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The ASEAN Music Showcase (AMS) Festival officially released the talent slate for its 2021 edition featuring the best up-and-coming and established music arts in Southeast Asia representing Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand with Cambodia and Vietnam taking part. Boasting genre-bending styles and multicultural artistic backgrounds, each country's participating representatives were carefully selected to uphold the organizers' common goal of placing ASEAN music on the global stage.
“Part of our selection process is assessing the artists’ overall portfolio not just as recording artists but also as performers, which hopefully, through our combined backgrounds and experiences in our respective local industries, help artists gain opportunities regionally and globally,” shared AMS Co-Founder MC Galang who is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of Philippine-based live events organizer and online music publication The Rest Is Noise. With that in mind, here is the full slate of artists participating and performing in the ASEAN Music Showcase Festival 2021.
• Indonesia - eleventwelfth, Guernica Club, Irama Pantai Selatan, Sunwich
• Malaysia - LUST, NO GOOD (featuring the original members of indie mainstays Killeur Calculateur and Dirgahayu), Ramayan, Shelhiel
• Philippines - Gabba, Oh Flamingo!, DJ Pamcy, Tarsius
• Singapore - brb., M1LDL1FE, .gif
• Thailand - Alec Orachi, ASIA7, Réjizz, S.O.L.E.
• Cambodia - Vanthan featuring Laura Mam, Daniel Omens, Sophia Kao, VannDa
• Vietnam - Limebócx, Ngãm, Tiny Giant, Nhūng Dúa Tré (The Children)
The lineup was deliberated by Fungjai, NYLON Thailand and Bangkok Music Club for Thailand; The Rest Is Noise PH for the Philippines; Steady State Records for Singapore; SRM for Indonesia; City Roars Festival for Malaysia; Baramey Production for Cambodia; and Monsoon Music Festival and Swan Zoo for Vietnam. The AMS Festival 2021 is slated to take place virtually via YouTube on September 11-12, 2021 (Saturday and Sunday).
The ASEAN Music Showcase (AMS) Festival 2021 is co-presented by Malaysia's Cultural Economy Development Agency (CENDANA), the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), Singapore's National Arts Council, US-based digital music distributor TuneCore, and Singaporean-based non-profit organization *SCAPE that supports youth, talent and leadership development. The event is supported by Music Copyright (Thailand) Ltd. (MCT) and global partners Global Toronto (Canada), Live At Heart (Sweden), Golden Melody Awards & Festival (Taiwan), LUCfest (Taiwan), ZAshare (Taiwan), Sound Of The Xity (China), Trans Asia Music Meeting (Japan) and Australia's Victorian Music Development Office (VMDO).
