ROSIN

ROSIN was formed in 2005 by Pot Amir (of the multi award-winning Soul R&B quartet Innuendo) and Mahfuz “Apuk”, a music graduate of Akademi Seni Kebangsaan under the name "Coming Soon" and later changed to "Radiostar" at that time. To this day Pot insists that ROSIN is a band “united by way of the monsoon rain water of... Terengganu” as through a water project in Terenganu was how they met. The musical partnership was further enhanced during corporate and social functions while performing under the banner of a semi-cultural collective/troupe named “Tenggara Performers Club” throughout 2004/05. On the 31st March 2006, the band Radiostar was launched by giving out Radiostar BottleBillboards™ (Plastic bottles filled with 600ml “Airdew” Alkaline Drinking water with “Radiostar” profile on the label) and performing to more than 500 friends, supporters and a few orphans on top of the UDA building in Bangsar Utama at an event called “Radiostar Undefined @ Tanchap Radiostar”. Radiostar is the first musical act in the world to use the Bottlebillboards™ concept and one of the few amongst Malaysian bands that refuse to perform at venues that sell alcohol. On the 15th of December 2007, 1,000 copies of their debut EP "SATU" containing 7 songs were released under their own label, The Promised Clan (the label that launched VE and Ruffedge) and was sold out (via selected Indie shops) within 5 months. Their follow-up 9-songed EP "DUA" was released on the 25th June 2008 after Malaysia’s premier music magazine , ROTTW gave SATU a whopping 4-and-a-half star rating! On the 26th of December 2008 just days before 1 Muharram 1430H during a kenduri at Sugar & Spice Cafe in Kelana Jaya, Pot announced their name change to "ROSIN". ROSIN writes and sings about life on earth and beyond. Whenever the word "Cinta" is used in their songs, it is never meant for humans, but for The One True Immortal Love. They refuse to label their music, but upon excessive pestering would only confess that it is “Alkaline Jazz” or sometimes, “Abstract Pop”. ROSIN is defined as a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers. Rosin is extensively used for its friction-increasing capacity in several fields: 1.Bowed string players rub cakes or blocks of rosin on their bow hair so it can grip the strings and make them speak. 2.Violin rosin can be applied to bridges in other musical instruments, such as the Banjo and Ukulele, in order to stop the bridge moving during vigorous playing. 3.Ballet and flamenco dancers sometimes rub their shoes in powdered rosin to reduce slippage before going on stage - it was at one time used in the same way in fencing. 4.Gymnasts use it to improve grip. 5.Bull riders rub rosin on their rope and glove for additional grip. 6.Baseball pitchers and ten-pin bowlers may have a small bag of powdered rosin nearby, to use on their throwing hand, for better control of the ball.Read More