Deeper Than Purple with Khairil Yamin

“In the highway of Room354…”

The highway of Room354 is not a place plucked from the pages of sci-fi novels but is where Khairil Yamin was when I interviewed him. Oh yes, this young chap is the next person to come onboard the journey together with Rosli Mansor.

Having picked up the electric guitar over bass as a kid, Khairil started playing music with friends and subsequently formed a few bands. Newly solo, Kharil now finds himself on a brand new musical journey.

With a passion for music that can be matched against all the past interviewee’s experience combined, Rosli invited Khairil to join him and work together on the upcoming album. Khairil shared some interesting insights about Rosli as his mentor and what he feels about the instrumental journey.

Deeper Than Purple: Gavin Cardoza of Energy

You need a lot of guts to do this…you need guts and this guy’s got it.

- Gavin Cardoza

 

The fluid movement rippled across colours of white and ebony. Brows furrowed in concentration, his face broke out into an occasional smile or his concentration breaking when to discuss things.

That night within the walls of Studio 47, Gavin Cardoza (of local rock band Energy) played the keyboard for one of Rosli’s songs from his upcoming instrumental album.

Invited by Rosli upon the recommendation of producer and fellow Energy band member Keyjohan, Gavin’s fingers brought an extra touch to one of the most heartfelt songs written by Rosli.

Hear what Gavin has to say of the recording process and Rosli’s music.

Deeper Than Purple with Hamid of Black Dog Bone

After seeing Keyjohan and Azman working their magic behind the recording of Rosli’s upcoming album, don’t think that is it.  The invited guest musician coming on board this exciting project is someone who has played in some of the most prolific bands of the music scene for the past 30 years.

Hamid is a bassist of the legendary local band Black Dog Bone and sessions for another legendary and renowned local rock band Sweet Charity. A veteran to the music scene as both a musician and sessionist, Hamid brings his wealth of experience and hints of his magical touch to Rosli’s songs.

Working with Hamid, Rosli has nothing but praises.

I felt very honoured when he agreed to play some of the songs. He is a walking musical wizard on bass…plug and play and all the ideas flow. He made my songs alive with the depth of his tone and he blended so well with Keyjohan’s drumming and my melodies.

In this video, we get to see the infusion of his magic into Rosli’s songs and he reveals how it has been for him working with Rosli and the album.

Yamaha NTX900FM Nylon Series Demo

At the recent launch of the Yamaha NTX900FM Nylon series, Yamaha endorsee Rosli Mansor demonstrated and explained in details the features of the latest addition to the Yamaha guitars.

Aside from his usual humor and detailed explanation, together with his student Khairil Yamin on the Yamaha LLX36C, Rosli played entertaining and mesmerising acoustic versions of “Fields of Gold”, “Daughters”, “Isn’t She Lovely” and his popular instrumental song “Rescuing Rukia”.

Spreading out over the weekend, the event saw a good turn out and it was well-received.

 

“Fields of Gold”

 

“Daughters”,  ”Isn’t She Lovely”

 

“Rescuing Rukia”

Deeper Than Purple with Azman Nirwan

Just like different components are brought together to make or complete a product, so is the same in making a music album.

In the continuing series of Deeper Than Purple, we present bassist Azman Nirwan, the co-producer for Rosli’s upcoming second instrumental album. This is the second time that the both of them are working together and in the video Azman talks a bit about himself, how he got to know Rosli and started working together and his role and thoughts on the upcoming album.

The tunes of P. Ramlee came alive once more…

The air of reminsicence filled Vivocity on 26 July 2009 at 5pm, as the tunes of Malay icon P. Ramlee wafted to the aural senses of the people present.

There were smiles on the faces of the older generation, some even subconsciously tapping their feet or swaying their bodies to the tunes they listened to while growing up.

Even for those who might not be familiar with the songs, they lingered awhile and gazed upon the stage where Rosli revisited P. Ramlee’s tunes on his fretless neck (on the double-neck guitar). Accompanying him on acoustic guitar was Khairil Yamin, who had previously played with him at Rosli’s performance at Esplanade in May.

Rosli entertained the crowd with songs such as “Jerintan Batinku”, “Di Mana Kan Ku Cari Ganti”, “Jaggan Tinggal Daku”, “Bunyi Gitar” and “Aduh Sayang”. He ended the performance with his original and the crowd favourite “Rescuing Rukia”.

The video is now for viewing below:

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