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Air Debuts Live Concert in Asia

The duo from Versailles has been the leading figures in the late 90s’ electronica boom when their debut album Moon Safari, including the single “Sexy Boy” and “Kelly Watch The Stars” shot to success in 1998. Other successes followed and saw the release of The Virgin Suicides – scored purposely to Sofia Coppola’s first movie of the same name. Other album releases include 10 000 Hz Legend, Everybody Hertz, Talkie Walkie, Pocket Symphony, Love 2, Le voyage dans la lune and teaming up with Gordon Tracks for “Playground Love”. Air…

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Ultra Singapore 2017 lineup includes KSHMR, Pendulum and Tchami

DBS and SingTel Sponsor Ultra in Asia

Although details of the deal have yet to be disclosed, it would come as no surprise how sponsorship towards a hype and cool brand such as Ultra is going to boost the image of the two staid brands. Last year alone, the Ultra brand attracted over 45,000 attendees from 67 countries. In recent years, consumers have definitely seen more of…

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Drunken Tiger & Yoon Mi Rae from Seoul, South Korea
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Asian Artists to Perform at SXSW

SXSW has released its Music Bloggers Guide to SXSW 2017 exploring over 100+ exciting up-and-coming SXSW Showcasing Artists. On news closer to home, we’ve decided to filter this selection to artists from Asia and explores reasons why their music deserves to be on this Bloggers Guide. Korean Music at SXSW 2017 is taking precedence with an even larger list than…

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Sonar Hong Kong is Magnetic Asia's very first eletronic music festival
Editor's Pick

5 Must-See Gigs at Sonar, Hong Kong (2/2)

Click here to return to the first page Heavily focused on tech, Sonar will be providing a platform not only for research centres but also tech companies, creative studios and labs around the world to showcase new products, prototypes, apps, tools and devices to interactive installations, musical instruments in ‘Expo’, Sónar+D, a fresh take on the traditional trade expo format. The…

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Sonar Hong Kong is Magnetic Asia's very first eletronic music festival
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5 Must-See at Sonar Hong Kong

In about two weeks, Hong Kong will see its first ever electronic music festival, conference, installations event organised by Magnetic Asia, the Hong Kong-based. One of Hong Kong’s most vital electronic artists, Choi Sai-ho will be performing at Magnetic Asia’s very first electronic music festival, Sonar. Already with a vast repertoire performing at local and international music festivals including Perform…

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Spotify commissions TNS to survey the Spotify users in Malaysia

Is Streaming Better Off Than Malaysian Radio Stations?

Spotify released a brief article about the listening behaviour of Malaysians in a survey conducted through 2220 respondents last year. Commissioned by Spotify, TNS, a global market-research company investigated the trends in the streaming market – comparing the reach of traditional radio and how users behaviour vary when they switched or starting streaming music through Spotify. TNS has found, unsurprisingly,…

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San Francisco MusicTech Summit 2017 announces its 19th edition for 2017

SF Music Tech Summit Announce Conference Date

Brian Zisk, the founder of San Francisco Music Tech Summit, has announced the 19th edition of the one-day music and tech conference on 17 October. A convergence of the internet, music and technology, the San Francisco MusicTech Summit is a full day event that showcases panels, presentations, networking, and demos. It also features the infamous opening night party the evening…

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Soundrop Relaunches Platform for YouTubers

Music distribution services are gradually emerging and highlighting their very own features to attract various demands and needs. As for Soundrop, it recently announced their return with their digital-first distribution for the YouTube users after being acquired by CD Baby. Distribution is often an afterthought by recording artists, and they have adopted the single as their format of choice. At…

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Gerry Beauregard, founder of AudioStretch, is now the Associate VP , Audio Core Lead at BandLab

AudioStretch from a Tech Perspective (1/2)

Music Press Asia is facing a new challenge – in our exploration and discovery of developing technologies in the music industry, we have constantly found ourselves wowed, dumbfounded and humbled by the level of sophistication we are seeing on this side of the globe. Whilst we continue to see fantastic works developed each day, we are increasingly faced with the…

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Music jobs in Asia

Jobs of the Month

Sound Designer (Studios) Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Singapore’s largest television and radio broadcaster, is seeking a entry-level sound designer to be part of its audio and recording team. Applicant stands a chance to build their repertoire and skills in music composition as he or she will be responsible to initiate ideas from creating, designing and editing music to composing theme song…

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