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JMSN Comes Drinkin’ in Asia (2017)

American all-round musician, JMSN (pronounced Jameson), has returned from a six-month hiatus with his latest album, Whatever Makes U Happy. Taking half the year off is a considerable break for any job, but considering how JMSN has already released five studio albums in six years, the pace of his musical output is exemplary – and uncommon, by industry standards today. We speak with JMSN on what keeps him making music, and his philosophy of happiness.

What inspired the trip to come Drinkin' in Asia? What’s your favourite thing about touring?

I love playing live and finding good food! I love Asia! We toured China in 2015, so [we’re] really excited to come back [to] Asia and make new fans in new places.

What's your most memorable personal memory that made it into a song?

That’s a good question…. I'm really not sure actually. I try to always look forward, so [it’s] hard for me to recall exactly what inspired. Life, in general, is where I find inspiration and it’s always happening and changing.

How are things different ever since you've gone independent? What are the pros and cons of making music on your own? Are you happier with your own record label?

They're different in many ways. Pros would be artistic freedom. Cons would be not having as much money to help with that artistic vision. I am happy how it is right now, and I don’t know if I'd be happier another way.

Are there plans to expand your label, White Room Records?

Yes for sure. I’ve signed an artist from Toronto named Alcordo that we're trying to get out very soon! We’ve released one single called “No Good.” It’s on Spotify and YouTube.

We now know that fellow labelmate Pearl is actually your alternate alias, but how is Pearl different from JMSN?

It's different singers than just me and we collaborate. It’s a good home for songs that I like, but they don’t quite fit into JMSN.

And having worked with Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, The Game, J. Cole, and Tyga, what do you enjoy most from collaborating with other artists? Who would be in your own dream team?

I enjoy seeing other people work hard and getting inspired by them. Prince, Whitney Houston, Burt Bacharach and Quincy Jones with Phil Collins on drums.

You've had a musical childhood and have spent over a decade in the business, how has the JMSN sound evolved after all these years? What genre do you consider your music to fall under (if it can be neatly compartmentalised by labels)? What genre would you like to attempt next?

It’s evolved with my life. I've grown as a person, a singer, a producer and an artist. I fall under the JMSN genre. I don’t like "neatly compartmentalized.” I'm just gonna continue to explore and see what happens.

Is there a connection between naming your latest album Whatever Makes U Happy and the world we live in, in 2017?

Yea it's how I felt in my life. The message applies to any time, not just 2017. I think you should always do whatever makes you happy.

JMSN – Live in Singapore is happening at EBX Live Space, Friday 10 November, 8pm. Tickets available online.

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Interview: HELENE LE CHATELIER

Hi Hélène, we're excited for opening night! How are you finding the festival (Voilah!) so far?

 Hi! This is the third time in a row I have participated in the Voilah! French Festival. I have to say that I’m very excited and very impressed by the 2017 edition. The selection of events is very wide, offering the public a French flavour in regards to cinema, arts, sciences, food and more… but what I enjoy the most in this festival is the interaction between Singaporeans and the French, and a good blend of cultures and enriching exchanges in all fields.

 Could you tell us a bit about your work?

 Through a constant back and forth between painting and sculpture, my art practice is always related to memory and body in one sense or another. Working mainly in black and white, I question the passage of time and the traces it leaves on our bodies. I like to interrogate the hidden parts of ourselves, as well as the way we attempt reconciliation of our collective and family histories with our individual memory.

 Could you tell us more about this particular exhibition? What moved you to choose these particular forms of media?

 Beyond the Surface explores the link between our body and the memories it contains. Through Chinese ink paintings, sculptures, videos, an installation and conceptual pieces of art, I talk about the secret and unconscious parts of ourselves, trying to define what escapes from us and what is perceptible by others even if it remains hidden from them and sometimes, even from us.

 In this exhibition, I tried to portray our inner geography, the landscapes we walk along when we sink in our inner world. Shaped by the passage of time and events in our lives, these Internal Landscapes reflect the transient nature of our lives and question the intimacies of our time, the place of silence and introspection in a world submerged by a constant flow of images, sounds and digital data.

