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Goldfish and 22Bullets speaking at Wired Music Week.
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Wired Music Week 2018 Focus on Education, Features Slumberjack Morgen Then, Ismaya Group Ayudita Hariadi

The 1st edition of Wired Music Week [WMW], Malaysia’s very first electronic music conference, held at Cyberjaya’s Tamarind Square, is a huge move towards the country embracing one of the most popular music genre to date. Held 11-13 May, the 2018 event is organised by RBRN IDEAS founded by John Beh and Michael Mah. The conference saw the attendance of label executives, artists, aspiring new DJs in the field, event promoters and other service providers from around the region including Brunei, Jakarta, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, and as far…

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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 to answer, once and for all – What are some of the best headphones we…

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Woody Pornpitaksuk is a Grammy award winner for mastering and digitising Louis Armstrong full collection produced on vinyls
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Interview With Woody Pornpitaksuk Thailand’s Master Engineer

The Thailand Series: He talked about his life living in New York City, how he started his internship with Sony and went on to become the label’s leading music engineer, life back in Thailand, and the demand in Thailand that changed his perspective on what Thai music is in comparison to ‘American’ music. Woody Pornpitaksuk was awarded the 43rd Annual Grammy…

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VIVE Pro brings the next generation of room-scale VR
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Tech Feature: Must-Have Gadgets For 2018

The new year is here, which can only mean one thing: new gadgets! Cut through the music landfill with our guide to the newest gadgets that define your musical choices of 2018. It may or may not be related to how you would consume better music, but definitely going to make your life much easier to play and work with…

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Editor’s Top Pick At Wonderfruit Festival

We picked five acts from the impressive lineup of indie, folk, pop and electronic names that we think were Wonderfruit’s best so far and why. Izzy Bizu Izzy Bizu at Wonderfruit Illustrated as “a voice of sunshine” and drawing inspiration from Amy Winehouse and Diana Ross, her enchanting vocals draws an immediate crowd at the open-air…

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The Rise of Asian Artists and Music Festivals in Asia

There’s a shift in discussions over the last 12 months within the executive groups in the music business. Where discussions used to be about the rise of the K-pop wave and how its culture and acts are being exported to other parts of the world, the topics are now turning towards China and its growing middle class, insurmountable talents hidden…

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Higher Brothers to perform at Clockenflap China.

Interview with Chinese Rap & Hip-Hop Group Higher Brothers

What really stood out when I played Higher Brothers’ music video ‘Made in China’ for the very first time was how I realised that rap is, of course, the medium used to speak to the younger generation and Chinese music, at the moment, is just the scrap of the whole Chinese music industry. While the millennials are the cause for…

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IMS Asia-Pacific Focuses on China’s Electronic Scene

International Music Summit (IMS) Asia-Pacific is running a two-day conference at the Hyatt on the Bund Hotel right in the heart of cosmopolitan Shanghai. Held 21-22 Sept and followed by STORM Festival in the weekend. The panel ‘Digital Storm’ discussed issues faced by industry professionals dealing with the ever-expanding global digital revolution and streaming in China, Asia and rest of the…

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Tencent, TWITCH, Unilever and VICE Media launched All That Matters

Music Matters Focus on Data, Content & Streaming

All That Matters returned to Ritz-Carlton hotel after a stint at the Marina Bay Sands complex last year in the lion city, Singapore. Held 9-13th September, the 5-day music festival and 3-day conference under the All That Matters brand held its 12th edition of Music Matters, Asia’s prime music conference, organised alongside conferences on gaming, online, marketing and sports. With…

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