Draught la

It seems like forever since we last jammed. Please don't remind us about Chris's departure boohooohooo =....( or else SanJay wouldn't shuddup. We are still dreading over his departure.
The new addition to our last jamming session was Tomas of Metaphor to chip in his awesome playing skills as our bassist. That was erm like 2 weeks ago?! Ftwwww right? Come on guys we need to jam more now that Bryan has more time in hand and we've got Tomas to fill up the empty bassist spot(sobsob now now let's now go there again about Chris). So yea the next jamming session will be this Sunday, 2 Jan 2010 just the right thing to do to kick start the year! Go AFJ wooohoooo!!!

p/s: I'm sure there'll be a post by SanJay very soon about The Rev of Avenged Sevenfold's drummer's death.

Tah for now =)
xoxo
Angelene

New Song Posted!

Hey guys, we decided to post our rough mix from our upcoming EP, A Common State of Liberty just so you guys can have a lil taste of how our EP is gonna be like.

This song is called " Hey Stacy, Myspace is That Way ". Enjoy and comments are most welcome!

A Common State of Wurrrtttt?

Thats right ladies and gents, the EP is in the mix.

support us by putting this up anywhere you can ;)



see yall pretty soon!

Goodbyes and Farewells.

So as its been an awfully long delay on updates cause we're still emo over Chris's (our bassist) departure to the States less than a week ago. His send off wasn't a easy one but hey, he gotta do what he has to do and we all wish all the best to him over there. That plus we'll get more equipments & other stuff's coming from the States without having to order online and go through some fussy American dealers lol. Import yoooooes!

Chris has been a good friend over the years, fun times were had together, crazy moments we went through and above all, he is like a brother (older one of course) to us but with a kid-like mentality which we all have this love-hate condition over it. Basically Chris was Meng's friend where they met in college. Chris was learning the drums during that period and that was like in 2006. How we started, here it goes.

Meng called me (Jay) up one day telling me we should start playing music together and such. I was still in Penang during that period so i would try my best to go down to KL every weekend just to hang out and jam with them. The crazy thing is, we had this passion for music, me, Meng and Chris shared almost the same playlist and influences for our taste in music, so that drove me to be there every weekend eventhough i was almost 400KM away from where they were. We started off playing some Post-Punk shit back then (2006) where Meng was just fresh with his guitar, Chris started playing the bass like barely 2 days before we started our first serious jam and i, well i was just banging the drums cause it made some cool noise when i did so. Over the weeks and a month after watching tutorials online and Youtube being our tutor, we managed to at least play some "music" at last. Our first cover song was The Used's Buried Myself Alive and by far till today its the only cover song we know how to play. We started posting online looking for another member to complete us, either a vocalist, another guitarist or both and we found a good vocalist by the name of Kim Fatt. Together we started our first band called Every Fallen Thursday which was suppose to be a Post-Punk band but due to some minor set backs, we slowly evolved to Powerpop. We all had so much fun growing and learning various things as we went on and watching Meng mould and teach Chris how to play the bass, it was awesome. To see the improvement he gained and the progress he made, it was priceless. Meng was like a music-father to Chris hahah, a very young one.

I lasted with Every Fallen Thursday for almost a year, some misunderstanding occured and i went back to Penang. EFT played on with a new drummer for another half a year or so without me and they had their set back and finally disband.

Meng and me wanted to start another band together which hardcore and screamo driven and along came AZUREFORJANNE. We asked Chris and Jayson to join the band and we were playing for almost a year without a stable vocalist. Vocalists came and left due to idea differences or they were just fucked in the head. We had the good ones and the really dumb ones. I would like to kill the dumb ones for being so dumb they bring it to a whole new level if i ever see them again lol.

Well, it wasn't long then where Meng asked me to try out for vocals in AFJ and we look for a new drummer instead. Due to the series of retardness we went through getting a vocalist, i said ok towards the idea of me being on the vocals. We found a drummer and very good friend, Bryan, not long after that. Vocals were fatalistically new to me but i've learned alot since the day i started hogging the mic. We grew as a band and close friends, we were like a family in no time. After all that, after a year passed on and now with a stable line-up as a full band, we elevated and improved together. We'll after all we've been through together with Chris since day one, its not easy to let go someone you grew along with. Moreover he was my housemate. Damn you Chris, i should've threw my shoes at you when i had the chance lol.

