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

Mario Lopez
Bass / Guitar / Music Arrangement
Hailing from Mexico, Mario’s love for the craft saw him studying music for 16 years. Armed with a Degree in Classical Guitar (National Conservatory of Music, Mexico) and a Diploma/Degree in Arrangement and Composition (Musical Arrangement and Composition College, Mexico), Mario started out professionally as a guitarist for the Chamber Ensemble and bass player for the Hechizo Pop Band, progressing to become the leader, arranger and bass guitar player of the IYA Salsa Band. His talents soon led him to become the bass player as well as musical director to renowned artists such as Maria Medina, Eugenia Leon, Manoella Torres and Jorge Hernández. He was also the founder bass player of the band Ireson.

A talented musician and performer, Mario held residencies at the Somerset Bar at Swisshotel The Stamford as well as Latin Fridays at Jazz@Southbridge. Other notable performances include the Singapore International Latin Festival at Fort Canning Park, No black Tie, Kuala Lumpur, NAC Salsa Sensations Concert at Marine Parade, Chijmes Latin Series, Mozaic Music Festival, “Let's go Latin" concert for the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Sentosa Jazz Festival and NAC-ExxonMobil Concert in the park. Solo performances with original material include the 3rd International Guitar Festival, Singapore in 2002 and concerts at the Esplanade.

Having taught guitar and bass for over 14 years, Mario has given lectures on bass guitar
and improvisation techniques. Other musical qualifications include Seminar Sound 13/ Contemporary Composition, National institute of Arts, Mexico; Berklee Method of Arrangement and Composition and Jazz Studies for Bass Guitar, National School of Music, Mexico; Superior Harmony, Cannon, Fugue, National Institute of Arts, Mexico; Superior Harmony and Music Theory and Modern Techniques for the Bass Guitar (taught by Prof. Roberto Aymes), National School of Music.

Syed Munir Bin Alwi Alsagoff
Guitar
Equally adept on the electric and acoustic guitar with jazz and soul, pop, rock and classical as his influences, Syed Munir’s experience of 15 years with acoustic duos and full band set-ups in performances around the region include Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, The Maldives and Hong Kong.

His work has been featured in recordings by Yvonne Hsu (Taiwan), Energy (Taiwan), Javier (U.S.), Shaikh Haikel (Singapore) as well as in Singapore hip-hop outfit, Urban Xchange’s track remixes of classical pianist Maksim (Flight of the Bumblebee) Brian Mcknight (When You Wanna Come) and more recently, N.E.R.D (Maybe).

In addition to playing the guitar, Syed Munir can lay down some groovy tracks, having co-produced with Terry Lee, albums by Urban Xchange under the Universal label and Parking Lot Pimp under the EMI/Chynahouse label. He has also tracked remixes for Asian releases for various local and international acts such as Kylie Minogue and David Bowie.

Syed Munir’s performances include the Mosaic International Music Festival in 2005 and 2006 as well as regular appearances at Esplanade Lunchbox and Late Night programmes backing local artistes. He teaches beginner to intermediate level students specialising in contemporary guitar playing.

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.