 To answer the second part of your question, I would say that each medium I used allows me to explore different aspects of my subject: when the paintings play with textures, veils, blurry and misty versus jagged and very distinct shapes, allowing me to develop the idea of the body as a landscape, the sculptures are made of different layers and contain in their inner cores some secret messages I have collected during my first exhibition in Singapore in 2014. The videos allowed me to talk about movement and the transitional aspect of our lives. To realize them, I had the chance to work with Syv Bruzeau, a Butoh dancer, performance artist, and with the Mechano-Biology Institute of Singapore / CNRS in the person of Virgile Viasnoff who provided me some incredible images of human cells. As for the installation, playing with reflections and silence, they push the viewer to engage further and to reconsider his own inwardness.

 What was your experience like working with ink wash on paper?

 My relationship with Chinese ink is a long love story! I started to work with ink soon after my Art graduation in 1998. I was living in Paris at that time and didn’t know many things about Asian cultures. But coming from a mural paintings background, I found a lot of similarities between fresco (a technique from the Italian Renaissance) and Chinese ink such as its interaction with water, the short time frame you have to work with both of these techniques. And the fact that, in both cases, the first stroke must be the good one: indeed, in fresco like with ink on paper, you can’t erase or correct anything you have done.

 That’s what I really like: this immediacy, this state of urgency that concentrate your action in one single gesture making each new artwork a new risk to take.

 And of course, working with ink became even more meaningful for me since I settled in Singapore in 2010! There is now an obvious resonance between my art practice and the place I live!

 Is there anything you would want to say to viewers who are coming to see your work?

 Take your time, breathe and enjoy this calm moment within the gallery. Please, ask yourself what your inner landscape looks like… And do not hesitate to ask Marie,  the gallery owner, questions! She is passionate about her work and knows very well how to talk about her artists’ work!

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[INTERVIEW] Dehui

Hi Dehui! We're excited to have you here for an interview and we're looking forward to Dear Miss Ye on Friday! What's the atmosphere like for the group? Are y'all as excited as we are?

Definitely! We are all excited just at the thought of going into the theatre this week! This is our first production spearheaded by our members. Despite all our busy schedules, I am very thankful to have many dedicated members who put in all their heart and soul into this production. We started our preparation work since last August, and are definitely excited to see our hard work being staged!

Given the narrative of the play, I think the issue the play tackles, on grades and the education system, would strike a chord with most of us studying here on campus. Are there certain things you wish to bring through to the audience in your staging?

I think the message is clear: studying is not the main focus in life. Getting good results is definitely important, but coming to university is NOT just about grades. It is also about making friends, enriching your life and experiencing something you'll truly love and probably will never have the opportunity to do again! Be free and brave. Work hard and play harder!

We also understand that it's your first time directing. Could you tell us more about how the experience has been like for you?

I would like to take this opportunity to first thank our mentor, Li Xie, for her patience to answer my late night queries, and her trust in me that helped me to push through this journey. And the support of our members for piecing my visions together into Dear Miss Ye.

It’s definitely a privilege to take on the role of a director. However taking on such a role is never easy. The journey for me has been particularly overwhelming as there have been so many aspects that I need to grasp with within a very short period of time. It was super stimulating and super exciting to challenge myself to think deeper everyday. There's so much to explore with theatre and directing and I’ve really enjoyed it thus far.

Dear Miss Ye is also an adaptation from the Russian play Dear Elena Sergeevna. Are there certain challenges that come with directing a translated piece of work?

Yes. Dear Miss Ye is set in the context of modern Singapore. Because of that, some of the more incisive criticisms which are the highlights of the original play are not applicable to here, and trying to keep the essence of the lines and making it relatable to our lives was a really hard thing to do. Apart from this, this original play was speech-driven and we have tried to reduce the amount of dialogue and created more actions instead!

Lastly, do you have anything you want to say to the audience coming to watch Dear Miss Ye? Is there anything they should be looking out for?

