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Altaer
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| Aldrin – Keyboards
Benjamin – Guitars and Vocals James – Drums Jeanine – Vocals Julian – Guitars Kevin – Lead Guitar Shaun – Bass Guitar |
Altaer: an amalgamation of two words: Altar and Alter; which inspire our journey towards a better life in Jesus Christ. The band is made up of different individuals, each with a different perspective of life, a different relationship with God, and their own imperfections. Nonetheless, Christians, who want to offer their lives to God at the Altar of our faith. The name is inspired by Abraham’s narrative, and just as Abraham set up altars throughout the Promised Land, we want to offer up our music each and every time we play. We also hope the message conveyed through this music helps bring change in ours and other people’s lives and thus help alter the course of lives to Jesus’ way. Altaer is the expression of our physical and spiritual journey towards this change.
Connections
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| Matteo Depares – Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Kenneth Barbara – Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals Warren J. Borg – Keyboards Karl Schembri – Drums, Keyboards and Backing Vocals |
As a christian rock band we are proud to make part of the youth group Connections, which can be found in St. Julian’s Parish. We are a group of four youths who love music and would like to use it as a tool of worship. Since Matteo and Kenneth were 14 they used to practice alone with a guitar and a piano. After various events and youth masses they decided to add Warren, a friend on keyboards and also another friend Karl on drums and keyboards. Since most of us know how to sing and also know how to play more than one instrument it is very easy for us to change roles in the band. As a band we would like to be able to organise youth masses and to play in other large youth events. We are now also in the process of writing our own original material. Apart from christian rock we also like to have fun and play other music such as classic rock and soft rock.
| Web: | http://www.myspace.com/connectstj
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Connections-The-Band/132945796745348?ref=ts |
Cornerstone
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| Matthew – BassKurstein – Piano / Guitar
Jonathan – Keyboard Mark – Acoustic Luan – Vocals Lesnich – Drums |
Cornerstone, which makes part of the Awakening Asaph project, is a group of friends with a lot of similarities! We all love music and all believe that there is one true important thing in life…God. Matthew (Bass), Kurstein (Piano / Guitar), Jonathan (Keyboard), Mark (Acoustic) and Luan (vocals) met up in 2005 with the latest addition being Lesnich (drums.) The members of the group freely express themselves through music in worship and praise.
The main responsibility and engagement for Cornerstone is being the Worship team of the Faith Alive Teens and Youth Group in Siggiewi, as well as animating Sunday mass for youths in Siggiewi, every other Sunday. Cornerstone, also had other engagements, such as animating other youth masses and activities all over Malta & Gozo. During the World Youth Day Celebrations of the 2005 in Germany, Cornerstone members were also involved in animating youth meetings and mass celebrations.
The band has various original songs through which the band tries to project a positive image towards youths. The songs are almost always written by input of all the members of the group, thus helping the group grow closer together.
| Web: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQFTS4Up_X0 |
Counterbalance & Roberta
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| Aaron Dimech – Guitar
Edward Mifsud – Keys Maurizio Cortis – Keys Stefano Ellul – Drums Isaac Bertuello – Bass Roberta Sacco – Vocal |
Counter Balance was founded in September 2008 by the initial 4 members: Aaron Dimech (guitar), Edward Mifsud (keys), Maurizio Cortis (keys) and Stefano Ellul (drums), 4 friends who attend the Salesian Oratory in Sliema and all of whom wanted to reach out to other people and give a message using a great medium : music. The first public appearances of Counter Balance were in the dance shows ‘Elements’, which was performed in different locations such as Sliema, Mgarr and the MCC over the last 5 months. As Counter Balance plan on competing in the JIZ festival, organized by KDZ, Isaac Bertuello has now joined the band as a bassist, giving the band one of the final touches. This year, Counter Balance will be collaborating with Roberta Sacco as a vocalist, winner for ‘Best Lyrics’ in last year’s contest.
