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2008-04-28T04:38:00.000-07:00

AJV Single Line Telephone PC88813

A cool, stylish and irresistible single line phone is what we call AJV PC88813 is. Slim desktop phone that not require much space either at your workplace or home where it easily blend it with the furniture is build with shining black and are compact and light, providing the basic functions needed every day. It has illuminated dial buttons that are easy to see in all lighting conditions, the incoming voice can be adjusted for optimum listening level and as for all phone, the last number redial is also available.

Build in a modern design it is something someone with art sense is looking before besides being elegant its also build with a built-in flash for notified user there is incoming call when it was switch to silent mode / mute.

2008-04-28T04:37:00.000-07:00

AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T04T

High quality AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T04T, PC camera embedded inside a cute looking Penguin, just in time for user who seek to be out or “boring” category. Really get chatty mood whenever you do online video call with your friends and family, and show off your different and the love for soft toys spirit in the workplace or at home.

It is not only suitable for adult but also children expose them to a whole new video chat online.

The AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T04T feature COMS CMOS sensor with 480K pixels, software upgraded to 1.3 mega pixels, with the focus range from 3cm to infinity with excellent auto white balance and automatic exposure for better image capture.Where you can capture video and still photos with just a click of mouse. The penguin is design and well balanced to be place anywhere on the table and PC.

This PC Camera can be plug and play in various PC OS platform such as: Windows 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / 2003, Mac OS, Linux .

2008-04-28T04:35:00.000-07:00

AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T06

The AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T06 sleek new design and impressive large camera lens and patented PC Camera we've seen. Though it won't replace your digital camera or video recorder, this device can take clear still pictures and video and produce RGB 24 or I42011. Therefore enjoy image-perfect detail and clarity.

The PC Camera performed well with COMS sensor with 1.3 Mega pixels sensors to get the maximum quality in a reliable and versatile, with minimum digital noise in both still and video images, with the focus range of 3cm to infinity Video was generally clear blast your eyes with stunning quality and smooth image of your movement. The PC Camera itself automatically adjusts brightness, saturation, contrast, white balance, hue, sharpness, gamma, and backlight. You can notice the change exposure, gain, and the ambient-light setting without even adjusting it or using extra bundle of software.

AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T06 is a really neat piece of hardware which combines power, quality and a real low price. A very reliable capture system, combined along with all the capabilities a nice PC Camera can offer nowadays, make this PC camera an interesting device to cover 2 different fields like the digital photography and the PC Camera world.

This PC Camera works seamlessly any OS platform such as Windows 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / 2003, Mac OS, Linux. It is connected to PC or laptop via USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 interface.

2008-04-28T04:33:00.000-07:00

AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T08

The AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T08 is the ideal PC Camera if you are looking to shoot objects other than yourself: your talented pet or your back door or your rose garden. For simply recording video of yourself sitting in front of your PC, it also boasts a clearly superior image, particularly in low-light settings or those with a bright background. AJV has the answer for optimizing the image quality. What this AJV PC camera has going for it is an excellent design that makes it easy to capture online snapshot with just a simple click yourself at your PC and without a huge if somewhat buggy software bundle.

The AJV USB 2.0 PC Camera T08 feature COMS sensor with 1.3 Mega pixels, with the focus range from 3cm to infinity with excellent auto white balance and automatic for better image capture.Where you can capture video and still photos The glossy, black camera is attached to a clear plastic base, but this time a ball-and-socket joint connects the two pieces, which allows 360 degree precise positioning without needing to move your monitor.

This PC Camera can be plug and play in various PC OS platform such as: Windows 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / 2003, Mac OS, Linux .

2008-04-28T04:31:00.000-07:00

AJV Multi-function DV DV520

Though most digital cameras produced today have sufficient resolution to make the spec itself almost a non issue, the same can't be said about camcorders. That goes double for camcorders which record directly to hard disk or DVD, since they have sufficient pixels to compress into a decent MP4 format. The resolution of the memory card based AJV Multi Function DV 520--MPEG4, 320x240@ 30fps with voice

The DV 520 feels compact and lightweight--only 185g. The plastic body is build tough and, and it is more likely to surprise you for the price you pay for. It's not too small. It comes in handy and easy to use.

Despite its range, it's fairly easy to control the zoom switch for a fast or consistent crawl, though the auto focus takes a little longer to catch up. The stereo audio, is decent with no distortion contribute to the audio file.