Be open and be relaxed, and probably get ready to be surprised!

You can see more of NUS Chinese Drama国大爪吗 at https://www.facebook.com/nuschinesedrama/ & https://www.instagram.com/nus_chinese_drama/

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Cash Struck!

by Isaac Lam

             Mediacorp Channel 5 and Endemol Shine Asia’s Cash Struck is a new gameshow that’s all about finding connections. Contestants compete as pairs, the game involves linking a pair of pictures together using a single word, and audiences are connected through invitations and opportunities to answer questions across various platforms. Which then raises the question – what is the connection between Cash Struck, the name, and the actual game?

             Radio Pulze was invited to a press release for Cash Struck last Friday, 20th Jan, and I had the double honours of representing Pulze and asking this question. Turns out, the name stems from a graphic effect of little icons of cash striking each other when a link is correctly made. And that’s the only connection; but that shouldn’t dampen your enjoyment of the gameshow, which brings broad content to a Singaporean audience. This article will be split into two segments, one talking in-depth about the game mechanics, and another about my experience watching a live demonstration of the game.

 Game Mechanics

              The game is split into 4 rounds, with an optional bonus round. The difficulty ramps up with each successive round, but so do the pay-outs. Contestants are presented a 4x8 grid with cash value tokens sandwiching numbered pictures; picking a picture brings up a second picture, and a row of blanks corresponding to the length of the word between the two, and contestants have to guess the word that connects these two pictures. There’s typically no penalty for getting it wrong, or passing on it to try and answer another question – but more on this soon – and upon guessing correctly, they’re credited the cash values of the 3 tokens sandwiching the picture.

From rounds 2-4, two pictures will trigger a special DOUBLESTRUCK and BANKRUPT token respectively; the former immediately doubles your current prize pool if you answer the question correctly, and disappears if you pass on the question. The latter removes all your current winnings if you fail to answer the question correctly. Contestants need to complete at least 5 out of 10 links within 2 minutes in each round to reach the next, and with progression comes increased chances at winnings. Additionally, they gain the option to ‘spend’ $100 of their winnings, thrice in total, to reveal a letter of their choice amongst the blanks, and also gain the option to pause the clock once to discuss the possible connections.

If contestants clear all the rounds, they get an option to play the bonus round, which shows 10 pairs of pictures one after the other. Contestants may pass on a pair and return to it later. The bonus round comes with high stakes – if contestants link less than 5 pairs, they forfeit all their winnings, 8 pairs doubles their winnings, and getting all 10 correct multiplies their winnings by 10.

             The largest prize that any contestant could possibly walk away with is SGD$100,000 – but there’s a significant catch to this! To reach this sum, not only must contestants successfully link all pairs of pictures, but they must enter the bonus round by discovering the DoubleStruck question as the very last question of round 4; meaning that even the most skilled linkers are reliant on some luck to win the biggest prize – keeping the game thrilling or frustrating depending on your point of view.

 Watching the Live Demo

             We got to watch four pairs take on the game, under the cheerful guidance of host Ebi Shankara. The atmosphere was casual and relaxed, even amongst the selected contestants; everyone knew this was just a demo and nothing was at stake – the best achieving pair would walk away with exactly the same door gift as the worst. The audience – myself included – audibly played along with both Ebi’s joking requests for us to cheer for him, and with the game itself. Sitting in front of the raised stage, the questions all seemed pretty simple – a picture of a wasp and a picture of a scooter were clearly linked by VESPA, and even an indistinguishable picture paired with a picture of a syringe going into an arm were clearly linked by INJECTION. However, the contestants’ claimed a different experience.

             Two ladies seated next to me in the audience were amongst the most vocal guessers as the other pairs played the game; beyond mere enthusiasm, they were actually warming themselves up as they had been informed beforehand that they would be participants too. They were pretty good, drawing many connections well before the current pair could get them; but once they got on stage they found themselves getting stumped by combinations like a picture of an urban landscape through a fish-eye lens and a picture of a fish in a tank, needing to use their pause option to realize the linking word: FISHEYE. After the game, they told me that the feeling of guessing on stage, with all the lights and cameras trained on you, was surprisingly unnerving, creating mental blocks where there were none before.

