UPCOMING GIGS

WHERE TO GET OUR DEBUT ALBUM 'WAITING FOR FRIDAY'

Bandcamp (For digital copies and streaming): http://kingkongjane.bandcamp.com

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

It's been a while

since we've performed, so we're really excited about playing a 30min set in Nanyang Polytechnic next week.

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See you guys at 8pm in the Atrium!

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Performing in Jakarta

On 25th April, we got a call from the National Arts Council that really made our day.

Less than a week later, we found ourselves on a plane to Jakarta, where we eventually performed for the inaugural ASEAN Youth-Cultural Exchange Festival. (more about the festival HERE)

It's always been one of our dreams to perform overseas, so being selected to represent Singapore at such a prestigious festival was really exciting for us as a band. In all, we spent 3 days and 2 nights in Ancol, Jakarta, where we...

- were treated like rock stars (there were police cars leading the way for our bus!)

- rubbed shoulders with Indonesian diplomats (meals with governors and ministers!)

- made friends with regional bands (such as the talented boys from Indonesian band Meet Me By Sunrise)

- performed 'Waiting For Friday', 'If It Wasn't For You' and our cover of Rihanna's 'Umbrella'

And of course we took some photos along the way:


Arriving at the airport in Jakarta


Just before our soundcheck on 1st May




With the talented boys from Meet Me By Sunrise




The entrance of BackStage, where we performed for the festival


With a representative from the Singapore Embassy


King Kong Jane + Meet Me By Sunrise


The sound booth


Colin being interviewed by the emcees


Jianping on stage


Ian, Renquan and Ruishen


Doing our thing


Still doing our thing


The awesome stage at BackStage


Finally, here's a short interview we did with Noise Singapore upon coming back to Singapore:

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Friday, March 25, 2011

Our acoustic cover of 'Animal' by Neon Trees

We performed 2 acoustic covers at the Mosaic Music Festival: 'Someone Like You' by Adele and 'Animal' by Neon Trees.

'Animal' was a pretty challenging song to sing, so we hope what you like what we did with the song, including a little tribute to a Kelly Clarkson hit towards the end of this video:



Oh oh...I want somemore...Oh oh...what are you waiting for...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

THE WAITING FOR FRIDAY PARTY

To celebrate the success of 'Waiting For Friday', we're throwing a party at Home Club on 1st April (Fri) to thank you guys!

Everyone's invited, and we'll be performing all your favourite songs from the album, such as 'If It Wasn't For You' and 'Waiting For Friday'.

Many thanks to Home Club for making this possible, and we're also really excited to have the awesome PeepShow as our opening act for the night.

So be prepared for a Friday night of fun fun fun (but no Rebecca Black), and let's show the world what we have got!


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OFFICIAL FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206717732688092

ENTRY:
Free entry for the first hour (9pm – 10pm) and for those who turn up with a copy of ‘Waiting For Friday’, which will also be available at the door for $16. Otherwise, $12 per entry after 10pm inclusive of one standard drink. INCLUDES FREE ENTRY TO BEAT! AFTER

(Yes, we deliberately planned the Waiting For Friday party to take place at Home Club on a Friday (1st April). No, it's not a joke!)

Monday, March 21, 2011

1 weekend, 2 interviews, 3 gigs

So the weekend that just passed was a pretty busy but awesome one.

Saturday was Mosaic Music Festival day for us, which began with an interview with a journalist from Malaysian newspaper The Star. We'll post up the article when it's out, and many thanks to the Esplanade for making the interview possible.

After our soundcheck at the Esplanade Concourse, we headed over to the Esplanade Library to be interviewed for a segment called In The House. It was quite nerve-wrecking to be interviewed in front of a seated audience, and the cameras and lighting made us feel like we were on TV. Nevertheless, the session went pretty well and we wrapped things up with a stripped down version of 'If It Wasn't For You'.

Our first acoustic set kicked off at 6.15pm, and we were glad to see many friends at the Concourse. But we were definitely more relaxed for our second set at 9.15pm, which ended on a good note with 'Lemonade'.

Here are the songs we performed for both sets, including the Adele and Neon Trees covers which we did for the first time:

Set 1:
Lollipop
Go Away
So Love!
Animal (Neon Trees cover)
If It Wasn't For You
Someone Like You (Adele cover)
Waiting For Friday

Set 2:
If It Wasn't For You
Stranger
Animal (Neon Trees cover)
Waiting For Friday
Someone Like You (Adele cover)
How Could You?
Go Away
Lemonade

Then came Sunday aka Go Red For Women Picnic Day, which saw us heading to Sengkang for a soundcheck at 1.30pm and a performance at 5.30pm. Many thanks to Jason and his team for having us, and congratulations on the post-event media coverage!

We're now in the process of editing some videos that were filmed during these gigs, but here's the first of several videos to come:

Our performance of 'Waiting For Friday' during our second set for the Mosaic Music Festival!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Gig Alert: Go Red For Women Picnic Day

We're going acoustic at Mosaic on Saturday, but Sunday will be a rocking affair at the Go Red For Women Picnic Day.

