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A photo with the Prime Minister of Singapore himself, Lee Hsien Loong.

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The band wanted to find a song to which the elderly audience would be able to relate to for the performance at Teck Ghee Ageing Night 2016, and chose to perform 'Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin' (translation: 'The Moon Represents My Heart'), but with a Malay twist. To make it even more interesting, the iconic intro of 'Dondang Sayang' was added to the beginning and end of the beloved song to give it the initial appearance of a traditional Malay song. The song was also re-arranged to incorporate the other three core grooves in traditional Malay music, which are Asli, Inang, and Joget. The vocal melodies were instead played by Mus on the violin, the harmony was provided by DK on piano, and Andrea provided the bass-line grooves native to each of the three styles. The song was warmly received by the audience.

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Zapin Pop was composed in 2015 by DK and Mus. They played together in Orkestra Sri Temasek, and ended up schoolmates when DK joined LASALLE College of the Arts in 2014. Mus came up with the idea of creating an Zapin-Pop fusion song, and he and DK came up with a tune highly inspired by a popular Zapin song, Zapin Telok Belangah. Mus debuted this song for his Level 3 Diploma end-of-year recital, and received praise for its fresh concept from his peers and mentors, which seeded the pair's desires to further the type of music they newly incepted. The motifs and progression of the song were written by DK, while the instrumentation and arrangement were organised by Mus. The song would go on to have many different iterations, at first even having a segment in the bridge where the typically Zapin groove would transition to Reggae as the accordionist solos over it. However for the Teck Ghee Active Ageing Night re-arrangement of the song, they elected to go with a toned-down version of the song, opting for minimalism, and dropping the accordion-reggae segment in exchange for a Canggung groove on the rebana as played by Jamal.

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DK is the band's keyboardist and frontman. Ever-seeping with fresh ideas and craving to stand out from other musicians, DK brought his classical piano upbringing into playing contemporary Western music, where he self-taught himself to play ad lib. His knowledge of traditional Malay music and chord progressions ensure that the band do not stray from the roots of Malay music. He is also responsible for creating the motifs of the band's original compositions.

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Jamal is the band's drummer and rebana player. His humorous and silly demeanour belies his innate passion for knowledge and self-improvement. He has a huge knowledge bank of rhythms from different parts of the world, and is well-versed in the rebana, the most essential hand drum in traditional Malay music, as well as being able to incorporate elements from different styles/genres into one groove.

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An up-and-coming musician, Andrea is the band's bass guitarist. Andrea inspires to be a punk rock bassist, but has no qualms about exploring beyond her comfort zone. Aside from being a curious learner, Andrea strives to be better every day as a musician.

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Mus is the band's violinist, and a large portion of his job is in playing the lead lines in the songs. His notes clear, precise, and fluid, Mus is a knowledgeable violinist who is adaptable to any requirement a certain genre might ask, and takes pride in originality in his music.

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Conceived to be an ethnic-pop fusion band largely focused on incorporating traditional Malay drum grooves into that of Western contemporary genres, Malap is at its core comprised of violin, bass guitar, piano, and rebana. Malap was chosen to be one of the bands to represent LASALLE College of the Arts, where they were first founded, at Teck Ghee Active Ageing Night 2016 on 12 November, in which they performed their debut public appearance for the Singaporean Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, as well as the local elderly community, with an original composition by Ahmad Musta'in and Danial DK Khaliq, named simply 'Zapin Pop'.