We'll that was our journey together with his, cut-down in synopsis format. What he means and what we've went through together, it can't be described in words. It was something that cant be told but can be felt. We'll miss you buddy and we hope everything goes well for you. DONT FORGET US OK! WE THE GAYANESSS! GET LAID YO! BIMBO STYLE!



We're gonna have a jam session with a close friend of the band this coming weekend to fill in the current vacant slot for the bassist position.

We'll update you guys soon on that.

OH AFJ's EP IS IN THE MIDST OF MIXING! ITS COMINGGGGGGGGGG!!

hahaha, have fun guys. have a great week ahead.

Till next time,

Jay.

We is emo

So here are a few events that has been going on for the past couple of weeks. Now that we can let out a sigh of relief that we have all done out time in the studio, what's left is mastering of tracks by Jeff. Which we are all so definitely excited to hear *wheeee jumps like a big kid. Once that is done we are right on track to get post-production stuff done. Actually it can be started now, CD cover designs and leaflet designs, get the work copyrighted and of course to get the word out. Though we are on a dry spell for gigs right now, we sure hope there will be lots flowing in once December kick in.

On the flpside =( our bassist, Chris will be leaving the band to go back to the States to make sure his green card is still in status. Geeezz what to say huh?! One thing's for sure, we'll sure miss you dude! Don't forget about your lil band here in Malaysia once you make it big in the States. We gotta say this no matter how gay it might sound, we love youuuuu aaahhhh! *sobsob criessss oh nooooo......
So does this mean we need to start auditioning for a new bassist now? I don't know man! Let the emo-ness sink in first la gosh =(

Go away boohoo I'm so devastated coz not only AFJ will lose a bassist, so will Sanjay eats airplane and I be losing a housemate who is rarely home.

xoxo

Angelene

Damn! Its the Prime Time.

Its been another productive week for us. Meng layed down his lead guitar parts after 3 days and this coming Friday, i'll be hitting the studios to lay down my vocals and whatnots. Everything sounds good and looking very very fine at the moment.

We'll if you guys dont know yet, we, AZUREFORJANNE, as we speak we're recording our first 5-track EP. Its almost at completion level for the recording side, as a matter of fact, its only the vocal layers that needed to be layed down and then voilà, its off to mastering.

We fall under Post-Hardcore/Experimental/Screamo genre and we're 3 steps away from rocking your sheets off the bed to the core of your torn socks.

Be ready for the full-prime time with heavy loaded barrels packed with explosives and moderate sexiness along the way. Its gonna be a blast and also its gonna be pure orgasmic. Haha no kiddz.

Ok so moving on to greater things at the moment, Seven Collar T-Shirt released their new album " THE GREAT BATTLE ", yesterday and it is a must have in your playlist. MUST! lol.


You can contact us or email to azureforjanne@gmail.com if you wanna purchase it, we'll put in a good word for you ;) or you can purchase it yourself at Awakening Studio (Tmn Desa) which is run by SCTS's bassist. THEY ZE ISH YOES! LOL

We'll be back with more details and updates soon regarding our recording.

Till then, you guys have a great week and rock em' skinny jeans off the hood yoes.

Toodles!

-Jay.

Lets give them, HEEEELLLLLL!!

Holaaaa Holaaaa everyone!

Its been a long week for us. Last Thursday we had our set for Dong Tai Du's Music Reunion 6 alongside 3 awesome and talented bands. They were Colours of Sound, Silent Scenery and the very own one and only, Nao. It felt great to be performing alongside with them again. The crowd was there and it was one heck of a show. Owned.

