we were at NBT on sunday night to lend support to two singapore girls (actually one is a johorian) who showed us (malaysian music people) what indie spirits are about.
ke wei 【可為】and ein ein 【盈盈】, are two talented singer-songwriters who are bent on doing things themselves, without resorting to major labels or music distributors. their first claim to fame was their youtube video where they played a medley of khalil fong. it has got more than 200,000 views to date.
ke wei is a backing vocalist, whereas ein ein is a keyboardist-cum-composer. together their produced their debut EP, smartly called K.E.E.P, which stands for Ke-wei Ein-ein EP.
the EP was done on a shoestring budget with the help of many friends; it only has three tracks. they are raw but earnestly musical. it shows the vocal sweetness of ke wei. we like what we hear.
ein ein told us that ke wei has been signed to S2S (the late ken suzuki's label who has a HQ in singapore, the same label that housed olivia ong before she left for HIM) and will release an english audiophile album. we can't wait.
it is really rare to see such indie D.I.Y spirits in malaysia's chinese music scene. they are some, maybe, but very few of them are as good and as resourceful as ke wei and ein ein.
we hope they will go far!
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