Crossbows
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| Bernardette – Vocals
Maria – Vocals Lara – Vocals Janice – Vocals Daniel – Violin and Keys Stephanie – Bass and Keys Elton – Guitar |
Rat il-bidu tagħha fl-1999 il-Fgura bl-isem ta’ Junkies ’99. Darbtejn fix-xahar nagħtu s-sehem tagħna fil-quddies taż-żgħażagħ ġewwa l-Fgura. Ħadna sehem darbtejn oħra fil-konkors, fejn fid-darbtejn id-diska tagħna intghażlet bħala d-diska uffiċjali għal Jum iż-Żgħażagħ:
- Fl-2005 bid-diska ‘A Song to Him Who is our Way’
- Fl-2006 bid-diska ‘Meta Jaqa’ d-Dlam’
Bil-kliem ta’ Mariella Chetcuti u mużika ta’ Noel Zammit fiż-żewġ drabi. Il-membri tal-band bħalissa huma Ingrid, Maria, Lara u Janice bħala vocals, Daniel fuq vjolin u pjanu, Stephanie fuq bass u pianu, Elton fuq kitarra u Nigel fuq drums u bass. Id-diska ‘Għalik’ hija bi kliem ta’ Ingrid u mużika ta’ Daniel.
Crossroads
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Il-band Crossroads tikkonsisti f’ħames elementi li ngħaqdu flimkien inqas minn xagħrejn ilu biex jipparteċipaw fil-WYD Contest 2009. Tnejn mill-ħames żgħażagħ, li kitbu diska originali għal dan il-Contest, jagħmlu parti mill-grupp taż-żgħażagħ SAY (Spirit Alive Youths) ta’ Santa Luċija u jdoqqu regolari f’diversi okkażjonijiet. Il-membri kollha għandhom esperjenzi ta’ daqq/kant f’okkazjonijiet varji; kemm b’temi reliġjuzi u oħrajn.
L-isem ‘Crossroads’ jissimbolizza d-dilemma li ħafna żgħażagh iħabbtu wiċċhom magħha, quddiem il-ħafna għażliet difficli li jkollhom jagħmlu ta’ kuljum; (u allura isibu ruħhom f’salib it-toroq).
Il-kanzunetta li se jinterpretaw -‘Light in the Darkness’, se turina kif f’dawn il-waqtiet, it-tama tagħhom se tkun f’Alla l-Ħaj li huwa id-Dawl u l-Gwida li jmexxihom.
Followers
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The Followers is a band of young people who give their service in the parish church of Christ the King, Paola. The main aim of this band initially was in helping the animation of Sunday mass but above all worshiping through music. This band consists of various instruments namely being keyboard, ryhtm guitar, violins, and percussions. The band also includes 4 vocalists. The Followers meet regularly to explore new ways, styles and forms of music for worship. Having its members coming from different backgrounds the band distinguishes itself through its many musical influences, ranging from neo-classic music to soft rock.
The band has many aspirations, however its main goal remains that of conveying the Christian message, by presenting the word of God through music young people listen to.
Footprints
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| Jurgen Scicluna – Vocals and Keyboards
Hilary Spiteri – Guitars and Backing Vocals Keith Scicluna – Bass Guitars Ivan Cassar – Drums and Percussion Bernard Catania – Guitars |
Footprints was formed way back in 2000 by four young friends residing in the same neighbourhood and keen to share their love for music. It did not take long for the band members to start writing their own original material. A couple of years later, the band decided to go for a new, up and coming music genre, that is, Christian Rock. Footprints felt the need to profess their faith through music and to pass on a positive message through their songs wherever they went.
The band’s line-up evolved through the passing of time but the core founding members have kept together through thick and thin. Throughout the years, the band has been invited to play in various parish churches, youth gatherings and events in Malta with the sole aim of animating the liturgy and providing the right environment for prayer and worship. In 2006 and 2007, Footprints took part in the KDZ World Youth Day Song Contest and the band was awarded for best lyrics in both contests. The two songs entitled ‘Triq is-Salvazzjoni’ and ‘Qawwa Mdawla’ were included in the awakening asaph compilation.
Furthermore, 2008 has been a very good year for the band. Apart from taking part in the XFM virtual rockstar competition with the song ‘Abba Father’, Footprints also released its first single entitled ‘Red Lines’ which was included in the Malta Rocks compilation. The band is also working on its new song ‘The Gift of Life’ which speaks about the rights of the unborn child and society’s need to protect life from the very beginning. It will be released shortly in the local market together with other new musical material that will help Footprints pass on its christian message to today’s generation.
| Web: | www.footprints4christ.com www.myspace.com/footprints4christ www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/FOOTPRINTS/6287456925 |
His Project
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| Lino Seychell – Guitars and Vocals
Charlot Scicluna – Guitars Jason Flores Marmara – Drums and Percussion Marco Vella – Bass Guitars Winston Galea – Sound Engineer |
The band is a group of old friends from different walks of life who have been performing together with different names. ‘His Project’ first ‘project’ was their first song for the 2007 World Youth Day Song Festival organized by KDZ.
