Documentary In Amber

just so you know

2007-03-25T20:44:00.000+08:00

Presented by Aging Youth Productions, Training Ground showcases bands covering different facets of rock music. Admission is free.

On Friday 13 April 2007, emo-rock act Mistaken Identity will fire up the stage at 1930hr while post-rockers Documentary In Amber headlines with their unique brand of guitar soundscapes at 2045hr and 2200hr. They will be releasing their debut EP on the same day.

On Saturday 14 April 2007, Sleeve will dish out their brand of melancholic indie rock at 1930hr. At 2045hr and 2200hr, progressiverock sextet Zero Sequence will unleash their high-octane blend of guitar pyrotechnics and keyboards solos.

On Sunday 15 April 2007, New kids on the block Super Illegals will perform their garage rock tunes at 1930hr. Headlining the stage is J-rock inspired mizeryFree which takes to the stage after a year of absence.

h i a t u s

2006-09-20T21:15:00.000+08:00

Thanks to everyone who came down to watch us during TAGS at home club. Thanks also to the wonderful soundman who made our day, the lights guy, and the organisers of TAGS.

Latest news:
DIA will be on hiatus for a couple of months.
We are not yet sure how long our hiatus will be for,
but definitely not too long.
Our "mids" guy is away serving the nation for now,
so things have to be put on hold for a little while.

The band is also going to be working on finishing up our recordings and we hope to get our debut EP out as soon as possible.

Do watch this space and our myspace.
We will be back soon,
hopefully with our debut EP ready.

Thank you all for listening, and for the support.

-The Band

1979

2006-08-10T02:56:00.000+08:00

T.A.G.S. is back! Presenting…

It’s Never Enough: The Art of Gear Stomping Part Deux

This year, we’re taking T.A.G.S. to a new level. This year, you don’t come to T.A.G.S., we bring T.A.G.S. to YOU!

The Art of Gear Stomping a.k.a. T.A.G.S. is a convention BY pedal lovers FOR pedal lovers. The convention features mainly guitar effect pedals that not only enable you to shape and create sounds from your instruments, it also allows you to produce and manipulate noises from them. Featured at this convention are pedals that give you the opportunity to do this. It also features workshops to show you the different uses of different pedals. The rest is up to you.

This year, there will be 3 workshops held at 3 different venues over 3 different weekends, followed by a big beautiful disastrous fuzzy band bang gig at HOME Club.

T.A.G.S. is a collaborative effort between Platform (The Label) and MR. MISSE.

Featuring City Music, MR. MISSE, Ty Music Centre, Guitar 77, OM Laboratiories, Randolf aka The Embryo, Documentary In Amber, The Love Experiment and many more…

Info:

Workshop 1:
We Spread The Love, and The Noise to you.
The basics of FX
4th August 2006, Friday 2pm – 3pm
SAE Institute Singapore (School of Audio Engineering)
71 Bencoolen Street #02-01
Singapore 189 643
Walking distance from Dhoby Ghaut or Bugis MRT Station
Demo/Workshop by City Music, MR. MISSE
Entry $2. Free Entry for SAE Students.

Workshop 2:
CUM FEEL THE NOIZE!!!
Advance FX, sound and noise
13th August 2006, Sunday 2pm – 10pm
The Substation
45 Armenian Street, 2nd Floor
Featuring demo and performances by…
Mr. MISSE, Randolf aka The Embryo, Ty Music Centre, OM Laboratories, Guitar 77, tbkfas, The Escapist Theorist, mindfuckingboy, GrumpEmotionalDUmbMalayBoy, wyxmm and many more.
Convention $3
Performance $3
Both events $6 + one lucky draw coupon

Workshop 3:
Come chill, and chill, and chill, and chill….
Acoustica, and The Fine Art of Looping.
19th August 2006, Saturday. 4pm-6pm
Earshot @ The Arts House
1 Old Parliament Lane Singapore 179429
Featuring…
Acoustic guitar demo by Maestro and Paul Ponodurai,
EsSample by Darren Ng aka Sonicbrat,
The Variax Acoustic by Bernard of City Music and,
The Art of Looping by Randolf Arriola aka The Embryo
Free Entry. Donations are welcome.

