Nokia IAC (Independent Artists Club) @ Zouk was great. Nokia is supporting the local talents by establishing the IAC to provide a platform for our local artist to reach out to more audience via the Internet and radio as well!
Enough talk. Thanks to Nokia who sent 10 VIP passes to
Nuffnang bloggers, we get the privilege to enjoy local talent right in front of our eyes. We Nuffnangers are an active bunch. When we know there's an event like this, we'll gladly walk up front and cover it like professionals (or so we thought~ lol).

Their Internet
banner told us that we have to be there by 3pm as the doors will be closed at that time. Being the
kiasu person I am, I actually arrived at KLCC LRT station 1 hour early. This is due to the fact that I don't know how to walk to Zouk as I've never been there before. Yes, I'm a
sakai.
I made several calls to
Zach asking him to check the map where should I turn and go every now and then. Then, I saw something..

I was so happy I didn't get lost and I went..

I was among the earliest audience that arrived. After awhile the whole gang of Nuffnangers reached. What else do bloggers do when they come together? Camwhore
la, duh.

Most of the bloggers turned up with DSLR. I only went there with my LG Viewty. Damn
XiaXue sia sui myself. T_T

When I was up on the post, the other bloggers requested me to do some bizzare pose. They suggested me to show and rub my own thighs.. =.=""

Registration actually started at 3pm. We bloggers have our own list to register on. How proud were we on that day. Finally the role of the digital media is being recognized the way it is supposed to be.

But the wait was quite bad before they grant us entry. The weather was pretty hot and people started getting impatient. Lucky me, there was a cameraman and an interviewer around the place. I was pleased as I finally get to be recorded live again after StarCeleb. That kinda equalized the weather and the wait in line.

About 3.30pm, the event finally begun. There were 3 different venues of Zouk utilized for 3 different genres of musicians. The first one that I went in was Zouk's Main Room where independent rock bands were rocking it hard!! Yeah!!

Basically it's the typical band thing where people express themselves louder than ever. True enough, there are some talented
screamers singers there but due to the low tolerance of
shouting intense music, I went and checked out other venues.

Next up, Velvet Underground, where DJs and Hip Hoppers brought the funk in the house~
We managed to catch KLG Sqwad rapping it cool~ I remembered singing along "Amplify! Amplify!" with their song. Lol.

The DJs who performed are not bad either. Their work are often underestimated as without them, our clubbing music would have sucks big time. Give it up for DJ Fuzz who taught the audience more what DJ'ing is all about during his clinic session!

DJ Bo - Grandeur of Decibel is not to be taken lightly. He's so good with his skills, his hair went afro. Okay, I lied. He had the afro hair before he attended the DJ console. But he really reminds me of my colleague
Firdauz, a lot!

Rationally, when you have great musics from great DJs, you gotta have people dancing along the beat right? There's no shame in it as there was a pretty good dancer showing off his skill.

The finale in Velvet Underground was performance by Point Blanc, my Ipoh Mali artist! Yea!! I've always been a big fan of Point and seeing him perform live was something I was always hoping for! Finally a chance to meet the Ipoh Zai in person!

His performance was up to expectation and I realized that the last verse for his Ipoh Mali song has changed! The original version for the last sentence of that verse was something like ' For Point Blanc to be more famous than Ipoh Chicken Rice~ '. He has changed it into ' Now Point Blanc is more famous than Ipoh Chicken Rice~' or something. I'm very certain about this!
Upstairs at Terrace Bar, it was home to the mellow sounds of singers and songwriters. In other words, I would call it..
jiwang house.

Some of the singers were real good! Especially Alaling in my opinion.

Her songs were sweet and so was her voice. She has the projection of a very cheerful face. It is as though she's the most cheerful or happiest person on Earth. I wonder why?

The finale for Terrace Bar was reserved for the famous Pete Teo. I've never listened to him sing before this, but after that night, I gotta admit, he's real good! No wonder he conducts a clinic session and is pitted for the finale to ensure the crowd sit still till the last act.

The event was great overall. I was very satisfied with the performances. However, the management could be improved as the public does not like to be kept waiting under the sun despite been lied to about the starting time. On the other hand, Malaysians should lighten up and cheer for their local artists. Being conservative will not bring you excitement in life. Cheer for them like you cheer for Fergie! They deserve it!
After my first visit to Zouk, I've decided to contribute more to them to show my appreciation. Thus I became their..

If you drive pass me, wave at me, okay?
Photos credit to Joshua, Hwei Ming and Simon.Cheers
Robb