Matt (A Vacant Affair)
Ignite! Music Festival, an annual student-driven music festival held at Republic Polytechnic (RP). A 2 days festival held on 24th & 25th of July, at the Lawn, Republic Polytechnic (RP).
Won’t be writing details stuff on the band or music, cause I believe in that people should listen with their own ears, as everyone has different preferences for music (will provide links to the bands’ sites for sample songs), and enjoy the photos from the event!
Band Lineup
Day 1
Juxtapose
Heregoesnoth!ng
Qovein
Caracal
53A
A Vacant Affair
Day 2
Tacit Aria
King Kong Jane
Vertical Rush
The November Iris
Fat Skunks
Trella
The Great Spy Experiment
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Day 1
Heregoesnoth!ng
A fully acoustic band which also performed on Channel 5 “Live n’ Loaded” before.
Qovein
Qovein is purely made up of only Republic Polytechnic students, played mostly rock tunes and covers of Paramore songs.
Caracal
One of my favorite band of the night, hard rocking tunes and high energy showmanship, and the released of their Phoenix EP, great song by the way!
Song pick: Phoenix
A Vacant Affair
Headlining day 1 of Ignite! 2009, a post-hardcore band who needs no introduction, played at various gigs like Baybeats, Singfest, School Invasion Tour, Lime Sonic Bang, and have been appointed the opening band for bands like As I Lay Dying, Story Of The Year, and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus during their Singapore tour.
Song pick: Crestfallen, We Are Not The Same.
Day 2
An indie rock band which performed at Baybeats 2007, and won Power Jam 2008.
“If It Wasn’t For You” will by my song pick.
One of my favorite local band, which is also the first few local bands that I’ve watched live and like their music.
They have performed at major events like Baybeats Festival, Mosaic Music Festival, Sonic Festival, Esplanade: Theatres At The Bay, and many other events.
Song pick: Angels, Spaceman, and Your Last Song
Saw this band previously at 987FM Life’s A Beach gig, pretty good reggae music from them.
But tonight, it was not just good but awesome, they got the whole crowd moving and singing along to their songs, catchy and groovy tunes.
Power to the people!
Song pick: Revolutionista, Le Motetas.
Playing for the first time with the new vocalist, Weiwen from For This Cycle.
Do try out their songs at their MySpace!
The band everyone has been waiting for the night, The Great Spy Experiment!
Another local band that needs no introduction, performed at major local events like Baybeats, Singfest, Mosaic and ZoukOut, and went to perform at South by Southwest music festival in Austin.
A must to try their music if you have not listened to them, and do watch the awesome PV of their song Class “A” Love Affair.
With the last photo, that concludes my photo coverage of the 2 day event of Ignite! 2009 Music Festial, which is truly an enjoyable ride for me, with all the great bands and lovely lightings.
I will definitely go for the next Ignite!
Special thanks to Kelly from Republic Polytechnic and Vertical Rush for the chance to shoot this festival.
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Equipment used:
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8
Nikon SB800
Shiro mainly contributes cosplay and concert photo coverage to the blog. One who loves music and photography, which is why he decided to merge his two main interests by focusing on concert photography. Other than concert photography, his other loves will be going into photojournalism and fashion photography. 
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