a state of trance) shows 

the song with adam young (owl city) is so good isnt it?

so glad we managed to meet him!! 

anyways here's his autograph,

pretty rock star me thinks ha ha

ROGER SANCHEZ

roger sanchez was in town for the recent zoukout earlier this month

and we met him as he jumped out of the plane

heh

roger sanchez's most recent works include producing the song '2gether' with far east movement!

that's one of my favorite songs from their 'free wired' album heh

anyways roger was very approachable and very nice 

so looking forward to his future works!

here's an autograph of his..

BOB SINCLAR

Bob Sinclar, December 2011

so bob sinclar popped back into town for the second time this year to play at the annual dance event, zoukout held in sentosa!

we met him earlier this year, 

in january when he was here to spin at zouk and

11 months later, he's back!

and here's a picture of us 11 months ago.. 

Bob Sinclar, January 2011

i suspect it's the same jacket he's got on ha ha

anyways, just an updated picture of mr sinclar,

no autographs this time around heh (:

LADYTRON

Helen Marnie & Reuben Wu

Daniel Hunt

in town for the annual dance event of the year, zoukout,

liverpool electropop/synthpop foursome trio, ladytron came to play for us!!

fret not, lady torn is still a four member band, by the wayy,

as member mira aroyo was 7 months preggers, 

doctor advised her not to travel to this part of the world to play,

namely indonesia, bangkok and singapore..

(BOOOO!!)

as explained by fellow member daniel hunt heh

we met them as they arrived into singapore and was making their way to the waiting vehicle..

and these guys were really nice and agreed to signing autographs and taking pictures with us.

helen marnie also mentioned that the singapore airport could easily be on of the nicest airports she's ever been in with 'all the fake palm trees in the terminal.. all so nice..' 

andd, as you know when bands like these go on tours,

they would have their luggages tagged for faster recognition at the conveyor belt whenever they land in a new city,

the entire ladytron band and crew's luggage tags were so so nice,

i wish i could steal one of those!!

it is actually the cover of their latest album, gravity the seducer

but it all works so well and were all so pretty..

here's what the cover looks like..

Picture: shout.ru

and just use your imagination and resize it to a credit card size kayy? 

and that's the luggage tags! ha ha

sorry im still rather obsessed by how pretty the luggage tags looked!!

and here are my signed stuff.. (:

MIKE POSNER - LIVE

so mike posner played at the uphoria concert organised by sony recently

minutes after the scheduled time and a quick under two minute musical intro,
mike took the stage and kicked off the night with one of his singles 'please dont go'

and he also did his other hit singles like 'cooler than me' and 'bow chicka wow wow'

within that hour-long set, posner also did an oasis cover of 'wonderwall' and an adele cover of 'rolling in the deep'
and prior to the performance,
i was already going crazy for his version of that adele track.
he made it so easy to listen to,
no big vocals like adele but it still work with those backing beats - genius!!

also he did his latest single 'looks like sex'
and apparently it was the first time ever he's performed it!!
however the track was edited to 'looks like yes'
and thanks to @Gwenbert on twitter who clarified that 'looks like yes' is an cencored LIVE version while the radio edit is called 'likes to text'

er.. posner, seriouslyyy??

that aside,
i like the fact that he did songs from almost every single mixtapes/albums he's released
also i like how he interacted with the crowd the entire time.
in that hour-long set,
mike danced, sang, rapped and even played the piano,
what more could we have asked for, reallyyyyyy?

and as you all know,
singaporean concert go-ers aren't exactly the type who would 'jump' when they asked you to,
but mike commanded all to do the two-step dance and to my surprise,
they were all doing it and enjoying themselves!

good job posner!!

i must also add that i love it when he did tracks from his latest mixtape
and in particular 'shut up' and 'maunder music'!!
i was dancing and grooving and enjoying myself so much when he did those two tracks,
back to back, no kidding!!

and not in the correct order, mike did..

- please dont go
- bow chicka wow wow
- cheated
- dont you wanna
- you dont have to leave
- shut up
- marunder music
- cooler than me
- wonderwall
- rolling in the deep
- looks like sex

in case you're wondering, these photos are all mine and this is when i wished i had a better camera.. :(

and if you would like to download any of mike posner's mix tape,
head over to freemikeposner.com where you can download his latest mixtape 'the layover', second mix tape 'one foot out the door' as well as his first ever 'a matter of time' ALL FOR FREEEEEEE!!
and did i mention these are free LEGAL downloads? yeah, go show some loveeee!!

with that, thank you to henry strange and mike posner for a rocking good time on stage and..
COME BACK SOON WHEN SKY HIGH DROPS!!!

BRAINS UP y'all!!

Picture: twitter.com/mikeposner
Singapore got their #BrainsUp. Do u?

TRAIN

Patrick Monahan

Scott Underwood

so the ones who brought us that ears-pleasing tune of 'hey soul sisters' popped by singapore ahead of their philippines shows,

to play at the uphoria concert with co-headliner mike posner

we met lead singer patrick monahan and drummer scott underwood by chance as he was jumping into the bathroom and as he made his exit out of the restaurant where he was dinner,

respectively

honestly

one look and you would know they are someone in a band

yes they both have gotten that kinda rock star vibe

he was nice to stop for some autographs and a photo

and it was also nice to have met someone who's been in the music industry for such a long time,

as according to wikipedia, train's been going strong since 1994!!

such a shame that we didnt get to meet guitarist jimmy stafford,

blame it on the lack of determination and persistence 

ha ha

in any case, and being absolutely honest,

i thought train was a faily new band cause the last song we heard from them,

drops of jupiter, seemed like donkey years ago and i didnt even know it was train back then

and it was only recently when we heard hey soul sisters that they caught my eye heh

anyways

here's their autograph..

MIKE POSNER

'you got designer shades just to hide your face and
you wear 'em around like you're cooler than me...'

yes, mike posner finally made it to our shores after playing a couple of shows this past year in some of the neighbouring countries heh
so mike was in town to play at the sony uphoria party at scape as one of the two headliners alongside train.
(yes the ones who brought us that radio hit 'hey soul sister')

so we met him after he was done with soundcheck + a radio interview

i told him how glad i was that he finally made it to singapore and that i was a big fan
and he kept saying thank you
also when i asked is he was going to do any songs off his recently released mixtap 'the layover'
or would it be only from the '31 minutes to take off'
and he said that he's planning to do some from 'the layover'..
then i told him that 'shut up' and 'maraunder music' are two of my favourites from the album
and he smiled.. AWWWW..

after signing personalised autographs for us,
i asked if we could have a photo and he said yes
then i told him we needed two pictures.
cause one is the normal one and the other is the one with his signature 'BRAINS UP' hand sign
ha ha

he was so nice and so soft-spoken and i think he is truly talented.
okay i could be biased heh

here's what he's signed for me

and #BRAINSUP homies!

with that, i confess..
mike posner is way 'cooler than me'...