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FASY PLAYIN' DECEMBER
August 08, 2005, New Straits Times
Backyard Pub: Fasy

By SHAREN KAUR.
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There may not be a big market for English music by local artistes but it's growing fast, and this is very encouraging - Fasy

MALDIVIAN guitarist Fasy is not a new face in the local music scene. In fact, this guy who has been living in Malaysia since 1996 has just launched his third album featuring his guitar talents, and for the first time, his vocal ability and his new trio, Playin December.

Entitled Fasy: A Compilation, the album comprises 13 tracks and some of the compositions stretch back to the early 90s.

Fasy (real name, Ahmed Faseeh) hails from a musically-inclined family in the Maldives. He started playing the guiter at 12, when his father gave him a white steel-stringed acoustic, and has not stopped playing since!

When he first came to Malaysia, it wasn't to pursue a career in music, but to earn a degree in information technology which he did in 2000, and he now uses his IT knowledge to go digital with his music.

A week after he had arrived here, Fasy met local 60s musician Viji, with whom he still shares the stage regularly, but along the way has also jammed with club circuit stars Tony Warren, Bala, Paul Ponnudorai, Amir Yussof, Rafique Rashid and Purple Haze.

Fasy's debut album Starrs, was launched in the Maldives in 2000, an album of six instrumentals, which became a hit back home. Then came the eight-track Cruising, launched in Kuala Lumpur in 2004. About 2,000 copies were printed of which about 85 per cent have been sold.

This third one, incidentally, includes eight songs from the second outing, all re-mastered, plus five new tracks. One of the bonus tracks - Rising - was composed and performed in the early 90s and has now been re-recorded with new bandmates Rifu on guitar and vocals and Ayya on bass.

If you have listened to his first two albums, the songs Steer Me Home and Ain't Enough will ring a bell. They are both featured on his latest album but showcasing a different side of his music.

"Malaysia has a fine balance of everything. I see a lot of talent here and more people creating original music," Fasy commented. "There may not be a big market for English music by local artistes but it's growing fast, and this is very encouraging."

Fasy: A Compilation was recently launched at popular Taman Sri Hartamas nightspot, the Backyard Pub and Grill.



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