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Parent company | Media Prima Berhad |
Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Ahmad Izham Omar |
Status | Active |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | Malaysia |
Location | Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama, Selangor |
Official website | www |
Alternate Records Sdn Bhd is an independent record label set up by Ahmad Izham Omar, the CEO of 8TV. It was created in 2006 to sign winners and potential contestants of 8TV's reality show One in a Million should they be unsigned.
Monkey Bone signed Suki Low Sook Yee and Norayu Damit, winners of One in a Million seasons one and two as well as Faizal Tahir and Shila, runners-up of their respective seasons.
Monkey Bone is also the organiser of KAMI The Gig, a gig throughout Malaysia. The first gig in 2007 was held in Sungai Petani (8 August), Johor Bahru (25 August), and Kuala Lumpur (8 September), while in 2008, 22 indie bands from Malaysia performed in Johor Bahru (28 June), Ipoh (5 July), Malacca (19 July), Pulau Pinang (26 July), Kuala Lumpur (9 August), and Seremban (24 August). The last stop will be in Bukit Jalil on 18 October.