Thursday, December 30, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Maher Zain - Thank You Allah and The New Album.

1- Wow congratulations to Maher Zain for his astonishing debut, Thank You Allah which was released by Awakening Records somewhere in November last year. To tell you the truth, I am not really a fan of Maher Zain but I have to give the guy a super salute for his wonderful contribution to the Islamic Entertainment world. A fan of his music? Absolutely in the positive!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Bola Cafe: Malaysia Juara Piala Suzuki 2010.

1- Hari ini hendak tak hendak perlu bercakap tentang bola. Sebaik sahaja tamat perlawanan terus saya menghadap komputer. Keputusan Malaysia tewas ditangan Indonesia 2-1 tetapi secara agregat Malaysia menang dengan jaringan 4-2.

2- Perlawanan yang sangat mendebarkan, walaupun Malaysia tampak selesa berbekalkan 3 gol hasil daripada perlawanan akhir pusingan pertama di Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil tempo hari. Indonesia membuat serangan bertali arus dengan gameplay 3-5-2 dengan 2 attacking midfielder yang sepanjang masa mencuba untuk mendapatkan jaringan.

3- Tahniah kepada Penjaga gawang negara Khairul Fahmi kerana berjaya menghalang asakan bertubi tubi daripada Indonesia. Sekiranya bukan kerana kematangan pemain muda ini, tidak mungkin Malaysia akan dapat membawa Piala Suzuki ini pulang ke tanah air. Pada separuh masa pertama sahaja, 7 percubaan merbahaya yang berjaya digagalkan dan ini termasuk satu sepakan penalti yang berjaya diselamatkan dengan baik.

4- Perlawanan secara keseluruhan dikuasai oleh Indonesia dengan bola sentiasa berada didalam kawasan Malaysia. Pertahanan Malaysia ternyata begitu senang dibolosi oleh penyerang Indonesia. Namun begitu, setiap counter attack yang dilakukan oleh Malaysia sentiasa merbahaya dengan Safee Salee dan Nursyahrul Idlan Talaha sebagai peneraju utama.

5- Perlawanan yang sangat menarik, walaupun tewas secara agregat, Indonesia mempamirkan permainan yang baik. Tahniah Malaysia. Akhirnya garuda terbenam dicakar anak harimau.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid Irama Second Class?

NASYID IRAMA SECOND CLASS???
Oleh Pito In Heart. 
[Rencana ini juga terdapat didalam Fanzine Nasyid pertama Malaysia; Love Fanzine]
Sampai bila kita nak dengar kenyataan longkang seperti di atas? Alangkah sedihnya bercampur geram melihat nasyid diratah dengan keji dalam perbualan ranking irama. Bagi aku, perkara ni bukanlah suatu dramatic, regid ataupun perang kosa kata tetapi kita perlu kaji sinonimnya. Letakkan tepi emosi anda , fokuskan mengapa perbualan sumbang ini timbul? Setelah membuat satu kajian rambang, rata – rata pelajar IPT , sekolah –sekolah agama, komuniti setempat dan minority penduduk kota masih mempunyai minat terhadap irama ini tetapi mengapa nasyid masih dikatakan muzik ‘’second class’’. Kita kaji dengan terperinci hal ini dengan mengupas satu makna di sebalik penyataan ini. Adakah iramanya, liriknya, muziknya ataupun imej dan cara pembawakan nasyid itu yang dikelaskan ‘’second class’’??? 

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Islamic Heavy Metal?

1- Yes. Unbelievable isnt it? There were are a few local metal bands that have ventured into that realm. Islamic Heavy Metal. Maybe all of you out there have heard of Al Farabi band. Well, I am not going to talk about them since they got enough publicity already. I am going to write about the more obscure bands and some you would not believe used to release Islamic heavy metal records. 

Friday, December 24, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Lagu-Lagu Nasyid Yang Memualkan.

1- Hari ini industri nasyid agak kebanjiran dengan lagu-lagu nasyid cinta yang mempromosikan hubungan lelaki dan wanita (cara islam?). Kumpulan-kumpulan nasyid baru hari ini berlumba-lumba untuk mencipta dan menerbitkan lagu-lagu cinta seperti ini. Samada ini sesuatu yang baik atau tidak, anda nilaikanlah sendiri. Sekiranya perkembangan sebegini anda kira sebagai sesuatu yang baik buat industri hiburan islami, maka terpulanglah kepada anda.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Tips Berguna Buat Penasyid: Mencipta Lagu.