             And I guess taking the spotlight’s effects into account casts a new light on all those quiz show contestants that think cows are the largest object in a set containing the moon, amongst other things; or contestants who display extreme anguish as they reach for an answer to a question that was once in their grasp, but now slips through their fingers leaving nothing but more confusion.

Regardless, gameshows are a pretty sweet way to earn some extra cash, and if you enjoy making connections I’m pretty sure Mediacorp’s still recruiting contestants – check out their page on Toggle.sg for more details. But if you prefer spending your evenings lounging around do check out Radio Pulze Live Lounge’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LL.RadioPulze/) to know when our next great evening of local music is coming up! Or catch Cash Struck on Channel 5, Mondays, 7.30pm! They’re not mutually exclusive and they’re both great and free fun!

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[GIG REVIEW] Jarrold Safe Grounds EP launch 2017

(EP launch band, from L to R: Colin Ng, Sunny Tupaz, Jarrold Ng, Zheng Shu Jing, Alvin Tay, and Nelson Tay) 

On the matter of comfort zones, Jarrold guides us on how to leave them. And why.

His debut EP, Safe Grounds was launched on 19 January, featuring five heartfelt originals that testify to Jarrold’s journey as a person, and as an artist.

“The concept behind Safe Grounds EP is basically about the journey of leaving one's comfort zone in pursuit of a dream, or something of value to the beholder,” muses Jarrold. “It’s what persuades the person to stay at where they are and not move forward or onwards.” Everyone owns a piece of safe ground – and leaving it requires a plan. The concept art of the EP provides help with a mechanical sketch accompanying each track and a masterplan on the cover, visualising the journey for us.

(Cover diagram courtesy of Jane @Jarxnr) 

As much as a wholesome message is uplifting, we have become sceptical towards the motives of the music market, but for Jarrold, his inspiration is simple. And personal. “I picked up the guitar in church when I was 15-years-old from a friend because they needed a newer guitarist on the team. However, I didn't start writing songs until I was in the army where I had a lot of spare time on my hands and some material on my emotional plate to get me going.”

The opening song at the launch, ‘We Both Know’ pointedly unravels the pretences we put up. Everyone knows these ‘fakers’, but Jarrold and band sing it with sobering sophistication.

“You try to make them fall for the outside

And maybe turns out that they just might

You try to push it down just to look right

But something’s gonna give from the inside”

When asked to name ‘One Good Thing’ that happened during the making of Safe Grounds EP, Jarrold had a list of names. “So many people, friends, family members, acquaintances and strangers gave to this project in finances, time, talent and efforts. So many people lent a supporting hand that I feel a little ashamed to call this entire project my own. I am always touched when I think about the people that actually said 'yes' without expecting anything in return.”

“They can’t find a fountain young enough

They can’t offer means that are rich enough

They can’t put a pedestal high enough

To level with this good thing”

In turn, sitting in the audience makes me feel a little ashamed to hear Jarrold’s lyrics, call them my own, and take these messages home, without giving anything in return.

And Jarrold keeps giving, with a parting message for budding musicians hoping to leave their safe grounds: “I would give the same advice that a friend, Isaac Ong, gave me at the start of this journey which is ‘Just do something’. It doesn't matter if it’s a small thing. We never know who will stumble upon your small thing, or how these little efforts will shape you as a person. Give it a shot, and if it doesn't work out, know that you tried your best. Also, ‘Do it for yourself’. After all, music is not about becoming famous or writing a bogus hit with words that have no meaning to you. Artists create art for its artistic value, whether it is displayed on a living room shelf, or an international stage.”

