Sada Borneo – The Sound of Borneo
By PJ
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- SADA BORNEO’s music formula includes reviving traditional music, fresh and contemporary elements into their music arrangement and composition. The band loves to experiment with various kinds of musical instruments, ranging from traditional to modern musical instruments.
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I was a photographer for one event in USM when I first saw Hallan performed with his Sape’. Being the only Kenyah in USM that time (I think), I was over the moon, hearing the beautiful tune he played that reminds me of my long house, my origin. After Jerry Kamit’s performance the year before, his performance was one of many that I remember well. Years gone by, I graduated and then I heard he’s got a band – Sada Borneo.
When I first saw this band, they remind me of a K-pop band, because of their numbers – 11 members. It got me thinking, what musical instrument will each member play? But the similarity stops at the members number. Their music concept are totally different. Even different from other musicians or artists we have here in Malaysia. For me, this is something interesting and refreshing.
Music Sada Borneo Youtube
Lead by Hallan Hashim (24), Sada Borneo includes member, Will (24), Alvin (24), Hilmi Isa (24), Allister (21), Julian Frederick (21), Nick Fadriel (21), Glenn (21), Tommy (21), Hariz (21) and Bob Harris (21). Sada Borneo, despite the name which means The Sound of Borneo – is actually a band consist of east and west Malaysian students from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang. According to them, Sada Borneo emphasizes on modernizing and creating new yet melodic instrumental songs by traditional instruments, in which consists of western, traditional and nature elements featuring Sape’.
Lan Berambeh 2014.
photo by Sada Borneo
Obviously not a mainstream band, Sada Borneo was founded in 2013. But the members have known each other way before. Hallan and Wilker met during their first year in university in 2011. Having the same interest and passion in music, this duo work and performed together for various events in USM like Malam Bumi Kenyalang (MBK); a Sarawak cultural night organized by USM Sarawak society – Perkumpulan Anak-anak Sarawak. Couple of years later, they were invited again to perform for the same event and that’s when Sada Borneo started.
Knowing they can do much more, in 2014, Sada Borneo started to expand and apart from major events in USM, they also performed for Pesta Gawai & Kaamatan 2014 which was organized by Penang state government with collaboration from churches around Penang and Malaysia Borneo community. And just recently, they performed at AIESEC Malaysian Night in USM Penang – which I think is a very awesome way to share our traditional music with others.
Pesta Gawai dan Kaamatan Peringkat Negeri Pulau Pinang 2014. photo by Sada Borneo.
Music Sada Borneo Live
This year, they’ve released their first single, Sada Borneo – which available in iTunes and Amazon.
They’ve also released an MV for that song which is available in their Facebook page and You Tube.
One might think 11 different musical instruments might be too much but believe me, Sada Borneo is nothing but perfection. My favorite part of the song is when Andi Siti made an appearance. Her voice and the combination of great melodies by different musical instrument head by Hallan’s Sape’ is very captivating.
In a very short time, I think they did very well. Very, very well. Not just for their own record – producing singles and performing everywhere but also in bringing our music out there.
To know more about them, check out their Facebook page or their website HERE.
I leave you guys with this calming music by Sada Borneo. Till next time !
SADA BORNEO’s music formula includes reviving traditional music, fresh and contemporary elements into their music arrangement and composition. The band loves to experiment with various kinds of musical instruments, ranging from traditional to modern musical instruments.
In live performances, SADA BORNEO’s instrumentation consists of Sapeh, bungkau, kompang, guitar, keyboard and adapting the sounds of nature into their music. Some of the examples of nature elements are the sounds of rainfall, thunder, frog and chirping birds to emulate ambiance of the rainforest.
In 2013, they released their first single ‘ SADA BORNEO ‘, which are named after the band. The 1st single, “SADA BORNEO” has made the top 1st most downloaded song in Singapore and Brunei, and top 23 in Malaysia.
SADA BORNEO has just recorded two new records called Hills of Gold and Kowolunon and will be released end of December 2018.
SADA BORNEO was formed out of the friendship between the members who have been performing together since 2012 in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). They found themselves to have similar passion in music and it brought them together.
Since then, they started performing for various events in USM and Penang. In 2014, SADA BORNEO started to expand in its line-up and now consists of 6 members. All members are close friends in USM prior to becoming a band.
Later that year, the band gained popularity for representing Malaysia in AXN’s Asia’s Got Talent, aired in 20 countries across Asia. SADA BORNEO’s participation in AXN’s Asia’s Got Talent was the highlight of their music career, having to be the only representative from Malaysia as a semi-finalist.
Music Sada Borneo 2017
SADA BORNEO is hoping to continue the legacy of rich tradition of Malaysian music by reviving traditional music to make it more appealing to the younger generations with their contemporary-orientated arrangements. Currently, they look forward to recording more music by end of this year. As a young Malaysian, they wish to continue the legacy of Malaysian music.