1- Sebagai performer selalunya akan ada satu masa detikan didalam hati untuk mencuba kreativiti sendiri. Setiap penyanyi nasyid atau bukan nasyid pasti ada menyimpan impian untuk mempersembahkan lagu-lagu ciptaan mereka sendiri. Bagaimanakah proses untuk membuat lagu?

Monday, December 20, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Halal Meat Nasheed.

Halal Meat

1- The name of the is kind of odd right? What kind of nasheed group would choose Halal Meat as a moniker but who cares. Well, as odd as the name, their music is not your typical nasheed music. Halal Meat is a percussive experimental nasheed band from Toronto, Canada.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Generasi Peminat Nasyid Malaysia Yang Sempit.

1- Ya, adalah suatu fakta jelas yang sememangnya tidak boleh dinafikan bahawa majoriti peminat-peminat nasyid pada hari ini berfikiran sempit, jengkel, melucukan dan kadang-kadang kurang cerdik. Kadang-kadang apabila kami di Nasyid Cafe membuat pemerhatian, peminat-peminat nasyid khususnya generasi era milenia yang sering disajikan dengan nasyid-nasyid yang mempromosikan berteman lelaki dan berteman wanita (cara islam?), adalah tidak jauh bezanya dengan peminat-peminat yang obses dengan penghibur-penghibur bukan islam seperti Lady Gaga atau Justin Bieber.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid Underground Competition.

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid Jiwang Ala Islam by Kamal La Great.

Preface by Mr.Benign: Finally I got myself a guest writer to write me an entry for NasyidCafe. His name is Ahmad Kamal, my roomate when we were both still reading law (yes, we read not study law) in the awesome Garden of Knowledge and virtue, UIA. Kamal used to be in several nasyid groups back in the days and was the president of the university's Nasyid Club back in 2005/06.  So you better not mess with this guy. He practiced law for a few years and decided that court rooms and cranky subordinate court judges were too lame for his liking thus calling it a day. Now, he is one of the many legal managers for one of the biggest telco company in Malaysia and he also blogs when he got the time. I forced him to write something for my blog and without any hesitation he agrees to throw some right and left jabs to the lame and dull Malaysia nasyid scene. Visit his blog at www.thenameiskamal.blogspot.com to read his witty sense of humor. I may not agree to everything he wrote but hell, this is one funny piece. If you dont have any sense of humor and needs a dictionary to understand the word pun, wit and ironi, you can stop reading right now and go play with your ABC cards, junior.


NASYID JIWANG ALA ISLAM - by Kamal La Great.   


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Making The Band part 3.

Part 3.

1- Let us continue with the third part of the entry. So after I accepted the invitation to be a member of Marjaan, I quickly bonded with all of them and started to perform at all of their shows. During that time, the members of Marjaan were Wan Hazar (now with Wildan), Fadhli Mustafa, Hahmarol Azil and me. Hahmarol decided to leave the group due to commitment issues and he was replaced by Khalil Yusof from another Nasheed group called Irfan. Khalil Yusof almost made it into Far East, he even performed with the group but to our luck that gig never materialized.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Fatih Acappella.

1- Fatih is a nasheed acappella group from the isle of Indonesia and one of my favorite nasheed group from there besides Gradasi and Snada (both acappella nasheed groups). I was introduced to this quintet of five extremely talented young lads through youtube. I was pretty much amazed with one of their song called Futur, which is also one of my all time favorite Fatih song.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid & Intelektualism.

1- Sampai bila kita hendak membiarkan nasyid menjadi hiburan yang tidak mampu menonjolkan nilai intelektualism dalam islam? Apa itu intelektualism? Baiklah, anda boleh berhenti membaca sekarang dan pergi menonton sinetron indonesia kegemaran anda yang mungkin sedang ditayangkan di kaca televisyen.

Nasyid Cafe: Aa-shiq-al-Rasul.


1- I am currently listening to a song called The Messenger by a five piece nasheed group from Birmingham, England called Aa'shiq Al Rasul. I like the song very much for its simplicity and minimalism. You will be getting the similar vibe with Raihan's first album. All percussive and harmonies. Well, ok except the harmonies. Harmony wise, there was nothing for me to enjoy here. I guess they tend to minimize the harmonies as well. Too bad.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Nasyid cafe: Making The Band Part 2.