It also feature High quality 5M pixels CMOS Sensor, RGB Primary Colour Filter and the image size vary from1024 x 768, 2048 x 1536 (3M), 2560 x 1920 (5M), 3264 x 2448 (8M) and 4000 x 3000 (12M) with lens aperture: F.2.8. And also with box there is USB Cable, Hand Strap, User Manual, AC Power Adapter, Pouch, AV Cable,
Rechargeable LI-ON Battery x 1, Earphone, CD-ROM, Docking, and Remote Control.

2008-04-28T04:29:00.000-07:00

AJV Multi-function DV DV680

AJV claims its Multi-function DV319 is the one of the smallest high-def camcorder on the market. While I can't quite confirm the superlative, it certainly is a very small, light camcorder that has High quality 5M pixels CMOS Sensor, RGB Primary Colour Filter
Interpolated to 12M Pixels. The DV 680 has vaguely gun-shaped design. This camera is 110x65x43mm dimension size, with the bulk of the device's controls right behind it. Below the lens, the camcorder's slim, rectangular body houses the battery, SD card slot, and flip-out High resolution 3.0” LTPS LCD , while offering a comfortable grip. The DV 680 sat comfortably in every hand.

The DV 680's biggest draw is its ability to record high-def MPEG-4 footage at 320 x 240 pixel resolution and 30 frames per second with voice recording but it keeps a few other tricks up its sleeve. Besides that the shooting video can also take 12-megapixel still pictures while it switch to still camera mode and also equipped with decent auto-flash for dark places purposes.

AJV cameras comes with multiple language to help its user from every continents of the world to used this magnificent camera, The main reason why it is call multi-function is because of this extra features such as RED-EYE reduction, WEB CAM , Remote Controlled, Voice Pen, Music Player, Game PlayerE-Book, TV-OUT, without the user to waste extra cash to have the same functions with just this DV can do alone.

In the box, it comes with USB Cable, Hand Strap, User Manual, AC Power Adapter, Pouch, AV Cable, Rechargeable LI-ON Battery x 1, Earphone, CD-ROM, Docking, Remote Control, and Arc soft Photo Impression 5 for photo editing purposes.

2008-04-28T04:28:00.000-07:00

AJV Multi-function DV DV319

With its eye-catching, compact body and relatively low price the AJV DV319 seems to be quite an attractive buy for a High quality 3M pixels CMOS Sensor , RGB Primary Color Filter , Interpolated to 12M Pixels
camcorder. At 100g with battery and SD card and only 50mm long, it's certainly one of the smallest and lightest full-size camcorders, and is pretty comfortable to shoot. The zoom switch feels responsive, and all the controls seem logically placed and fluid to operate. With the remote control, recording is just a step easier.

Overall, performance is good. The SD9 adjusts exposure and focus relatively quickly, though like many consumer models focus slows as lights get low. The image stabilization works fairly well, but there's still some shake when zoomed out to the 10x maximum. The LCD seems to be good as it is. High resolution 2.0” LTPS LCD (153k pixels)seems better than usual.

Besides that this camcoder is not only for single purpose use, it is also use as WEB CAM, Remote Controlled, Voice Pen, Music Player, Game Player, E-Book, even it is mulpurpose it never compromise with the video capturing quality and thus about to be the best device for a person who prefer their gadget to be full of feature.

With the purchase of this camera the user will be getting USB Cable, Hand Strap, User Manual, AC Power Adapter, Pouch, AV Cable, Rechargeable LI-ON Battery x 1, Earphone, CD-ROM, Docking, Remote Control, and a user friendly Arc soft Photo Impression 5 software.

2008-04-28T04:26:00.000-07:00

AJV3400 QURAN PEN

In this crazy era of gadgets, everything seems possible. Quran pen is an al-Quran player with ballpoint pen type. You not only can write with this pen, insert headset plug at top of pen and it transform as mp3 and you can hear the holy al-Quran of pray. This pen includes with 2 AG13 (LR44) button cell batteries and 2 replacements, black ink cartridge and 1 blue refill. This pen also complete with volume control dial, power on/off switch and high fidelity stereo earphones. Now this is what u call futuristic pen!

2008-04-28T04:25:00.001-07:00

AJV2300 QURAN READPEN

There is a lot of solution of lack knowledge and disability. Introducing Quran readpen, a multi-translations to Holy Quran and it can be translated to Arabic, Chinese, Uygur, English and Urdu etc, by just pushing a single button.

How it works? Simple, by phonation when the capet of the Readpen points on the book, the pen will read the content with relevant and standard voice. You can adjust the volume, hear the same verse again and again thanks to repeatable function and also can download any study content from the computer with the USB cable. The auto play function completes the invention of this readpen, make it works without any books. Simply convenient!

