Tukang Taip

The Frankie Sixes

The face of the song. The vocal of the song. The star of the song.

Performer

Reza Salleh

The song starter. The mind behind the beautiful melodies.

Composer

Hin Ee Jeng

Lyricist

The leader / runner of a song or album project. Handled the recording process, management, finances, personnel and etc.

Producer

The people who make the music. Also known as programmer.

Arranger

Rozhan Razman

Making sure the source sounds recorded at the best quality.

Recording

This is the guy who makes all things blend and sounding great.

Mixing

Mastering

Andrew Lin

Director, editor, crew of the music video.

Music Video

Funk & Jazz

Tepuk Amai-Amai

To celebrate the release of the first single off our debut self-titled, original Malaysian swing jazz EP, we asked a few lindy hop friends to video themselves dancing to it. What we got back was 105 dancers from 12 countries, showing us their love for music and dance. We started out playing for the lindy community and we're so happy they could be a part of this. Thank you each and everyone one of you! 

Listen to Tepuk Amai-Amai on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/40NLfCZ
#internationaljazzday 

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Edited by Andrew Lin
Produced by Reza Salleh

Special thanks to the following dancers:

FINLAND
[Black Pepper Swing]
Karri, Kay, Tiiti, Ben, Erja, Hannu, Heli, Vicent, Sara, Rachel (LindyKL)

HONG KONG
[Rhythm Studio]
Thomas Latter, Aurore Alauze

[Swing Pocket]
Alfie Ng, Anna Chow, Arnold Lai, Ceci Chung, Claris Yip, Edith Lu, Kart Park, Michael Wu, Sharman Ko, Sui Fong, Sydney Li, Ting Lai, Winnie Wong 

INDONESIA
[Indoswing Jakarta]
Cecillia Cati, Ira Petranto

JAPAN
[Osaka Swing] 
Shin, Mariko, Nakajo, Chika, Tommi, Angie, Mitsuaki, Marilyn, Eiji, Ohagi, Takeshi, Kaori, Katolin, Hiroko

[Five Bob Cuts] 
Akane Kawachi, Kaori Nakano, Aoi Nishiyama, Koharu Naka, Nanami Niino

KOREA
Nalla, Jessica, Chaewon Park (Ella), Seonghwan Jeong (Hwany)

MALAYSIA
Pei Ru, Jeng Foong, Sean Yap, Abby Yao

[KL Swing]
Jenn, Iylia

[Tipsy Minions]
Joshua, Jaja, Max, Nat, Jihan, Lee, Andie, Alexy

NEW ZEALAND
[The Antwerp Lindy Hoppers (Belgium)]
Leen, Jasper

SINGAPORE
Nic, Amos, Jingyi, Pierre, Baby Louis, Marsha, Elisha, Andrew Lin, Carolyn Cheong

[SwingStation.sg]
Sing, Chong Koi Jun, Pauline, Xinhui

[B Swing Lindy]
Brian, Kevin, Marz, Debs

TAIWAN
Tommy Lin, Noel Lin, Jane

THAILAND
Ik & Woran, Benjarat Vejpongsa, Kanravee Kittayarak, Tune Kantharoup, Ratthaphum Chantarasopa, Mikolaj Bogusz

[Jelly Roll Dance Club]
Su, Pat, Sompop, 0

[Swing Dux Dix]
Chotima (Chobi) Kruachao, Anika (Aiai) Thavarojana, Jitsommanas (Cin) Muninnopphamas, Pimnicha (Nina) Paisithmongkol, Santhila (Orm) Chanoknamchai, Ratimas (Ploycal) Jirapongsananuruk

UK
Eva Hsin-yu Chen, Jason Foster

VIETNAM
TrangK, Bean

THE FRANKIE SIXES:
Reza Salleh: vocals
Ee Jeng: piano
KJ: drums
Che Wan: double bass
Eddy Lim: saxophone
Isaac Marvin: trumpet

Composer: Reza Salleh, Hin Ee Jeng
Lyrics: Reza Salleh
All arrangements: Hin Ee Jeng
Vocal Production: Melina William
Recorded, engineered, mixed by Rozhan Razman at RMP Productions
Performed by The Frankie Sixes

Lyrics:
Tepuk amai-amai, belalang kupu-kupu, tepuk adik pandai, upah lah minum susu
Susu lemak manis santan kelapa muda, adik jangan nangis abang nak buat kerja

(Clap all together, grasshopper butterfly, clap younger sibling, I’ll pay you with milk, creamy fat sweet milk of a young coconut, younger sibling don’t cry, older brother needs to do work)

Sejak zaman kiki lala, selalu bersuara 
Nyanyi lagu zaman sekolah sampai sakit telinga
Cita-cita juruterbang, arkitek dan manager
Tengok-tengok belajar dan kerja tak sama

(Since kiki lala days we’re always using our voice (kiki lala=90s children’s clothing brand)
Singing schooltime songs until our ears hurt
We had ambitions to be a pilot, architect and manager, 
But in the end our job and what we studied isn’t the same)

Memori zaman kiki lala terus ku teringat
Tora Dindang A-a-a-pollo, Van Houten cokelat
Masa petang makan goreng pisang Maghrib balik cepat
Kalau lambat masok nanti kena sebat

(The memory of kiki lala days, I remember
Tora, Dindang, Apollo, and Van Houten chocolate (90s candy)
In the evening we ate banana fritters and went back home in the evening (Maghrib is a Muslim evening prayer time)
If we were late coming home we’d get caned)

CHORUS

Wahai zaman kiki lala, zaman ku sekolah
Kaler biru sekolah rendah, hijau ‘tuk menengah
Pagi-pagi tiru matematik daripada jiran sebelah
Alamak jiran absent, confirm kena marah

(Oh kiki lala days, the days of school
Blue for primary school and green for high school (the colour of boys’ school pants)
In the morning copy my neighbours math homework
Oh no my neighbour is absent it’s confirmed I’m gonna be scolded)

Bila terkenang zaman muda kiki lala terus ku terimbas
Balik PJ tingkatan dua kelas Dua Emas
Kuat sangat rasa nostalgia sampai otak jadi kebas
Itulah kisah hidup si remaja, hingga umur tujuh belas

(When I remember kiki lala days I flashback
Going back to PJ during Form 2, class 2 Gold (PJ=suburb Petaling Jaya, Form 2 is 14 years old in high school, the name of my class was 2 Gold)
So strong is this nostalgic feeling till my head has become numb
That’s the story of a teenager till the age of 17)

CHORUS
RMP jangan nangis abang nak buat kerja
The Frankie Sixes jangan nangis abang nak buat kerja
 
(RMP don’t cry, older brother needs to do work (RMP is the name of the studio we recorded in)
The Frankie Sixes don’t cry, older brother needs to do work)

Diskograf

Tepuk Amai-Amai

Writers

Production

Visual