PART 2:

1- Where were we? Yes, Hizbi. It was an awesome experience with that group that I will totally keep dear to my heart. It was with Hizbi that I learned more about harmonies and arrangements. Me, Abdullah Abdul Rahman, Azri Hamdan, Ahmad Kamal and Mohd Azhar were all law students and we were all best of friends, well at some points during that time line.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid DIY part 3.

PROMOSI. Macam mana cara nak buat promosi. Sebab takde label yang support so promosi kena buat sendiri.


Saturday, December 4, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid DIY part 2.

Macam mana nak buat lagu sendiri? 

0- Gunakan formula basic ni, Verse-Chorus-2ndVerse-Chorus-Bridge-Chorus-End. Kalau dalam music RnB selalunya time bridge ni lah penyanyi dia nyanyi tarik tinggi tinggi atau nyanyi sampai menggigil gigil. Verse boleh la buat dalam lingkungan 30-40 seconds. Selalunya 8 bar.


Thursday, December 2, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid DIY.

Dibawah adalah post saya untuk forum Nasyeed.com yang bertarikh 30 Disember 2008. Saya tampalkan semula entri tersebut disini untuk tatapan pembaca-pembaca yang budiman dan juga kepada munsheed yang ingin cuba bergerak secara sendirian tetapi terkapai-kapai mencari jalan. Saya juga telah membuat sedikit suntingan semula untuk menambah lebih banyak perisa dan maklumat agar ianya bersesuaian dengan konteks perubahan teknologi dari masa ke semasa. Maafkan saya kerana bahasanya sedikit pasar. 


Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Tips Berguna Buat Penasyid: Latihan Nyanyian Terbaik.

1- Bak kata pepatah, latihan membentuk kesempurnaan, practice makes perfect. Perkara yang paling penting yang perlu dititik beratkan oleh sesebuah kumpulan nasyid baru adalah latihan yang secukupnya. Ianya bukan sahaja bertujuan untuk memperkemaskan nyanyian dan harmoni, malah untuk mengeratkan ukhuwwah sesama ahli. Bagaimanakah yang dikatakan latihan nyanyian yang baik.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Belajarlah Menerima Kritikan.

1- Generasi nasyid Malaysia yang kebudak-budakan? Ini merupakan tajuk cadangan untuk rencana pada hari ini tetapi tidak saya gunakan. Tidak ada sebab yang spesifik dan tidak juga kerana terdapat apa-apa ancaman bunuh keatas diri saya atau keluarga daripada peminat-peminat fanatik nasyid atau pun dari anggota kumpulan nasyid yang masih hingusan. Namun rencana ini sedikit sebanyak ada kaitannya dengan sikap kebudak-budakkan peminat nasyid ataupun munsheed itu sendiri.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: The History of Contemporary Nasyid in Malaysia.

Part 4.

1- Yes, as I have said it before, The Zikr and Nada Murni were two most important nasheed groups ever to came out from the Malaysian shores as without these two pioneers, the basic template for the later nasheed groups would be of non existence and without these much later nasheed groups, we would never be able to see nasheed in Malaysia as it is today.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid Dibunuh oleh Sibuta, Situli dan Sibisu.

1- Dikala ini sahabat saya dari kolektif nasyid underground sedang rancak menguruskan satu pertandingan nasyid underground dimana kumpulan-kumpulan baru berpeluang untuk menghantar klip klip persembahan mereka untuk dinilai sebelum 6 kumpulan daripada kumpulan-kumpulan yang menghantar klip dipilih untuk mengadakan persembahan yang saya percaya akan dinilai oleh juri.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Munsheed.com

1- I am more than happy to announce that I will be writing for Munsheed.com as a guest writer and I would like to seize this opportunity to thank Munsheed.com for inviting me to be a part of their awesome team. Thank you. You will be able to read my ridiculous rants and ramblings in Munsheed.com soon.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: E Book Dunia Nasyid Terbitan StudioKini Media.

1- Suka saya untuk mempromosikan E Book terbitan Studio Kini Media ini. E Book ini bertajuk Dunia Nasyid: Perkembangan Nasyid (Era Al-Arqam-2010). Mini E Book ini mengandungi 25 muka surat dan ditulis sepenuh nya didalam bahasa melayu. Ianya boleh dimuat turun secara percuma di Blog Studio Kini

2- E Book ini menyusur sejarah dan perkembangan nasyid secara kontemporari daripada zaman Al Jawaher ke zaman Putra-Putra Al Arqam kepada zaman Nada Murni dan The Zikr sehingga ke era gelombang nasyid underground yang agak popular di sekitar Lembah Kelang khususnya dan di seluruh Malaysia umumnya dewasa ini.

