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Caption: Luxuries at Sri Panwa go hand in hand with sophisticated music selection from its top executive.
Caption: Luxuries at Sri Panwa go hand in hand with sophisticated music selection from its top executive.
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Impressive Music Curation Merges Tropical Luxuries At Sri Panwa

Music Press Asia explores Wan Vorasit Issara’s unique hospitality at Sri Panwa and why the most luxurious quirks in this prestigious hotel in Thailand may just not be for everyone.

In his own words, Wan explains how specially-curated music hold the power to achieve impressive hospitality, at the same time, create authenticity. Q: When we hear that you curate music to fit the space of your hotel and beach club during the conceptual phase, we thought this guy can actually see taste in music. Understanding that you are also a…

MTV Announces Collaboration with WebTVAsia at MIPCOM
China

MTV Partners With WebTVAsia In China Content Distribution Deal

WebTVAsia has announced a new MTV short-form content collaboration deal with Viacom International Media Networks at a joint announcement at MIPCOM today. Aimed at delivering short-form videos to engage China’s Generation Z today, the agreement confirms…

5 Reasons Not To Miss Music Matters

Singapore is calling the return of music executives and artists to the country’s largest music conference under its large umbrella event All That Matters. Dubbed the SXSW of Asia, the conference continues to see some…

Music Press Asia Partners With All That Matters Singapore

Asia-based music entertainment publication Music Press Asia is partnering with award-winning event marketing agency Branded to provide media coverage at All That Matters’ 13th edition (Sept 8-12), a conference and music festival that covers music, gaming, digital…

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DWP festival year end makes a bold move from Jakarta to Bali.
FESTIVAL

Djakarta Warehouse Project Calls Bali Its New Home

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, and always striving to keep things fresh, Ismaya Group have not only announced a jaw-dropping line-up, but also the relocation of Djakarta Warehouse Project [DWP] to GWK Cultural Park on the idyllic island of Bali, with festivities now extended…

Asia-Focus

Dentsu Aegis Network Acquires Branded

While we are still reveling from the events which unfolded at All That Matters – yet another successful month for curating and organising one of the largest music conference in the region – another spectacular news arrived at Music Press…

Twitter Sets Example At Australian Women In Music Awards

The latest event in partnership with Australian Women in Music Awards held at Twitter’s headquarters in Sydney focuses on female leadership in the music industry and champions women making waves in entertainment. The exclusive event series that kicked off in…

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WISE: What Do You See In The Future, In China?

WISE PHILIPP GREFER INTERVIEW PART 2 continues…. In this 2nd release of Barros’ interview with Grefer, founder at WISE and FakeMusicMedia – we’ve decided to include all of the Q&A from Part 1 in the hope to achieve a more…

Philipp Grefer, founder of WISE and FakeMusicMedia. Photograph courtesy of Wise.
New Science

Eric Reithler-Barros Interviews Philipp Grefer Founder of WISE

Grefer speaks to Eric Reithler-Barros, founder of Fold Artists Shanghai and speaker at WISE, about the highlights at WISE this year. Music Press Asia releases Part 1 of a two-part interview series that highlights his thought processes curating the program…

Studio KOTO, Rana Vatanparast First EP Release

In collaboration with Red Bull Music Studios Amsterdam, the EP boasts an international stream of artists and producers from France, the Netherlands and Japan, in line with KOTO’s aim to…

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L-R: Jasper Donat, Co-founder , Branded and Monica Tong, Editor-in-Chief, Music Press Asia. Photograph: Courtesy of Music Press Asia All That Matters, 2018.
VIDEO

Music Press Asia releases Music Matters 2018 Trailer

Music Press Asia, in a recent collaboration with All That Matters/Music Matters 2018, expands its production to cover more Asia-based events, live music and conference. Over the next couple of weeks, Music Press Asia will be releasing some of the interviews highlighted in the trailer. The trailer…

Moogfest Stirs Durham Economy

This proves that a long-lasting music festival and conference can be an advantage to the local economy.  Moogfest, the annual…

Top 8 Highlights Of 2017

Before the year marks its very last day, we’ve turned nostalgic and just wanted to say that the roller coaster…

Technology

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CONVERSATION

WISE: What Do You See In The Future, In China?

WISE PHILIPP GREFER INTERVIEW PART 2 continues…. In this 2nd release of Barros’ interview with Grefer, founder at WISE and FakeMusicMedia – we’ve decided to include all of the Q&A from Part 1 in the hope to achieve a more impressionable storytelling of Grefer’s passion in founding WISE, how he believes these institution of brains and brands may possibly share…

Artist, How Do You Sign An International Partnership Right Now?

As the World keeps getting smaller and globalization continues to interconnect us with people around the globe. Tech companies that provide a vast network to connect music professionals with music creatives, at the same time provide project management tools have proven vital. There’s a growing…

Bose’s Hearing Aid Receives FDA Approval

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first ever hearing aid — a Bose’s invention — that can be used without the assistance of a medical professional. According to FDA’s report, more than 37 million Americans suffer from hearing loss, which may range…

Hercules DJ Controllers Are Back

DJ educational hardware recently launched several new controllers, AI-powered software features, and educational resources to create a learning environment for aspiring DJs. Over the years, Hercules has developed an extensive line of controllers to keep DJs coming back for more. It has realigned some of…

Review

Lady Gaga wows reviewer with her stunning performance and immaculate songwriting in 'A Star Is Born'. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros
Lady Gaga wows reviewer with her stunning performance and immaculate songwriting in 'A Star Is Born'. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros
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How Songwriters & Artists Could Learn From Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

If Artificial Intelligence has been the show-stopping new technology crowding the latest product reviews, then A Star Is Born soundtrack is possibly the ‘show-stopper of music recording 2019’ , exemplary of how soundtrack should sound and Grammy-worthy. Bradley Cooper shows he can act as well as direct and sing but it is Lady Gaga’s pop bravura that showcases the fortitude of…

Sound Of Crisis Portrayed by Ai Wei Wei

WHERE ITS BEST WITH NO MUSIC Why Music On Mute Isn’t So Bad After All “A Dedication to Klaus-Peter Beyer and the Sound Department at Human Flow, A German Documentary Film Directed by Ai Wei Wei, Music By Karsten Fundal” Editor’s personal hashtags: #recalibrating#unapologetic #whatcanwedo#humanmigration #change #notimetolose #fastforwardplease#nomusic Ai…

Deadpool knows you’re watching…

If you don’t know what meta-fiction is, then let me give you a brief explanation. Meta-fiction is a form of literature that strives to keep you aware that it’s fiction. In the Deadpool films, the character Deadpool (real name Wade Wilson) is played by Ryan…

Editor’s Headphone Review 2018

For those of you who love playing music on the go and uncompromising on how it’s going to sound, we hear you at Music Press Asia. While we kept getting the same question every time we talk about our favourite music, we think it’s best…

Conference

[Caption: Pentatonix performing at Music Matters conference. Photo courtesy of Branded]
SINGAPORE

Music Press Asia Partners With All That Matters Singapore

Asia-based music entertainment publication Music Press Asia is partnering with award-winning event marketing agency Branded to provide media coverage at All That Matters’ 13th edition (Sept 8-12), a conference and music festival that covers music, gaming, digital and marketing. The partnership will see Music Press Asia’s latest…

Future Rising Comes To W Hong Kong

In a joint partnership between W Hotel Worldwide and global streaming platform Mixcloud, Future Rising brought together a diverse group…

W Hotels Worldwide and Mixcloud presents Future Rising

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