2008-04-28T04:13:00.000-07:00

AJV MINI DIGITAL AL-QURAN

Nowdays everything comes in compact small sizes that can be carry anywhere. AJV mini digital al-Quran has 25 different translations of the complete Holy Qur’an, most famous hadith and tafsir books, and also provide Muslims out there with prayer times and qibla directions. Absolutely brilliant !!

This mini digital al-Quran also has the most Famous Qur’an voice recitations by
Sheikh Al-Sudais & As-Shuraim and the best part is, you also can choose a combinations from 7 best choice of voice recitations that been provided.

2008-04-28T03:39:00.000-07:00

AJV DIGITAL CORDLESS PHONE X5000

A powerful high tech digital cordless phone with features such as colour display LCD: 4096 colours, CSTN LCD (128×128), time / date display on full graphic colour LCD, caller ID, SMS, user Interface 5 different languages, GSM SIM card reader, 10 last number radial memories, 3 programmable SOS numbers and 3 call barring numbers.

The phones are as good inside as they are outside. The buttons are easy to press with a backlight keypad, the phones didn't break when we dropped them repeatedly, and the speakerphone on the handset is one of the best.

Think that's cool? You also can store 100 of your closest friends contact info in the address book and the intercom between handset also allows you to have either hands free mode or group listening. Now that's connected!

2008-04-28T03:37:00.000-07:00

CORDLESS PHONE AJV7376CW

If you are looking for a cheap cordless phone with a lot of features and functions then
AJV7376CW cordless phone is your answer. With the price only rm109.50, this cordless phone offer features such as 10 channels automatic or hand selecting frequency, FSK/DTMF system compatible, LCD (Liquid crystal display) shows: dialled number, Caller-ID number, conversation time, clock and current status, 50 groups Caller numbers and 10 groups dialled numbers memory.

AJV7376CW cordless phone is not only portable but it is also easy to use. With a user friendly design, using this phone is just as simple as A B C!

2008-04-28T02:32:00.000-07:00

CALLER ID TELEPHONE AJV 1003C

AJV 1003C caller id telephone is all about uniqueness. This phone combines retro and classic design, yet elegant with a touch of the latest technology, plus with a very affordable price (rm99.50). We got so many comments on this phone design especially from retro fans out there.

IP dialing, 9 chord music, backlight and voice talking CID, gradual change backlight at off-hook states, 3 groups of alarm clock set function, digital time and date display on screen, hands free and speaker phone, and also international key lock function are just some toys that this phone comes with. Any cons? Well, of course if you are not retro fans. Then again, with a phone with all these features and functions who mind getting retro once in awhile.

2008-04-28T02:25:00.000-07:00

AJV SINGLE LINE TELEPHONE PC8810

The PC8810 model may not have call display, but it’s sleek, modern and simple design makes up for it. With its cheap price (rm42.50), you can get features such as 13 groups of one-touch memories, high/low switch able¬ and adjustable ringer and hands free dialling volume, and also a handy mute function. It also has a redial system, flash and ringer indicator like most of single line telephone nowadays, which makes it suitable for both home and office use. How convenient!
These phones provide a stylish way to update your living space...although you may need to update a few other things so that it won't be overshadowed!

Wake Up

2007-08-28T22:44:00.000-07:00

Another beautiful song.

Just imagine you're of the musician on that stage performing with the whole band. When everyone sings together. How can you not feel moved. With music that beautiful.

Its out!!!

2007-08-28T22:08:00.000-07:00

Finally the video is out!! This is by far the most inspiring heartmoving emotionally encouraging song ever made. Tributes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And if you don't believe me. See the live.

If this don't blow your brains out. I don't know what does. We all have to die seeing Arcade Fire at least once.

awsome song awsome cover

2007-08-28T21:14:00.000-07:00

this is Joy Division.A band that emerged during the early days of punk.This band eventually disbanded right after the band's singer commited suicide.They then evolved and became New Order.I got to know this band from a movie.Again.and that movie is called 24 hour party people.Extremely good movie.Very insightful.A documentary film presented in the most creative approach. Enough about the movie.Here's the band.

and here is a cover of that very same song being played by Nouvelle Vague.Awsome version.

New single from Animal Collective

2007-08-27T21:38:00.000-07:00

Taken from their latest release Strawberry Jam.Nice video.I honestly think that this video is the most expensive Animal Collective video ever.Nice little twsit as well.

Our performance in MMU's audiowarfare

2007-08-24T01:54:00.000-07:00

this is a video of our band's performance on audiowarfare.it was a lot of fun perofoming on homeground.nothing beats performing in front of close friends.it was a cool night.enjoy the video.

brian jonestown massacre

2007-08-14T22:01:00.000-07:00

an awesome band i was introduced to by the movie "Dig".Check them out.
They have a very original sound which is retro yet modern.Pretty hard to explain.Just check them out lah.

