PRESS RELEASE
WKRZ DJs don't just play music, they make music as well. Getting out of their radio studios and into the recording studios, 3 WKRZ DJs have been producing songs with various local talents.
Not straying too far from the music that the station already plays, the DJs themselves have been hard at work, dabbling in electronic music to further fulfil their core audience of techno and trance addicts.
Jason Chow, AVP/music director of WKRZ, is also one-third of the commercial dance and techno wizards, The Usual Suspects. Apart from steering the creative direction of the band, the man has provided the vocals on tracks like "Come on over", 'Is it too late" and "Black Man Ray", all of which appear on their debut album.
KS Lee, Creative Producer/Presenter at WKRZ has also recently teamed up The Usual Suspects to record a trance/dance update of "Pure" which was originally a hit for Lightning Seeds circa 1990. The response for these tracks has been immensely encouraging and some of the songs have already been licensed to several best-selling dance compilations.
Let's not also forget about Suzanne Walker, your evening drive-time host on WKRZ. She has recently joined forces X'Ho and Yeow to be part of the Zircon Government Pawnstars. An album entitled "Follywood" is due out soon with lots of electro titbits for fans of that genre to nibble on.
Jason Chow on his involvement with the Usual Suspects :
The Usual Suspects project was born out of our love for dance music. Many people regard dance as mindless beats and banging rhythms deserving its place only in clubs and parties.There are many aspiring local dance producers and Djs but none have made a concerted effort to make dance music more accessible to a mass audience. With our project, we hope to introduce and present dance music as an accepted genre and part of local culture.
KS Lee on "Pure" :
I was having a drink with Leonard T (from the Usual Suspects) one day and we discovered how much we both loved the original by the Lightning Seeds. After one drink too many, both of us started humming the song to a "doomsh-doomsh" dance beat and before you know it, I was whisked into the studio to record a new version of that song. The original was pure joyous pop. I just hope I didn't taint it too much.
Suzanne on her involvement with Zircon Government Pawn Starz :
It came at a time when I wasn't ready to do anything else. X'ho whom I'd know from 10 years back, my early days in radio, invited me to lay the vocals after a chance recording with Jason Tan (producer). Being with the guys, working on the songs and hanging in the studio was the safest place for me. I never thought anything major would come out of it. It was simply a project with people whom I respect and trust totally.
WKRZ DJs don't just play music, they make music as well. Getting out of their radio studios and into the recording studios, 3 WKRZ DJs have been producing songs with various local talents.
Not straying too far from the music that the station already plays, the DJs themselves have been hard at work, dabbling in electronic music to further fulfil their core audience of techno and trance addicts.
Jason Chow, AVP/music director of WKRZ, is also one-third of the commercial dance and techno wizards, The Usual Suspects. Apart from steering the creative direction of the band, the man has provided the vocals on tracks like "Come on over", 'Is it too late" and "Black Man Ray", all of which appear on their debut album.
KS Lee, Creative Producer/Presenter at WKRZ has also recently teamed up The Usual Suspects to record a trance/dance update of "Pure" which was originally a hit for Lightning Seeds circa 1990. The response for these tracks has been immensely encouraging and some of the songs have already been licensed to several best-selling dance compilations.
Let's not also forget about Suzanne Walker, your evening drive-time host on WKRZ. She has recently joined forces X'Ho and Yeow to be part of the Zircon Government Pawnstars. An album entitled "Follywood" is due out soon with lots of electro titbits for fans of that genre to nibble on.
Jason Chow on his involvement with the Usual Suspects :
The Usual Suspects project was born out of our love for dance music. Many people regard dance as mindless beats and banging rhythms deserving its place only in clubs and parties.There are many aspiring local dance producers and Djs but none have made a concerted effort to make dance music more accessible to a mass audience. With our project, we hope to introduce and present dance music as an accepted genre and part of local culture.
KS Lee on "Pure" :
I was having a drink with Leonard T (from the Usual Suspects) one day and we discovered how much we both loved the original by the Lightning Seeds. After one drink too many, both of us started humming the song to a "doomsh-doomsh" dance beat and before you know it, I was whisked into the studio to record a new version of that song. The original was pure joyous pop. I just hope I didn't taint it too much.
Suzanne on her involvement with Zircon Government Pawn Starz :
It came at a time when I wasn't ready to do anything else. X'ho whom I'd know from 10 years back, my early days in radio, invited me to lay the vocals after a chance recording with Jason Tan (producer). Being with the guys, working on the songs and hanging in the studio was the safest place for me. I never thought anything major would come out of it. It was simply a project with people whom I respect and trust totally.