#31 Narmi

Posted on 11 February 2011 by azam, 14 . Tags: , , , ,

Emerging stagefront, different from his usual spot onstage which is behind the drumkit, Imran mirrors his name and along with that the sounds that he is popularly known for, the tight and thumping localized pop punk of One Buck Short, to sing his personal compositions, with guitar in hand, as Narmi.

From playing major award shows with what could be Malaysia’s first indie superband, A.P.I. to performing his own MET10 topping single with his own backing band, Narmi serves as an outlet for the artist to explore other disciplines of the music making process. Let it be given to the artist that he has done so pretty impressively. His rhythmic, simple and sweet lyrics and his occasional vocal flips into falsetto in Whirl makes us wonder how long he’s been hiding his writing and singing abilities from fans who’ve known him for his exceptional pop punk drumming.

Narmi has garnered much love and respect from audiences in venues like No Black Tie, he’s also ventured into radio airwaves with his single Whirl and created quite a buzz amongst listeners.

For more info on Narmi, click here.
Audio mixed by The Angry Uncle.


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  • INOONI

    Oompa loompa

    I think you’re the only one to see hate. Blandness yes, but hate?

    And how does musical critique of general overall blandness relates to being a hipster? are you saying those who like ” indie crap” whatever that is, is a hipster? really?

    such perplexing comments.

  • oompa loompa

    You might hate his music and general “blah-ness”, but I highly commend Wknd featuring him and his ilk on the show. Sure I wanna hear indie crap 24/7 just as much as the next hipster but they are not representative of the entirety of the local independent scene.

    Good music, well-performed = good enough to be on on this show.

    Carry on…

  • faizal

    i see it as escapism. anyone would get tired playing the same instrument all the time, plus he could sing, it must sort of suck holding in that desire to sing your own stuff. and hey, he’s from one buck short. what’d you guys expect? that he’d be alternative all of the sudden?

  • LIMAU

    What Petani said

  • Job For A Petani

    I’ll take this Narmi lightly first because apparently the musical trend in Malaysia now is singer-songwriters.

    Let’s just see after this cycle ends whether he’ll still be around doing this stuff. Same thing just after the “indie bust,” now we are slowly seeing quality bands committed to their music coming out and making a name.

  • ranonymous

    MRAZ-IAN . razmans

  • ayman

    @inooni and @uncle
    it is true watchu sayin. the chords are the same. the treatments are the same. the personas are the same.

  • http://theangryuncle.com Uncle

    INOONI: “to see these fella break out of the shell a bit” – fully agree with this. More adventurous, try new things and experiment.

    But it’s a good start. Back when I was involved, there wasn’t much of a scene at all.

  • INOONI

    Uncle – i should mention that the singer songwriter scene is so crowded here in Malaysia with not so many acts even trying to make a distinction between one another. so yes, my critic is not to condemn but to see these fella break out of the shell a bit and not be a cliche.

    There is so much to explore within the singer songwriter format but many here choose to play too safe.

    of course just my humble opinion :)

  • http://theangryuncle.com Uncle

    INOONI: we do need more, to make the small scene bigger. We all have to start somewhere right?

    If, waay back then, they had said “five punk bands is enough” maybe Joy Division would never have come to be. And we’d never have the rest of the acts downstream who cite them as an influence…

  • INOONI

    nice and harmless. but dont we have enough of those already in our small scene?

  • kugiran kosong

    handsome face, handsome voice, bleh music

  • hKm

    Hey,isn’t that the sessionist for Liyana?
    Anyway,beautiful acoustic sounds; we need more of them.

    Looking forward for more.

  • Ali Jo fan

    uwek.

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