What is wrong?

2007-08-02T09:57:00.000-07:00

This is just straight to the point. Whatever happen to music for music? It might be me giving my two cents worth on it, but don't you think today's music is, sort of like meaningless? Now I'm not saying about music in general, of course there are awesome musicians out there still kicking it like Easy Star All-Star giving a pinch of their groove to their kind of music. Plain straightforward music, play it out, jam it out, nothing else. I mean face the fact, we do listen to stuff we download that aren't normally played on the radio, but then again at least 70% of them still listen to whats being played and whats "in". Whats in?? Who the heck sings about an umbrella?? Some stuff really makes you wanna rip that stereo out and roll over it with your car. To hear that people ACTUALLY likes it? I mean look at the songs nowadays, singing about camera phone, a fucking car, last night's one night stand, going to a club, I'm hot you're not and shit like that. Whatever happen to times where you just write a song FOR a song. Who gives a shit what you're writing, and heck it actually comes out brilliant. Nowadays its just to sell, to make your life poorer and theirs richer. Hell yeah it sounds catchy and shit, singalong groovy shit. I mean they don't fucking hire well paid professional songwriters and composers that everybody likes for nothing. Look at all the big producers, driving posh cars and shit, we buy their toys, and they produce shit. Fucking destroying the very essence of a song and eventually music itself. Yeah yeah, those of you who feels like I'm just being a hateful jackass can save your anger and go somewhere else. There are bands and musicians out there who strive to even release one single fucking EP and when you know how hard is it for them and when you actually hear that song being played on your friends pc or something, now that's what you call good shit. Not some shit about your red panties inside my Lamborghini in front of Zouk where I drank some stupid drink or some shit like that and I brought you home and fucked you and wake up the next day with a whole new song about teaching you how to spell P.R.E.T.E.N.T.I.O.U.S.

The Purpose of this Blog

2007-07-31T21:55:00.000-07:00

The reason why we decided to start a blog is to make use of the blog advertising services that has been around the local blogging network and make some money from it.Now,the money that we make will go to our band's savings which will then be used to bear the cost of our recording.Whether it will be an EP,LP,SP or LDP, we don't know.Depends on how much money we make lah.But recording costs money and none of us are working and none of were born from a rich family.So that's what this blog is all about.It's to financially support our love and passion for our hobby.Hope that this blog would help us achieve that goal as well as gain more recognition from other people.And it would also be a good place to kind of document our journey as a band so that who knows one day maybe we'll go far and we get to look back at how it all started.Kind of like a diary.
So by visiting this blog,in a way,you guys are helping us fund our future recordings and I would personally like to thank you all if you guys are doing so.This might sound lame and I really feel like I'm selling half of my soul to the internet and I hope I don't have to say this again.Ever.But anyways,here it goes.. : Please click on the banners.

Dopplegengger (Historical Wise)

2007-07-31T04:42:00.000-07:00

First of all, before I begin, I would like to welcome to whoever is reading this right now. I'm sure you all got to this blog is either I forward the link, or you all are just curious people, or you ARE in fact, the members of the band just browsing through to what I'm typing as you read along because we don't have this kinda thing, right guys? :D

Okay then, Welcome to Dopplegengger's blog place, web, whatever this is called. Forgive me, this is my first time using this service. So far so good, I think. We are consists of 5 dudes from Multimedia University (MMU), Cyberjaya, still studying as usual. My name is Azim and I'm the lead vocalist for the band and it seems that I'm responsible for typing out some stuff about us. Or maybe I'm just doing this for kicks and blabber it out everything that comes to mind. Hehe. My other bandmates are Afiq - Lead Guitarist, Brian - Bassist, Johnny - Rhythm Guitarist and our malay mixed Mat Salleh friend, Johar Lucas - the drummer a.k.a the beat architect. He was in Cicakman btw. I'm mixed chinese by the way. Nobody believes me but thats cool. Hehe. Anyways, this is our current line up. All of them are my closest friends and I appreciate their talents and their love for music and it's cool and lucky that we're all friends and a formed band as well. But it didn't start out like what you're reading now before because believe it or not, I was a FAN of this band before I joined in with these compadres... Now this is where I tell the story from my point of view.. :)

