Biography
PESAWAT is a Malaysian indie rock band formed in 2005. The band consists of Jipie (vocals, guitar, piano), Kudux (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Mann (bass) and Nizam Camel (guitar, backing vocals). They call themselves ‘PESAWAT’, which translated as ‘airplane’ in english to reflect their fast and loud music and to symbolise the dream to bring their music across the globe.
They made their way into public spotlight in November 2008 after releasing their first single called ‘Mirage’. It received rave reviews nationwide and across South East Asia. The song skyrocketed to no. 1 spot after debuting on a local radio station chart show at FlyFM and XFM prompting attention from other local and regional radio stations like EraFM, SuriaFM, KLFM, Singapore’s RiaFM and Indonesia’s OZFM. The song’s music video also gain lots of attention after the band’s collaboration with Channel [V], a regional television station, for having a launch in an actual airplane. With help from Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Malaysia Airport Berhad (MAB), the music video presented to the media inside MAS Boeing 777 in May 2009. The launch was later broadcasted by Channel [V] in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.
Not long after the success of ‘Mirage’, PESAWAT released two more singles – their first English track ‘Excuse Me’ and second Malay track ‘Rasional Emosional’. Continuing the success of their previous release, both songs manage to climb up to the top spot in several local radio station charts and maintain heavy rotation on HitzFM, XFM, MuzikFM, SarawakFM, KLFM and EraFM. Later that year, ‘Excuse Me’ awarded with ‘The Best Song of The Year 2009′ by HitzFM which marked one of the highest achievement by the band till today.
The forth single came into the scene in November 2009 with ‘Bingit’. The song been chosen by one of the biggest snack food brand, Twisties, to be the theme song for their reality television rock show ‘Twisties Bingit’. The TV show aired nationwide for 10 episodes which enhanced the band’s visibility to the masses. The song manage to help the band to break into Indonesian scene as well after gaining top spot in ArdanRadio’s music chart in Bandung, Indonesia while getting attention from other Indonesia’s radio stations like OZFM, HardRockFM, 99erFM, Hong Kong’s Radio3 RTHK and local radio stations like XFM, HotFM and KLFM among others. The success of Bingit has taken them to a new height after they received their first international invitation to perform at LA Light Indie Fest in Bandung, Indonesia and Music Matters 2010 in Hong Kong few months later.
PESAWAT continued their relationship with Twisties after releasing their fifth single ‘Mesti Mau’ as part of Twisties City campaign in 2010 by the company. The launch was made in the middle of busy Bukit Bintang area in Kuala Lumpur as the band was part of a flash mob by several hundreds performers and thousands of onlookers. The song was used in Twisties television commercials until today.
The band released another two singles ‘Hitam’ and ‘Brand New Day’ as sixth and seventh single (respectively) to marked the release of their debut album in April 2011. They’ve been hiatus for 4 months from earlier that year since January to concentrate on the recording process. In between that release, they launch ‘Excuse Me’ music video during Youth Fest in Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur in May. The video been shot during their journey to Hong Kong in 2010.
And in July 2011, the band release their long anticipated debut album in Lot10, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur with collaboration with YES. The album consists of all earlier released with 6 new tracks – ‘Numb’, ‘Turbulence’, ‘Bandaraya Ibukota’, ‘Jet-lag’, ‘Rapuh’ to bring up the total to 13 tracks. The album is produced by PESAWAT under their own record label named Pramugaru Music and distributed by Laguna Music in 7-Eleven stores and music stores nationwide.
‘Take Off’ reflects the band’s journey over the last 3 years in the music industry, wherein they gained experiences, which have allowed them to mature, explore fresh music and develop their own sound.
| Achievements | - Mirage #1 at FlyFM, XFM, KLFM, HOTFM |
| - Mirage #2 at Muzik Muzik chart and Nokia IAC Top10 | |
| - Mirage #4 for Best Homegrown Song for 2008 by FlyFM | |
| - Mirage #5 for Top 100-Indie songs for 2008 by XFM | |
| - Mirage nominated for Muzik Muzik Semi Final | |
| - Rasional Emosional #2 at KLFM | |
| - Rasional Emosional nominated for Best Song Of The Year XFM 2009 at VIMA 2010 | |
| - Excuse Me #1 at FlyFM and HitzFM | |
| - Excuse Me #3 at XFM and Amp Channel [V] chart | |
| - Excuse Me won Best Song of The Year 2009 by HitzFM | |
| - Excuse Me won Best Song of The Year HitzFM 2009 at VIMA 2010 |
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| - Awarded for Best Freaking Act of The Year at VIMA 2010 | |
| - Nominated for Best Pop/Indie Act at Junksound Awards 2009 | |
| - Nominated for Best New Act at Shout Awards 2009 | |
| - Bingit #1 at ArdanRadio (Indonesia) | |
| - Nominated for Best Band/ Talented New Artist/ Best New Band/ Best Song for Bingit by ROTTW |
| Notable shows | Acoustic Night 2011 | TV9's GiG Concerts |
| L.A. Lights Indie Fest Bandung, Indonesia | PG2011 - Penang New Year Celebration | |
| Music Matter 2010 Hong Kong | Selangor Musical Extravaganza 2010 | |
| XFM's X-Gig Series | Channel [V] Amp Live @ KLIA | |
| FlyFM's Campur Chart Goes Live | Konsert Search Di Awan Biru | |
| Konsert Fenomena 30 Tahun Search | Sunburst 2009 | |
| Rock The World 9 & 11 | MAS Touchdown 2010 | |
| Kuala Lumpur NIKE Cup | ARA Music Fest 2010 | |
| The Big F&N Fun Fest 2010 | Starbuck Love Project (RED) | |
| Twisties Bingit concerts and tours | Shout Awards 2009 | |
| Studio C Live Tour | Konsert Dewa 19 | |
| Elevate 2010 Tour | Twisties City Flash Mob | |
| Radio Fest 2009 | Gegar Suarasa TV9 | |
| HotFM Big Jam 2009 | KL Bike Week 2008 and 2009 | |
| KLUE Urbanscapes 2009/2009/2011 | Konsert TV3 Jom Heboh |
