Articles and reviews from Zach

Part 3 : Favorite Malay singers and comments Jul 3, '07 6:06 PM for everyone Category: Music Genre: Other Artist: - - Ramlah Ram : She was my first ever named Malay singer , heard at first in my trip in Singapore on 89. Suwah records on ca93 has identified her name after sending them a tape. They sent me the following tapes: cinta ku hanyut , kau kuci , lagu hit ahmad nawab , duri dalam cinta .and possibly dangdut I was impressed and same time disliked several songs of her There were also several that I disliked as teratai , most of her dangdut songs The song s I liked most are found in my first reviews blog here - Rahim Maarof : found from a guy working in UK on mid 90s. Rahims voice is too sensual. Some of the songs I liked are; istana menanti , kasih ku (heard ion Spore on 89 and again on the big tower on 2000) , - Ayati : I fond the name recently. I was strongly impressed with her song dimata cinta one of my very top favorites . One of my ideal voices . -...

My history with malay music Part #2 Jul 3, '07 6:05 PM for everyone Category: Music Genre: Other Artist: - [ If you did not started from here please visit my fist part before reading the below text ] • With the above , till 95 I have totally recorded 300 Malay songs and 50 Indo from shortwaves .I could listen to the VoM before the 1700 LT ie before the Russian station started. There were days the stations from the nearby frequencies that were inaudible at least for one hour (VoR or RFI ). • On 95 I connected to the internet via the first ever commercial ISP, Compulink , to which I was a member till their sudden closure on 2004. I have made some contacts with Malaysia and USA , and bought or exchanged some Malay tapes via them . One of then has visited my city, Thessaloniki later. • Another , from Malaysia , was very cooperative and was used as a link for buying tapes and several books including Malay dictionaries . I collected more than 70 tapes • On 97 o...

My story with malay music Jul 3, '07 6:03 PM for everyone Category: Music Genre: Other Artist: - This is the first page of a 2 page text and is reply closed . after reading this page please visit the second part and then reply , thank you The following text is a modified and enhanced version of my older webpage on geocities with some explanations of the radio tech terminology .The original text has been written in 2000 and here are many updates and text refines . As the history is very big I have split it in three parts : At first do not forget that as a Greek man I am living in Thessaloniki N Greece, and these two kinds , Malay and dangdut are the only music kinds I listen … PART 1 - • 89-90 After being in a trip in HK , Bangkok Phuket and Spore on 15-30 Aug 1989, I recorded 7 tapes from the local stations in FM with mostly tai [from the local tai stations], hindi/tamil , Malay and Chinese music. Although Chinese was ( and still is in regards to the totally :weste...