In 2004, we all entered MMU first year foundation, same classes and everything. I do have other bands at the time where I'm a drummer but never involved in bands from MMU. So I didn't know who was Afiq, Brian and other guys. They were just...normal friends. Then a few weeks have passed, everybody got aquainted, settled in with their hostels and classes. Then came an event which I would never thought they would organize so early, AudioWarfare 2004. Sounds like a battlefield war games but it was the battle of the bands. I wasn't really fond of battle of the bands because when you play, you usually cover other people's song and the judges evaluate based on that and mostly these bands don't have their original songs. So it's kinda hard to show the talent. The judges only familiar with radio friendly songs. That was the whole point. The reason why I said this is because I've already played lots of gigs where we have to play original songs. Only then, you can show your real talent as a musician and composer and so forth. But since it was just battle of the bands, so I figured, maybe it can be a fun activity to do with new friends, and covering songs for a change. Anyways, I was befriend with Johar at the time and he wanted to form a band and I said, okay, no problemo laa. I'll just play the drums and he plays the bass because he also registered with another band with Afiq and Brian at the time and Johar was actually a drummer. But I'll get back to that later. So me and Johar with another 3 guys which was Apek the vocalist, Azfar the guitarist, and Johnny the guitarist as well. As you can see now, everybody was everywhere. We called ourselves The Dutchladies. I know, I know...lame right? Somebody was drinking strawberry dutchlady milk, we had no time to think up a name. We just take laa! :P

Meanwhile Afiq and Brian has another band of themselves and Johar was also included. I wasn't close with them at the time but according to what Johar explained to me was that they all got together somehow and tried jamming among themselves. Afiq was the vocalist and guitarist as well, Brian playing the bass and Johar on the drums, rockin away and instantly there was that chemistry thing going on. Everybody clicked. Pretty normal for a band to savour the moment whenever you form a band and jammed nicely. But they said they needed another guitarist to play. So they invited Johar's roommate who happens to know how to play guitar, terrific football player and most probably Macromedia Flash editor of the year. Maybe every year. And very very very good at it, I might add. The guy was bushy haired, combed using his own hands in a stylized kinda way and likes to make smart jokes. Too smart in fact. Haha. That guy was Azhar Razali. And their band was called DBS, stands for Death By Stereo. When this guy joined, the music was so damn funky that I thought this guy was damn original or better than other funky guitarist in the world. They played together well. They were like the perfect mix of a band. Afiq and Azhar was good in sharing ideas in my opinion. When they were practicing for the audition, me, Johar, Johnny and others were doing that too for our band. We played The Ataris 'Boys of Summer' version. During practices, I could tell that we're not gonna pass the audition from the start because we weren't practicing as hard as we should and the fact that Azfar and Apek weren't experienced in this type of thing where it requires countless hours of practice and perfection. But I just roll with it anyways.

When that audition day came, we all did our thing in front of the organizers. And you guessed it.. Dutchladies out, DBS in. They made it into the finals. So either way, Johar still gets to play with DBS. And I was that someone who supports them. The night of that event, it was sooo many people filling up the hall. It was full house like a rock concert. But with seats. And I thought, wow, this event must be really good to get this kind of crowd. Anyways, all the bands performed and DBS was too. They played 311 'Amber' song and one of their original song called 'Dreamology'. It's because of them that I started listening to 311 songs. They were the only band that didn't play crazy metal rock songs. And I guess thats why they stand out. I was at the back cheering them on with our other friends and we were screaming like mad! Now at first, I wasn't really a fan of them because I haven't heard their original materials properly and it wasn't catchy for me even at that time. But it sounded quite creative because the song was a bit progressive. And they were my friends, so of course I was cheering alot. They didn't won anything but according to them, they were at 4th place. Which was quite an achievement considering they were the only first year students that made it into finals and others were seniors.

After the moral victory, DBS was here to stay..at least for a while. Everybody noticed the potential of the band slowly. They all kept creating their songs and practiced everyday in the hostel rooms. Friendship getting closer and stronger as they bond as friends and a band. Meanwhile I was minding my own business with other things but was still 'lepaking' with them as well. But the day that I became a FAN of their music was when they recorded their demo material for the first time at Ampang jamming studio called 'Excess Studios'. Now that studio is closed for good, I think. I heard 'Dreamology' for the first time in Azhar's room in campus. I was quite surprised that the songs were actually catchy and good. It was tight as hell. I mean it's a demo quality but a damn good one. So since then, I would sometimes hear what ever materials they come up with, whether with vocals or instrumental, and they played in front of me and I love listening to it because it has that ethnic, asian, modern but classy element by using just guitars when they should be using gongs instrument or something, which separates from other generic bands lately. Azhar and Afiq made beautiful guitar riffs together, makes me wonder both of them were meant to be soulmates or something. Haha. I really admire them and their ideas as guitarists and how they work together. Sometimes both of them like to record their guitar riffs through Azhar's computer for fun. Azhar knows a thing or two about home recording as well. All of them were very high spirited in releasing their demos but they never reached that goal because very busy with assignments. But their songs somehow circulating around the campus in the network, sharing and everything unintentionally. And somehow they got fans around MMU and people started to notice them and how good they really were. DBS played a few shows in MMU and outside as well. Sometimes I would follow them jamming and practicing for their next show. There was one time they got interviewed by Radio MMU. Things was just getting better and better. They even wrote malay songs just for fun. The songs were quite good and catchy as well that sometimes I like to sing it. But the most definitive performance for DBS was where I became the vocalist just for that night and sing for the band on our prom nite at JW Marriot KL. We all performed prom dancing type songs like from that movie 'That Thing You Do' and Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight. We played so good that we had to perform the first song again for some dancing action. The only bummer was that we didn't have someone to record our performance, not even a clear photograph! But I guess thats because they were all just having a great balls of fire time. Hahaha! :D That night, seriously I would never forget..and I know the other guys won't forget it either. It was special for us...period.