Finale:
A Big Beautiful Disastrous Fuzzy Band Bang
Mini-flea market, gig and lucky draw.
26th August 2006, Saturday. 4pm – 1030pm.
HOME Club
20, Upper Circular Road
B1-01/06, The Riverwalk
Singapore 058416
Entry $12 plus one drink + one lucky draw coupon.
Free entry to Drum and Bass event after 1030pm.
Featuring performances by Ugly In The Morning, Documentary In Amber, The Love Experiment, Super Illegals, Al Grande Terrorismo and more.

Every $10 spent at dealers will be entitled to a lucky draw coupon.
Prices include vouchers, discount coupons, effects and other accessories.
Proudly sponsored by Mr. MISSE, City Music, Guitar 77 and Ty Music Centre.

We're also having a 2nd hand booth for all you people who wanna sell their stuff. Pls email plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com with your list of items you wanna sell and for more info.

Enquiries
plasticblackspecs@hotmail.com
91813142

stop taking your happy pills

2006-05-16T03:47:00.000+08:00

this is the HAPPY IDM PART

2006-04-19T15:21:00.000+08:00

FOR GOOD

2006-04-19T15:13:00.000+08:00

For Good! compilation out in all good music stores on last week of April

Music For Good (MFG) and Aging Youth Records (AYR) have collaborated on the For Good! CD compilation, amassing 14 homegrown acts under an umbrella to raise funds for MFG, a charity organisation dedicated to using music as a delivery channel to help its constituents. The proceeds from the album sales will be channelled to fund MFG’s youth outreach programs and its operation costs.

You can have a preview of the album at our MySpace page at www.myspace.com/agingyouth. All tracks contributed by the acts are previously unreleased, ranging from outtakes to remixes to tracks from upcoming albums.

For more details on Music For Good and how you can volunteer, log onto: www.musicforgood.org.

The compilation album is proudly sponsored by Bar None. And the official launch of the album will be held on Monday 8 May at Bar None (320 Orchard Road, Singapore Marriott Hotel Basement) with Documentary In Amber and Stoned Revivals showcasing their talents.

The track listing is as follows:

1. The Observatory – This Sad Song (Remixed by Rennie Gomes)
2. Camra – White Hearts Lane
3. Stoned Revivals – The New Way
4. Electrico – Hello
5. MUON – Against the Grain
6. B-Quartet – Catwalks
7. Lunarin – Absolution
8. Ugly In The Morning – Carousel
9. TypeWriter – Enemy
10. Elise – Massive Earth
11. Astreal – This was Wallflower. (Remixed by MUON)
12. Phorous – The Glowering
13. The Love Experiment – Orbit Around Me
14. Documentary In Amber – Turnstiles

2006-03-31T15:26:00.000+08:00

Life Without Dreams

2006-03-09T00:38:00.000+08:00

Platform (The Label) presents…

Micro Series: The Laptop sessions…

…a series of miniature gigs to yank the apathetic listener back into the intimacy that should exist between the sound and the mind

From computers that fills up an entire room to devices that fits into the palm of your hand, the laptop has not only made computing portable, it is also fast becoming a “musical instrument” of its own in this fast technology growing era.

Micro Series showcases musicians, or Artistes of different genres crafting their works in front of a live audience. The Laptop Sessions will feature the rhythmic and haunting performances of Life Without Dreams, The Escapist Theorist, Ba3s and ESPER from NUS/EML, who, aided by their portable computers as part of their instrumentation, will attempt to push music beyond the boundaries of tradition into a world of transcendental sound.

Date: 15th April 2006, Saturday

Time: 1900-2200hrs

Venue: The Substation Ltd. 45 Armenian Street. 2nd Floor. Dance Studio

Performers: Life Without Dreams, The Escapist Theorist, Ba3s and ESPER

Admission prices: Pay-As-You-Feel

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Life Without Dreams, is a result of three individuals who are searching for an outlet to develop ideas and concepts which do not fit in the context of their current bands. Consisting of members from IF / Phorous, Death of Cinema and Documentary in Amber, the trio aims to deliver conceptually structured sounds painted on the canvas of silence.