Presented by the Singapore Heart Foundation, this is an event for women to come together with their loved ones to relax, pick up healthy lifestyle tips and participate in exercise demonstrations aimed at raising awareness of having a healthy heart.



We'll be performing at around 5pm, but come down from 3pm onwards to check out a wide range of activities, including the maiden flight of the heart-shaped Go Red For Women kite, which will be breaking the Singapore Book of Records for the largest kite ever to take flight in Singapore.

Fore more information, check out http://www.goredforwomen.sg and make a date with us on Sunday. We'll be performing songs from Waiting For Friday, which will be on sale at the event too.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Going acoustic at Mosaic



The Esplanade's Mosaic Music Festival has begun, and we're honoured to be part of the lineup for this coming Saturday (19th March).

At 4.30pm on that day, we'll be at the Esplanade Library for the In The House segment, to share our thoughts about producing our debut album Waiting For Friday.

At 6.15pm, we'll head over to the Esplanade Concourse to perform an acoustic set. A second set follows at 9.15pm.

Our Baybeats performance at the Esplanade took place in 2007, and now that we're performing songs from our debut album at Mosaic, it definitely feels like we've come full circle.

We hope to see you guys there, as we'll be performing acoustic versions of songs from Waiting For Friday, as well as a couple of brand new covers. Copies of our album will be on sale at The Esplanade Shop on that day too.

To find out more about Mosaic Music Festival, visit:
http://www.mosaicmusicfestival.com/2011/microsite/day9.html

To check out an interview we did with Walk On Music about Mosaic, visit:
http://www.walkonmusic.net/2011/03/king-kong-jane-at-mosaic-music-festival.html

Friday, March 11, 2011

Feeling the love at Love-In

We had a blast performing at Love-In, which was a particularly meaningful gig for us.

'Waiting For Friday' went on sale for the first time ever, and it felt really surreal to see copies of the album being displayed at the merchandise booth.

We would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who bought a copy on that day, as well as those of you who came up to congratulate us after our set.

To the organisers of Love-In, thank you for having us and for being so awesome to work with over the past few months. Many thanks for playing songs from our album in between sets too!

Next up on the gig calendar?

- 19th March, Sat: 2 acoustic sets at the Esplanade's Mosaic Music Festival
- 20th March, Sun: Performing for Go Red For Women Picnic Day in Sengkang
- 1st April, Fri: The 'Waiting For Friday' album release party at Home Club

Yes, there's going to be an album release party at Home Club on 1st April (no kidding), and we'll be performing our ENTIRE album on that night. Details are still being worked out, but please keep that Friday night free for now!

Last but not least, copies of 'Waiting For Friday' will be on sale at all of these upcoming gigs, but you can also get them in HMV stores at 313@Somerset and CityLink Mall.


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For more photos of Love-In, visit http://www.facebook.com/Heiwa2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Gig Alert: Love-In @ Hong Lim Park on 6th March

Heiwa is a collective of 6 Diploma in Arts Management students from LASALLE College of the Arts, who aim to raise awareness about domestic violence, change perceptions of how people can help, and spread the message of peace through music.

For the past few months, Heiwa has been putting together a picnic-style music concert that will take place at Hong Lim Park on 6th March. We're proud to be one of the acts in the lineup, which also includes Basement In My Loft, Etc, For This Cycle, Sean Harrison, The Pinholes, TypeWriter and Zahidah.

Details are as follows:

Love-In
6 March 2011, Sunday
Hong Lim Park
5pm onwards (we will perform at around 7.30pm)
Free Admission

Official Website: http://www.love-in2011.com
Official Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154333291283180

On that day, we will be selling copies of our debut album Waiting For Friday for the very first time, so do make a date with us and all the other awesome musicians who will be performing.


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If you have no idea how to get to Hong Lim Park, this should help:

Public Transport:
Clarke Quay MRT Station
Bus services 186 & 970 available at Upper Pickering Street.
Bus services no. 2, 12, 33, 54, 147, 190, CT 28 available at New Bridge Road.
Bus services 2, 12, 33, 51, 61, 63, 80, 174, 174e, 197, 961, 961C, CT 28 available at Eu Tong Sen Street.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

BluJaz here we come!

Just 1 more night to our first-ever gig at BluJaz!

Since it's going to be a Monday, we'll definitely play this song:



Our set should begin at 8pm, followed by TypeWriter and Cheating Sons.

Hope to see some of you guys tomorrow!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

King Kong Jane + TypeWriter + Cheating Sons

Wake us up when September ends, because we'll be back on stage in October!

Come 11th October (Mon), we'll be performing at Blujaz Cafe for the very first time, along with the amazing TypeWriter and the up-and-coming Cheating Sons!

Admission is free and we'll be doing a 40min set, so tell all your friends and make a date with us for a night of booze and rock!

