It’s international women's week with Jiro KL showing massive love to women in our industry by hosting a week (Women Crush Week, 6 – 10 March) where the ladies are front and centre. A percentage of the week’s bar sales will go to Tanaganita to help refugee and migrant women and children’s care against exploitation, discrimination, slavery and human trafficking.
TUESDAY 6 March 2018
Soul Sessions: Your night of R&B and soul favourites hosted by Russell Curtis and featuring Crinkle Cut tonight. Crinkle Cut is a staple of the city's independent music scene, winning crowds with their rich, layered harmonies and authentic vibe. This soulful female quartet writes and covers songs that straddle the genres comfortably, from foot-tapping tunes and mellow melodies.
Singing their way across Kuala Lumpur since 2011, Crinkle Cut are vocalists Frances and Melissa, who also holds fort on the guitar, while Grace helms the keys, with Ashley anchoring the beat on the cajon and percussion. Their debut album b_tt_rsw__t, was released in January 2018 – a five-track playlist that features Crinkle Cut’s distinctive acoustic guitar and vocal arrangement work. The album also sees a collaboration with local R&B electronic producer KHYMN.
WEDNESDAY 7 March 2018
Foxxxy Ladies Night: featuring Ch33, with guests Slutski and Nica. The night will also be dedicated to non-discrimination day and during the early hours we will be previewing the movie Paris Is Burning.
THURSDAY 8 March 2018
Déjà vu featuring EJ Missy alongside residents Alan Tand and Ed Dix on this night of classic house. A driving force in the Singapore underground electronic music scene, EJ Missy blurs the lines between uplifting house grooves and deep, hypnotic techno beats. Meddling with bar grooves, house and techno, EJ prides herself in having the belief that you can always buy skill but not taste.
Currently, when not wearing a marketer hat for kyo KL, EJ, who's supported international acts such as Sebastien Léger (FR), Rødhåd (GER), Paul Woolford (UK) Francois K (FR), Move D (GER), Mano Le Tough (GER), Till Von Sein (GER), Hito (Berlin) & Eagles & Butterflies (US), Kenny Glasgow (US), Sidney Charles (DE) and was the former DJ booker and marketer for club kyo Singapore, can be found serving beats and bass in bars and clubs in the region, (recently being Hanoi and Hong Kong) always aiming at the most discerning ears.
FRIDAY 9 March 2018
RAW presents Karim Sahraoui (FR). Here is a true renaissance for French producer Karim Sahraoui who had put his career on hold to pursue new horizons in Asia. However, it was during this time that two elements intertwined to change the course of his life. The first was spiritual. Away from his normal environment and western habits, Karim embarked on a spiritual journey that has profoundly affected his music. The DJ and producer finally found answers to questions he had long initiated about his faith, the nature of his music and the electronic music scene.
The second was musical and the landmark encounters he has had with Derrick May: they met in Singapore in 2010 where the iconic author of Strings of Life enquired about Karim’s ‘journey’; and again two years’ later – just as Karim was at the point of giving up – Derrick got back in touch, full of admiration for his new tracks (Karim released Mr Teleportation and Nightflow in late 2012) and keen to sign him to his label. Born and raised in France, he started djing in 1994 and later producing in 2000 under various aliases, notably Djinxx but more recently under his real name.
The French DJ and producer has created a dizzying discography including releases on Cocoon, Ovum, Delsin, Cocoon, ARTS, OFF and Bedrock and has helped to discover musicians such as Chymera and Elias Landberg (Skudge). 2018 will see yet another huge milestone in the career of Sahraoui with his first ever release on one of the planet’s most revered labels: R&S. Karim Sahraoui has a new momentum, fed by the same dynamism for which he is known and using the know-how and inspiration which has singled out such epic works as Stella or Nightflow.
Special features for the night on this special International Women’s week take will be Jiro resident InJooWie as well as Yenn Lim.
INJOO WiE is an artiste with no boundaries of music. She speaks a different language of music where instead of drawing a boundary between different type of music, she found the beauty in each of them and combined them into a beautiful language. Through her vast knowledge of different types of music, she has produced her own style of music. She then realized her true passion in being a DJ/Producer lies within Disco, House, Synth Pop and French Electronic.
Since moving to Kuala Lumpur in 2015, she made her presence known at the finest venues in KL with her charismatic and sometimes funky style, which then truly made her known as one of the talents in KL underground scene. As how the KL underground scene has dramatically developed throughout the years, she began her venture into techno, electronic, and other genres which were only known as subgenres when she first began her adventure here in KL.
One-of-a-kind musician Yenn Lim has rocked the DJ scene since 2012, sharing her passion for electronic dance music to party-goers in bars, clubs, events and private parties. Born and bred in Kuala Lumpur, Yenn Lim grew up on an electric diet of jazz and classical music, oftentimes discovered by rummaging through her parent’s record collections. At the age of six, she took up the piano as her musical gateway.
She has since explored many other avenues and genres, and has now found her calling the electronic dance music. While she sports a versatile playlist, Yenn Lim’s musical style can also lean towards beats that are darker in nature that you might spot her playing sometimes at the underground scene such as Under9. She is also known to be able to dish out some deep, tribal and tech house music, bringing sexy yet groovy ambience to late-night sets. This semi-finalist for the Pioneer Digital Battle 2012 and 2014 is definitely poised to inject her unique exuberance into upcoming events and parties.
SATURDAY 10 MARCH 2018
NBRHD featuring Kirstie Maximus and DJ SALLY! with your Neighbourhood weekly dose of hip hop and R&B.
JIRO KL : 61-1, Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur : Information and RSVP call 011 3916 9629..
