Friday, May 30

Hi!

Here is a new update for Keishi's upcoming spin dates:

21 June for Sessions @ Phuture, Zouk
27 June for Philes of Sounds SO2 @ Union Square, Amara Hotel [FREE ENTRY EVENT]
1 July for Fluid @ Tunnel
22 August for Fluid @ Tunnel
3 October for Fluid @ Tunnel
24 November (Public Holiday Eve) for Fluid @ Tunnel

= )

Thursday, May 29

Just to inform you of some nice updates that I have, or rather some shameless self promo ...

Of late, I will be represented by Substance Management for gigs in Malaysia, and will continually by GarageSaleShop and Groove Genetics in Singapore.

For Substance Mgt, thwir website was just up last week. It's not totally up yet, but it's nice to see me name up there with so many international artists. =)
Check it out under http://www.substancemgmt.com

For Groove Genetics (http://groovegenetics.blogspot.com), I have just released a CD with them (well it's just a promo sort of thing, but apparantly my release will kick off a string of others called Blueprint.) God knows why about the title, but as always, Yukun is doing a fantastic job promoting it out at the moment. Seems he likes my CD, so I am glad my music is being appreciated by one of my heros.

Interestingly enough, I must admit this is the CD which I have spent the LEAST time on (among all I have done in the past few years) - I think I just recorded it at one go, and everything seemed to flow really well, like roughly how I would plan my set in a club environment given only 80 mins to play around with. So, I hope that means my music is finally going somewhere.

Here is the tracklisting - if you want a copy, pls pls contact me, and I ll send one to you. Appreciate your support very much. You can also choose to listen online here http://www.live365.com/stations/297589. Pardon me, but I havent figured out how to use that one yet.

Blueprint Vol.1
[compiled and mixed by keishi]


JUSTIN O' BRIEN & JONATHAN Levitate (Momu Remix)
STARKID Crayons (Smight Lillie Mix)
SASHA Motorola
HERNAN CATTANEO Satellite
FUSION Resistance (Steve Porter Remix)
FILTA Anaconda
SUNSCREEM Perfect Motion (Way Out West Remix)
DISTANCE & DACORA Vertical (Hed Static's Horizon)
SPACE MANOEURVES Stage One (Chris Lake Saga Mix)
LUKE CHABLE Sealer's Cove
OXYGEN Am I On Your Mind (Dino Ramirez Mix)

"Keishi, undoubtedly one of the better young DJs to emerge locally the past years, continues to display his knack for fresh and cutting-edge sound. With this release, he takes a further growth in his development as a DJ. Much effort in the programming and selection is evident as he brings together some absolutely amazing tracks, resulting in a set that had me glued from start till end." Yukun, G2 Singapore / Label Manager Avex Trax

"Your mix is the bomb!!!! Have been listening to it the WHOLE FUCKING DAY!!!!!" Rob Szepesi, Director, Xpander.nl

Thanx for the encouraging words!

Cheers.




Wednesday, May 28

Hi once again!

It's a boring Wed afternoon, and i am utterly depressed at work, but that's besides the point. So let me try to keep this blogspot within the scope of music. :)

Anyway, I am a great fan of James Holden, and am looking foward greatly to his gig at Zouk in the next month or so. He has a new single out called Clouds in the Sky, and it must surely be another one of those tunes full of pixie trance elements, and filtered basslines, with a driving groove attached. Maybe he's the next target for a GSS supper? = P

I also do run this site called garagesaleshop if you do not know by now, and i started this site because of my love for progressive house music, and now it's more like a one stop sort of news, reviews, interviews plus occasional event management agency. It's all fun ... i think in a sense our whole crew is still keeping it real - and at least we dun take things to seriously, because I am sure if we do, there wouldnt be any competition. But the truth is ... there is, and I appluad greatly at what they are doing at the moment.

Some really nice ideas comin out at the back of my head - I tend to draw insipiration from people and situations around me, so you might be my next insipration.

In a sense, GSS is about not about being high profile or like that, but at the end of day, we have to at least make sure we pay our bills for making people's lives easier to lead during the weekends.

So, if you are keen to help us out in any way possible, pls do contact me directly. Dun worry - I wun ask you to clear the thrash in my room.

This sat looks like a massive local lineup everywhere at Zouk, Phuture, Centro and even Embassy, so do support your local djs.

Once I figure out how to actually do a nice blogsite, I will put up stuff like bio, pictures, links, downloads maybe .. etc.

Till the next ...

Monday, May 26

Here are my up and coming spin dates. Do drop me a line if you are interested to come!

21 June for Sessions @ Phuture, Zouk
1 July for Fluid @ Tunnel
22 August for Fluid @ Tunnel
3 October for Fluid @ Tunnel
24 November (Public Holiday Eve) for Fluid @ Tunnel

More dates to be added as and when they come. = )

Thanx for the opportunity to perform - Come and you will be entertained! =]

Keishi
One weekend has passed yet again .. after so many days of waiting during the weekdays.

Last Friday, I had a really weird night out at Madam Wong's though. They play that sort of thrash which makes you dance, and then the next moment, they can turn down the volume so much your toes can hardly hear them down there. Retro, R & B, Hip Hop everything .. what a mess ... but it was Jarick's birthday, and we accompanied him to drink ( that means he paid), so before soon I was feeling really 'happy', mainly because I did not eat a good meal before. *excuses*

Was with new girl Yvonne (from the office) most of the time - not new anymore by now huh.. almost 1 month already I think, and we had almost good fun dodging in between toilets and drains making ourselves feel better .. ummm ... well it's not what it seems but in the end, I sent her home (amazingly enough), and managed to get to my bed safely after having a good puke by the drains.

Saturday was even more excellent! After work which was a daze as usual, I msg-ed Yvonne and asked her out for Centro that night as my top 3 dj heros Dutchman Lucien Foort was spinning! Woo .. it turns out she had a bad experience at Centro once so she's avoiding the place like the plague apparantly.

Oh well ...

But the GarageSaleShop Team managed to meet up with Lucien for an exclusive interview and he was so so nice. Check out this website at www.lucienfoort.com if you have the time.

He played an splendid gig, but not too many people were there, but all the same - we had incredible fun. Met some girls towards the late half of the night and before long, they ended up being totally thrashed on the sofas. Even had to help carry/stagger one out ... I guess all of us had that experience before, so nothing to be embarressed about. Haha!

Out of 3 girls, I only remembered one name - Angelina. So > if anyone of you do read this somewhere sometime in the next 50 years, so pls do write to me.

Anyway, went for supper with Lucien after with the crew ( Su Ling of Flying Frogs, Michel of Centro, DJ Small, and the rest of the GSS crew), and how often do you have supper with Lucien Foort?! So I guess this made my weekend worth it!

As usual, very Dutch biased .... Hahaha ...

Keishi




A lot of thoughts running through my mind these few days.

Saturday, May 24

Hi there!

This is my first post on Blogger, and I thought it will be cool to share with you what I am up to, just like 10 million people around the world doing almost the same thing.

So what so different about Keishi?

Have been a Dj for 3 years plus already, and recently have been playing some nice gigs here and there, so I thought it will be nice to let you know what I am up to, plus what's happening.

I hold a trading day job currently. It's alright for now, but am thinking of pursueing a career in the entertainment industry. If you think I am up for it, and like my stuff, maybe you can recommend me to the right people for a nice job at the clubs, labels etc

Let me see what I can post up very soon.

= ) Keishi