After a practise session on Sunday it was off to Rock Hysteria night at Urbanattic KL on Tuesday alongside Seven.Eight Hertz. It was not the best performance we pulled off but yeah, we still had alot of fun. It was Sheila's, our very good friend's birthday and we sang a random horrible birthday song for her on stage with God-knows what lyrics, chords and progression haha. It was an awesome night =)

A personal thanks to Luna ;) for putting us in the line up, Gwen and Farah for putting up the time and wait to watch us, Tomas who came all the way from Bkt. Jalil and Joshua, Sheila, Sam and his gf, thanks for always being there ;), Fauzie!!Thanks for coming dude, School mates and college mates, Bryan's Dad & Mom (YOU GUYS ROCKKKKKKKK!!!) and of course the girlfriends <3, Tangelene and Rina Revina for always being there and the support. Of course, thanks to all, everyone who came on that night. We love you all regardless!

Meng and Jayson will be in the studios this weekend to lay down their guitar tracks. Well that's one more step before i hit the studios and lay down my vocals, it'll be almost finito after that!

We're all anxious and excited to listen to the final product.

Will update you guys soon with the progress.

Till then, rock em sox off the yo's!

Cheers & Toodles!

-Jay

Upcoming.

Holla boys & girls!!

We recorded our Bass layers for the EP yesterday and after 11 long ass hours we're done with the Bass layers!! Woots! Next up, we'll have our guitars and then to vocals and then its a wrap! Much love to our beloved Jeffrey Kumar & Keng for being so patient with us hahah.

Alright, we got 2 shows lined-up so far for the month of October, so do come and support us friends!!

Music Reunion 6

Venue: Urbanattic, Lot G-46 Cap Square Center, No.7 Persiaran Cap Square 50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date: October 15th 2009 (Tue)

Time: 9pm

Bands: AZUREFORJANNE, Silent Scenery, Mage & Colour of Sounds

Rock Hysteria

Venue: Urbanattic, Lot G-46 Cap Square Center, No.7 Persiaran Cap Square 50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date: October 20th 2009 (Thurs)

Time: 10pm

Bands: AZUREFORJANNE & Seven.Eight Hertz

We would love to see you guys there!! WE LOVE YOU ALLLL!!!

Toodles!

Thanks Hong!

Here are some pictures taken and edited by Gwen Yeoh ;)

Thanks Hong, you rock! ;D

Shut up & Put Your Mic Where Your Mouth Is.

We'll this week, we'll anticipate Chris's (Bass) turn to enter the studio and lay down his Bass tracks. We haven't receive our drum layers yet but its all goooodddd ;) we know Bryan boy did well.

Meanwhile, our new pictures are up on our Facebook & also Myspace page. If you guys didnt add us yet, DO ADD US NOW!! lol.

Here are some new merch designs i did over the weekend for our future tee and other whatnots merches.

and oh, with MPC, EFFECT PEDALS & KEYBOARDS, TRANCECORE'S THE ISH YO!!! AWESOME STUFF!!

Hahah, have a great day people. Toodles.

-Jay.

We'd kiss it! We'd kiss it!

Holaa People!!

Sorry for the absence but it's been a rockin' weekend and we didnt know where to stop!

First off, Bryan layed down all his drum tracks and finally its done recorded. It took him 2 days off " Bodoh. kimak's and noob la" to finish recording it. Lol, but hey, its all good, and its awesome.

Will now wait for the track to be roughly mixed, then Chris (bass) would go in for his layers and that should be sometime around this week.

Moving on, we had a small random photohoot on Monday evening with Ms Gwen Yeoh and Ms Angelene Tang. It was a random, Myspace whore poses, no poses and a straight fun shoot.

After the shoot, we were off to Klang for Bak Kut Teh and the off from Klang to Tmn Desa for jamming. Tiredness knew a new friend on that day, he was called " Bryan-snoring-like-he-was-powered-by-Dolby-SRS-on-the-studio-couch ". Damn that was disturbing hahah.

Okay, more pictures will be up once we get it ;)

Well anyways, we owned the weekend, pre-weekdays. Rawrr.

Tah People!

-Jay

Things we do, when we're SOBER.