Listen to Safe Grounds EP on air at radiopulze.com

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[Interview] Kathy Poh and Tanvi Rajvanshi

The 27th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) has recently concluded its incredible and successful 12-day run. In conjunction with the festival, we've sat down with Kathy Poh, and Tanvi Rajvanshi, two members of the Youth Jury & Critics Programme (a series of workshops aiming to help nurture the next generation of young film jurors and critics of cinema from the region), to hear some of their thoughts and experiences with the programme.

How did the both of you come to know about the programme?

Kathy: I heard about the programme during a talk about it when I entered Yale-NUS. I actually only became interested in film just this year, a month before school started, and I spent the entire month watching films, like 2 films a day. I did a lot of writing during that period, because I wanted to get to know more about what it was that I liked about film, and to figure out what started this interest. So when they introduced this programme I thought it was a very good opportunity.

Tanvi: For me, my friend applied for the programme and did it last year. But I wasn't in the country and missed the application. I kind of lived the programme vicariously when my friend would tell me about all her experiences, and it seemed like a lot of fun, so I thought I would try for it this year.

How do you find the programme?

Tanvi: It has been a lot of fun so far. I've met a lot of interesting people and we've had a lot of cool talks about film and film festivals.

Kathy: There was this one talk about Singapore's film history which covered film in Singapore during the 50's and 70's. I never knew about any of that, so it was very eye-opening because I used to think that local film wasn't [laughs] of very good quality.

Tanvi: There were a lot of talks about how a festival is structured, like what kind of work goes into programming, choosing which films are going to be screened, the curation process. That for me was very interesting.

What do you think about the importance of film festivals in the industry?

Tanvi: I think film festivals are certainly very important for the film community just because it's a really good platform to showcase what's going on in this region and to create interest for people to watch the films and support local productions. I think the Youth Jury programme is a very interesting facet I suppose because it is not just about training filmmakers, but also film critics and film writers which are quite important to the industry as well.

Kathy: I think what I value about the Youth Jury programme is that they ask of you to write not just reviews that always deal with the films themselves but to make it more personal and engage with the film to see what works for us individually and try to articulate that. There was one session with Ben Slater (screenwriter, film critic, and lecturer at the NTU School of Art, Design and Media) where we did this thing called writing a love letter to a film that you love, and that was very fun. I think it made me more aware of the content I want to write and why I was trying to write it, and what I want to convey, such as love for a film, or a particular feeling if I didn't like a film.

Tanvi: Yes, it was a very interesting exercise. He started the exercise off by saying it's very easy to talk about things you don't like. Usually what a lot of people like to do is that they tear things down, like this didn't work, that didn't work. But he also said it's also important to talk about the things you do like, about why some things work and why you like it. I felt like it was very enlightening, because I suppose it's very easy to say that, oh, I don't like this. It's much harder to say that I like this and why I do.

What are some takeaways you have from the programme?

Kathy: I think it's exposure to areas of film that you wouldn't really get a chance to engage with so actively if you weren't part of the programme. I think that was the main takeaway for me.

Tanvi: I think you become part of this community of filmmakers and especially for the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition the filmmakers are all quite young and upcoming and sort of at the beginning of their careers and if you think about it as well also the beginning for us as writers so it's kind of nice to be part of that community, to get the opportunity to interact with them as well, and interview them and meet them. It's great.

You can check out Kathy's and Tanvi's writings and coverage of the SGIFF and the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition at the live online journal, “Youth Meets Film: The Next Generation of Writers on Regional Cinema” at http://sgiff.com/youth-meets-film/article/reflections-on-the-youth-jury-and-critics-programme/

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Live Lounge/Doves&Ravens, Xingfoo&Roy, Sam Driscoll

GIG REVIEW – NUS Radio Pulze Presents Live Lounge / Doves & Ravens, Xingfoo&Roy, Sam Driscoll

           There were two music gigs you had to be at on the night of September 13th – either at London indie rock outfit YUCK's long-awaited return performance in Singapore since Laneway 2011, or at NUS Live Lounge at UTown's Town Plaza, where three local musical acts took the stage: vocalist and guitarist Kenneth Qua of the pop rock trio Doves & Ravens, three-piece alt/emo-rock band Xingfoo&Roy, and singer-songwriter-YouTuber Sam Driscoll.

