Alternate Records Sdn Bhd, doing business as Alternate Records & Talents, formerly Monkey Bone Records is an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

set up by

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, the

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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 Records : About Us
Alternate signed

Suki Low Sook Yee Low Sook Yee (; born 26 December 1990) or popularly known as Suki Low is a Malaysian singer. It is Malaysia's first ever reality singing competition to offer a one million ringgit prize to the winner. To date (July 2008), she has released one ...

and Norayu Damit, winners of '' One in a Million'' seasons one and two as well as

Faizal Tahir Ahmad Faizal bin Mohammad Tahir (born 26 October 1978) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter who shot to fame after becoming the first runner-up of the first season of '' One in a Million'' in 2006. He has won multiple Anugerah Industri Muzik awards ...

and Shila, runners-up of their respective seasons. Alternate is also the organiser of KAMI The Gig, a gig throughout

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. The first gig in 2007 was held in

Sungai Petani Sungai Petani (abbr. Sg. Petani or SP; Jawi: سوڠاي ڤتاني) is a city in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. Sungai Petani is Kedah's largest city and is located about 55 km south of Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah, and 33&nbs ...

(8 August), Johor Bahru (25 August), and

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(8 September), while in 2008, 22

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from

performed in Johor Bahru (28 June),

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(5 July),

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site s ...

(19 July),

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Ma ...

(26 July),

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

(9 August), and

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(24 August). The last stop will be in

Bukit Jalil Bukit Jalil is an affluent suburb in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is bounded by the National Sports Complex on the east, the Shah Alam Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway as well as city boun ...

on 18 October.KAMI: Nationwide Gig on Monkey Bone's Website
Monkey Bone changed its name to Alternate Records & Talents to match the company name in July 2021.

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