JERRY KAMIT DEBUT ALBUM SEMAMPAI SAYAU...FLORA
By Carolina.N.
JERRY KAMIT He is a new artist in the music industry. He is a singer, songwriter and a composer for most of the songs in his debut album and a famous world-class sape player.
His appearance as an Iban singer this time not only just for the Iban music scenes but also for all the music listener out there!
Jerry Kamit debut album Semampai Sayau Flora which was recorded, mixed and mastered professionally at the Cakerawala Music Studio will be in the market this March bringing the ethnic and traditional music concepts with a strong vocal appearance and the touch of sape in a very different way itself of in a lot of the tracks in the album.
29 years old of age, the first artist under the label of Borneo Headhunters Music Production is a young and talented sape player and musician.
He started playing sape seriously since 1996. As a professional sape player he has toured all around Semenanjung Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Jakarta, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, New Zealand and Japan. He also did performances at the Rainforest Music Festival and Singapore Botanical Garden with his friends.
Jerry also has been invited to play his sape by Manhattan Jazz Quintet at the PWTC Kuala Lumpur 2001 during their tour in Asia (A Dawn in Asia Tour).
Jerry Kamit also known as the MASTER OF SARAWAKIAN SAPE, plays sape not only in traditional ways in this album but he also play it in a various versions with new and modern styles.
Jerry who is popular with his songs Flora and Semampai Sayau shows that our local artist under local music production also can produce professional music using traditional music instruments and a touch of sape itself.
The launching of this debut album Jerry Kamit Semampai Sayau Flora was held last 29th March 2003 at the Ground Floor, Crowne Plaza. This was a big event this year not just for the Iban music industry but also for the whole local music industry throughout the country! |