The band has since been rehearsing regularly to maximize their musical potential, experiment with new sounds and work for a more professional Christian Music product. Their repertoire of events includes National Youth Week 2009 (Valletta Waterfront), Mixja Frangiskana (Baystreet), Pay It Forward (Kennedy Grove), Ohloq Tbissima, World Youth Day Contests 2007 and 2008,and Ghanja tal-Poplu. His Project has also been recently awarded the Best Lyrics Award for the World Youth Day 2010 Song Contest.
A highlight achievement saw the band having one of their singles recorded and featured on the Awakening Asaph compilation produced at Doyaya Studios.
Beyond any musical awards and recognition, His Project strives to achieve just one aspiration, that is, to play professionally for God’s Message. They choose to do this at venues with a high expert and specialist touch to their art. The name itself represents the aim and ambition of the band – to make their artistry as HIS PROJECT. The mission entrusted to the band remains that of promoting GOD as the one and only God with a positive attitude to life and music.
| Web: | www.reverbnation.com/hisprojectband http://www.facebook.com/pages/His-Project-Band/179844124742 hisprojectband@gmail.com |
Immediate Denial
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| Mike – Vocals/Guitar Edwina – Violin |
It’s a coast to coast ride of crossover genre and multi-culture musical chops, Immediate Denial is the east meets west side story. A mixture of heavy/hair metal, pop, hard rock, punk, classical music and Nordic/Irish ambience fuse the musical skills of the current line-up: Mike on vocal and guitar and Edwina for violin and keyboards. Their music cannot be taken lightly. With sweet overtones and broken chords, it is the kind of music missed by parched souls of the anthemic rock generation who likes ballads in the 90′s. Log on to
| Web: | http://immediatedenial.website.orange.co.uk |
Quicksand
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| Peter Paul Zammit – Guitars and Mandolin
Bernard Catania – Bass Guitar and Guitars Joseph Zammit – Keyboards Ivan Cassar – Drums and Percussion Jackie Spiteri – Vocals |
Quicksand is a band formed in the summer of 2007. The core members of the band have been playing together for many years in different line-ups and have been friends from their school days. The first project undertaken by the band was the participation in the KDZ World Youth Day 2008 contest held in December 2007. Quicksand won the contest with the newly composed song ‘Hu Maghna llum’. Apart from being the Maltese World Youth Day 2008 theme song, ‘Hu Maghna llum’ has also been chosen to be the theme song for the Maltese Pentecost celebrations for 2008 and has been included in the ‘Awakening Asaph’ compilation launched in June 2008.
From its inception, Quicksand members were always keen to spread a positive message through their music and have helped in the animation of various youth gatherings and celebrations. Furthermore, the band owns a small studio where the band members spend a lot of time recording new material whilst constantly improving the band’s sound and production techniques. To date, the band has recorded a number of guitar instrumentals and plans are under way to start recording instrumental versions of Maltese liturgical songs. Visit Quicksand’s myspace in order to keep updated on all the new material from the band.
| Web: | www.myspace.com/quicksandband |
RiSE
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| Vocals – Amanda Farrugia
Guitars – Gianluca Cappitta Bass – Jonathan Magri Drums – Joseph Galdes Guitars – Conrad Dimech |
RiSE was formed on the 13th of April 2003 with the purpose of combining creative praise music with voluntary work.
Our group has been conceived to reach out different people with an original perspective of glorifying the name of God through concerts (Youth Day), mass celebrations (Millennium Chapel, Nazarene Church) and supporting of social activities (Eden Foundation, Razzet tal-Hbiberija et others).
We took part in the first editions of Youth Day 2006 and 2007 with our songs “Believe in Him” and “You are the Light”.
In Youth Day 2010 the band’s efforts were rewarded with the “Best Song Award” for “Għaziz Għalliem”.