The following year, which was 2005, things always change and adapt, I guess. One thing was that Johar entered Azhar's other main band called Neomedicus. He wanted Johar to join Neomedicus because Johar is quite good at drums and it fits Neomedicus's style. Funky.. :) Good for him of course. Then, there was this one time when DBS had a show to do in MMU. Engineering Society organized an event called E-Sensation and DBS was invited. Unfortunately, Azhar and Johar had to play for Neomedicus at a Green Day Launching Album gig. A definite clash right there! That's when Afiq asked me to play drums for DBS and I was crazy excited because I already memorized the drum beats of their songs. What to do...? I'm a freakin' FAN! Hahaha. So there was 3 of us that night. Frankly, it was not that bad. Although when we played the first song, there was something wrong with Afiq's guitar or the gadget he was using and the sound didn't came out and we stoped playing and everybody laughed. It was damn hilarious but it was fixed quickly and we get on with the show. Fun night for me! Time goes by fast and then came the real change. Azhar wanted to quit the band because he wanted to focus on Neomedicus. It was his main priority band anyway before he joined DBS. He joined DBS just for fun at first during AudioWarfare. He never thought it would be more than that but he saw potential and so he stuck around for a while, recording some songs with them and so on. But realizing that he can't commit for long so he decided to step back and the guys respected his decision because we all too love Neomedicus as a band and boy, they kicked ass too! In the end, we're all still friends what.. :D Later on, Johar quits DBS too and became full time drummer for Neomedicus. So, Afiq and Brian had to go through this revamping wake up call kinda thing where they all started to think who they should recruit and what kind of music they want to approach, fresh materials so to speak. So, they decided to recruit Johnny, our friend as well who can play guitar and Afiq wanted me to play the drums. It was an honor for me to play for this band because I haven't played in a band for so long and thought this should be fun. So we all gave it a try at the jam studio and surprise surprise, we all clicked too. Even though it wasn't the same type of music as before but it's definitely a new thing, a new breath of fresh air. Before we knew it, we had another DBS revamp band. And the meaning of DBS even changed from Death By Stereo to Deceiving Bedtime Story. Ooooo....So deepful meaning.. Hahaha..! :P

So with the new line-up, Afiq still sings and plays guitar, Brian still the Groove Master, Johnny and I were trying to find our place and sound in the band. In time, we created a cool straight- forward rock song called 'When She's Away' and from what I remember, it was a very frustrating song to compose and play because we keep improvising and thinking and deciding which part sounded good or bad, use it or not use it and wanted to stick with it. But the end result was a good catchy one. Easily a hit radio friendly song. And so we took this song and give the audience a taste at the AudioWarfare 2005. Alot of people gave a good reaction to the song because the last part of the song was a killer fast-paced contrary motion solos between Afiq and Johnny. We didn't win but it was quite memorable for us because it was the new DBS and that was our first show as a new revamped band in terms of the members and the music. We did pretty good for a while.

Then suddenly there's another line-up change again during our semester break. I remember Afiq calling me and asking if I would be interested to be the vocalist and then let Johar come back as the drummer. At first I was quite excited but at the same time scared because I never really tried to be a full all out vocalist. I don't really have the experience much. But Afiq was really convinced that it was all for the better for the band as he wants to concentrate more of playing the guitar than singing. And so, I was cool about it and so does everyone including Johar when he came back to the band. I think it was ok for me because Johar is a much better drummer than I am and I know he would bring cool beats to the table. I just wasn't sure if I had what it takes. But we all just gave it a try. Surprisingly, we all sounded better and more tight than ever before. My voice didn't sucked that bad that I thought it would be and Johar played his version of 'When She's Away' much twisted than I ever did. So it all worked out pretty well. And from this moment on, we kept creating more songs for recording our demo. We went to record the songs at Taman Melawati, near Johar's housing area. We recorded the music live track instead of track by track but the vocals was recorded separately. The final result was quite cool because it occured to us that what we usually play live in front of people is not the same sound as we thought when recorded properly. It sounded so clear and united. It was just wonderful and surreal.

