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Perfect chemistry

(From left) Tam Cobain, EfryAnvls» Alif, Rajwan Juniand FaliqAuri.

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Perfect chemistry Alif Satar teams up with four musicians to give rise to Alif Satar & The Locos, a destined move to complete his musical journey. Tahir Alhanizah has the story

F two heads are better than one, just new outfit. a new single. imagine what five heads could do. It started when Alif was having Tam as Titled Anugerah Terindah, the song was simultaneously For talented singer Alif Satar who his session musician in one of his perfor- composed back in 2019 when Alif and the with the single was has been in the music for the band were on their road tour in the United its official music past 15 years, joining forces with four "That's when the idea to perform togeth­ video, directed by others to establish Alif Satar & The Locos er as a band came up and we rounded up a marked our debut effort in Ghaz Abu Bakar. seems to be the most sensible move he has few more to join us. composing long as a band. It's a mix of made in his musical career. "When we worked together for projects pop, R&B and sounds from the 1990s. years as a per- I Bursting onto the at16,ALif like the singles / Want You To Love Me and "We were suffering from jet lag at the former, :his is ■ landed the second runner-up spot in 8TV's Raihan's Sesungguhnya 2019,1 really had time and decided that we should fill ourti me ul.50 my "irs: tim>? I popular reality show One In A Million. Since fun and there was this immense satisfac­ doing something fruitful We came up with working with this then, the 3 0-year-old father of three has put tion to it. the tune and it feels surreal now to finally talented direc- 1、■ out three albums — Nakai 120091, LelakiSep- "Among us, there is never a need to tell jLe,“ says Alif. tor. I've always Lbw ertiAku (201 Hand De丽 陶(2013) and a string another what his role is. We all know our by Shah Shamshiri and admired his many ® of hit singles, such as Sesungguhnya, which parts and what needs to be done. Romeo. outsta nd ing works. cemented his name as a versatile solo act "It-s perfect chemistry. So it only makes According to Alif, coming out with the So I requested Warn­ who also aces in hosting and acting. sense to move on to the next step, which is song was a unique process, one which tra­ er Music Malaysia to Alif and the four members of The Locos to go forward as a band," shares Alif, who no versed different continents and took some have him come in as the I have known one another for some time. longer views himself as a solo act. lime to complete. director. They have been performing together for "Should there be a solo project in future, “We started brainstorming for the mel­ "Looking at it now, I'm I the past five years as Alif would normally these boys will be part of it too,'" he says, ody in the UK, and then continued to polish glad I made that request," I have them as his session adding that The Locos members are free it further when we got back here. Laughs Alif cheekily. ever he had to perform at events. to perform for other "Then came the Movement Control Anugerah Terindah is I Alif Satar &The Locos comprises Alif as artistes. Order, which had somewhat stalled this now available on all digital the vocalist, guitarist Tam Cobain, bassist But the members add that while they project. We only managed to get it record­ streaming platforms such EfryArwis, saxophonist Faliq Auri and drum­ may render their services to others, the ed in the studios earlier this year," he as Apple Music, Spotify, mer Rajwan Juni. name The Locos is strictly for them to use shares. Joox, KKBox, and Deezer.The “As a singer, I prefer to perform to Live when working or performing with Alif. Alif Satar & The Locos music video can be viewed on music instead of using minus one tracks. Malaysia to launch a song in Spatial Audio Warner Music Malaysia You­ "So I figured, the best way would be NEW PROJECT version, which is powered by Dolby Atmos. Tube channel. to have a band with me a Lithetime,' he says After releasing a Hari Raya single aptly titled This version is available for Apple Music ^tahir.alhamzahRnst. during a virtual press conference on his Lagu Raya in May the band recently released subscribers without additional fee.