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Find out more about Blujaz Cafe here: http://www.blujaz.net

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

GIG ALERT: Rockin' the Region: Singapore

is the name for the series of gigs taking place at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre this weekend.

We're playing from 7.30pm to 8.15pm on Sunday, and other bands such as Cove Red, My Writes, The Lion Story and Cheating Sons will also be performing.

Here are more details on the official Esplanade website:
http://www.esplanade.com/whats_on/programme_info/rockin_the_region_singapore/index.jsp

See you this weekend!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

2 weeks from now

We will perform on the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre at 7.30pm, 4th July.

We're really excited about performing again after all these months and hope to you see there!

Do help to spread the word =)

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

It's been 8 months

since our last gig.

But come July 4th, we'll be back on a stage near you.

Watch this space for more upcoming details.

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Our first wedding gig and some new band photos

We performed in Hort Park last Friday (with bow ties!) for our very first wedding gig. When Jianping first told me about the gig, I wasn't so sure how our music would go down at a wedding. Thankfully, no one threw shark's fin in our direction, although I really wish the unexpected interruption during our second song didn't happen.

Here's our set for the wedding, which saw us performing some covers we first learnt a loooooong time ago...

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Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
Dancing Shoes (Arctic Monkeys)
Beautiful Love (The Afters)
You're All I Have (Snow Patrol)
If It Wasn't For You
So Love!
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Lollipop
Umbrella (Rihanna)
Lemonade

Before the gig, we were introduced to professional photographer Mark Teo, who kindly helped us to take a few shots, out of which these 2 are our favourites =)

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Click here to visit Mark's website: http://www.markteo.com

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

So Love!

Our Esplanade gig on Sunday was arguably one of the best we've had in quite a while.

I really like performing on the new Outdoor Stage, particularly for the sound system and how the venue seems to attract an audience that's appreciate of 'live' music by default.

The high points of the gig were provided by an uncle who spontaneously danced to our faster numbers, much to the amusement of ourselves and the audience. We got to speak to the uncle after we got off stage, and his zest for dancing was really endearing =)

Here's our set list for the gig, which was deliberately different from our usual one. For instance, we closed with "Crowded" for the first time!

1. Go Away
2. Stranger
3. Someday Somehow
4. Lemonade
5. If It Wasn't For You
6. Waiting For Friday
7. Lollipop
8. So Love!
9. Crowded

If "So Love!" doesn't look familiar, that's because it's the brand new name for the "new song that sounds like a Japanese anime theme song"!



The song's been in my head all day, and personally, it's one of my favourite songs of ours, along with "If It Wasn't For You" and "Lemonade"...

If you like the video, do help us to spread the word! I'll be posting up the lyrics of the song soon.

Next up? A private wedding gig for a friend of Jianping's next Friday night!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The New Generation at Esplanade

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Hello people! We'll be performing at the Esplanade Outdoor Stage this coming Sunday (16th August) at 7.30pm. If you missed us at Republic Poly's IGNITE!, we hope to see you this weekend!

More details of the gig here: http://www.esplanade.com/whats_on/programme_info/the_new_generation/index.jsp

In other news, we've uploaded a track from our upcoming debut album onto our MySpace account: http://www.myspace.com/kingkongjane

The song is called "Stranger", and some of you may have heard us performing it at previous gigs before. So while we take our own sweet time to work on the rest of the album, we hope you like this sneak preview of sorts!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

One hot gig

IGNITE! turned out to be a really hot gig. Literally.

The sun was shining like there was no tomorrow during our slot at 5.30pm, so we ended up sweating buckets and having an audience that mostly watched from at least a few miles away.

But we were really impressed with the elaborate stage and all the effort that the organisers put in to make this year's festival a success. To Kelly and co. from RP, thanks for having us this year.

Setlist:
Intro + Crowded
If It Wasn't For You
Lollipop
Waiting For Friday
Lemonade

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See more photos from the gig on our Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=13056900316&ref=ts

Also see photos courtesy of Shiro Ang:
http://soft.com.sg/forum/gigs-concerts-events/133804-ignite-2009-photos-3.html

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Are you ready to IGNITE?

Republic Poly's IGNITE! Music Festival takes place next weekend, and we'll be performing during the following slot:

Date: 25th July (Saturday)
Time: 5pm

Admission is free, so spread the word and visit www.rp.sg/ignite for more info.

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ABOUT US

ABOUT US
King Kong Jane is an indie rock band based in Singapore. The band first rose to prominence in 2007, when it was selected to perform at alternative music festival Baybeats. In 2008, King Kong Jane won nationwide band competition Powerjam, and was named Best English Local Act in The Sunday Times.

Known for its energetic live performances and catchy rock tunes such as "If It Wasn't For You", King Kong Jane released it's long-awaited debut album 'Waiting For Friday' in March 2011.

King Kong Jane is: Colin (vocals), Ian (guitar), Jianping (drums), Renquan (bass) and Ruishen (guitar)

Email: kingkongjane@gmail.com

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