MP3 Prana - Disc 03

This third album from the Malaysian band, PRANA, has a nice blend of Reggae, Rock and Funk. The band members' individual influences were united during the production of this album producing a new, different sound.

13 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Ska, WORLD: Reggae



Details:
This multi-racial band, which has been around the Malaysian music scene for several years now, was first introduced to the public as a rap-core band in the compilation album titled 'Family Day' after being approached by recording company, Posse Records. The band later produced the Funk Core Rap album, 'Have a Nice Jaywalk', which was released under Posse Records. The highly enthusiastic album resulted in Prana being nominated for AIM (Malaysian Music Awards) 2001 for Best New English Artiste.


The promotions and shows however, interrupted their studies as at that time, all the members were still pursuing their education. Due to this, they took a break from the music scene. Two years later, now former bassist, Pablo Torrejon, came back to Kuala Lumpur to finish their second album under the bands own independent label, Laguna Records. Recording of the bands second album got underway at the bands own recording studio called Greenhouse Studio set-up in Ampang, Malaysia.


The bands vibes come from a mixture of different types of musical influences and cultures. Prana write highly enthusiastic songs that deal with interesting places and fascinating people that they meet in their lives. Prana's musical influence would be reggae, funk, metal and drum & bass only combining these all into their own style creating Greenhouse Effect. The band spent three months creating the songs and recording at the same time. Some of the tracks on the Greenhouse Effect album were mixed and mastered in Los Angeles. Prana's second album, Greenhouse Effect has since been released under Laguna Records in 2003 and distributed by Universal Music Malaysia.


In the end of 2005, Prana's latest album was released. Disc 03, comes after major line-up changes. With vocalist Eric Ruffin leaving the band, guitarist Jamir Adiong took over the roll as lead vocalist. Former Lyme bassist, Azman Ali, then joined the band as bassist. The album, quite different from the previous two, incorporates a blend of all the influences brought to by the changes, giving it an amazing blend of sounds.