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Dragon Red
which was the mastermind of Landslyde, of the
former Poetic Ammo fame, started out at the end
of 2001 with the guitarist Amil Khan and the
vocalist Adam Lobo and subsequently to
evolutionary changes in the composition,
currently features Manshaan Singh on the drums
and DJ Nas T on the decks. The name Dragon Red
was chosen because according to Chinese
scripture, the dragon represents strength and
courage and the color red represents power and
passion which are the elements needed to succeed
in the local music industry. The Band's logo was
obtained from a Balinese carving of a sea
dragon.
The Band started out playing both the
underground and commercial scenes where they
managed to land some high profile gigs which
included the Asian X-Games tour as well as the
ESPNSTAR KL XTOUR and the Peter Stuyvesant
Breakaway Party. But staying through to their
roots, the majority of their gigs reflect in the
underground scenes where the Band was promoted
and publicized in the local underground scene by
local gig organizers and more notably FYI
Entertainment which not only organizes the
majority of gigs in the local underground
circuit but also became close friends with
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The next break of good fortune came in 2003 when
Dragon Red
was offered an endorsement deal by an
apparel conglomerate whereby they toured with
them all across the nation (Malacca, Penang, Johor Bahru
and Sarawak) in commemoration with its
annual Streetball Challenge. It was here that
Dragon Red
started making a name for themselves
outside the Klang Valley Area and a slew of gigs
started coming their way.
Slowly, the idea of
releasing a single materialized and at the end
of 2003, they together with Nick Lee of Sonique
Productions (who at that time was an unknown
Producer in the local scene) came out with the
Band's first Single which consisted of their
first hit Fade Away and a Malay track “Terpedaya”.
In 2004,
Dragon Red
started to attract media
frenzy where they were being covered by the
local papers such as NSTP and the Star as well
as local magazines like Dragon magazine, KLUE
and ROTTW. They also debuted on national TV with
8TV on its home produced late night show Latte @
8. They were also featured in RTM's Rentak Juara
where they managed to get to the SMS round. In
the month of May,
Dragon Red's
hit single “Fade Away” managed to stay at number
1 slot on the Hitz.FM English top 10 for one
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Still going strong
gigging the local underground and commercial
scenes, the Band decided to also start recording
their first album together with Nick Lee of Sonique Productions.
It was at this time that Pan Global Insurance
Berhad came out with Music Canteen and Dragon
Red became Music Canteen's artist and together
with Sychrosound Studio recorded “Rudolf Red”
which was featured in Music Canteen's “It's a
Music Canteen Christmas Album”. They also
recorded their first music video which was
Rudolf Red in collaboration with Hitz.TV. They
then finally performed their biggest gig yet in
front of 20,000 people at Stadium Merdeka in
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In 2005
Dragon Red
spent the majority of the year in the studio to
focus on recording and finishing the first
Album. It was in the first quarter of this year
that the Band was nominated for two Awards, Best
Rock and Best New Act in Hitz.FM's MET 10
Awards. The Band then started doing more shows
with Music Canteen and started touring the
nation again together with them.
They were also
voted to perform in Hitz.TV's Amplified via SMS
where they played an entire set of 12 songs.
Towards the end of the year, the band also
performed for 8TV's Homegrown and also headlined
the HITZ.TV's Street Party at Berjaya Times
Square.
Finally the Album “Holocaust” was
launched in the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre
fully sponsored by Pan Global Insurance Berhad
and simultaneously the first Single of the new
Album “Childs Play” was released.
In 2006, the Band focused all their efforts in
promoting their self released album and garnered
good response from the public as well as the
local recording labels and with a stroke of good
luck, managed to land a distribution deal with a
major distribution company called Universal
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The Band also toured across the nation again (
Penang , Kuantan, Johor and KL) together
with the Sepang F1 Roadshow. The Band also
released their second music video “Childs Play”
which hit the number 1 spot and constantly on
the HITZ.TV's playlist. Their first single
mentioned above which included the Malay song
“Kehendak Naluri” debuted at number 4 and soon
reached the number 2 spot on X-Fresh FM's carta
jom dengar.
Dragon Red
has already performs live shows regulary so far
which is further proof of the stage credibility
of the Band. |
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Musical Concept
In terms of the Band’s musical
concept,
Dragon Red incorporates elements of rock, hip hop, punk,
funk and fusion into their music styles but the
Band is basically categorized as a rap-rock
outfit.
In terms of the music writing
process, music arrangement input comes from all
six individual members of the Band with
different elements of the affiliation of the
same genre of music which is closest to
“Nu-Metal” but on the overall the Band loves to
name its genre “Dragon Music” instead.
Dragon Red
is
also influenced by bands such as “Sevendust”, “A
Perfect Circle”, “Creed”, “Linkin Park”, “Korn”,
“Incubus” and “Limp Bizkit” under the rock
interest. The Band also maintains a spirit of
camaraderie with local bands such as “Pop Shuvit”,
“Disagree”, “Deja Vodoo Spells”, “One Buck
Short” and “Tempered Mental”.
The Band believes
that its music, best represents the Band and
nothing beats the live experience that Dragon
Red offers to the general public as the onstage
chemistry and the energy levels they generate
when it comes to live shows are extremely
entertaining and most of the time can induce
crowd moshing and body surfing. |
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