Amir Iqram was born with music running through his veins. Fondly called as Bobo to his friends, in the year of 96’ at the tender age of ten his father bought him his very first instrument, a classical Yamaha guitar. After a week of experimenting with the frets Bobo decided he would enroll himself for guitar lessons at a small music school in Sungei Wang. His love for music grew and it was then and there when he realized he was destined to make music his career. After two years of lessons, Bobo decided to try out other various instruments such as the piano/keyboards, bass and drums. His first solo performance came soon after when he was 14, performing Manbai’s ‘Kau Ilhamku’ he opened for Zainal Abidin at a Maybank dinner function. Feeling at home on stage, his first experience would certainly not be his last. In 2001, he and a few friends formed a progressive rock band called ‘Defunct’ where they performed at Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Samad. True to its name, ‘Defunct’ didn’t last very long so he formed another band called ‘Seven’ [www.myspace.com/sevenlah] [amp.channelv.com/sevenlah] - this time around playing jazz rock where he was the frontman, lead guitarist and composer. The second time around hit the mark and Seven performed at numerous high school proms, HELP Institute, a few times at the famous Paul’s Place and even at 2004’s Fete de la Musique at Bukit Bintang Street. Just being part of a band was simply not enough for Bobo; his musical influences grew even further to other genres. After earning Honours for his ABRSM classical guitar exam, he started to experiment with a simple sequencing program called Fruityloops and it gave him his outlet and freedom to compose his own house, trance and even chillout music. After he attended International College of Music (ICOM), he ventured on his own and composed enough songs to make his solo album. Many opportunities came and he started to collaborate and produce for many new artists such as Minda, Saer Ze and Samir. Luck and timing proved to be by his side when he met veteran Atmosphere DJ and Channel [V] VJ Joey G at a barbeque early this year. When they discussed about music they realized they clicked immediately musically and in terms of direction and ideas. Joey G and Bobo have now recently formed a duo called CosmicSpaceMunkys [www.myspace.com/cosmicspacemunkys] specializing in funky, sexy deep house music. In a short span of a month they gained attention from the local music scene and projects are coming their way. They have many new tracks under their belt and even remixed one of Hannah Tan’s tracks, entitled ‘Pray for Rain’.They plan to remix local artists. The future is bright for them as they hope to release tracks in the near future. But, CSM disbanded in September 2007. Bobo is slowly making his mark in the local music industry and hopes to help put the local music industry on the map.
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his involvement in music
bo [ neo - soul / acoustic / others ]
1996 - present
seven [ jazz / rock / funk ]
2000 - present
cosmicspacemunkys [ house / dance ]
2006 - 2007
apolline [ trip-hop / experimental ]
2006 - present
deserters [ indie / rock ]
2007
http://www.reverbnation.com/boamiriqram
http://amp.channelv.com/sevenlah
http://amp.channelv.com/deserters
http://amp.channelv.com/apollinemusique
www.myspace.com/dejamir
www.myspace.com/sevenlah
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