Albert Sirimal

.…started out his musical career back in 1985 as a soloist accompanying himself playing the guitar and singing in many of the local clubs around the city of Kuala Lumpur eventually making a name for himself in the local entertainment circuit. Emerged as the Runner Up of the Carlsberg Top Of The Pubs ’89 Competition, Albert saw himself slowly expanding the horizons of his musical career by collaborating with other musicians forming bands, working alongside them in concerts, tours, sessions, music festivals, workshops etc…

He has since parlayed his talents as a soloist and as part of various multi-talented bands in the KL entertainment circuit and also toured with the likes of Sheila Majid, Ning Baizura, Prema Lucas, Zainal Abidin, Anita Sarawak, Ferhad, Noryn Aziz, Reshmonu etc . . Albert’s distinctive guitaring ability saw him exploring beyond Malaysian shores and performing gigs in Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Korea, Taiwan and the UK.

Playing alongside some of the most talented musicians in and outside Malaysia saw Albert expanding his musical knowledge and mastering his technical ability and agility of the guitar eventually leading him to develop his own finger-style guitar picking. Albert’s unique solo finger-style playing now enables him to single handedly provide the accompaniment for any style of music be it , country, jazz, blues, funk, ballads etc complete with running bass lines and chord changes syncopated with complex rhythm patterns making himself a much sought after one man band. Albert’s main audience not surprisingly is made up of fellow musicians themselves.

Equally unique is his vocal range that is warm, inviting with a touch of country/blues influence. 2008 have seen Albert participating in the MOZAIC JAZZ FESTIVAL(SINGAPORE) as the vocalist for the newly formed group API (Andy Peterson Inc.). Thereafter, API also performed at the JARASUM JAZZ FESTIVAL(KOREA) , TAICHUNG JAZZ FESTIVAL(TAIWAN) and the PENANG JAZZ FESTIVAL. Being chosen as the Malaysian representative for the GENTING INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, formed a special project funk band, jUnKoFuNc with the most sought after musicians in Malaysia…

Repertoire List

100 Ways
Ain’t No Sunshine
Ain’t Nobody
Aint Nobody
All Nite Long
Arthur’s Theme
Baby Can I Hold You Tonite
Baila Baila Baila
Baila Mos
Bambaleyo
Barely Breathing
Beautiful Maria
Belaian Jiwa
Best I Ever Had
Blackbird
Body’s A Wonderland
Boogie Reggae Woman
Both Sides Now
Brick House
Call Me
Can’t Buy Me Love
Candle In The Wind
Carolina On My Mind
Celebration
Chico
Close To You
Come Together
Daniel
Day Tripper
Desperado
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonite
Easy
English Man
Fallen
Feel For You
Feel Like Making Love
Fire And Rain
Georgia Why
Georgy Porgy
Get Back
Get Down On It
Get Up Stand Up
Girl From Ipanema
Gotta Get A Message
Have To Say I Love You In A Song
Help
Here Comes The Sun
Here There And Everywhere
Higher
Higher Ground
Hijau
Hotel California (Salsa)
Human Nature
I’ll Be
Isn’t She Lovely
It’s Too Late
Joanna Give Me Hope
Just Once
Just The Two Of Us
Just The Way You Are
Kau Ilham Ku
Kau Segala Nya
Kiss
Late In The Evening
Laughter In The Rain
Leader Of The Band
Let It Be
Let’s Groove
Long Train Running
Make It With You
Mandy
Masquerade
Me And Julio
Missing You
My Cheri Amor
Never Can Say Goodbye
No Such Thing
No Woman No Cry
Norweign Wood
Once You Get The Taste
Out Of Reach
Proud Mary
Rain
Ready For Love
Redemption Song
Ride Like The Wind
Rock Steady
Rocket Man
Rocking Robin
Roses Are Red
Run To Me
Sailing (Christopher Cross)
Second Hand News
September
Sexual Healing
Shout
Something In The Way She Moves
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Stir It Up
Suddenly
Summer Time
Sunday Morning
Sunshine Of My Life
Sweet Baby James
Swept Away
Take It To The Limit
To Love Somebody
Tomorrow Robins Will Sing
Unwell
Up On The Roof
Water Is Wide
We’ve Only Just Begun
When You Say Nothing At All
Wherever I Lay My Hat
Widuri
Wild World
Wonder Wall
Words
You And I Both
You Can Call Me Al
You Can Close Your Eyes
You To Me Are Everything
You’ve Got A Friend
Your Song