oh chentaku was formed in june 2007. consist of three enthusiastic neighbours of musician from kelana jaya, selangor. type of music is towards 90s post-hardcore/emo.
the name came all the sudden without any particular depth meanings. they are now on a hiatus for a couple of months after their malaysia tour 2008, regional tour to indonesia (19th-25th june 2008) and the successful singapore tour last december 2007 and bangkok tour in may 2008. they will be back soon since myo left for his studies in switzerland. for the time being, he is arranging the band’s europe tour in the coming summer 2009 with the local organizers in britain, switzerland, france and germany. at the moment myo will be going for oh chentaku winterausflug winter tour in amsterdam for 14days, special showcase in uk on 20th december 2008 and will be touring in manchester, london, sheffield, liverpool and cardiff for uk spring tour 2009 in april.
they’ve came up with a debut album titled (1)heartbreak ridge was never this arrogant and shockingly 100 copies were sold out during the first week of their album launch last november 2007. at the mean time, oh chentaku is working for their next release which is a complete 7 songs in a cd titled (2)suitcase, a scarf and the departure coming january 2009. currently they are selling their cds at local gigs and some copies can be found in johor bahru (inspire records) and (ribut design), ipoh (bodysurf music), kuala lumpur (ricecooker central market, acoustic music station, kedai auntie campbell, dollstore bukit bintang), singapore (propaganda machine), and more disto outlets to come in indonesia (full speed ahead), (kongsi jahat syndicate), philippines, bangkok (bless studio), amsterdam (the flying pig) and (alcatraz bar, backerstube) in switzerland. contact them at ohchentaku@gmail.com or thracedesign@gmail.com for online purchases and booking for future gigs/events.
they were out on cover stories in many source of medias elctronically, papers/magazines and radio stations. finally, they would like to wish everyone a happy fasting month to all muslims and merry christmas and a happy new year 2009.
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heartbreak ridge was never this arrogant (1)starlight stalker (2)castlefort (3)polaroid (4)serenade (5)the wicked offspring (6)straightline (7)fallback
suitcase, a scarf and the departure (1)farewell of summer romance (2)theatre (3)asthmara (4)the morning after (5)journey ends nowhere (6)the departure (7)counting days and swings
oh chentaku europe release (1)off-broadway twilights (2)metropolis (3)ricochet and the takeovers (4)colors
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