Butod never considers himself a singer but it was the thing called love that leads his feet to the studio of Greenland Entertainment to record two singles, namely, Imelda and Tupus Auh Milo Sansagan (Love Cannot Be Forced). These two songs were personally penned by Butod himself and they were pure inspiration coming from the heart of Julius Ebin, the real person behind Butod.
Butod has always been a great fan of local songs and know most of the hits that came out over the years. In contrast, Butod’s line of work has nothing to do with entertainment. He has always been the man behind the scene in the field of computer programming. Singing is his number two passion, he claims. Keeping up with the latest computer technology and know-how is his main interest and bread and butter.
The unmistaken resemblance between father and son is so strong that people’s yearnings for the presence of John Gaisah are somewhat filled and healed by a look at Aldro John Gaisah, 27, the only son of the legendary late singer. Aldro stays true to his singing root, and today Aldro is a household name in Sabah. His first solo album was a huge success and his vcd mtv-karaoke based on the same album that followed shared the same plateau of achievement.
Everywhere he goes people warms up quickly to his friendly and humble mannerism. Jounar Motuya, a famous name among the Dusun music followers, is a rare breed of individual. No one seems to say a bad thing about him except praises and what a fun-loving man he is. Jounar is easy to work with and he is an expert at the keyboard that he could easily accompany a singer who sings a song that he has not heard of but his fingers catches up very quickly. “Ya, no problem, I can do it,” is his typical response when someone comes up with a never-heard-of song to him. His laughter and jovialness certainly eases up one’s tension and that helps a lot when a singer seems all nerves and jittery.
Speaking in a raspy voice due to over-singing (he gets invited a lot to perform), Jounar lets out what has been in his heart and mind all these while, that is, to talk a bit of what he has accomplished in the past. He’s not one to talk much about himself, but he looks at this time as a way to take stock of what has happened and recap some things for future endeavours.
Julia Moduli entered the world of Sabah’s entertainment as a bopping teenager a good fifteen years ago. Powered by a burning ambition and a strong, energetic vocal, she burst into the scene ready to take the world by storm. Her Dusun single “Langadku Sogigisom” became an instant hit and some still remember her today because of that one song. She stayed on the scene a few more years while spinning more hits from her two compilation albums, Mega Dusun and Mega Sumazau, and then she faded away…
