Crane Saturday Sessions presents Alam, Raul Lee & Æthelgon

Alam is back for his monthly residency at Crane Upstairs, this time with a solid lineup! This 26th April, prepare yourselves as Alam, Raul Lee, and Aethelgon takes you on a journey in Chinatown at Crane Upstairs! Its gonna be a long night… Expect the Unexpected Crane Upstairs 78 Jalan Sultan, Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur RM30 or 1st drink charge after 2am Recognized as one of Malaysia’s most prominent figures in the music scene with over 20 years of experience in the industry, Alam has dedicated most of his years embracing the culture. Not only is he one of the backbones behind KL's leading establishments, but he has also definitely proven himself to be considered as one of the pioneers of this generation firing up the local and international clubbing scene with his upfront house and techno grooves. Regardless, he always manages to deliver an experience of sound, which leaves the crowd with wanting more. With past residencies at major institutions such as Kuala Lumpur’s premier underground club; The Backroom KL, to the more recent Kyo KL, other worldwide venues he’s graced the decks at include The Egg London, Es Paradis & Eden Ibiza, Ffour & Brown Alley Melbourne, JENJA & Red Ruby Bali, Kilo Lounge & Ce La Vi Singapore, Oma Hong Kong, Broma in Ho Chi Minh, Mustache Bangkok, Cha Cha Moon & Nikki Beach Koh Samui, Shelter Phuket, as well as Indonesia’s infamous Stadium and Embassy Jakarta. Alam has had the privilege of playing alongside a remarkable list of artists, which includes the likes of Nic Fanciulli, Joris Voorn, Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones, Dubfire, Stacey Pullen, Franky Rizardo, Danny Tenaglia, Moodymann, Butch, Kenny Dope, Nick Curly, Robert Hood, Ashley Beedle, and many more. In 2005, Alam moved to Australia, where he developed an impressive following playing alongside Melbourne’s finest, and hosting his own successful nights at some of the city’s forefront venues. It was his residency with Darkbeat that kick-started his international career and paved open opportunities in supporting world-renowned event brands such as Resident Advisor, Balance Music, Future Entertainment & Hardware Corp, followed by a number of stints on KissFM - Australia’s Dance Music Channel. After 7 years based overseas, Alam returned to his homeland and joined Ohrwurm as a partner. The collective have been responsible for shaping the Kuala Lumpur scene over the past decade, and have featured iconic names from John Digweed to Michael Mayer, Gerd Janson, Radio Slave, and Amelie Lens, to live acts such as Guti, KiNK and Stimming, amongst countless others. In 2014, Alam launched his own recording studio named Decibel Soundlab, which is a one-stop resource for all audio related works. On the production note, he’s released 2 EPs on Love International, as well as on his own imprint; Ohrwurm KL Recordings, which was launched in August 2021. His first ever EP ‘Kaleidosimple’ was released on Redflux Cinnabar in 2009 with remixes from Nick Robson, Rodrigo Soria, and Yuuki Hori. The release was charted numerous times and received widespread praise with support from DJs on shows like FriskyRadio and Proton Music. Throughout the years he’s been featured on Data Transmission, Mixmag Asia, United We Stream, Ibiza Live Radio, UB Radio Bangkok, and Malaysia’s very own Red104.9FM & Capital 88.9FM, as well as interviews on Juice Magazine, KLue, The Star Newspaper, Coconuts KL, and recently on The City List Kuala Lumpur. Other highlights to mention was when he accomplished a 9hr marathon set at The Sweatbox in Elysium, and not forgetting having played at Vietnam’s Epizode festival for 2 years in a row, while also selected as one of the supporting acts for Circo Loco 2019 in Malaysia. In conjunction with celebrating his 20 years of DJing, Alam hosted 20 livestreams that year during the Covid pandemic, which concluded with a finale video filmed by Effilix Production. Two of Alam’s videos were included in Mixmag’s “Top 20 Livestreams of 2020”. His aim was to showcase Malaysia’s talents on a global scale. The livestreams continued for another year with ‘Ohrwurm presents Micasa Sucasa’. There is still much to come, as this is only the beginning of his musical chapter as Alam continues to progress immensely across the global dance music culture.