Pop TV is a new independent web tv station launched just over a month ago. Pete Teo was interviewed on the 5th episode of its ‘Fairly Current Show’ about Malaysian Artistes For Unity. The episode went on air last night. Enjoy!
we’ve finally got round to putting up a page on myspace. while it is pretty basic right now, we hope to work on prettifying it as and when as have time. in the mean time, please add us as a friend if you are on myspace, and add ‘here in my home’ as your profile song! our page is >here<.
we have made recording stems available in the download section. those of you looking to re-mix or do alternative versions of ‘here in my home’ can now use them to make your own versions. high quality mp3 tracks are included here to keep the file sizes reasonable. please let us know when your alternative versions are completed.
the making of ‘here in my home’ is now available for download on this site. this version is slightly different from the one seen on hitz tv recently. it contains interview footage that explains the background of the project and what it hopes to achieve. the download time will be longer, but its worth the wait. promise. go check it out!
maxis hotlink has come onboard to support the mafu initiative. this means you can now set your caller ringtone to ‘here in my home’ for free. they are also facilitating the free download of our video and mp3 on their >site<. so hurry and get your non-net friends involved in the campaign too!
kakiseni, the excellent arts webzine published an email interview with pete teo today, where he clarified many misperceptions about mafu and talked about ‘here in my home’. for those of you interested to know more stories and ideas behind the project, this is an excellent interview to read. it is also a great companion piece for the faq published on this site. Read it >here<.
pete teo was interviewed over the weekend by an indie webzine called >‘infidel media’<. issues discussed included race relations in malaysia, new media vs old media and the art of getting the country to sing together. we don’t know why pete’s 3 hour monologue on the symbolic power of the guava did not make the final cut. click >here< to read.
we are currently 7th in the weekly most viralled video in the world as surveyed by metro.co.uk [a popular free daily newspaper in the uk]. we are also the 15th most viralled music video today in the world. i have no idea how they measure such things but click >here< for the evidence. then give yourselves a pat on the back. keep it spreading!!
the ‘making of here in my home’ will screen on astro’s hitz tv tonight (channel 705) at 8pm. for those who can’t be there, the program will be repeated on 25th may (coming sunday 8pm) and 29th may (coming thursday 5.30pm).
we love this beautiful acapella version of ‘here in my home’ sung by blogger nekocafe (discovered and submitted by muid latif). great job! nekocafe, if you are seeing this, do one with visuals, can? to everyone else, please go and make your own versions - then post it up on youtube and here. let’s have some fun. 