Our friendship is unique and drives us forward to new heights in Christian music. We keep looking forward for what the future holds for us.
| Web: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/RiSE/104525116245270?v=photos#!/pages/RiSE/104525116245270 http://www.reverbnation.com/risemalta |
Salt
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| Janice, Louise Ann – Vocals
Joe – Keyboards and Vocals Manuel – Drums and Percussion Dave – Guitars Jude – Guitars Karl – Bass Guitars |
BMA 2007 winners and MMA nominated Salt started out as a band in 2003 to animate youth meetings in Malta, and got their big break in 2005 when they were asked to play at a youth festival in Germany, where the demand for their music was such that in 2006 the band released their debut album Hello Truth, at a launch event which had the venue bursting at the seams. Salt have released a number of singles including: Q&A, Want To Be With You, You and a Magic FM exclusive, No Life Without You and You all of which are found on the album and which have received a good amount of airplay on local and international radio waves.
Salt have also received international acclaim by being included in a compilation CD in Canada alongside some of the best artists in the scene in occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress being held in Quebec this year. The CD, entitled Gift of God, has already been released internationally and has attracted the attention of critics and the general public alike. The album has in fact been nominated for Special Events/Compilation Album of the Year by the UCMVA as well as the Canadian Gospel Music Association.
In April of 2008, Salt got back in the studio to record new original material and recently launched Jars of Clay. This single marks an evolution in the band’s sound from that of the 2006 debut release hello Truth into more adventurous territory, while still retaining their unmistakable feel. This summer Salt have been busy with their 3-week trip to Australia where the band performed at the World Youth Day in Sydney, followed by a mini-tour across schools in Victoria and New South Wales Just before going to Australia, the band featured as the only supporting act in the Winter Moods Concert, Vodafones Music Jam Event of the year.
| Web: | www.saltband.net www.saltband.net/facebook www.myspace.com/saltsound |
Switchphonik
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Switchphonik is a joint project for the occasion of the Youth Day Contest made up of Symphonik Choir and Switch band, both projects of their respective section within the Young Christian Workers (Zghazagh Haddiema Nsara). The members from both groups come from all walks of life and they use music as their common ground to contribute to the Young Christian Workers’ aim to promote social justice.
The Prophecy
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| Margherita – Vocals
Nicholai – Keyboards Aaron – Drums and Percussion Edward – Guitars Jean Paul – Guitars David – Bass Guitars |
Our band was originally set with the specific purpose of playing music in a mass organised for teenagers. At that time we used to listen to a lot of pop and “classic rock” music. In time we realised that there was much more meaning in the lyrics of the worship songs we were playing. Later on we discovered another genre. This was a genre which involved a strong Christian message and often a prayer. This made us realise that one may have to travel a long journey between realizing the “relevance” of God in his life and feeling the urge to actually worship God. Thus our dream is to be able to reach people our age and perhaps through the music we play, make them feel loved by God.
| Web: | www.dprophecy.tk dprophecy.webs.com www.myspace.com/dprophecyband |
Unspoken
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| Rebecca, Michela – Main Vocals
Michela, Daniela, Marilyn – Backing Vocals Jeanette – Rhythm Guitar Cassandra – Lead Guitar Gabriel – Bass Guitar Melchior – Drums/Percussion |
Unspoken is proud to be Ibrag’s one and only Christian Rock Band.
Since debuting in 2007 in their first gig in front of the Ibrag Church, the band has become more well known and sought out by the parish. Unspoken is comprised of 8 members, who meet on a weekly basis to rehearse Christian Rock songs that have strong messages on what we believe in and how we look at our faith. Today Unspoken play during the Sunday 9:45 Mass, and all other feasts, including the Christmas and Easter Masses.
The band’s present pre-occupation is working on a series of rock masses, with the next one to be organised on the 25th June 2009. This will be Unspoken’s fourth Rock Mass, and all previous ones have been a rewarding success, where both band and congregation enjoyed the events. The band fill the Mass with a mix of American Christian Rock covers from Christian Rock band Hillsong United and a few inventions of their own. The purpose of holding such Rock Masses is to encourage youths to participate in and enjoy Mass, decreasing the risk of Maltese youngsters losing their faith.
Whilst rehearsing for the next rock mass, Unspoken continue to improve their standards from amateur to a more professional sound. This means taking on edgier songs of more musical class, taking their musical vocation more seriously, to overall, profess their love for God through their music and performance. For recordings from Unspoken’s first Rock Mass and updated information on our Masses, performances and events please visit:
| Web: | www.myspace.com/unspokenmlta unspokenband-malta.hi5.com |