3- Ianya merupakan satu E Book yang menarik buat anda-anda yang berminat untuk mebaca sejarah perkembangan nasyid di Malaysia secara ringkas. Walaupun E Book ini agak ringkas namun ianya mempunyai maklumat-maklumat yang baru buat peminat-peminat nasyid di Malaysia era millenia ini. Saya yakin, dari masa ke semasa pihak Studio Kini pasti akan membuat Revised Edition untuk memberikan lebih sentuhan kesempurnaan didalam E Book ini.

4- Yang pasti, ianya menjadi rujukan sampingan buat saya juga didalam menyediakan entri-entri The History of Contemporary Nasyid in Malaysia. Anda juga boleh terus memuat turun E Book tersebut dibawah.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Making The Band Part 1.

PART 1:

1- Would you like to form your own Nasheed group? Do you like Nasheed so much and aspire to become a glorious nasheed singer? Can you sing? If you think you could or somebody who can sing told you that you could or you could imitate Nazrey Johani's lead vocals in any Raihan song flawlessly, why not form an awesome nasheed group?

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Generasi Nasyid Malaysia Yang Jengkel. Sebuah Penerangan.

1- Sebenarnya sudah lama saya ingin menulis satu entri yang mempromosikan Islam sebagai agama yang dipenuhi dengan kasih sayang dan kelembutan. Kita sering tertumpu kepada wajah islam sebagai satu agam fiqh semata mata. Hanya dipenuhi semata mata dengan halal haram dan hukum hakam sehingga kita terlupa bahawa sebahagian daripadanya adalah kelembutan, kasih dan sayang.

Nasyid Cafe: 12 Cinta - Cinta Ilahi Cinta Insani.

1- One of the rising record label/production house right now is definitely Arteffect Productions owned by a young established singer/composer/producer, the multi-talented Hafiz Hamidon.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Generasi Nasyid Malaysia Yang Jengkel.

1- Generasi baru nasyid malaysia sangat membosankan. Ya, satu fakta yang tidak boleh disangkal. Kecuali beberapa kerat sahaja yang tampak ada usaha untuk menjadikan nasyid sebagai medan seni islami yang prolifik dan berstatus tinggi. Hari ini saya mencuri sedikit masa yang terluang untuk menyusur klip klip lagu lagu nasyid dari keluaran kumpulan-kumpulan nasyid generasi baru yang berlambak-lambak dewasa ini dan keputusannya menyedih kan.


Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Tips Berguna Buat Penasyid: Mengkaji Harmoni.

1- Salah satu keseronokan menyertai sesebuah kumpulan nasyid bagi saya adalah keghairahan untuk mengenal dan mengkaji harmoni. Tidak boleh tidak, nyanyian vokal berharmoni adalah tarikan utama bagi seseorang itu untuk memulakan sesebuah kumpulan nasyid. Apatah lagi artis-artis nasyid yang menguasai dan mendominasi industri hari ini kebanyakkannya terdiri daripada kumpulan-kumpulan nasyid dengan selitan sekali sekala artis artis solo nasyid seperti Amar, Hafiz Hamidon atau Nazrey Johani.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Underground Nasheed Gig.

1- There are like dozens of new (and old alike) and talented nasheed groups out there waiting to be discovered. I witnessed more than a few of them at an event called Underground Nasheed Gig organized by a group of young nasheed enthusiasts around Klang Valley.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Perkembangan Terbaru dan Entri Seterusnya.

1- First and foremost, I would like to thank each and everyone of you for spending precious time visiting Nasyid Cafe from day one, one month ago (our first post was on October 14) either in the comfort of your office, bedroom or classroom. To those who have been visiting Nasyid Cafe from countries in the likes of The United States, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Australia and United Kingdom just to mention a few, I sincerely thank you all for your time. Even though some of my later entries were written in Malay, I assure you that you are not missing anything. Most of these malay entries were my personal ramblings anyway.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Islam Agama Fitrah.

1- Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera kepada para pembaca yang budiman. Hari ini saya ingin memberikan sedikit pendapat yang mungkin boleh sama-sama kita renungkan dan fikirkan. Insya Allah semoga kita bersama-sama beroleh manafaat dan faedah darinya. Pendapat ini hanya lah pendapat dan ianya bukanlah satu fatwa yang tidak boleh diperdebatkan. Di Nasyid Cafe pintu ijtihad (berpendapat) sentiasa terbuka.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: The History of Contemporary Nasyid in Malaysia.

part 3.

