Zaw Win Htut

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Zaw Win Htut (born January 21, 1964) is a famous Burmese rock, country, and blues singer with his band, Emperor. Currently demonstrating in music recording and studio performance, Zaw Win Htut turned up the rock music history in Burma into Western culture music.

Zaw Win Htut
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Background information
Birth name Nyi Htut
Born January 21, 1964 (age 43)
Origin Yangon, Myanmar
Genre(s) Rock,
Blues
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Vocals,
Guitar,
Drum
Years active 1980 - present
Label(s) EMG,
Master Recording
Associated acts Emperor,
Lazy Club
Website Zawinhtut.com

Contents

[edit] Biography

Zaw Win Htut was born into a family, whose father was a doctor and grandfather (Shwe Taing Nyunt) was a national hero of Burma in the history. His mother, Htar was a folk singer. [1] As matured, he has been nicknamed as Ko Nyi Htut. Nyi Htut was brought up by his father's supportive of rock music and playing guitar. He is a follower of the Eagles (music), Rod Steward, and the Beatles. Zaw Win Htut likes American cowboy style, but his son Ei Toe is a modern alternative singer with fewer known by audiences. His daughter, Chan Chan is not the follower, but become known for the sponsor of some many charity events.

Nyi Htut gained popularity after Burmese pop singer Khin Maung Toe regarded him as a spring chicken in Burmese entertainment arena during the 1970s. Zaw Win Htut and his famous band, Emperor was formed in the 80s with five members, Zaw Myo Htut (his brother and lead guitar), Kyin Kham Phone (bass), Wai Tun (drummer), Maung Maung Lwin (keyboard), John O' Hara (acoustic). His famous script writer are Thukhamain Hlaing, Minn Chit Thu, Win Min Htwe, Saw Khu Sae. Nyi Htut himself also writes some songs. His third album produced in the 80s was a hit by Burmese youths. Zaw Win Htut and his band, Emperor, brought into live gigs during the 90s after the transitional period, 8888 Uprising and Burmese capital and other cities were rock down with western music culture.

By early 2000, he also introduced Blue as a transformation and new introduction.

Zaw Win Htut has a love for and is a supporter of other forms of art. One of his dreams is to live in a house full of beautiful paintings. He has a collection of about 100 paintings by famous artists and others who are not so well-known.[2]

[edit] Criticism

Although his rock album hits the Burmese hearts, most of his albums in 1980s were copied tunes from Aerosmith, DIO, Judas Priest and some other metal artists except the lyrics are in Burmese because in the 80s people in Burmese people didn't like own tune as copied tunes. That critic issue became large by the late 90s and finally he decided to turn into own tune music singer. His first own tune album was Say Soe Pan Yan Myat Nhar (Colorful Face). Moreover, he received a negative feedback when his album, named Mahar, was produced by a propagandist writer Mya Than San. His supporters were in doubt that if he was under repressive military regime of Burma. But he reclaimed that it was a matter of business and his grant-father was a member of national hero, who wrote the song “If the country is strong, then the people will be strong.” and it is still plays at some military functions in Burma. During the 1990s he was under pressure that his rock style culture was controlled. His long hair was not allowed in stage, so it was cut short. He's an American car lover especially Chevrolet, he had a Chevy Astro, Chevy Impala, Chevy Caprice, Cadillac, Malibu and many more. He had another sibling he's a guitarist in the band "Zaw Myo Htut". He have a wife "May Khine Own" and 2 children "Eto" and "Tara". His family had 8 music generations.

All the songs in the album Say Soe Pan Yan Myat Nhar (Colorful Face) were actually copied tunes, and the album itself was a reversion of original (in Burmese) singer Min Min Latt in early modern music era in Burma. Most well-known original English songs in the album included Come Together, Beautiful Sunday, Black Magic Woman, Have You Ever Seen the Rain etc..

