Showing posts with label HONG KONG. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HONG KONG. Show all posts

latest kaktooz pictorial

This is Kaktooz's latest group shot. Photo taken by Kaktooz guitarist Jephthah, using a 10 second timer to run to be in it!... hahaha..

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kaktooz performs at the chater garden park, hong kong

Last June 6, Sunday, Kaktooz performed for a crowd of approximately 2,000 people at the Chater Garden Park, Central District in Hong Kong. The concert-show was entitled "Sama-sama sa Saya" and was organized by the Confederation of Overseas Filipino Workers in Hong Kong and sponsored by Western Union. Kaktooz was invited by the Hong Kong Musician;s Union headed by Mr. Jun Santiago, also an established musician.





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hongkong 2010 rugby 7 after parties

Here are some pictures from the festivities during the 
Hong Kong Rugby 7 for the year 2010.

Kaktooz with the three kings

Party Peeps



At Amazonia's entrance...  inside, people were jam-packed like sardines in a can

Sopheia & Denzio strikes a pose

Denzio grabs this guy's cock... just wondering where Sonny's other hand is??


The streets from our apartment window

Wan Chai in party-chaos...5:30am

hmmm.. Denzio seemed to have enjoyed the party quite well

There was music and dancing in the streets....all out party-chaos, laughter, all sorts of crazy characters in costume; we were banging the night with the hardest rock songs we could deliver... it was exhausting but we had so much fun. Cheers!
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sonny joins the team

This 2010, Sonny G. Vallo joins Kaktooz as a vocalist-bassist. He just came from China for a performance contract, went to the Philippines for a few days then he was rockin' with Kaktooz as if he played with the band for years. The fact that him and Denzio performed numerous gigs and concerts in the past has helped the band in having a tight sound with minimal time and effort.

Sonny is an artist of multiple talents being able to sing, play bass, guitars, keyboards and is quite skilled in music arranging and programming (although programming is not much use for Kaktooz since everything is played LIVE). He has traveled Vietnam, Bahrain and China to perform in the past. Sonny's powerful vocal range is a big plus for the group since he could easily belt out cover tunes by Sting and The Police, U2, Blues Brothers and other classic hits. Just in time for the band's album project, Sonny's contribution would be of great importance.
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kaktooz at the hongkong cultural centre piazza concert

Kaktooz performed at the "Concert in the Park" at the Hongkong Cultural Centre Piazza in Tsim Sha Tsui recently this 22nd of November 2009. The event was well attended and the show was a great success. The concert was organized by the Philippine Consulate Office, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong (LCSD) and the Hong Kong Musicians Union (HKMU). Other artists which performed at the concert were The Culprits, Proteus and Friends, Music Seekers, Charcoal, H2O and Sensational in Tiffany's, all of whom are based in Hong Kong.

Kaktooz would like to extend their gratitude to the following who have helped and contributed to their performance:

Ispayk of Icebox -- percussion and photography
Brutus Tan of Manila-Davao All Star (formerly of Advent Call) -- percussion and photography
Jun Mendez of Icebox and The Culprits -- video shoot
Gani Valenzuela of Manila-Davao All Star -- video shoot
Roland Roque of Manila-Davao All Star -- technical team
Noli of Icebox and The Culprits --  photography
The Hong Kong Musicians Union, the Philippine Consulate Office and LCSD Hong Kong

This set of photos was taken by Brutus Tan.
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the blues


The Blues, originally uploaded by Brad HK.
Some blues covers and improvisations are elements of Kaktooz's happy hour acoustic set at Bar Amazonia Hong Kong. Photo courtesy of photographer and also a good friend of the band, Mr. Brad Morris, from his Flickr photostream - Brad HK.
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jephthah sings marvin gaye


Kaktooz - Bar Amazonia Hong Kong, originally uploaded by Brad HK.
"Ain't No Sunshine" by Marvin Gaye is crowd favorite covered by Jeph during early hour at Bar Amazonia, Hong Kong. Photo courtesy of photographer and also a good friend of the band, Mr. Brad Morris, from his Flickr photostream - Brad HK.
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you're so vain


Kaktooz - Bar Amazonia Hong Kong, originally uploaded by Brad HK.
Sopheia sings a hit from Carly Simon - "You're So Vain" at happy hours in Amazonia, Wan Chai. Photo courtesy of photographer and also a good friend of the band, Mr. Brad Morris, from his Flickr photostream - Brad HK.
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like a rolling stone


Denzio, originally uploaded by Brad HK.
Denzio does a Bob Dylan cover - "LIke A Rolling Stone", during early hours at Amazonia, Hong Kong. Photo courtesy of photographer and also a good friend of the band, Mr. Brad Morris, from his Flickr photostream - Brad HK.
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kaktooz acoustic sets

Aside from performing live as a full band set up (electric guitars, bass, keyboards, drums), Kaktooz also performs as an acoustic act during early hours of the evening before in Gulf Hotel Bahrain and Bar Amazonia Hong Kong at present. The acoustic repertoire is purely classic hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s, a type of music quite difficult to find nowadays being played by bands which is why Kaktooz's acoustic sets have established a crowd and following of its own.


 
acoustic set on Halloween night


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soul sacrifice in hong kong


DSC_4217a, originally uploaded by michaelinhkong.
Jephthah on percussions for the intro of a song by Santana - "Soul Sacrifice". Photo courtesy of photographer and friend Michael from his photostream at Flickr michaelinhkong photostream.
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burn baby burn !


Flaming Guitar, originally uploaded by marklf53.
Jephthah puts his guitar in flames (and the floor as well) during a show in Hong Kong at Bar Amazonia. Photo courtesy of Mark Forbes from marklf53's photostream at Flickr.
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halloween in wan chai 2009

It was the band's first Halloween in Hong Kong and as expected, it was a blast. Almost everyone out wore costumes and the streets of Wan Chai resembled some horror movie scenes like those from "Dawn of the Dead". Amazonia is always packed any day of the week, but this time not by people, but by monsters. Check out the party pics that night.


Noli of Icebox w/ Denzio of Kaktooz


Gloria, Sopheia, Brad, Janel, Jephthah & Janice


party people at Amazonia


Denzio unmasked
 

Ispayk of Icebox, Bret and Denzio
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