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Hardesh Singh turns film music on its head
Who is this "composer and sometime jazz guitarist" whose film music has struck a new chord with movie-makers? Off The Edge in 2006 interviewed Hardesh Singh, composer, musician and record producer, and one of the co founders of the Malaysian Composers Collective. One quiet evening, a CD landed in my mailbox that changed my life. Opening it, I found a strangely fruity soundtrack called 'Eating Pomeloes from Tokyo to Tamil Nadu Makes My Heart Go Gubra'. Very funny, I thought. The cover parodied Yasmin Ahmad's Gubra, an…
34th ACL Conference and Festival in Vietnam this October
The 34th ACL Conference and Festival will be held at the Asian Music Festival (AMF) 2016 in Vietnam in conjunction with the 2nd Asia - Europe New Music Festival from October 12–18, 2016 in Hanoi and Vinh Yen city (Vinh Phuc province). It is seven days of events aimed at providing enjoyment for a broad variety of audiences, composers and musicians. The festival is organised by the Vietnam Musicians’ Association. Performers: Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Vietnam National Opera and Ballet, Chamber Orchestra of Vietnam Nationa…
Ainolnaim Azizol wins 3rd prize at the New Recorder Music 2016 in Lausanne
Kuantan-based composer Ainolnaim Azizol, who won 2nd prize at the ACL Festival in Japan in 2014, has won 3rd prize at the New Recorder Music 2016 in Lausanne for his piece Nadi Bumi for amplified solo alto recorder. No stranger to the international scene, Ainolnaim also took 3rd prize for a string quartet competition in Cologne some years back. In Nadi Bumi the composer takes his experimental style a step further exploring various techniques for the alto recorder and fashioning a piece that gives broad freedom to the performer to 'com…
KLEX 2016: Spark - Experimental music and film festival call for submissions
The 7th edition of KLEX - Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival is looking for submissions! This year, our theme is “SPARK”. Use it as a hint or a source of inspiration and imagination. We’re awaiting your new work, starting from NOW! KLEX 2016: SPARK Festival Dates: late November 2016 Call Release Date: 30 March 2016 Submission Deadline: 30 May 2016
Rebels Without A Pause - Interview with EMACM's Kok Siew Wai
Audio anarchy in Kuala Lumpur - Off The Edge interviews Kok Siew Wai, vocal artist from the Experimental Musicians and Artists Co-operative Malaysia (EMACM). In the poorly lit loft of Central Market's Annexe, looking through the huge glass windows at the clogged Klang River, the great white elephant Dayabumi looming over it and the city, we wait. It is almost surreal to be seated on plastic chairs in this quiet space where dance beats and disco queens used to throb to laser lights and smoke machines. Well, the laser lights will make …
Asia-Pacific Music Creators Alliance (APMA) meeting in Bangkok
Composers of the region are invited to participate in the forthcoming CISAC Asia-Pacific Committee meeting which will be held at So Sofitel Bangkok on 17th May 2016. The organisers hope to make use of this opportunity to have a discussion on how we may set up the Asia-Pacific Music Creators Alliance (APMA), which is a platform in Asia-Pacific established to protect the interest of music creators. The meeting proposes to organize a discussion in the morning of 17th May 2016.
Shadows and Sonorities: Adeline Wong's lecture at Yong Siew Toh
Shadows and Sonorities: Drawing Shades of Asia in Composition by Adeline Wong Tue, 29 Mar 16 5:30pm, Steven Baxter Recital Studio, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Singapore Adeline Wong’s involvement in the Malaysian new music scene in the late 2000’s resulted in a number of compositions including Snapshots (2005), Chermin (2006,) Empunya yang beroleh Sita dewi (2007), Longing (2010; revised 2012). Although her work has no direct Malaysian influences, one can hear its undertones set in western soundscapes. In this presentation, she will di…
Support our Women Composers CD project
Award winning young composer Jessica Cho has a dream, to put together an anthology of Malaysian women composers as a tribute to the rich and colourful sounds penned by the country's leading talents. The CD will be a showcase of how far Malaysia's contemporary music scene has come over the last decade, with compositions that can stand alongside the best in the region, indeed the world. One of Malaysia's leading composers Adeline Wong has composed a new string quartet work specially for the CD, which will also include ethnic i…
MCC's Free Hand Anthology I has been released on Faber Music.
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