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= Slot Machine (band) = Slot Machine (สล็อท แมชชีน) is a Thai rock band from Bangkok. Their song "Phan" ("Yesterday") was awarded Song of the Year at the Seed Awards held in January 2007, "Phan" was awarded again at the 2nd Seed Awards and nominated for Rock Album of the Year, Rock Artist of the Year and Music Video of the Year. They also were awarded Band of The Year at the Nine Entertainment Awards. The band is currently signed to BEC Tero Music (also known as Sony Music Thailand) and previously released a number of albums for Sony Music.

History
Slot Machine was formed by a group of high school boys competing in national music contests. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2004, which featured their first single 'Ro' (I'm Waiting For You), followed by 'Mutation' in 2006, produced by Scott Moffatt, former member of canadian boy band The Moffatts. Moffatt added a new element to their music and the album produced two hits: 'Phan' (Yesterday) and 'Kham Sutthai' (Song for U). Shortly after the release of their second album, Slot Machine was chosen as the opening act for Linkin Park's Bangkok concert in 2007. In 2008, the band released their third studio album, 'Grey'. It was a more challenging album featuring a more experimental sound on songs like 'Fan' (Dream) and 'Rue Du' (Grey Sky).

Their best-selling album, to date, is 'Cell', which received numerous media awards in SE Asia. Tracks from the album included 'Chan Chao' (Goodbye) and 'Phra Athit Songklot' (Golden Age).

In 2013, Slot Machine was nominated for the 'Best Southeast Asian Act' at the MTV Europe Music Awards, and their ongoing work with MTV on the network's Human Trafficking Awareness concerts culminated in the band performing on the same stage as Jason Mraz at the MTV Exit Live In Myanmar charity concert, which was held to raise awareness about human trafficking at the People's Square (Schwedagon, Yangon) in front of 70,000 people.

Slot Machine was again nominated for Best Southeast Act at the MTV EMA's in 2014 – and in the same year released their fifth album, 'Rainbow', produced by australian producer Daniel Denholm. The album included the singles 'Rung' (Rainbow) and 'Khloem', which had over 149 million views on YouTube.

At the end of 2014, Slot Machine celebrated their 10th anniversary by performing a live concert, 'Slot Machine – The First Contact', at Impact Arena, Thailand's largest indoor concert venue.

Slot Machine's first all-english album was released in early 2016, produced by six-time Grammy Award-winning producer Steve Lillywhite. The album heralded a new chapter in the band's career. Slot Machine vocalist Foet shared his experiences working with the producer: "We have worked with foreign producers before but Steve was different. He has worked with the world's biggest bands. It was an amazing experience for us to work with him. He saw us performing live and wanted to work with us! Steve is very easy to work with and he made us all feel at ease. The one-month period flew by so quickly. At first, we planned to work on just four tracks, but before we knew it, we had completed the entire album." The album was recorded in one month at Karma Sound Studios. Steve Lillywhite shared his views on seeing the band live for the first time, "I was amazed by both their musical talent and the age of their audience, who, for a rock band, were young. It's my rule that I must see a band perform live first before deciding whether to work with them. Slot Machine impressed me. It was great to see the young audience enjoying their music. It's new to me. I thought I could help the band reach another level."

'Spin the World' was followed by extensive international touring throughout the UK, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and the USA. In 2018, Slot Machine then went on to work with two US-based producers: Brandon Darner (Imagine Dragons and The Envy Corp) and Justin Stanley (Beck, Prince, David Bowie), and released the first new english single "Know Your Enemy", which was selected as the theme for the ROV World Gaming Championships. The second single, Hummingbird, was released in september 2019 to great critical acclaim.

Genres
The name "Slot Machine" accurately reflects the attitude of their working. The main idea would change over time because the band members were influenced by alternative rock music while growing up.

“We attempt to create something that is not just a rock. It is how we see them as an overall perspective which implements the new perfect arts, not just produce one song and make it a famous one.” Janevit Chanpanyawong the guitarist said when was interviewed about the Third Eye View album.

Influences
High-pitched singing, powerful music with cool lyrics tell the story of truth, thoughtfulness and belief of all members. They research religion, enjoy science fiction, and firmly believe in the existence of aliens leads to their biggest hit, "Phan". Also frequent inspirational incorporation from extraterrestrial collaborations into their music.

Personnel
There are three members in the group including


 * Karinyawat Durongjirakan (Foet) – vocals (2000 – present) Foet, Karinyawat Durongjitakarn, started an interest in arts when he was very young. It is obvious when he was around primary school, Foet started listening to Rock and Hip-Hop music. And finally, he formed the band with Gak which is the beginning of Slot Machine. He graduated from the Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University.


 * Atirath Pintong (Gak) – bass guitar (2000 — present) Gak, Atirath Pintong, formed the band อะลุ่มอะหล่วย (A Lum A Loui) with Foet the vocals, with Kon the guitarist and Look Khun the drummer when they were in The Demonstration School of Silpakorn University. Gak and Foet were the founders of Slot Machine.
 * Janevit Chanpanyawong (Vit) — guitar (2006 – present) Vit, Janevit Chanpanyawong, was a new member Slot Machine in 2006 as the guitarist and in 2004 “A Lum A Loui” band has released the first studio album with SONY music BEC-Tero and changed the band name to “Slot Machine”.

