Crucial Listening #99: OHYUNG
Stretched instruments, drudging through the mud, Kanye on the space highway. The Brooklyn-based Asian American musician and composer discusses three important albums.
Chinabot
Crucial Listening #60: Tavishi
The omnipresence of data, Bandcamp soul/sound-searching, goofy classical. The scientist, artist and community organiser discusses three important albums.
Sarmistha’s picks:
Moor Mother – Analog Fluids Of Sonic Black Holes
R. D. Burman – Padosan OST
Maria Chavez – Plays
Pan Daijing – Lack
Check out Tavishi’s music on their Bandcamp or
Interview: Saphy Vong (Chinabot, LAFIDKI)
Chinabot is a platform and collective created to change the dialogue surrounding Asian music, founded by Cambodian-born/London-based artist Saphy Vong. The platform put out three releases in 2017 which, through both the spectacular colours of the artwork and the ecstatic energy of the music within, channelled Chinabot’s celebration