A Glass Exposé

2006-02-24T07:49:00.000+08:00

Stasis 8

2006-01-12T00:30:00.000+08:00

Thanks to all who came down to watch us at Stasis 8

Yours Truly,

DIA

Stasis 8

2005-12-12T11:13:00.000+08:00

Hello,

Thanks

Yours Truly,

DIA

For These Are Truly The Last Days

2005-11-28T01:41:00.000+08:00

Hello,

We've posted another track for download. It is taken from our limited CD samplers which were sold during The Aftermath of Karaoke @ The Esplanade.

It is titled "For These Are Truly The Last Days"

Recording of drums for our coming release is underway...................

And also ...............the band was at the Furniture gig @ The Substation Theater. The band certainly enjoyed themselves, especially Daniel Lim, who had a smoke bath while performing with supporting act, Life Without Dreams.

Yours Truly,

DIA

Decline of the Vocalist 2

2005-11-23T01:51:00.000+08:00

Hi,

Our set starts at 9pm

Yours Truly,

DIA

Decline of the Vocalist 2

2005-11-19T19:00:00.000+08:00

Rockstar Collective has invited us to play for the 2nd installment of Decline of the Vocalist! This time the acts are spread out on different dates. Therefore, it will not be a one night affair kinda thing..... there will be 2 acts per night.

Documentary In Amber will be playing for the first night on the 24th of November, Thursday @ Home Club.

Stay tune for more details on Decline of the Vocalist

And...................

The kind folks at OMS has also invited us to play for the upcoming Stasis 8 at the Substation Theater, Jan 06..................

Yours truly,

DIA

Life Without Dreams opens for Furniture

2005-11-11T17:18:00.001+08:00

“(Furniture) wants to disassociate itself from ‘Post-rock’, but at the same time capture the adventurous, unclassifiable, spirit behind the original intent of the term.”
-Frontman, Ronnie Khoo, on Furniture’s place in the regional ‘post-rock’ scene.

Following a mesmerizing performance at Baybeats 2005, Malaysian ‘dream pop’-sters Furniture will be back once again in Singapore (Sunday, Nov 27th @ the Substation Guinness Theatre) to promote their critically-acclaimed debut album Twilight Chases The Sun.

Be sure to catch this one night only event, which will also feature performances by KLPHQ (from Kuala Lumpur) as well as the up-and-coming local rockers Life Without Dreams and The Subway Stars!!

Event Details:
Sunday, Nov 27th Guinness Theatre
Music starts at 6pm
$8 at the door
$15 for entry + a copy of Twilight Chases the Sun

Brought to you by:
Voideck Music (www.voideck.com)
Platform, The Label (www.platformthelabel.blogspot.com)

For more information on the Furniture Singapore Tour 2005, visit www.earsofa.com/tour.

This event is promoted in conjuction with MTVAsia.com.

Further enquiries (regarding band contact details, interviews, etc.) may be directed to voideck@gmail.com

up-and-coming local rockers Life Without Dreams is Daniel Lim's Side project with Fuzz from IF and Phorous and Eswandy from The Death of Cinema

Yours Truly,
DIA

Turnstiles

2005-10-31T23:24:00.000+08:00

Hello,

Its been a while....... a track off our sampler, Turnstiles, is now available for download on the right side bar. It is a track which is pretty different from our usual set of songs

Yours truly,

DIA

We Spanked That Monkey Good!

2005-10-06T19:35:00.000+08:00

While the band is still undergoing an overhaul, we won't be playing any gigs for now.

However, do come down for We Spanked That Monkey Good! organized by Aging Youth with earshot. The event features many interesting acts ranging from electronic noises, IDM to minimalistic experimental sound concepts.

And yes.. if you are wondering what are minimalistic experimental sound concepts, come down and catch Live Without Dreams. Featuring Eswandy (The Death Of Cinema), Fuzz (IF, Phorous) and Daniel Lim (Documentary In Amber).

Yours truly,

DIA

ps - oh yeah... its gonna be Daniel Lim's debut on live visuals :)

An Alright Beginning

2005-09-24T03:44:00.000+08:00

As you may have noticed, the colours have changed. This is a metaphor for the changes that we are going through as we enter a new phase. We might be a little quiet for the next few months. We are in the process of recording something.

If you miss our old posts you could visit documentaryinamberold.blogspot.com

Yours truly,
DIA