             Against the backdrop of the sun sinking into the UTown quad, Kenneth Qua, missing his fellow guitarist and bass player, opened the night by performing an intimate solo acoustic set of the band's 80's/90's-inflected pop rock tracks. Crooning along emotive and soulful tunes of heartbreak and loss, the unoccupied drum set and the empty mic-stands around him only seem to accentuate and focus the strength and impact of his touching lyric-scapes.

            And after the sun set to his elegiac serenades, the talented vocalist and guitarist, showing himself capable of straddling both the soulful as well as the upbeat, performed a crowd-engaging and charismatic rendition of Mark Ronson's “Uptown Funk”. Capping off his set, the Doves & Ravens' representative performed two more delicate and moving tracks, each stitched with the heart-warming pathos of personal experience. We're left to wonder, with the prowess of but one-third of the trio, what the complete Doves & Ravens live sound could be.

             As I ruminate on the possibilities of a full live band, a friend beside me whispers, “I hear they perform better live.” I look up to see Xingfoo&Roy in the midst of prepping for their set following the Doves & Ravens frontman's performance. And indeed, they do. The three-piece band's energy was off the charts. With a full repertoire of instruments, Daniel on guitar, Gabriel on bass, and Jerome on drums, the trio absolutely supercharged and electrified the evening, right from their very first track, where Gabriel and Daniel let loose screams that cut the warm and stagnant night air like serrated knives. And as the band's set carried on, that energy did not abate, going up a few notches even as all three members of Xingfoo&Roy, glistening and dripping with sweat, poured their all into the performance. At one point, you could almost 'hear' bassist Gabriel's jumps and kicks rip and puncture his surrounding space. It's hard to imagine how this energy could translate as fully on a record.

            And it is an energy carved with a perfect mesh of sincerity, authenticity, and insouciant swagger. Even with their seemingly almost passé emo/angst-filled lyrics and soundscapes of rebellion, and tongue-in-cheek track and album titles (re: 5 Dating Tips for the Spineless Youth Addicted to Pornography or “Marla Singer Smokes Winston Reds”), which is perhaps best exemplified by Daniel's intentional ungrammatical non-sequiturs in between tracks, or Gabriel's delightful non-explanation of the origins of the band's name, the music is undergirded by passion and dedication, by an expressive delivery and a commitment to play their hearts out for each and every lyric and refrain.

            Rounding off the evening was recent NOISE finalist and prominent YouTuber in the local scene, singer-songwriter Sam Driscoll, who soothed and eased the audience with his jazzy feel-good tracks, recomposing and mending the ambience and atmosphere of the night after it was chopped up and shredded by Xingfoo&Roy's high-intensity set. Sam charmed the audience with delightful light-hearted banter, and shared with the crowd his inspirations and motivations for writing many of the songs he sang, saturating the evening with an easy-going intimacy and laidback ease.

             At the close of the night, as the surrounding spotlights dimmed and Sam and his band started packing up their instruments and equipment, I was struck by a last moment of joy when I saw the many satisfied faces and smiles of a group of exchange students leaving the plaza – if the acts this evening are anything to show of the quality and potential of our local music scene, we have much to be proud of – and much to look forward to.

Catch the next NUS Live Lounge on October 10 2016, 7pm at NUS UTOWN, TOWN PLAZA!

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[Interview] Sugie Phua

Hey Sugie, we're so excited for “Innamorati 2”! How are preparations going for the upcoming production?

So are we! Preparations are going on very smoothly. Everyone is getting into their roles. The production team is working very hard and everybody is putting in a lot of effort and we’re all very excited.

Besides acting for the production, you're also directing for the first time. What has the experience been like for you?

