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Ethnic Transmissions
Ethnic Transmissions (ET) is a pop/alternative Iban rock band formed in 2004 in Kuching, Sarawak East Malaysia (Borneo) by Macmillan Jua Lungan (vocals & guitars), Dennis Jonathan Fraude (bass), Daniel Ading (lead guitars), David Barieng Jacques (drums) and Susanna Sinda Juan (keyboards).
The Beginning
In 2003, Dennis, Daniel (they were band mates in Sibu where they grew up) and Mac were in a nu-metal band called Pike when during one of their jams, experimented with an alternative sounding song that Mac wrote in Iban called ‘Ngarap’. Due to the fact that most Iban songs at the time were either joget or dangdut, they just wanted to hear how the language would sound like sung in a completely different style. To their amazement, it sounded good. Pike went on as it did until the band disbanded when their drummer moved to KL.
Somewhere in 2004 Mac was approached by a local production company with the offer to act in an Iban telemovie called Lagu Sayau. Not only was he to act, he was also asked to compose a song that became the soundtrack for the movie. Mac took up the offer and the song ‘Engka’ came to be. He then asked Su to help him play the keyboards for the production of the song along with Dennis and Daniel, and he also got David who played for a band called Afterglow to help with the drums. Ethnic Transmissions was born. Soon after, 2 more songs and an acoustic version of ‘Engka’ were later recorded and packaged into the band’s debut album entitled ‘Engka’ and released under their self-owned record label Fish*Farm Records.
The Band
Ethnic Transmissions’ music style would be best described as pop/alternative rock, citing music influences for their debut album by bands like Gin Blossoms, Def Leppard, Vertical Horizons, Mew, Cinnamon and The Get Up Kids.
Currently the band is writing new material for their second album scheduled for the end of 2008.
Their main aim is to trigger a music evolution/revolution that will help create a new direction in the Iban/Sarawakian music industry which will appeal to a new generation of listeners away from the predominantly ‘joget/dangdut’ Iban/Sarawakian music scene, apart from stirring up a new breed of Iban/Sarawakian musicians, producers, designers, video directors, record label etc. There is an industry to be had here, let’s make it grow.
Check out ET website Click here
The Beginning
In 2003, Dennis, Daniel (they were band mates in Sibu where they grew up) and Mac were in a nu-metal band called Pike when during one of their jams, experimented with an alternative sounding song that Mac wrote in Iban called ‘Ngarap’. Due to the fact that most Iban songs at the time were either joget or dangdut, they just wanted to hear how the language would sound like sung in a completely different style. To their amazement, it sounded good. Pike went on as it did until the band disbanded when their drummer moved to KL.
Somewhere in 2004 Mac was approached by a local production company with the offer to act in an Iban telemovie called Lagu Sayau. Not only was he to act, he was also asked to compose a song that became the soundtrack for the movie. Mac took up the offer and the song ‘Engka’ came to be. He then asked Su to help him play the keyboards for the production of the song along with Dennis and Daniel, and he also got David who played for a band called Afterglow to help with the drums. Ethnic Transmissions was born. Soon after, 2 more songs and an acoustic version of ‘Engka’ were later recorded and packaged into the band’s debut album entitled ‘Engka’ and released under their self-owned record label Fish*Farm Records.
The Band
Ethnic Transmissions’ music style would be best described as pop/alternative rock, citing music influences for their debut album by bands like Gin Blossoms, Def Leppard, Vertical Horizons, Mew, Cinnamon and The Get Up Kids.
Currently the band is writing new material for their second album scheduled for the end of 2008.
Their main aim is to trigger a music evolution/revolution that will help create a new direction in the Iban/Sarawakian music industry which will appeal to a new generation of listeners away from the predominantly ‘joget/dangdut’ Iban/Sarawakian music scene, apart from stirring up a new breed of Iban/Sarawakian musicians, producers, designers, video directors, record label etc. There is an industry to be had here, let’s make it grow.
Check out ET website Click here
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