Y’all, I just got back from the show of Killa Kela. Yeah, you heard me, Killa Kela – the world number one beatboxer performed right here, in Hanoi, Vietnam. This dude has a glorious career that has earned him a place on stage with the likes of Pharrell Williams, Prince, Justin Timberlake, Plan B, and De La Soul.
He’s on his 15 days in Asia tour to promote his new album "Amplified", released by the end of August. The tour started in Chin...
Momokomotion's newest album (below) was available in Pantip 3 months before the album was released!
Despite the Indie Music scene being relatively new and local, it doesn't exempt it from pirating. The more ethical, but less popular options of buying include:
DJ Siam, Soi 4
One of Bangkok's most popular stores specialising in Indie and Bakery Music. Popular with students, especially from Chulalongkorn (in close vicinity). They also host their online radio st...
B.O.R.E.D collaborates with ApartmentKhunpa and DJ Spydamonkee to create a stunning mixture of audio and visuals.
The Indie Music scene is the only scene to regularly collaborate with the leading designers of Thailand. Designers like Error, Duckunit, P7, B.O.R.E.D, Lost in Space do some of their most creative stage sets and visuals for bands such as GrooveRider, Sqweez Animal, So::on Dry Flower, Modern Dog and so forth, while the bands receive even more attention and get to play in a wacky ...
Diet Pills...I'm not sure this is for me
The Diet Pills is a totally post-modern, part electronic, part popidol, that sounds like a twisted mixture between Gwen Stefani, that annoying "My Humps" song and the Cartoon Network.
Well I really can't stand Gwen Stefani and the Humps, though I enjoy some things on the Cartoon Network, so I'm currently torn in deciding whether its some amazingly ironic post-modern comment on Thai high society culture, or whether it's really g...
In Bangkok the two main organisers of regular indie-electronica nights are- Note (formerly organised the biggest indie rock parties under the name of Dudesweet) and Dookie (organises montly ClubSoma nights).
Today Dudesweet has morphed from indie-rock into electronic music in the Mathematics (Niteshift) and Dudesweet Remix projects:
"It's been four years of doing strokes in Bangkok's indie rock scene for Dudesweet. Now we'd like to take a little step forward, expanding our ...
Every year, hundreds albums that sound like whales with metallic penises performing cervical calligraphy come out. “Move” by Lưu Hương Giang (singer/composer) stands out by how she hazardously remix it with World
Electro, House and Dance. With the support of her boyfriend aka her producer Hồ Hoài Anh, she completed a new electronic/experimental album: “ Move”. This new experiment could surprise alot of audience since Lưu Hương Giang originally was a Rock-Alternative singe...
Modern Dog is one of the first pioneer indie bands that has now become a classic. Last week I walked past a mini concert in Siam Discovery organised by Channel V and was quite amazed to see crowds and crowds of teens filling up every inch of space, and singing word-for-word every song of "Gon"(Before) and "Bussaba", hits from the early 90s that still strike a chord with the young. Whenever I meet Thais overseas they always ask about Moderndog first, what are they up to?...
Club Soma is one of the most fun monthly parties of electronic and britpop music in Bangkok, and its on a much smaller and more intimate, friendlier scale than say 808 or Dudesweet parties were in the past. Club Soma is made up of a gang of friends of actors, photographers and artists, all organised by Dookie who also runs Channel V and Puttisak who is a creative designer. Their scene focuses on some of the best eletronic music comign out of France and England, and these influences are obvio...
The Best Album in the World: Stylish Nonsense's "Use Your Professor"
My award for the best electronic-pop band ever goes out to STYLISH NONSENSE, the most original, creative and SEXY band in Thailand. This offbeat duo consists of Pok, the bassist/singer/keyboardist (with the moustache) and Jun, the jazzy drummer (with the hair). Before Pok grew his beard, he was considered the "Stylish" to Jun's "Nonsense", but then he started reading Carabao's autobiography an...
