Joni Anwar

Joni Anwar, also known as Joni Raptor (born August 30, 1981) is a Thai singer and actor. He was born in Bangkok. Thailand and has Indonesian-Scottish ancestry.

He started his singing career in the rap duo Raptor, with Louis Scott. Joni has come out with three solo albums ("Bad Boy", "Freeman", and "Outtaspace") after retiring from Raptor in 2000.

Joni started his career by doing television commercials for Ovaltine, Bata, Krissadanakorn and others before he signed a record deal with RS Promotion.

Music

Raptor

Joni and Louis were 12 and 13 years old when as Raptor they released their self-titled debut album in August 1994. They were the youngest singers in Thailand at that time. Their clothes were the height of youth fashion at the time and some teens dressed up like them. They also rollerbladed and skate boarded and some teens copied them in this respect.

"Raptor" was inspired by the two dinosaurs in the kitchen near the end of the movie Jurassic Park. Their Latin name is "Velociraptor" and "raptor" sounds like "rapper" The other reason is Joni&Louis were naughty like those two Velociraptor so they were called Raptor.

Kid Thung Ter was the big hit. Super Hero and Kum Wa Peun were also on chart. Their album sold over a million copies, which is considered very successful in Thailand. They became a popular band. Their lives have changed since then.

They had a big concert, Joni&Louis Ta Luy Hijack, on Sep 24th, 1994 at MBK Hall with Hijack. They sang a new song, Yha Kid Wa Ter Mai Mee Krai with Hijack. This song is in Hijack top hits album. On 17 Nov, 1995 they have a concert with RS's singers at Amy Sport Stadium. They sang Kow Kew with other singers. This song is in Hot Collection 4.

*WAAB BOYSThey started WAAB Boys Album by appearing on MTV Asia. Yah Pud Leay (Don't speak) was the biggest hit in this album.

*DAY SHOCKThey wore contact lenses with different color in each eye: one is blue and one is green.

*THE NEXTA special album, they worked with other singers such as Dome Pakorn Lum, James Ruengsak, JR Kittikulwong, Oil Thana Suttikamol, Lift, and Voy.

*RAPTOR...GOODBYE (May, 1998)After The Next, Joni and Louis released their new album titled "Raptor Goodbye". This was supposedly their last album together before they both separated and went on their own separate ways. This was disappointing news to some of their fans. Some fans cried when they learned that Raptor were going to quit. "Goodbye" is something like DAY SHOCK, to thank their fans. "Sayonara Goodbye" is the old song by Pat Karby but it was rewrited in Thai. In the English part of sayonara goodbye, Joni&Louis wrote it themselves.

The famous songs were Sayonara Goodbye, Oh Yes, In My Heart, Go Go Go!, and Ruu Tao Bang Mai. Raptor Monchos Dance Concert, on 4 July, 1998 at MBK Hall, was the biggest concert in this album. But not the last concert. They had tour concerts around Thailand along July and Aug 1998.

*THE MEMORY (May, 1998)The Memory is a collection of their hits from all of their albums. Some are in remixed version. A special song, Kwam Shong Jum (The memory), is include. This is the last album of Raptor.

Goodbye Concert Sayonara Raptor on ......, 1998 at MBK Hall, is the last concert of Raptor. The concert was big, fun, and sad too. Their fans cried again and again. It was really sad when Joni said "Prong nee mai mee Raptor eek leaw na krub" (Tomorrow has no more Raptor)

olo artist

*BAD BOY (May 12th, 2000)Joni Anwar's debut solo album.
*MISSION 4 PROJECT
*"THE CELEBRATION"'
*FREEMANJoni worked together with Montonn Jira [http://www.montonnjira.com/] and composed a song "GO NOW" which received FAT AWARD: RECORD OF THE YEAR AWARD from 104.5 FAT Radio in year 2002.
*DANCE MARATHON EXPO
*WHAT'S LOVE
*JONI REFLEXION
*OST. Sexphone/คลื่นเหงา/สาวข้างบ้านJoni sings Yak Hai Ru Wa Rak Ter (I want you to know that I love you.) for the movie Sexphone, which turned out to be a big hit.
*OUTTASPACEJoni composed a song Outtaspace.which received FAT AWARD: RECORD OF THE YEAR AWARD from 104.5 FAT Radio in year 2003.

Katsue

A new electronica duo with "Jay" Montonn Jira [http://www.montonnjira.com/] . An album release is set for summer 2006.

My Space: http://www.myspace.com/katsueband

Films

*"Lok Tung Bai Hai Nai Kon Deaw" ("Romantic Blue") - Joni and Louis has a small role in this film, but were the reason many fans went to see the movie. Just only 1 or 2 minutes but the audience were screaming for them when they saw them. And some bought the ticket only to see them.
*"Dek Ra Bead" [Extreme Game] - Joni's first movie. He was one of six main actors and actresses. Joni portrayed Johny, a pizza shop owner's son who falls in love with Song. The movie earned 43 million baht.
*"Ahingsa-Jikko mee gam" - Credited as Joni Anwar in this 2005 film, Joni starred as the brainy owner of an after-hours rave-party bar.

TV series

*ละครเรื่อง บ้านสีขาวกับดาวดวงเดิม
*ละครเรื่อง หนึ่งฟ้าหลังคาเดียว

Personal life

Joni enjoys all kind of sports especially water sports. He won the third prize in wakeboarding at the X-games Thailand 1998. He joined the Asian X-games in Phuket, too.

Joni attended Bangkok Patana School in Bangkok, Thailand. Louis Scott attended the same school as well, but they were in different grades. This school is an exclusive, International British School and spoke/taught in English only.

He has a younger brother, Anan, who is also a singer and an actor.

External links

* [http://www.katsueonline.com/ Katsueonline]
* [http://www.myspace.com/katsueband Katsue at Myspace]
* [http://www.geocities.com/joni_anwar_fan/main.html Joni Anwar fanpage]
* [http://www.idolworld.com/actor/joni/ Thai Idol]