MOGWAI Live in Malaysia, 21st Jan 2009

myrec · Post time 24-12-2008 02:45 AM

Beware,Glasgow mega-snake winding in!

SoundscapeRecords is proud toannounce a one-night-only show for internationally acclaimed instrumental band Mogwai,here in Malaysia.

With thedate set for 21st January, venue at Tuborg Stage, Hall5, KL Convention Centre, local post-rock fans have a lot more reason tocelebrate the brand new year.

This willbe the Scottish rock band's first ever show in Kuala Lumpur, their second inthe region. They performed to a raving, smitten, sold-out crowd at Esplanade, Singaporein 2006 - also remembered as one of the loudest shows ever held at theEsplanade.

On tourfor their sixth and latest album, The Hawk is Howling - the bandreturns to its roots, working again with producer Andy Miller for thefirst time in a decade. As is expected from the 13-year old band's criticallyacclaimed brand of instrumental post-rock, The Hawk is Howling is acompletely instrumental album - where the only 'conversation' comes from theoften intense, sometimes ethereal, but always majestic play of differentinstruments.

Formed in1995 by guitarist Stuart Braithwaite and bassist Dominic Aitchisonwith Martin Bulloch on drums, John Cummings on guitar andkeyboardist Barry Burns, Mogwai is today synonymous with the post-rockgenre. After 14 years of exceptional music-making, they are often credited withinfluencing other reknown 'post-rock' acts such as Explosions In The Sky fromTexas, US and Iceland's Sigur Ros, as well as countless names in therock instrumental, experimental music circuit.

Theband抯 monicker, "Mogwai", taken from the 1984 creature movieGremlins, is derived from the Cantonese term for 揺vil spirit