1- 2 of the most prominent nasheed group in the early 90's were Nada Murni, led by two of the most talented nasheed vocalists ever to storm the local nasheed scene, Allahyarham Ustaz Asri Ibrahim and Munif Ahmad, and The Zikr led by Nazrey Johani. I guess you must have recognized these names by now.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Temubual Bersama Zaidi Wildan.


1- Sebagaimana yang telah kami janjikan, disini kami paparkan temubual pertama untuk Nasyid Cafe. Artis yang menjadi pilihan kami pada kali ini adalah saudara Zaidi Rustam, tulang belakang dan peneraju utama kumpulan Nasyid Wildan. Temubual ini dibuat melalui paparan buku muka penulis utama kami dan Bro Zaidi beberapa hari yang lepas. 

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Maksud Bacaan Dalam Solat:

Waktu Solat merupakan waktu untuk kita bercakap dengan Allah, mengadu kepadaNya dan memohon apa sahaja daripadaNya melalui doa. Kebanyakan daripada kita hari ini khususnya dari kalangan masyarakat melayu muslim di Malaysia tidak terlalu memberikan penekanan terhadap kefahaman bacaan bacaan didalam solat. Dari kecil kita diajar untuk menghafal bacaan-bacaan ini tanpa memahami maksud bacaan-bacaan tersebut. Bagaimana untuk mencapai Ihsan sekiranya kita hanya sekadar membaca hafalan? Dibawah merupakan terjemahan untuk bacaan-bacaan dalam solat. Semoga beroleh sesuatu yang bermanfaat.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasheed in Thailand.

1- I have been browsing for weeks trying to find nasheed groups from all over the world and Ahamdulillah I've found some from our neighbouring countries, just across the border. Thailand. Who could have thought that nasyid exists in Thailand. Well, come to think of it, Southern Thailand has always been the other half of Serambi Mekah (the porch of Mecca), an older brother to Kelantan, a Malaysian east coast state. Yes my friends, Nasyid is alive and kicking up there in Thailand.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Classic Malaysian Nasyid Download.


1- I took the liberty of compiling some of my favorite classic Malaysian Nasheed tracks from the 90's, compile them into a single compilation which I deliberately called Nasyid Cafe Classics and put it up here for you download for FREE. This compilation of classics features 8 Malaysian Nasheed groups from the early 90's. If you are a local nasyid enthusiast, some tracks might sound familiar.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Salaam Bollywood.

1- I was messaging with Bro Zaidi Rustam from the nasyid group Wildan via Facebook the other day asking him whether would he like to do a feature interview for Nasyid Cafe, for the new interview segment that I am planning to do. While his answer for the interview was of the positive, his mentioning of this new project group called Salaam got me pretty excited.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

TAHNIAH SKUAD BOLA SEPAK NEGERI KELANTAN.

1. Entri ini tidak ada kena mengena dengan industri nasyid tapi saya sebagai warganegara Kelantan Darul Naim, Negeri Serambi Mekah tidak dapat menyimpan rasa gembira ini dan ingin mengambil peluang ini untuk memanjatkan syukur Alhamdulillah. Akhirnya, buat pertama kalinya dalam sejarah, Kelantan berjaya merangkul piala yang paling berprestij di Malaysia, Piala Malaysia. Buat pertama kalinya.


Tips Berguna Buat Penasyid: Mengkaji Lagu.

1- Hijau atau terjemahan didalam bahasa inggerisnya Green, bermaksud baru, muda dan masih mentah. Kami di Nasyid Cafe merasakan ada perlunya untuk berkongsi sedikit sebanyak tips-tips yang berkesan dan berguna buat kumpulan-kumpulan nasyid yang baru mula mencari tapak sebagai sebuah kumpulan yang memperjuangkan hiburan bercorak islami didalam era tribulasi, mehnah dan fitnah ini. 

Friday, October 29, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Terkini di Nasyid Cafe 2010.

1- Saya selaku penulis utama untuk Nasyid Cafe telah membuat keputusan yang tidak sebulat suara untuk menyelang nyelikan penggunaan bahasa inggeris dan bahasa melayu sebagai bahasa pengantar di Nasyid Cafe. Ini adalah bertujuan untuk menampung permintaan sahabat sahabat nasyid saya di buka muka (Facebook) yang berharap agar Nasyid Cafe juga menerbitkan entri-entri dalam bahasa melayu.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Castury - Seharum Kasturi Wangian Syurgawi.