We did a few shows in MMU as time goes by but none of that really promotes us or even get a big exposure and we haven't played in real outside gigs until late 2006. We were all too busy with studies and so on. We did jammed once in a while when we all had free time. We registered myspace music for people to hear our music, give comments, and spread the word and so on. As time goes on, we were tired of playing the same old songs and we tried to create more new songs but none of them really clicked or even had the energy that defines our band. It was a slow year for us...

In late 2006, we finally got an outside gig at Paul's Place near Old Klang Road. Even though it wasn't a famous gig but at least it's a start. In the mid 2006, we already have created new songs which really defines us and the music that we wanted which is kind of like 60's beatles rock but with a twist and we thought, if we're gonna change the song style, we might as well change the band name too. So Afiq came up with Dopplegengger, means twin or double or mirror image. And I thought, what better to play these new materials than to play at this particular gig. I remember that gig very well because it was the time when I was still healing from my illness. My voice wasn't up to par but I could still sing. We went, we played, and we conquered! I think that was the night that we realized we were back in business and feeling alive and kicking again. :D We found ourselves again...

But still, that wasn't enough because it was the only gig show we got at the time. Not everybody knows our potential yet. The real show and our next target would be the AudioWarfare 2007 (AudioWarfare 2006 didn't happen because there was a problem with the budget or the timing). By now everybody knows that AudioWarfare event is really a big thing in MMU every year. People from the outside would come and watch the show. Anyways, we didn't waste anymore time. We registered and thinking we had to do this and give it our best shot. It's our last chance to prove ourselves we were the real deal as a band that has been around for 3 years and try to win at least something before we graduate. Now we're all seniors... Plus, it would be the first time for our latest line-up to perform in front of MMU people. Meaning me, singing in front of big crowds like quarter from the Rock the World concert audience. Yikes..! :P But we took a challenge. We work our way up like crazy. Practicing again and again, performed small events that would lead up to the big one, just to show we're still alive. We had to strategize like what cover song would be suitable for us and would woo the judges and audiences. Brian gave the idea that would change my life forever, singing 'Crazy' by Gnarles Barkley. First of all, I don't really hear latest radio songs and when I heard that song, I thought, that was too crazy! I couldn't do that particular voice! Too high! And then Afiq suggested we change it a bit and give it a lil funky/jazzy type of feel to it. And I thought, hmmm, this could work.. I could sing with my own voice and my own style and the end result was totally different than the original but somehow still faithful to the soul of the song. Meanwhile, you're never gonna believe this. Azhar created another band called Thomas On The Moon, to join in the AudioWarfare with Afdeza as the vocalist(Johar's gf), Brian as the bassist, Johar playing the drums and another friend of ours, Hussam, a foreign student playing the guitar. I thought to myself, damn we got some competition going on here now! The fact that half of the bandmembers from Dopplegengger are also in Thomas On The Moon, it's gonna be interesting to see how this turns out in the end.

When AudioWarfare 2007 finally came, everybody was god damn nervous! I mean really really nervous! Especially me! I even had to puke in the toilet! Can't help it. One of my routines... :P Anyways, 10 bands were in queue to play and Thomas On the Moon was the first band to go. It was quite a good start. They rocked for sure. Afdeza's voice was spot on. It was nice to see Azhar playing his funky guitar again since AudioWarfare 2004. It was a great performance from them. Solid effort from the get go. But guess what? Dopplegengger had to play last! The 10th band! My god, the waiting was a torture, moving around backstage, watching band after band performing made us feel the pressure and the nervousness was nervewrecking. Some were really good but one band really stands out, Encarnacion... They were the 6th band to perform and they really freakin' rocked the house! Even though they played both malay rock kapak cover songs, still the band were so damn tight that you just feel congested. They were like the superband came out of nowhere and the judges even said that they should perform at Hard Rock Cafe instead of joining a competition. I was like, that's it! We're gonna suck balls to hell! The remaining of the bands to perform even agreed with me on that. We just can't beat Encarnacion. But it's too late to freak out now. I thought, let's just do it laa. No point blabbering. We just do what we do and hope for the best. When it came to our turn, the last band of the night, you can imagine that all of the people are getting tired and sleepy of course. Even we were kinda sleepy. But we gotta get the job done. So we performed our first song which was our own song called 'Sooner Than You Think'. Just as Johnny started strumming the chords, I was feeling it. Then when Johar attacked the first beat, I was like crazy possessed wild dancing baboon! I dont know where did that come from but I was just dancing my ass off. I guess it's to shake off that nervous thingy. When I heard the audience cheering for us, it was uplifting for me. We played like there's no tomorrow. I was jumping like a mad dude from hell! When that was over, the crowd so far liked us. A good sign. I don't know about the judges but I guess they pretty much ok with the performance. But what brought down the house for me was our second cover song Gnarles Barkley's 'Crazy'. It seems that alot of people know and love that song so much that when I started singing that song, the minute they recognized it, they were all shouting and shouting for more. I was like wow. This song is pretty famous. So I sang that song as soulful as possible with my own kinda way. In the end, everybody applaud us for performing that song. When we went backstage, one of them even shook my hands and thanking us for playing that song. It was pretty overwhelming.