Former members

 * Supon Sillapasas (Games) – guitar (2000 — 2004)
 * Kanun Weeranarong (Kon) — guitar (2000 — 2005)
 * Porama Oupasarn (Ker) — drums (2000 — 2005)
 * Kemsopon Wongpaisarnsin (Yut) – guitar (2006 — 2008)
 * Settharat Pancgchunan (Auto) — drums (2006 – 2018)

Studio albums[edit]

 * The Third Eye View
 * Spin the World (2016, BEC-Tero Music)
 * Rainbow (2014, BEC-Tero Music)
 * Time Machine (2004-2013) The Best of Slot Machine ( 2013, BEC-Tero Music)
 * CELL (2011, Sony Music)
 * GREY (2008, Sony Music)
 * Mutation (2006, Sony Music)

English singles[edit]

 * "Phiang Waichai" (2022)
 * "Free Fall" (2022)
 * "Bangkok" (2020)
 * "Hummingbird" (2019)
 * "Know Your Enemy" (2018)
 * "Sweet Bird" (2017)
 * "Spin the World" (2017)
 * "And We Go" (2017)
 * "Sky Burning Stars" (2017)
 * "Say What You Want" (2016)
 * "I Know, I Know" (2016)
 * "Give It All to You" (2015)

Concerts

 * Concert "Khuen Klai Punn" – December 24, 2006 at EVI Place Soi Sukhumvit 63 (Ekkamai)
 * Slot Machine: The first contact - September 27, 2013 at Impact Arena MuangThongThani
 * Slot Machine: The Mothership Concert - August 26, 2017

Triangle symbol
The band wants to make a reference to the triangle's implication of wisdom in terms of Buddhism because many aspects of Buddhism are based on the number 3, including Tilakkhana (ไตรลักษณ์), Dtrai sìk-kăa (ไตรสิกขา), The Triple Gem (พระรัตนตรัย). However, the symbol that the singer frequently uses on stage is not related to the Illuminati. Slot Machine frequently writes songs with underlying philosophical themes.

Selected filmography

 * "ย้อน" original soundtrack of Hormones 3 the final season (TV Series) which was written by Po Posayanukul. “It is a rock song that you can actually dance or at least shake your head to the beat” Foet talked about rhythm of “ย้อน”.


 * "EX-AID feat. KAMEN RIDER GIRLS (Thai Version)" original soundtrack of Kamen rider Ex-aid


 * "ท้า" original soundtrack of The Legend Of Muay Thai: 9 Satra (Animation Show) ,music by Slot Machine and Po Posayanukul


 * "สุดแรงหัวใจ" original soundtrack of สัจจะในชุมโจร (เสือสั่งฟ้า 3) (Thai drama)


 * Free Fall, is the theme for KinnPorche The Series, was written by FrenchW and Thitiwut Rongthong the producer with Neil Thompson, executive producer. By propagating the lead character’s feelings into their song. Kinnporche The Series is an action romance drama with a story of mafia. The feeling that would appear on Free fall is danger, feeling of pressure and untrustworthy.


 * “พอ” original soundtrack of Saturday Night to Monday Morning (Movie)

Collaborations
After the charming debut, Slot Machine has been known by many fans. They have more and more followers. The band have been improving themselves by situations, whether members changing alongside adding more instruments or even working with international producers like Scott Moffatt. Collaborating between Slot Machine and Scott Moffatt manufactured a new piece of music. In 2006, they released the Mutation album which succeeded with “Phan” which influenced Slot Machine to perform as the opening band at the Linkin Park concert in the same year. With collaboration with Jay Montonn Jira, the album “Cell” was released with high attention from international fans since they tried to interweave between Thai and Foreign music together. And it encourages Slot Machine to be chosen in many awards by their many hits: “Chan Chao”, “Suan Dok Mai”, “Phra Athit Songklot”. Spin The World is the sixth album of Slot Machine with the first all English song in the album. With the great collaboration with Steve Lillywhite, Grammy Award winning producer.

Road to international
It has not been simple for the Thai rock band to progress forward and overcome obstacles for over ten years by focusing solely on the profession of artist. Slot Machine has played an important role in ensuring the success of growth. Beginning as ordinary students, they formed a band for a radio industry competition. Many things have changed between the cassette tape era to the digital world, but one thing has remained constant: their passion and dedication.

The first step toward international slot machines started in 2013. As a Thai artist, Slot Machine was nominated for the MTV EMA Awards. It is apparent that 2013 was the band's "golden age." The band represented Thai artists on MTV Exit Live in Myanmar, the anti-human trafficking concert held in front of the Shwedagon Pagoda and sharing the stage with Jason Mraz. The band released "Rainbow," their fifth album, the following year after receiving another nomination. Daniel Denholm produced this record.

In 2015, The band, along with many other Taiwanese artists, was first introduced to the Taiwanese at the Super Slippa (music festival). The band received praise from Thai and local fans during their tour of England the following month, which included stops in Bristol, Brighton, Chelsea, and London.

Slot Machine released the first all-English album, Spin the world, which collaborated with Steve Lillywhite. They recorded sound within 1 month at Karma Sound Studios and it has been the shortest amount of time to record one album. With a good combination of Thai identity with the sound of new music. Gak also shared his thoughts on the expectation of making this album “We did not expect to be a world-famous band. We just want to challenge ourselves with how far we can go. And we all believe that we have something cool enough to show the others. At this time, Thai culture including Thai food has been known for people all over the world. So why can’t Thai music?”