We we're sober and these are the proofs.

Meet Christina Lim. She's sexayy and she plays the bass. Oh she rocks Ed Hardy's and also skinnies from Topman. Anyone interested?

p/s: She's a WOW addict!

"How how?"

SanJay: " Kanneh power stand also you dont know how to do ah?! "

Look at those curves!

topless and chatting bout the next top model approach.

nip slip.

ala paparazzi.

Christian Dior found their new summer model. A chinky one.

aww. choo cute.

On a lighter note, recording begins & commences tommorow! Will update you guys very soon =)

Till then, woots & toodles!

And So We Became Studio Virgins.

And so it was on Monday, we finally, did something productive lol. We recorded guide tracks for Bryan to follow since he'll be the first to go in and record his drum layers. All hail the drummer!

We went in around 12pm and came out around 8pm but it felt like we were in there for days plus the uber freezing temperature. The process was super slow even for the recording of guide tracks just imagine for the real recording, oh-em-geez lol. Well, overall it was alright, we managed to record 5 tracks and we'll be hitting the studios again sometime around next weekend to record the drums.

Oh also, we got 2 awesome producers which i personally think we're lucky to have. They've guided us through so much and the amount of advises is priceless. This a personal note from AFJ, Thanks to Keng (Seven Collar T-Shirt) and Jeff (Army of Three) for everything so far and more thanks for everything else to come lol! We really appreciate it ;)

So yeah, recording's commencing, there's tonnes to polish and learn up, metronome's ticking in our head day and night and as like what Jayson said " Shit weh, we're gonna pay money to get stressed. " Lol. True indeed. Studio virgins we are... NO MORE wohooooooo!!!

We'll update you guys soon and pictures will be up! Toodles!

-Jay.

Rest In Piece.

Well, just merely 4 days back, we lost another infamous icon in the music industry. DJ AM or also known as "Adam Micheal Goldstein" which is his real name, passed on on 28th Aug 2009 due to accidental drug overdose.

Adam Micheal Goldstein aka DJ AM

Travis Barker/DJ AM - Fix Your Face

He was found dead at his New York City apartment around 5:20pm (NY Time) lying on his apartment floor. Not long ago, DJ AM survived a plane crash with Travis Barker (+44, Blink 182) upon take off in South Carolina which killed 2 of the plane crew members. DJ AM is also known for his contribution & collaborations with Travis Barker, he's also a member of the rock band Crazytown, he also scratched on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, Will Smith, Shifty & played the sets for Jay-Z's gigs. Overall, his former fiancee was Nicole Richie, yes THE Nicole Richie. He's also the co-owner of the famous club LAX. Well, RIP DJ AM. Your contributions and music will live on with us.

We'll first we went through the phase of Heath Ledger (Damn man, who can pull off playing "The Joker" like he did in Batman? Who can ever? We'll Johnny Depp might come close but then, Ledger's play, it was classic & priceless. It still gives me shivers down my spine everytime i hear the line "Why so serious?!") ,which i still haven't recover from yet.

"The Joker" in The Dark Knight

Heath Andrew Ledger

The Joker in The Dark Knight.

Heath was a uber performer, an actor with a class of his own and honestly, no one can ever replace his characters he played in every single movie he starred in.

Then there's Bernie Mac's death, like ftw, how many awesome people can we afford to lose in such a short period of time?

Bernie Mac aka Bernard Jeffrey McCollough

Bernie Mac in " The Player's Club "

Bernie Mac was a comedian like no other, a mainstream comedian with fresh and witty lines which will crack you up in any given day.

We'll Farah Fawcett passed on too recently but it wasn't really an impact to we younger generations cause she was an old-timer (If you want, you can see her in the old super first Charlie's Angels series or movie, i think somewhere in the 70's or 80's while she was still super uber hot with that awesome hairstyle lol) so yeah, nevermind that but well, Fawcett, RIP too.

Moving on, not even days after Fawcett's death, the greatest Legend, The King of Pop, the dude who invented the "Moonwalk", the dude who gave us the incomparable "Thriller" video and the dude who went from black to white but fuck who cares, the late Micheal Jackson passed on.

