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Life in the 21^st century is a fast-paced one; every day seems to be passing by faster than the previous days and sometimes we get too busy for our loved ones and friends. In conjunction with the recent launch of the sleek Samsung GALAXY A smartphones, Samsung Malaysia Electronics initiated the unique Bestnya Bersama campaign that aims to us to get together with our favourite people.

“Samsung enables the democratisation of technology and innovation and continually anticipates people’s needs to create meaningful and relevant experiences. Part of that drive inspired the creation of the Bestnya Bersama campaign that culminates in the Bestnya Bersama “A” Music Festival that aims to create an unforgettable evening celebrating music and immortalising the moment through the GALAXY A smartphone’s camera features. Using the Wide Selfie and music as a unifying bond, we aim to bring together youth from around Malaysia in a celebration of togetherness, “said Lee Jui Siang, Vice President, Mobile, IT and Digital Imaging, Samsung Malaysia Electronics.

The Bestnya Bersama “A” Music Festival

The ‘Bestnya Bersama’ campaign includes the much anticipated Bestnya Bersama “A” Music Festival which will see acts from the GALAXY A Series’ A Team comprising of top notch home grown talents who will be performing an exclusive song set for the first time on the 14^th of March. In line with the theme of celebrating togetherness, the bands and singers will be collaborating and fusing the genres that they represent to ensure that it will be an extraordinary night.

The exciting line-up for the Bestnya Bersama “A” Music Festival includes internet sensation Najwa Latif, beatboxer Shawn Lee, pop princess Ke Qing, rock indie band Paperplane Pursuit, jazzy soul singer Liyana Fizi and dynamic rock band An Honest Mistake with special appearances by popular singer-cum-actor Izzue Islam and social influencer Venice Min.

Promising to be a night that will be talked about for weeks to come, in addition to the music line-up mentioned above, there will also be special guest singers performing that night namely Juztin Lan, Forteen, Hyper Act and Faizal Tahir. It is not a night to be missed.

The Wide Selfie Trend

Leading the way in the Wide Selfie trend, the recently launched Samsung GALAXY A is designed with innovative camera features; an enhanced 5MP front-facing camera that lets you take a fantastic wide angled shot up to 120° degree with a group of your favourite people. The GALAXY A7, GALAXY A5 and the GALAXY A3 are Samsung’s slimmest line of smartphones that deliver powerful performance, beautiful design and is ready to meet all your day-to-day needs.

Head to the nearest Samsung Authorised Dealers and check out which of the GALAXY A3, A5 or A7 will suit you best.

The Bestnya Bersama “A” Music Festival will be held on 14^th of March 2014 at Carpark B, Bukit Jalil Stadium. On the same day, the GALAXY A owners and GALAXY Life users are given a chance to redeem free tickets to the concerts. Last but not least, the music festival-goers will be thrilled to know there will be tickets up for grabs on the 14^th of March at the ticketing counters through our radio partners, FlyFM, HotFM and oneFM.

For more detailed device information and on the Bestnya Bersama campaign as well as the Bestnya Bersama “A” Music Festival, please visit http://www.samsung.com/my/ or follow us on Samsung Mobile Malaysia’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/samsungmobilemalaysia.

It was officially announced today that Malaysian music lovers will be in for a treat as rising independent acts Alex Goot & Against The Current will be making their way to our shores next month. Their highly anticipated joint concert tour – Alex Goot & Against The Current Live In KL will be staged at the Bentley Music Auditorium in Wisma Bentley Music, Damansara Mutiara, at 4.00pm on 24^th August 2014, exactly one month from today.   Their Malaysian date is organized by upstart digital age concert promoters Skinny Buddies Entertainment, and is supported by YouTube Malaysia.

Alex Goot is a mercurially popular multi-talented independent pop artiste with four studio albums to his credit, who rose to fame by leveraging on the power of social media and YouTube.  Against The Current is an equally exciting pop rock band that has made similar strides tapping on platforms like YouTube. The band consists of Chrissy Constanza, Dan Gow and Will Ferri.  Both of these rising acts have collaborated with each other and created hits with covers like “Catch My Breath”, “Not over You” and “Beauty & A Beat”, which has raked them over 58 million views to date.

Supporting the show will be Malaysia’s award winning pop punk favourites An Honest Mistake, and Skyward, whose lead singer Ming Han, is a rising filmmaker who has over 157,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel TheMingThing.  Hosting the event will be popular television host Mark O’dea from 8TV Quickie.

