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Mumford & Sons is performing at Clockenflap, Hong Kong come November 2019. Photo courtesy of Chris Lusher / Magnetic Asia.
Mumford & Sons is performing at Clockenflap, Hong Kong come November 2019. Photo courtesy of Chris Lusher / Magnetic Asia.
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CENDANA Launches Trade Mission To Help Connect Malaysia’s Music Executive

CENDANA is now offering to reward five individuals an all-inclusive experience at Clockenflap music and arts festival in Hong Kong this November. Calling all music labels, managers and agents of independent and ‘export ready’ artists from Malaysia, CENDANA has extended an invitation to budding music professionals to attend one of Hong Kong’s premier annual music and arts festival set in…

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Who’s the Music Behind Tarantino’s Latest Film?

Music Press Asia discovers some of Quentin Tarantino’s music executives and professionals selected for his latest film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, which has recently grossed $USD357.6 million. Following a bidding war to distribute…

MU:CON in Seoul saw over 8,000 attendees in 2018 and remain a hot spot for showcasing Indie acts from the local and indie scene. Music Press Asia
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MU:CON Conference & Music Festival Returns To Seoul

MU:CON, Korea’s largest international music conference returns to Seoul next week from September 30 – October 3. Hosted by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism (MCST),…

Post Malone performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, in Manchester, Tenn 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Photo credit: Amy Harris [Music Press Asia]
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Billboard Live Music Summit And Awards Set For Nov 5 & 6

Billboard Live Music Summit and Awards set for November 5-6 in Beverly Hills has been gathering some of the top international live entertainment industry, artists and professionals since 2004. P!nk will join artists like Hootie and…

Tencent Music Under Investigation By China’s Regulators

Report – China’s antitrust regulator is currently investigating Tencent’s exclusive deals, according to a report in Bloomberg published on August 27, citing concern over its music-licensing practices and possibility of threatening a competitive music market. …

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Music Press Asia: OlaBola The Musical is set to Merdeka-tour Malaysia to celebrate Merdeka (Indepedence) Day on August 31.
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Enfiniti Productions OlaBola The Musical On Merdeka Tour Nationwide

Can the power of sports movies stand a chance on the music and entertainment scene in Malaysia, and further? Drama revolving sports — whether one is physically (a sportsman) or mentally (an onlooker) associated to it — with the advent of television, is undeniably a…

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Music Press Asia / Interview: Niki Zefanya is expected to release her debut album with 88 Rising year end. Photo credit: 88 Rising.
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Niki Zefanya: Not Stopping For Any One

2019 is just about to get more exciting for Indonesian artist Nicole Zefanya, more known as Niki. At just 20 years old, Niki is keeping busy with her latest creative venture with 88 Rising, a L.A-based collective, famed for some…

What’s Hot About Audio Systems In Asia?

He’s a family man, lives in one of Asia’s most exciting city and a self-proclaim music buff for Jazz music and, only on special occasion, R&B, though he had in…

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Post Malone performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, in Manchester, Tenn 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Photo credit: Amy Harris [Music Press Asia]
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Billboard Live Music Summit And Awards Set For Nov 5 & 6

Billboard Live Music Summit and Awards set for November 5-6 in Beverly Hills has been gathering some of the top international live entertainment industry, artists and professionals since 2004. P!nk will join artists like Hootie and Blowfish, deadmau5 and concert industry luminaries like Coachella co-founder Paul Tollett and Paradigm’s global…

Technology

Music Press Asia: How can technology help us increase the chance of cashing in from licensing music? Merlin and OTTOMATE Ltd seem to have deviced a solution for that.
Music Press Asia: How can technology help us increase the chance of cashing in from licensing music? Merlin and OTTOMATE Ltd seem to have deviced a solution for that.
Technology

Indie Rights Agency Merlin Extends OTTO Partnership

Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, has extended its partnership for another three years with OTTO — a bespoke dashboard that helps independent labels and distributors track and manage sales reports and streaming activity online. Servicing a global membership of independent labels and distributors, the analytics and reporting application, launched in 2014, was specifically used…

Music Startups Jambl, ClicknClear, Legitary & Tunefork Win Midemlab 2019

Midem, a competition for innovative startups in the music industry and the entertainment business, has recently announced Midemlab’s winners at its 12th edition music startup competition. Sponsored by Deezer and Recochoku, the finalists were selected from a total of 177 submissions from 45 countries –…

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Who’s the Music Behind Tarantino’s Latest Film?

Music Press Asia discovers some of Quentin Tarantino’s music executives and professionals selected for his latest film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, which has recently grossed $USD357.6 million. Following a bidding war to distribute the film, the grand assignment eventually went to Sony Pictures replacing Tarantino’s long time partner Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Set in 1969 Los Angeles’ changing…

Malaysia’s Top Acts At Good Vibes 2019

When the music festival released its full line-up for 2019, we decided that it was time to take things into our own hands. As the line-up became overwhelmingly sophisticated each year, we knew that backup was needed. Good Vibes has been the epicentre of the…

Priscilla Abby Releases Malay Single ‘Peluru’

Malaysian singer tackles frustration, lost love and hope in this powerful single shows that a classic hip hop ballad, together with a dynamic voice, can never go wrong. A YouTube star who has completely taken the world by storm with her EDM cover of Escape…

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