The Halo Salo Together Pinoy Party organized by the band Gone Wild was a great success. It was held at the band's home venue Enigma over at Sea World in Shekou, Shenzhen. The Banned, a group of artists and architects who bonded together with the sole purpose of providing musical mayhem and fun was the event's main feature. They tore the house apart with their hilarious antics one number after another. It was also the birthday of one of The Banned's guitar player, Neus, who is an architect by day and a who knows what by night. A well loved person in Shekou's community (well, sometimes), his birthday was well greeted and celebrated by friends and family in Shenzhen and the Philippines. Filipino food which everyone loved was prepared by Jay, Peri, Ruel , Ate Vangie, Rog and Richard for Neus' birthday food treat. Members of Harmony, Mind The Gap, T.A.S., Kaktooz and Bamboo Jedi graced the stage to join in the fun. During breaks from live musical performances, Enigma featured two gorgeous jaw-dropping pole dancers who delivered a great show. The event was well attended by Filipinos and other nationals as well. Pictures courtesy of PAC photographers to follow soon. |
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After a couple of weeks break from their regular stint at Mc Cawley's Futian, Harmony, arguably Shenzhen's best acoustic band power trio is back from a well deserved vacation. Harmony is made up of Alvin on guitars, Malou the band leader and vocalist and Eejay, the band's percussionist, vocalist and all around comic clown who also got married during their time in the Philippines. He also maintains airing of his We Chat radio channel Shenzhen Band Station under the name DJ Romantiko.
Also part of Planet Art Council, groups like Harmony is what makes Shenzhen's arts and music community truly unique and special.You can catch them live at Mc Cawley's Futian 5 days a week. They also host open mic sessions on Tuesdays.
Most of the bands, solo musicians and artists in Shenzhen has been in the city for several years and from time to time, new people come in to fill up an open slot or make way for new ones. To date, Planet Art Council takes note of 3 new players in Shenzhen in the line of live music performance. Peter of ESKIMO BEACH
Our first encounter with this talented guitar player-singer-composer was at The Village Bar Shekou one Friday evening when he went up on stage to jam and rocked the house down. Barely 3 months in Shenzhen coming in from Chicago, Peter's renditions of pop covers infused with a jazz-blues-funk grooves and fills are guaranteed crowd favorites. Peter performs at The Blu Bamboo Sea World in Shekou every Thursday night. Gerald or Jek of TERRACE ALL STARS Certainly worthy joining an all star cast of musicians in Shekou Shenzhen, Gerald or Jek as close friends call him is a popular figure in the Philippines. Belonging to a multi-awarded band I-Axe with a Platinum record in the Philippines, their hit song "Ako'y Sa Iyo" without doubt is one of the best love songs the Philippine music industry has to offer with almost every Filipino knowing the words to it. He shared the stage with Terrace All Stars or T.A.S. at the Terrace Bar for a month's performance and headed back to the Philippines to continue on some studio projects. Neypacs of KAKTOOZ After several months of playing the circuit with the help of guitar wizard Steve Jones of Lone Star from the UK, Kaktooz has finally finished the tedious process of documentations for their permanent guitar player named Neypacs. He is scheduled to arrive this coming Tuesday, June 25. Neypacs previously belonged to Fort Republic, another well known act in the northern part of the Philippines, Pampanga with extensive following. Kaktooz is lucky enough to have gotten hold of him and Fort Republic was very supportive. Neypacs is a singer-guitarist and songwriter as well with a clear vision of his goals in music and Kaktooz is looking forward to a long relationship and high energy performances. |