BTNK, AN INDEPENDENT SPACE THAT BECAME A LEGACY AND CULT ON IT'S OWN TERMS AFTER IT'S SHORT EXISTENCE DURING 2012 - 2014.
TOWERING AT 18TH FLOOR OF MENARA MPAJ. MARVELOUS VIEW WITH BLINK OF LIGHTS FROM THE KUALA LUMPUR'S SUBURB. THE EMPTY VOID AND THE ECHOIC SILENCE SURROUNDING THE SPACE CONTRASTING WITH THE SURREAL MURALS AND OVERWHELMING NOISES. IT WAS A PLACE THAT WE ALL KNEW SO WELL AND MISSED.
CRIMESCENE @ BTNK [9TH DEC, 2012] |
CAPTAIN CLEANOFF @ BTNK [27TH JUL, 2012] |
THE COLLECTIVE CONVERGED THE LOT 1805 & 1806 ON THE 18TH FLOOR INTO A FIST-IN-YOUR-FACE LOUNGE WITH HIGH SUBCULTURAL POTENTIAL TO EMPOWERED COUNTLESS SELF-ORGANIZED AND GRASS ROOT ART & MUSIC EVENT/EXHIBITION/WORKSHOP WITH STRONG AFFILIATION WITH OTHER COLLECTIVES SUCH AS RUMAH API AND FINDARS.
THIS THREE COLLECTIVES BEEN HAND IN HAND FROM TIME TO TIME, SHED THE DARKNESS OFF AND BRAVING THE PATH TO 'DIY'LY BLUE-PRINTED A PLATFORM FOR THE KUALA LUMPUR INDEPENDENT MUSIC/ART SCENE FOR THIS FEW YEARS.
BTNK INDEPENDENT SPACE IS NOW LONG GONE DUE TO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. THE TWO LOTS ON THE 18TH FLOOR BEING TRANQUIL NOW FROM WAVELENGTHS, BEING ODORLESS NOW FROM THE SMOKES AND WHISKEYS.
BUT THE COLLECTIVE STILL GOING STRONG WITH IT'S PROJECT, IT'S RELEASES. BTNKCLLCTV HAVE RELEASED QUITE NUMBER OF TITLES RANGING FROM DOOM & SLUDGE ROCK/METAL AND TOOK PART IN RECORDING PROCESS ON NEW MATERIALS FOR BANDS IN RUMAH API.
CHECK OUT THE RELEASES AND SUPPORT THE COLLECTIVE, LET SOME FUZZ NOISES BURN YOUR EARDRUMS.