Azmyl Yunor

Azmyl Yunor
Birth name Azmyl Yunor
Born 1977
Origin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genres Folk rock, lo-fi, experimental rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, writer
Years active 1997-present
Labels Rapidear , Troubadours
Associated acts Azmyl Yunor & the Sigarettes, Azmyl Yunor & Orkes Padu, The Maharajah Commission, Ben's Bitches, Furniture, Shanon Shah, Ciplak, ROARM, Thunder Coffee Club
Website http://www.azmylyunor.com

Azmyl Yunor (born 1977 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is an independent English and Malay language singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, academic and writer from Malaysia.[1][2] He is a journalist and filmmaker by training.[3]

His works have ranged from folk-country singer-songwriter styles to experimental guitar improvisations to punk and indie-noise rock, solo and with various bands he has founded and recorded with.[4][5] All of his solo recordings are released on his own Rapidear label (his earlier obscure cassette home recordings are out of print) and Troubadours.[1] A former street musician,[3][5] he is noted for his strong songwriting and lyrics, and laidback on-stage presence yet energetic live shows. He has also composed and collaborated for film, television, theatre, dance and spoken word/poetry productions.[4][6][7][8][9][10]

With the release of the country folk-flavored Tenets EP (2005 / produced by Azmyl Yunor & Ron Khoo) in 2005 to acclaim,[11][12][13] he garnered wider attention of the press and established himself as one of the main movers of the burgeoning Malaysian singer-songwriter scene along with the likes of Meor Aziddin Yusof, Pete Teo, Shanon Shah and Shelley Leong. He has also recorded and released lo-fi recordings under the name Thunder Coffee Club.[14] He was voted as one of KLue magazine's '20 Under 40 - Significant & Young Individuals or Collectives' along with the likes of Mawi, Daphne Iking, Tiara Jacquelina, and Amir Muhammad in 2006.[15] His bi-lingual album Warga (2010 / produced by Azmyl Yunor & Ariff Akhir) saw him launch a self-funded 20-month tour to promote it.[16] His latest album Wilayah (2012 / produced by Azmyl Yunor & Ron Khoo) was recorded with his touring band the Sigarettes.[17]

He is a co-founder and member of the Experimental Musicians and Artists Co-operative Malaysia (Emacm) and a co-founder of Troubadours Enterprise, organisers of the annual singer-songwriter festival KL Sing Song from 2005 to 2009.[1][4][5] He was also a guitarist for Damo Suzuki's Network in Malaysia for a performance together in 2010.[18] A musical named after one of his popular songs "Something I Wrote" (directed by Mark Teh, produced by the Five Arts Centre) based on his life and works was staged in August 2013, during which he also launched a retrospective cd Revenge of the Rabak: Selected Works from the Lo-fi Years 1997-2005 comprising selected songs from his lo-fi cassette releases and the Tenets EP in its entirety.[19]The Pedra Branca EP (2014 / produced by Ronnie Khoo, Azmyl Yunor, & Jeremy Lee), a split EP with Singaporean doom folk artist Hell Low, was released in April 2014 and they both toured Singapore and Peninsula Malaysia to promote the release.[20]

After the disbandment of Azmyl Yunor & the Sigarettes in August 2014, he began work on a new album called Was Was and formed Azmyl Yunor & Orkes Padu with collaborator/ producer and ex-Sigarettes drummer Raje.[21] The band released its debut single "Tanah air Ku" ("My Motherland") from the new album on Malaysia Day [22] and made its debut festival performance at Urbanscapes 2014.[23]

He lectures media and film studies at Sunway University.[16][24]

He has also performed as a duo with fellow singer-songwriter Shanon Shah.

Discography

Note: * cassette only releases

Filmography

Publication

Television

Appearances

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chris True (2008), "Azmyl Yunor", All Music Guide, retrieved 14 October 2010
  2. ↑ Xeni Jardin (17 October 2005), More on sociology of Malaysian Black Metal, retrieved 2010-10-20
  3. 1 2 Fahmi Fadzil (28 August 2005), "Rocking to stay true", The Star/Entertainment/Music/News & Feature (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2010-10-15
  4. 1 2 3 Zack Yusof (8 December 2006), "Rocking good time", The Star/Entertainment/Music/News & Feature (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2010-10-14
  5. 1 2 3 Nick Choo (24 September 2009), "Sharing a common thread", The Nutgraph (Petaling Jaya: The Nutgraph), retrieved 2010-10-15
  6. ↑ "15Malaysia", TimeOutKL/Film & TV (Kuala Lumpur), 17 August 2009, retrieved 2010-10-15
  7. ↑ Projek Wayang (26 November 2009), "Wayang Fajar", Projek Wayang (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2010-10-15
  8. ↑ Jason (6 August 2009), "Download Kit Ong x Azmyl Yunor, Ronnie Khoo and Yong Yandsen Urbanscapes collabo", Junk (Kuala Lumpur), retrieved 2010-10-15
  9. ↑ chuimui (2010-09-23), IKAN: written by Azmyl Yunor for The Year Without A Summer, Petaling Jaya: Da huang Pictures, retrieved 2010-10-15
  10. ↑ CHO Young-jung (October 2010), Year Without A Summer, Pusan, South Korea: Pusan International Film Festival, retrieved 2010-10-15
  11. ↑ Adlin Rosli (2005-06-22), "The Thinking Man", Kakiseni (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2010-10-14
  12. ↑ Daryl Goh (May 2005), "Tenets EP", The Star/Entertainment/Music/Reviews (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2010-04-06
  13. ↑ Zack Yusof (31 May 2005), "Folk music from Azmyl Yunor", The Star/Entertainment/Music/Reviews (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2010-10-14
  14. ↑ Kenneth Yu (July 2005), "Troubadour in Transit", Think (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2010-10-14
  15. ↑ Nurhanie (September 2006), "KLue List", MawiFC.com (Malaysia), retrieved 2011-01-25
  16. 1 2 Edward Gomez (10 May 2010), "Songs of a nation", The Star/Entertainment/Music/News & Feature (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2010-10-14
  17. ↑ N. Rama Lohan (31 July 2012), "Craft Over Cool", The Star (Petaling Jaya), retrieved 2012-07-31
  18. ↑ Switch ON (November 2010), "DAMO SUZUKI’S NETWORK: Live in KL", Switch ON (Kuala Lumpur), retrieved 2011-05-11
  19. ↑ Wong Boon Ken (23 August 2013), Mark Teh and Azmyl Yunor on 'Something I Wrote', Kuala Lumpur: TimeOut Kuala Lumpur, retrieved 2013-10-05
  20. ↑ Ling Low (28 April 2014), Notes From A Small Island, Kuala Lumpur: Poskod Malaysia, retrieved 14 June 2014
  21. ↑ Izyan Liyana (21 August 2014), INTERVIEW: AZMYL YUNOR & THE SIGARETTES, Kuala Lumpur: The Wknd, retrieved 11 May 2015
  22. ↑ Coconuts KL (17 September 2014), Music Video: Azmyl Yunor's "Tanah Air Ku" is a road trip into Malaysia's heart, Kuala Lumpur: Coconuts KL, retrieved 11 May 2015
  23. ↑ Urbanscapes (26 September 2014), Azmyl Yunor & Orkes Padu, Kuala Lumpur: Urbanscapes, retrieved 11 May 2015
  24. ↑ Sunway University, Performance & Media: Academic Staff, Petaling Jaya, retrieved 2010-10-15

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