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. 


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