Tickets for the Malaysian show is available online at www.tickethotline.com.my or from selected Rock Corner outlets, and are priced at RM85 (Free Standing) each. Early bird tickets and premium Rockstar tickets which were released earlier have already been sold out. Fans are advised to buy their tickets early to avoid any disappointments, due to the limited number of slots available for this much awaited concert.

Alex Goot

Alexander George Gut better known as Alex Goot is a twenty six year old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Poughkeepsie, New York.  He plays acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums and other instruments. He started recording music when he was 16 and gained popularity by promoting his talent via various social media networks as well his own website which he uses to distribute his music and feature regular updates. He currently has over 1.8 million subscribers on his YouTube channel GootMusic, with his videos receiving over 200 million views.  GootMusic is ranked higher than channels from mainstream acts such as Big Bang, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Avril Lavigne, Selena Gomez and Pink among others, on YouTube’s Top 200 channels list. He spends most of his time in his home studio producing his own audio and video releases, or performing live around the world. To date Goot has released 4 studio albums of original material, and 6 of cover songs. His first studio album In “Your Atmosphere” was made possible by his fans via an extremely successful KickStarter campaign. He is the perfect example of celebrity in the YouTube age; self-driven, self-promoting, aside from his musicianship, relying on modern messaging and technology to get heard and get ahead. Goot has made several videos in collaboration with other artists such as We Are the In Crowd, Kurt Hugo Schneider, Megan Nicole, Sam Tsui and current touring partners Against The Current.

http://www.gootmusic.com

https://www.facebook.com/gootmusic

http://www.youtube.com/user/gootmusic

Against The Current

Against The Current is a young pop rock band that has made major strides tapping on online platforms like YouTube. The band who hails from Poughkeepsie, New York is made up of Chrissy Constanza (vocals), Dan Gow (vocals/guitar) and Will Ferri (drums).  Against The Current have released five original singles, entitled “Infinity”,  “Another You”,  “Guessing” , “Thinking” and “Closer, Faster”, all available on iTunes.  Their debut 5 track EP “Infinity” was released in May 2014 and received glowing reviews. Their notable cover songs include “Good Time – Owl City ft. Carly Rae Jepsen” , “Not Over You – Gavin DeGraw” and “Catch My Breath – Kelly Clarkson”.  Additionally, Chrissy has done several collaborations with notable YouTube cover artistes, such as “Heart Attack” with Sam Tsui and Kurt Schneider, and “Beauty and a Beat” with Alex Goot and Kurt Schneider. Their YouTube channel has over 560,000 subscribers to date, and the band is gaining momentum globally with their covers and original material.

http://www.facebook.com/againstthecurrentband

http://www.youtube.com/user/againstthecurrentNY

Skinny Buddies Entertainment

Skinny Buddies Entertainment is an upstart digital age concert promoter and event organiser that aims to bring quality entertainment to a new breed of consumers by leveraging on the power of social media. The company’s name originates from the fact that both their young and enterprising founders, Leonard Chua and Cecilia Yong, are actually quite skinny, and have been buddies for eons. Chua is currently the guitarist and founding member of the award winning pop punk band An Honest Mistake, while Yong is a professional and championship ballroom dancer, who won the second season of So You Think You Can Dance Malaysia. Being young and digitally engaged gives this industrious pair the advantage of being truly connected to their target market, as they aspire to promote both local and international content in the region.

http://www.skinnybuddies.asia

https://www.facebook.com/skinnybuddies.asia

When:

12.00pm – 10.00pm, Saturday, 21st June, 2014 – The Curve, Mutiara Damansara – Hosted by HELP University.

6.00pm – 12.00am, Saturday, 21st June, 2014 – Jalan Mesui

The Curve:

An Honest Mistake
Tashya’s Ink.
Wanted Symphony
The Marquee
Fazz
MTA Band
The Great Alex
Revolution Kingdom
Modescape
Spooky Wet Dreams
Rhythm Nation
Mystical Mirage
Flying Pan
Heart Meets Hurricane
Make Like a Tree

Jalan Mesui:

Black Lightbulb
The Black N’ Blues
Talitha Tan
Cassandra Mary
Sulyn Ooi
Like Silver
2dB
Stellar Dreams
Thrill Me Now
Lawa Nie Geng
Hameerudin Zawawi
Caleb Savari
Joey Tong
Jocelyn Chay
Jocelyn Wong Lixian
KissKillMary
Jenatones
Reddi Rocket
Santosh Logandran
Crinkle Cut
Shaneil Devaser
Wired Nerves
Reach For The Skies (RFTS)
Christian Theseira
Jumero
Son Of A Policeman (SOAP)
HIX
S.I.C.K
Vmprmyth
Shaheed Naz Of DANGERDISKO

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