Micheal Joseph Jackson

Damn this is too much to handle in such a short period of time! Jacko Wacko might had his moments, ups and downs but fuck, honestly i didn't pay any mind to those shit people claimed he did cause i know Jacko, he ain't a paedophile nor gay, he just love kids and he's too shy or busy to get laid. Micheal, your music and the awe of your every performance will live on with us forever. Micheal was a huge part of our lives directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, he's one of the reason of who we are today and what we listen on the radio. Without Micheal, music would just be, uhmm still living in the Yoko Ono roots. Dayumn that'd be a sore.

Micheal Jackson with Slash

We'll guys, we've witness alot of causalities and deaths between 2007-2009. We mourn, cry, fill ourselves with emoness and we eventually move on, but somehow or rather we'll still feel the great lost of these great Icons everyday as we come across similarities that will make us ponder upon their resemblance when they lived. RIP to all those we have lost, family, friends, neighbours, role-models and everyone else who has passed on.

Toodles people.

The Doodles, Re-d00dz.

Here's some designs for AFJ. We hope it'll be on merch & t-shirts soon. Enjoy.

for more designs, head to http://visualarkitekts.deviantart.com/

Toodles now!

-Jay.

New Look, New Insights, New Scandals!

Wohooo People!!

Firstly, its been a progressive week for us cause we've been in the studio for numerous hours, sometimes till the wee hours in the morning working on our songs for our upcoming EP. So far, the progress been great, and our songs are pretty much fine-tuned and we can comfortly say we're almost 70% done, so a few more sessions, we'll be uffin' recording!

Merdeka's this weekend. Well a friend of ours from the band Mona Lisa's Cry from Penang would be performing for this huge event in Penang (Claimed to be the biggest Merdeka celebration event in M'sia) along side with Hui Se De Dai, Kelyvn Yeang and many other local acts, which is also gonna be their last performance cause both the Guitarists, Aaron & Andrew are leaving to UK to further their studies.

Awww its a sad thing but hey, whatever it is, RAWWWKKK PEEEEENANG FOR ONE LAST TIMEEEEE!!! All the effin' best to both of them, hopefully we'll get to see them play again =D

Now moving on, Baybeats this weekend too. I think Bryan might be going with his girlfriend. Damn i wanna go but i left my passport back in Penang. Dayummmnnnnn! We'll best of luck to all the bands performing there, especially Love Me Butch & Silent Scenary!

DAYUMMM AGAIN ANBERLIN IS PLAYING ARGHHHH!!

Lastly, i would like to take this chance to thank whoever's reading this to actually spare your time to read this sad but not-so-sad post. Seriously to the people out there who supports us, the people in Facebook, Myspace, Reverbnation, our friends & family here there everywhere, omigosh, you guys are awesome!!! ;) And we love all you guys & girls to bits bits bits! lol.

We promise you, with our upcoming EP & merch on the way, we will not disappoint you.

We'll i guess it'll be pre-pro on Monday and we'll update you on our progress soon.

Till then, TOODLES PEOPLE!! Have a great weekend ;D

-Jay.

The Test Post.

Hellooooo Peopleeeeee!! WE ARE IS AZUREFORJANNE!! We're a Post-Hardcore/Screamo/Experimental band consisting of SanJay (Vocals;Throat), Meng (Lead Guitars), Jayson (Rhythm Guitars), Chris (Bass) & Bryan (Drums).

This is, our very first offical blog and blog post! Homaigods this is orgasmic lol.
So anyways we'll update you with all of our music, upcoming shows, progress, news, scandals and whatnots pretty-sexy soon right here!

For those who has Myspace & Facebook, do add us up.
http://www.myspace.com/azureforjanne

for Facebook users, just go to the search column for Facebook on the far left of your page & type "AZUREFORJANNE" and add us!

We appreciate the support & love from you guys & ladies!

I'll be back here soon with more inside scoops and feeds.

Till then, TOODLES PEOPLE!

Jay.