PESAWAT !! AIRPLANE ?

++ INTR0duction ++

Bunch of friends, hanging around for quite some time decided to form a band.

Formed in 2005, PESAWAT consists of Nizam Camel, Mann, Kudux and Jipie. Their music, which comes both in Malay and English, crafted with the influenced of Brit rock and a mixture of their own. “PESAWAT” which means aircraft, described their music as fast and loud. Their music sounds distinctive from the rest injected with energy, progressive and catchy tunes.

Dubbed as “Discovery of 2008” by MalayMail (Malaysia’s Top English Tabloid), PESAWAT has set the sky as their limit. Voted to play at KLUE Urbanscapes 2008 (the biggest art+music festival), PESAWAT has created a buzz handing more shows for them hereafter. Other notable shows includes HotFM Twisties Bingit Finale, Zoom in @ RTM, Converse Century Project, Konsert Kemanusiaan GAZA, Crossborders, Indie Youth Fest 2008 in conjuction with Electronic Sports World Cup 2008, XFM XGig Series, FlyFM Campurtchart Goes Live and Latte@8 (aired via 8TV). PESAWAT also was invited by Channel [V] as the guest artist to perform with Nidji for Channel [V] Amp Live Nidji showcase in KL in conjunction with the launch of the TV series Heroes Season 3. The showcase has led PESAWAT to be featured in Channel [V] AMP Around Asia, a ‘Rockumentary’ about Asian bands that was aired on Channel [V]. Other than that, PESAWAT was invited to play at HOTFM BiG JAM (the biggest concert ever participated by 30 Top Malaysian Artiste) in conjunction of HOTFM 3rd Anniversary. They have also involved in marking a history with XFM by playing live on air for XFM X-GiG Xtended featuring 30 top Indie acts. PESAWAT also have played at Sunburst KL 2009 alongside international acts like KORN and N.E.R.D. In conjunction of American Idol Finale Promo, PESAWAT was invited to perform to celebrate winners to watch American Idol Finale which was brought by Star TV.

Most recently, on the 26th of May 2009, PESAWAT has marked another achievement by launching their first music video on a real aircraft. The launching was brought by Channel [V] supported by Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia Airport Berhad and Astro. The launch was held on a Boeing 777. Apart from that, PESAWAT is nominated in the “Break Out (Best new Act)” category in the Shout Awards 2009 which will be aired live on 8TV this 17th July 2009.

With Mirage music video going to be aired sometime soon, PESAWAT has released another Malay track as their second single and an English track to follow suit as their third single. The songs are Rasional Emosional and Excuse Me. Currently PESAWAT is working on a full-length debut album and is due to be released in the second quarter of 2009.

PESAWAT first single, a Malay track entitled “Mirage” was released last October 2008. It has brought them to another level by championing local charts and captivating listeners’ heart. Mirage has reached the number 1 spot in HOTFM30 chart, XFM10 Chart, and FLYFM CampurChart. The song also occupied top 3 spot for other charts like SuriaFM30, EraFM prebiu and KLFM Top10. Mirage is currently having heavy rotation on local and foreign radio mainly XFM (103.0FM), Ria Singapura (89.7FM), HotFM (97.6FM) FlyFM (95.8FM), EraFM (103.3), KLFM (97.2) and SURIAFM (105.3) to name a few. Most recently, PESAWAT shift up the gear by releasing two new singles simultaneously which is currently now on the radio playlist. The songs are Rasional Emosional (Malay track) and Excuse Me (English track). Currently PESAWAT is working on a full-length debut album and is due for released in the end of 2009.