1- Correct me if I am wrong but I think this group has been around for a while doing shows here and there. What is with the name anyway? 4C24GH5EQH3Y How do I pronounce the name? Kasturi as it was intended or Kasturai as it was spelled? Sorry fellas but linguistically it is to be pronounced as Kasturai.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Menulis Didalam Bahasa Kebangsaan.

1- Assalamualaikum, salam 1Malaysia dan salam sejahtera. Sari berita penting. Tak ubah seperti pembaca berita yang mantap lagi berkaliber bahkan kacak dan gagah bak Farid Ismeth Emir membaca berita di RTM.  Terkejut? Apa? Nasyid Cafe dalam bahasa melayu? Apa yang telah berlaku? 

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: The Progress and Upcoming Entries.

1- First and foremost, Alhamdulillah, all praises be to Allah for giving and blessing me with the strength and patience to continue writing for this blog.  Secondly, thank you to those who have been willing to spare some time to read and follow this blog. The journey has just started and there is still a long way ahead of us.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Nasyid Underground Competition.

1- I was just informed by a good friend of mine that there will be this nasyid competition organized by a local nasyid community of underground nasyid enthusiasts calling themselves Nasyid Underground. I do not really get the format though. Do you need to submit only videos of you performing or do you need to perform real time as in a real competition would require? I guess it is the former.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: CahayaFM.

1- What do we have here? CahayaFM is a recently launched Islamic web radio station operating from the land below the wind, Sabah, with the tag line Siaran Online Islam Pertama di Sabah (Sabah's First Online Islamic Broadcast). I have yet to listen to the web radio but I believe CahayaFM will be a new alternative for the fans of nasheed and Islamic entertainment to get their extra dosage of Nasheed.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: The History of Contemporary Nasyid in Malaysia.

PART 2:

1- Where were we? Oh yes. The release of AlJawaher's debut album way back in 1979/1980. We shall now move to the middle of the 80's. Basically like in the most part of the world, the 80's was the year of Rock music. The Motley Crue phenomena had reached the shores of Malaysia and the youth of Malaysia were embracing it like it was one of their own. Nasyid music seems to fade away from the mainstream of local entertainment and went underground.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Amer Munawer Yusoff.

1- Amer Munawer Yusoff is his name and he carved his name in the mainstream popular scene as one fifth of a local RnB quintet called Ruffedge. After the release of the group's second album called Ruffera in the year 2005, Amer went on soul searching and eventually quit his highly acclaimed group.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Monday, October 18, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Iman Cape Town Nasheed.

1- Can I say that Iman is my new favorite international Nasheed group? Can I? Move away Outlandish. Haha. Wow. I was stoked when I feasted my ears to their beautiful song called Why. It started with a beautifully arranged Acappella harmonies before the percussion came in hyping the rest of the song. I could not stop listening to the song. Complete with a bass singer.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: IKIM Nasheed Chart.

1- IKIM.fm is the only radio station in Malaysia that airs Nasheed music 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Without any doubt being the sole provider for Islamic entertainment for Malaysian muslims through out the country. These are the top 5 Nasheed songs roaming the top 10 chart on 17.10.2010.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: Mirwana - Bumi Akhir Usia.

1- Truth be told, Mirwana was my favorite nasyid group and this is due to the groups' history with the local underground RnB scene that I am attached to. When Mirwana released their RnB flavored debut called Hikmah Kembara back in 2004, I was stocked. Mirwana was nominated in the best nasyid album category in the 2004 Anugerah Industri Muzik (Malaysian Music Industry Award, the highest and most definitive music award in Malaysia, very much the same as the American Music Award in the States) with that album.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Nasyid Cafe: The History of Contemporary Nasyid in Malaysia.

1- I wrote this article for my previous blog and it was written in Malay. Since I intend to introduce Malaysian nasyid to a whole wider enthusiasts from all over the world, I have decided to rewrite the article and with my limited translating skills, translate the said article in English. I hope you will enjoy reading this short and comprehensive article.


Nasyid Cafe: The Introduction.

1- Assalamualaikum and thank you for spending your time visiting this blog. My name is Benign and I will be your host for the rest of the journey. Make yourself comfortable and enjoy the blog. I sincerely hope that you will at least gain some worthy information on your favorite nasyid celebrities while browsing this blog. Please make sure that this will not be your first and last visit. Keep on visiting for there are lots more to come.


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