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Production company Edko Films has recently released Anita, a biographical film about the life of late Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress Anita Mui. The Cantonese film – directed by Longman Leung (Cold War) and produced by Bill Kong (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) – depicts Anita’s life from childhood, her career in entertainment, to her last moments before her incurable…
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Informatics launched National Digital Literacy Movement (GNLD) Siberkreasi in a collaboration with band HIVI! to promote digital literacy, targeting Gen Z audiences. In total, there are over 200 million people…
The 22nd ATF will kick off its physical event on first of December through the third with Singapore-based executives at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Extending its activities onto its online platform: ATF Online+. Themed…
Honda has environmental plans for its whole supply chain. It has recently asked its suppliers to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. According to Bloomberg, Honda Motor Co. Became the first automaker in Japan to…
Music Press Asia selects three highlights from the winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021. The Natural History Museum (NHM), London, has announced the winning images for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021…
BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle and BBC Studios’ on-demand channels BBC Brit and BBC First have launched on Malaysia’s Astro. BBC Studios has finally extended its relationship with Malaysia’s pay TV giant Astro. Launching together its…
For the first time, Music Press Asia is curating Friday evening listening lists for stay-at-homes as part of the November series programme. The Friday program is made especially for autumn listeners. If you’ve just finished…
Available for download and streaming for the first time is Ayumi Hamasaki’s trance remixes by prominent DJs including Moogwai, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, and Above & Beyond. Shout out to all trance fans out there. The classic Cyber TRANCE series featuring Japanese popular artists…
In a collaboration with HKU MUSE, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is showcasing a twist…
Iman Troye has become the fourth Malaysian – after Yuna, Layla Sania and girl group…
Midem is a music event organised by RX France that is held annually for all…
Four music brands – NME, Uncut, Guitar.com and MusicTech – is now under the new…
Over the last four days, Indie Week’s program is centered around areas of business development, education, health & wellness and community within the indie scene. But on its last day, in all seriousness, shifted its program focus towards more logical…
Iranian singer Mamak Khadem has recently released a new single. Titled ‘Across the Oceans’, the single is a collaboration with Chris Martin (Coldplay), and is released by Six Degrees Records. It is also Khadem’s first song from her upcoming album,…
In the hope to grasp how traditional musical instruments of Central and Eastern Asia are being expressed today, Music Press Asia speaks to the co-founders of MASTANEH, a music group formed using traditional Iranian and Chinese musical instruments. Ali Montazami…
Independent musicians in Southeast Asia (SEA) have had to reimagine how they perform, distribute, and sell music in the wake of the pandemic, as we continue to see consumer behaviours shift, as the digital and virtual space take prominence over…
Q1. Tell us about what got you excited or impacted you the most to start such a group such as Joy Collective? How did it all began? And how has…
Malaysia’s live entertainment scene, like everywhere else, shocked to its very core, is seeing gentle revivals as the commercial sector gradually opens up. As the reticent street in the capital awaits for the rumpus of…
With collectively over 1.3 million streams for all of his pre-released singles to date, Dom Guyot finally debuts his first album, “Unbeloved”, a collection of some of his most favorite…
The pandemic has reached the state of Assam, and more specifically, Sidd’s city of Guwahati, the largest city in Assam in northeastern India. With more rainfalls than other areas in…
Midem is a music event organised by RX France that is held annually for all music professionals around the globe. It gives everybody in the industry a chance to network with thousands of other professionals including artists, managers, agents, and more. The event is usually…
Over the last four days, Indie Week’s program is centered around areas of business development, education, health & wellness and…
For the first time, Music Press Asia is curating Friday evening listening lists for stay-at-homes as part of the November…
If you’ve been bottled up by the Covid-19 lockdowns and restriction in movement since March 2020, then you’ll want to…
Making plans for a new lifestyle staying at home and restricting outdoor movement? If that is a yes, join Revive…
The three-day festival before a live broadcast award show is taking place this week. With nominations already announced months before,…
Maki Mae sure has her favourite things lined up this year. The GRAMMY Award has recently announced considering the latest…
What challenges and opportunities lie ahead as we push through the economic shock created by the pandemic? With the participation…
Thailand’s largest media and entertainment conglomerate, GMM Grammy, has launched the first ever music streaming service – Plern – dedicated to Thai artists and consumers. The Plern app, aimed to meet Thailand’s growing market demand for music streaming, is powered by Tuned Global’s turnkey music streaming technology. A collaboration with GMM Grammy, Tuned Global’s app is expected to attract five…
Sound or audio is a vital criterion in the cognitive growth and development of the human brain. As important as…
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, founded in 1739, in a recent release, announced the Nobel Prize 2021 winners in Physics. A registered trademark of the Nobel Foundation, Nobel Prize® recognises three Laureates, whose efforts in creating new methods for describing and predicting complex systems…
How do you get compensated if you have already been uploading music on Apple Music? In a recent announcement, Apple said that the solution to properly identify and remunerate individual creators involved in making DJ mixes streamed on Apple Music has now been created. The…
Glozal, creator of the first NFT Music Player™ and NFT Music Marketplace, has recently announced the joining of music industry veterans to its Board of Advisors. Founded in 2021, Glozal Inc. is a music technology company developing an “artist focused, and fan driven” NFT Music…
Edmund Yeo isn’t a detached figure in the Japanese film world. But it is surprising that it has taken him this long to create a feature film entirely in the Japanese language. Yeo’s inventive approach to ‘Kingyo’ a Tokyo-set short film was released nationally in 2009. Since then, his work has garnered a warm and enthusiastic reception in both Japan…
What makes November this year so special? In the World Music Charts, we’re seeing some spectacular songs and albums charting for very good reasons. Its hard work rarely recognised in the mainstream music world is making transcendental effects. And we’re highlighting these spectacular work here…
Leaf Yeh has deliberated rather subserviently a subject anathema to many of us. While Birth itself observes the regeneration of new life, Death is directly the pragmatic conviction of all things mysterious and haunting. And since this celestial ultimatum cannot escape our mortal world, therefore,…
R&B Music Release: A year after the release of their first collaborative R&B single, ‘Mad At You’, trio – zeauk, CLARY and Khai Zhen – reunited to release ‘Way Up’, their second collaborative single. The single’s music video, premiered on 24 October 2021, defines the…
Over the last four days, Indie Week’s program is centered around areas of business development, education, health & wellness and community within the indie scene. But on its last day, in all seriousness, shifted its program focus towards more logical and practical approaches to being…
WOMEX – Worldwide Music Expo – is the most international music meeting in the world and the biggest conference of…
After launching the Music Ally China Digital Summit online event last month, Music Ally China is set to continue its…
When I was out and about scouting for recording studios in Thailand, some of the names kept coming up among…
While most of you may already be using a music platform somehow or rather (via an app on your smartphone…
Office Weekly Playlist can last you a year’s worth of listening, which consists of only 20 albums. It is a…
International Music Summit (IMS) comes together in a two-day conference discussing some of the most vital issues affecting the music…
2019 is just about to get more exciting for Indonesian artist Nicole Zefanya, more known as Niki. At just 20…
Available for download and streaming for the first time is Ayumi Hamasaki’s trance remixes by prominent DJs including Moogwai, Ferry…
Iranian singer Mamak Khadem has recently released a new single. Titled ‘Across the Oceans’, the single is a collaboration with…
Music Press Asia selects three highlights from the winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021. The Natural History Museum…
BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle and BBC Studios’ on-demand channels BBC Brit and BBC First have launched on Malaysia’s Astro. BBC…
What makes November this year so special? In the World Music Charts, we’re seeing some spectacular songs and albums charting…
