Mohamad Nasir Mohamad, more commonly known as M. Nasir, was born in Singapore in 1957. He made his first record in 1979 and ever since has been one of Malaysia's most loved singers and songwriters. He's always been creating and experimenting with Malaysian roots music and this album combines the Malaysian joget rhythms with other local dance styles and Indonesian kroncong.

Betty Banafe is a Malaysian actress and singer from Johor. This is her first major album and features strong Arabic flavours with darbucka, oud and a string section behind her beguiling voice. Excellent album that shows another side to the music of Malaysia.


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Singapore born Anita Sarawak has been a star in Singapore and Malaysia since the 1970s until the present day. This album includes some of her greatest hits from the early years with a mix of pop, soul and covers of western tunes. 2 CD collection.

Third album from the excellent Anis Suraya, in similar mode to Siti Nurhaliza and Noraniza Idris, created with the help of some of Malaysia's top producers and songwriters such as Adnan Abu Hassan. Won the Voice of Asia competition in Kazakhstan! More pop than roots.


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Anis Suraya is one of Malaysia's top female vocalists. She is from the same camp as Siti Nurhaliza, using some of the same producers and songwriters. This is one of her best albums from a few years back.

Compilation of Malaysian and Indonesian pop from Malaysia's Suria Records. Artists include Malaysia's female singers Siti Nurhaliza, Liza Hanim and Anis Suraya, with previously unreleased tracks, and from Indonesia one of the most popular female singers Rossa and the pop rock band from Bandung, Peterpan.


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Pak Ngah (also known as Suhaimi Md. Zain) is a top composer and one of the best players of an instrument central to many of the traditional Malay styles and dances, the accordion. He has produced stars of the Irama Malaysia (Malaysian beat) scene, Siti Nurhaliza and Noraniza Idris. On this solo album he plays many of those traditional styles within a modern framework.

Legendary accordion player/producer makes a fine solo album showcasing various Malay folk tunes.Instrumental.


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Salih Yaacob has been mixing Malay music and Indonesian dangdut with large doses of comedy for over two decades. He sings in a kind of rap, the music sprightly and funky, with enough rootsy sounds to distinguish it from the other Malay dangdut artists. This compilation includes some of his biggest hits such as Jangan Sondol, some written by the king of dangdut Rhoma Irama and other funky Malay and dangdut tunes, with some other surprising influences such as flamenco. 10 tracks.

Malek Ridzuan sings a mix of pop and rootsy Malay tunes, some with a dangdut feel. Mixture of uptempo and ballands on this diverse album from a veteran of the contemporary Malay music scene.


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10 track compilation of recent disco dangdut hits. Irristible catchy tracks from Irwan E and Lilles KC, Doyok and Ernie, Doel Sumbang and Reza Rezita, Lilies KC and Basuki, Rano Karno and Kiki Fatmala among others.

Zaleha Hamid is one of the first and best female singers of Malaysian contemporary roots music, especially with a dangdut feel, a style that originated in Indonesia. This is one of those groundbreaking albums recorded in 1985, which still sounds as fresh as ever. Produced by accordion player S.Atan, Zaleha sings classics by Elfi S.and P.Ramlee, tunes written by S.Atan and other Malaysian songs arranged into a Malay dangdut style.


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Malaysia has been waiting for a new singer for a while since Noraniza Idris or Siti Nurhaliza made waves with their modern blend of Malyasian roots music. Nas Adila fits the bill, singing, beautifully, Malay traditional songs that appeal to a young audience. This album has become extremely topical in Malaysia, once again making people appreciate the country's colourful and rich traditions. A stellar cast of supporting musicians incuding the omnipresent accordion player and composer S.Atan.

Wonderful album of Malay songs with mainly accordion and orchestral accompaniment. Great female vocals from a veteran of the scene on an album that blends Malay traditions with western influences.


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In the late 1960s an Anglo-American pop craze emerged in Malaysia called pop yeh yeh. Also making her first recordings at this time was Sharifah Aini, singing local mainstream pop. Aini went on to sing dangdut and rootsy Malaysian styles, but this album is of her earlier recordings.

Compilation of Malaysian ballads, sung by many of the best known female singers from the 1970s to the most recent, including Siti Nurhaliza and Sheila Majid. 2 CD collection, 36 tracks.


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Male and female vocal duets of well known film songs.

It's 10 years since the excellent Liza Hanim burst upon the Malay music scene. While not reaching the popularity level of Siti Nurhaliza, or the talent for traditional Malay material of Noraniza Idris, she sits somewhere between the two of them and on this album sings a mixture of pop, r&B and Malay style ballads.


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Syrupy pop from a singer capable of much better, even singing in English at the end. She might be popular in Malaysia, but this album is not for a western audience.

Excellent album of Malaysian pop by another singer leading the current trend for roots music. Still in her early 20s , Hanim has a wonderful voice, the backing is mainly Arabic sounding, with some songs more westernized pop than others.


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Another of the young generation of Malayasian singers currently riding the crest of the wave of the popularity of Malay pop with Arabic, Indian and other influences. Malaysian musicians are currently producing just about the best music in Asia right now.

Young female singer, joining rennaisance of Malay music. Mix of Asian and western music.


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The latest from Singaporean star, on a kind of easy listening, Asian pop album.