I have worked with (Director, Goh) Boon Teck for some time and for a number of theatre productions. This time round, by assisting him, I am learning what he wants as he directs the cast. For me, I have not actually directed before. So far, I have stumbled onto some challenges, for example,  how to help actors get into their roles, how to get direction from Boon Teck, to understand his vision, and then guiding and helping the cast to come to the same conclusion.

I have called upon friends and industry colleagues to get advice on how to help actors get into their roles. There are many other departments I would love to be involved in, eg set, lighting, props etc. Boon Teck takes care of these as this time round, I am more focused on the directing aspect. In the future, I would love to gain some experience in these departments.

It’s not easy to switch from actor to director and I am still figuring out when to put on an actor’s cap or director’s cap! So far, it has been a real juggling act for me. I would love to try directing again in the future and look forward to an opportunity to solely take on that role.

Could you tell us more about the role you're playing for “Innamorati 2”?

I am playing Ah Gu, a backpacker who has experienced loss in love. All of our roles are segments of An An’s mind. She is a character played by Stella Seah. She has had a perfect life but is experiencing amnesia and through that illness, she wants to complete a book about imperfection. Through this imperfection, we wish to show the audience how to overcome, endure, and accept shortcomings.

For Ah Gu, he is there to reflect An An’s burden that she has been carrying due to this illness. I also have a relationship with Xiao Yu, played by Ann Lek. There is an episode about Ah Gu finding closure, accepting loss of love and moving on with life.

As we know, “Innamorati 2” is Jiang Daini's second play, and it reprises the 7-person ensemble set-up, which features you, Jing Wong, and Chriz, from her first play. What can fans of the first Innamorati expect from this production?

Both stories are different. I think Boon Teck has a vision to make a series of Innamorati. I feel it is almost like a culture. You don’t set out what you want to do, or be. Cultures evolve, just like Innamorati, which will evolve. Boon Teck has a vision for it and it’s pretty abstract.

For “Innamorati 2”, the cast have composed their own original songs, including your own《旋转吧木马亭》, which you performed at Switch a couple of months back. Could you tell us more about the song, and how the songwriting process has been like?

The song came about when we had the first draft of the script. I’ve had this tune in my head from some time back. When I read the script and knew we had to write a song, this came back straightaway into my mind. I felt it was perfect for Xiao Zhi (played by Huang Jing Lun). The song is about his sister, his dreams, this ‘la-la land’ or a very beautiful setting that is almost magical.

Melodies do come into my mind – that’s not too hard. But to realise your imagination, to materialise your thoughts, that’s the hard part. You imagine how the song is, that’s very easy. When it comes down to the details – for example, crafting the verse – that’s the difficult bit. There are also constraints for example, if the actor needs to dance, or if I would like to tweak the lyrics but then that might not work in the whole song. So there are plenty of adjustments along the way. I’m not too familiar with that process and recording is also a different process altogether.

To have an initial idea of the song, and the melody that’s no issues at all, I love that journey and enjoy it. But the whole process of making it to an actual song that people can listen to and connect to, there are many things to pick up on and I’m looking forward to learning more. It’s been challenging, but I’m enjoying every minute of it and l hope to get to the best out of this whole experience.

www.toyfactory.com.sg/innamorati-two-microsite/

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[Interview] General Lee

Hey, congrats' on the album release! How was the launch at The Sportsman?

It was a blast! The Sportsman was the perfect fit for us because it's a small bar where the packed audience gets right up close and in your face, just the way our music was meant to be heard. The owners Gina and Billy go all out to make it a friendly, homely place for audiences and musicians alike on a daily basis and were brilliant in making our launch a success. Billy is also the frontman and guitarist for the resident band Crozzroads and they play our favourite brand of blues and rock, which cements its reputation as an unpretentious rock and roll joint. Victor has been stealing guitar licks from Billy since before he was legally allowed to be in the premises!

General Lee obviously has a unique and distinct style – melding Singaporean life and experience with Americana influences. How did the band arrive at such a particular music style?

Thank you. We believe our musical style to be one big melting pot of influences that we have been fortunate to be exposed to since childhood. The fabric of these influences are much broader than any of us could ever understand.  Our individual influences span across so many genres and artistes so much so that you never know exactly what is going to truly seep into our music. We did discuss how interesting it would be to hear what people would eventually classify us as.