[edit] Politics

"Though their profession calls for them to strut onstage like rebels, Burma's rockers can only mime the anti-establishment part. Zaw Win Htut works in the sanitized vacuum of a country run by military rulers who view him automatically as a threat, a potential subversive, because he holds a microphone. Burma's cultural input is zealously monitored and artistic expression heavily censored."[3]

"As one of Burma's biggest rock stars, Zaw Win Htut faces constant government scrutiny of his lyrics, album covers and music videos, but some of his biggest clashes concerned the length of his hair." [4]

[edit] The Band

The band name is "EMPEROR" his band consist of 4 players, 2 of them were replaced with new players. The former drummer "Wai Tun" quit the band to continue on his studio (Nawaratt Studio) and another player is "Bo Kyin" replaced with "Bo Myint" because of drug addiction.

  • Vocals - "Zaw Win Htut" ေဇာ္၀င္းထြဋ္
  • Guitar - "Zaw Myo Htut" ေဇာ္မ်ိဳးထြဋ္
  • Rhythm - "John Ohara"
  • Bass - "Bo Myint" ဘိုျမင့္
  • Keyboard - "Mg Mg Lwin" ေမာင္ေမာင္လြင္
  • Drum - "Ye Linn" စိန္ရဲလင္း

[edit] Discography

[edit] Single Albums

  • Mercury Nya (Mercury Night)
  • Achit Swan In (Love Power)
  • Kyae Dagun (Comet)
  • Rock Tasay (Evil of Rock)
  • Shin Than Chin (Surviving) (1986)
  • Shin Than Chin 2 (Surviving 2) (1989)
  • Yarzawin (History) (1991)
  • Nayar Thit (New Place) (1993)
  • Kayee Twar Migo Dan Myar (Travelling Smoke ranges) (1994)
  • Say Soe Pan Yite Myat Nhar (Face) (1995)
  • Mahar (Huge, Greatness) (1995)
  • Gypsy Moe Tain (Gypsy Cloud) (1996)
  • Say Baung Kha Dae Nya (Angel Night) (1997)

- Pyay Lann Yae Asone (End of the Runway) - Ma Nat Phyan Yae Lann Myar (Tomorrow's Road) - Say Baung Kha Dae Nya 1 - Thet Tu Yae Amyit Aphyar (Root of Metal) - Brother John's Short Visit - Ngwal Kyi Zan (Silver Bullet) - Say Baung Kha Dae Nya 2 - Achit Sat Apyat Gyi (Broken Love Machine) - Lu Mhar (Wrong Person) - Rock n' Roll Bawa (Rock n' Roll Life) - Achit Yae Asone Athet (Ended Love) - Ta Mu Thar (1 Cent Higher)

  • Achit Myar Thu Si Mhar (Loves are in her) (1998)
  • Amone Myo Yae Away Mhar (Blues for You) (2000)
  • Pya Tike Tae Ka Nay/ Nya (Day and Night from the Museum) (2002)
  • Myaw Lint Chin Ka Yee Tha Myar
  • Myaw Lint Chin Kan Chay (Hopeful Beach) (2005)
  • Shin Than Chin Anhit 20 (Surviving 20 years) (2006)

[edit] Compilations Albums

  • Hlyet Sit Moe Kaung Kin (Lightning Cloud) (1989)
  • Hlyet Sit Moe Kaung Kin 2 (Lightning Cloud 2) (1991)
  • Rock 'N Roll Thingyan (1994)
  • Wut Kyway (Sins) (1997)
  • Kyaw Naw Doe Guita Yat Wun Mhar (In our guitar environment) (2006)

[edit] Couple Albums

  • Achain Dine Nay Yar Dine (Anytime, Anywhere)
  • Big V
  • City FM Thu Kit Koe Kit (Their Time, Our Time)
  • Nayt Thit Tway Htel Mhar (In the New Day)
  • Thone Yar Thi Chit Thu (Lover for 3 Seasons)
  • Zaw Win Htut Gaung Zin Tha Chinn Myar (Album Titled Songs)

[edit] New Album

Tasay Lan (Ghost Lane) will release soon.

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ The Myanmar Times: Everything old was new again for Myanmar classical music concert By Khin Nyein Aye Than - February 7 - 13, 2005
  2. ^ The Myanmar Times: Myanmar rock icon, Zaw Win Htut, lives his artistic dream By Moe Moe Oo - May 9 - 15, 2005
  3. ^ TIME: Hard Rock By Phil Zabriskie Taunggyi - May 06, 2002
  4. ^ the International Herald Tribune: A Gadfly, With or Without Hair By Thomas Crampton - July 28, 2001

[edit] See also