But what was more scary for us was the results. We all had to wait until the end of the event to know who wins the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize, best guitarist, best bassist, best drummer, and best vocalist. When they announced the best bassist was Brian, we were all like in shocked and happy!! We were in disbelief. I felt like I had a heart attack. It was like a dream come true for him and I know he would show the trophy to his dad and make him proud. Best drummer went to someone else. Which was kinda bummer for me because Johar did a great job playing for both bands. He and Brian was the most hard working of the bunch. But it was okay. Johar will always be the best drummer that we all know. Best guitarist of course goes to Encarnacion's both of the guitarists because they deserved it. Both of them are guitar Gods. Hands down. And the award for best vocalist...now, when I heard that annoucement, I didn't think I would win because Encarnacion's vocalist was quite good as well. But it turned out that I won that award and I had the shock of my life! I seriously didn't believe it. It was my first time winning a battle of the bands award and to win the best vocalist award was really a treat. It gave me more confidence and recognition that would make me push the limits even more in the future as a vocalist. And then, when they announced the 3rd place, it was Thomas On The Moon! They won 3rd place and we were so happy for them! I mean out of 10 bands and they won! I know Azhar must be so happy because the band got to win 3rd place. I was like woohoo! What's goin on here? So far our friends won the trophies. And when they announced the 2nd place winner was Dopplegengger, thats when we all really loose it...shouted like hell! We can't believe we won 2nd place of the competition! The band didn't won anything in AudioWarfare's 2004 and 2005 but for 2007, we won something. And we won big. You could say we dominated the awards that night. Both of the bands won something. It felt really really good. It's like all of us gone out with a big bang and retired. We got some prize money of course. :D We kept it for future recording session purposes. And of course, the 1st band was Encarnacion, which was pretty obvious and we were so happy for them too! We all took videos and pictures that night. We went out to eat at mamak's place somewhere in Putrajaya and celebrate our winnings. Some of us didn't even go to the next day's classes. Too happy to go. Plus we were just plain tired cos we came back late. Haha. One thing is certain, we will never forget that night for sure...ever.

After that, we got some good shows from the outside. We were active for quite a bit and we keep on creating new songs to record our songs soon. Latest gig that we played was Tribute to Radiohead gig at KL JamAsia, Hartamas. That gig was quite important because the fact that alot of people love Radiohead and apparently, we played along side with a well-known band like Seven Collar T-Shirt and some other good bands. There were only 4 chosen bands performing that night and what does that tell you? It means it narrows it down and the lesser the bands, the more focused the audience are to you and we had to be impressive to bring Radiohead songs and I won't lie to you, the songs were quite hard to cover. We had to practice 3 times a week just to get it right. That night, we were the first to perform. We had to play 'Just', 'Electioneering', 'Let Down', and 'Paranoid Android'. Everything was ok, we were performing the 2nd song when suddenly, BLACKOUT! The whole hartamas was out of electricity. At least for about 10 minutes or so. It was so dark. Couldn't do anything but sit around waiting. Some people lit up some candles. Then electricity came back on, and we got it on going. Overall, it was a great night. People enjoyed themselves and drinking beers and so on. I didn't drink laa of course. :P I did had to go back early because something important came up. The rest of the guys just enjoyed the night and the show.

So, I think that's about it. Fuuhh, I think my fingers cramped a bit. So, now you know the whole background of us. Well, almost all. I don't know if I missed out on anything important but that's pretty much what happened until now. So, thank you for reading this story of mine. Hope you got some insights of Dopplegengger. Now all we have to do is just keep playing gigs and record some songs. Keep a lookout for us okay? I'm out! Chiaos.. :D