Boon Gee
Drums / Music Arrangement / Sound Design
A well-rounded drummer who’s equally adept at rock, fusion and jazz, Boon Gee has performed in many a music festival, both overseas and local, with examples being Kutchan, Jazz Yatra, Batam, Heineken Jazz Under The Stars and the IAJE Conference 2003 held in Canada. Boon Gee also performed alongside jazz luminary Ernie Watts at the first Singapore International Jazz festival in 2001.
A sought-after drummer on the jazz scene, Boon Gee’s previous residencies include regular performances with O'Donel Levy at Bernie Goes To Town and later with Mildred Jones at the Somerset’s Bar. He is now the resident drummer at Jazz@Southbridge and has performed with prominent international artistes such as Eugene Pao (H.K.), Marcus Printup (U.S.), Aaron Goldberg (U.S.), Bob Reynolds (U.S.), James Flynn (Aus). Charito, Hakan Rydin (Sweden) and Harry Happel (Holland).
With beginnings in the local rock/indie scene, Boon Gee with his then band – 7-days-with-jayne – recorded a series of songs that made their way into the local compilation CD “Here Come the Young Ones”, with the song “All Alone” garnering much radio airplay. He later joined the band Red Cow (subsequently known as Ugly in the Morning) and won the Best Drummer Award in the Yamaha Band Alert 2000. His recorded self-titled album “Stupid’A’ Song” also saw much radio success.
Continuing with the local flavour, Boon Gee has recorded with Jacintha Abisheganaden for her CD "Love Flows Like A River) and toured with her on Singapore Encore to San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has also performed with Paul Ponnudorai at the Mosaic Festivals and Esplanade Lunchbox as well as Jeremy Monteiro at the Chicago Connection Concert Esplanade. Boon Gee has also worked with Wild Rice on Cinderel-LAH –a musical pantomime production, as well as RiceBall – an annual fundraising concert.
Boon Gee’s undisputable talent has caught the attention of international brands like Mapex and Istanbul Agop. He is now a Mapex endorsed artiste, joining a distinguished group of celebrated drummers such as Chris Adler from Lamb of God, Will Calhoun, Gregg Bissonette and Dom Famularo. He has also been featured on Lonely Planet.
Boon Gee is also part of the crew at Anaki Records, with his music background and groovy techniques put to congruent use in music arrangement, composition and sound design. A drum aficionado forever, Boon Gee enjoys imparting his skills to fellow drum enthusiasts, teaching beginner to advanced level drums. You can check out some of his grooves at .
Juliana Koh
Producer/Synth
A music consultant to many an ad campaign and launch event, Juliana has directed and produced original music and re-mixes for international brands such as Coca Cola, Calvin Klein, Chevrolet, Tiger Beer, Corona and many more. With more grooves than moves, her first foray into sound design was for MTV, in a winning 5-million-dollar pitch to Motorola. She subsequently directed the music for the launch of Mitsubishi i car held at Ministry of Sound, Tiger Beer’s new look launch videos and the launch of the Calvin Klein ck IN2U fragrances held at Zouk.
She currently produces original music that have found its way to brands like Corbis and Samsung and have picked up several awards in the Music and Sound Design Categories. Juliana also plays the synth and messes with gadgets, samples and effects to create sounds that lean towards the dark side. A fan of mash-ups, Juliana's music style is an unothordox mayhem of cut-up sounds, low frequencies and killa grooves.
Going against the preset notions of society, Juliana won her first international creative award at 23, two years after receiving a BBA from NUS that she didn’t use. Fast forward to present day and she has accumulated more than 45 recognised awards to her name. They include Cannes, D&AD, The One Show, Clio Awards, London International Advertising Awards, Asia Pacific Advertising Awards, Media Asia Advertising Awards, New York Festivals, Asia Interactive Awards, Creative Circle Awards, and the Singapore Outdoor Awards. You can check out and other cool fings
at www.houseofanaki.com
Sebastian Ho
Guitar
With more than 14 years of experience under his strings, Sebastian has worked in diverse genres including rock, heavy metal, pop, blues, jazz and musical theatre. Some of his achievements include winning the top prize in the school band competition back in 1998 and successfully pioneering the annual Inter-tertiary Band Competition held annually at NUS/NTU to this day.
| Sebastian’s major performance credits include the Singapore International Jazz Festival 2001, the International Association of Jazz Educators annual convention 2003 held in Canada and the Mosaic Music Festival 2005. He has also worked with Dick Lee (UBS Hot Jazz), Denis Hollington (Two Princes of Verona musical) and Dim Sum Dollies (Little Shop of Horrors musical). Sebastian is currently playing with the Thomson Big Band and teaches cool guitar techniques. |
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