Victor, for example, is primarily a blues guitarist so that comes out in everything he plays and writes whether intentional or not. Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Lightning Hopkins, and many others we could list out but then we'll never finish...he’s also big on other traditional American genres such as bluegrass and this led to him dabbling on mandolin and banjo, instruments which you'll be able to hear in our album. He’s probably that one guy who'll go into record stores in Singapore and ask if they have any Bill Monroe, and they'll all look at him funny like a cheeseburger was just ordered.

Certain influences or artists that we listen to tend to overlap in one way or another. Lin is a fan of Son House and Robert Johnson, delta blues musicians, whom he discovered through listening to Led Zeppelin extensively and in turn trying to find out their influences. That creates that connection backwards with the blues and Victor. It also creates that connection forwards since obviously Ken studies John Bonham (drummer for Led Zeppelin), on top of other evergreen artists and old school funk and soul groups which in turn has a further connection with Isaac. It’s especially evident when the rhythm section of General Lee go in depth when discussing about their favourite jam or groove bands from the past eras like Grand Funk Railroad, Tower of Power, Average White Band and many more. Like earlier mentioned, General Lee’s music is one huge melting pot of influences that has its roots in Americana. Even British rock and roll pays tribute to this historical and culturally linked form of music.

If you look at the family tree of American music, blues and bluegrass are strong influences on Southern rock, another sub set of roots rock and roll which is where we converge as a band. Add to that the fact that we all grew up in Singapore in a time before the Internet (Yup, we're dinosaurs), we felt that our country deserves songs that tell our history and commemorate our local legends beyond the cliché-ed sleepy fishing village narrative.

The album art is amazing. The colour red and the rooster are clearly deliberate and intentional choices that resonate with the band's style. Do you want to speak more on the artwork, and the decision for a physical release of the album?

The band has always been quite particular about capturing the raw energy that we are known for, so it was only natural that we decided on a physical release to preserve the high quality of the recording. Having committed to that, we then decided that we’d turn the physicals into part of the creative representation, a sort of extension of the music. We approached a close friend of ours, Soh Qiuling, who does brilliant artwork and photography, to design the physicals. Together with her husband, who is also a long-time close friend of the band, we knew that whatever they came up with would be a close representation of our personalities. Red and white were chosen as the primary colours, as we’re all patriotic Singaporean sons As for the rooster with the vintage microphone, it was a tongue-in-cheek take on the local colloquial term ‘Talking Cock’ – which incidentally is something we spend too much time doing.

It seems like the track “Little Miss Judy” has a quite a rich history, spanning the length of almost a decade. Would you like to shed some light on the song's history, and how the four of you came together to form the band?

Yeah, we took a really long time to write that song! It started off as one of Isaac’s ideas with a single riff and you could probably argue that the hook is in the first chord but it just evolved every time we played it. It’s one of those tunes with a seemingly uplifting melody and raunchy lyrics but the true meaning of that song is one of tragedy and loneliness, very much in the vein of how Gilbert O Sullivan writes his stuff. A happy-sad song if you would call it. But you’re right, the song has its beginnings in a tertiary band competition called JamX organised by NUS about ten years ago. This was way before General Lee was formed but coincidentally, all four of us were there during the finals, either as part of the band that played an earlier incarnation Little Miss Judy, or part of another competing band, or as an audience member. We were all friends already back then and did gigs together in some way or another so it was pretty natural for the four of us to come together as a band finally. Maybe you could say it took us a really long time to form General Lee too!

Singapore's military history also seems to be a significant theme for the band, especially in the track “Opium Hill”. Could you talk about what inspired the song and its local historical context?

None of us are historians but arguably every major civilisation with a long enough history will have written songs about its events, a sort of oral history in musical form. Unfortunately, wars tend to make up a big part of it and the American country music that we love has a longstanding tradition of ballads about monumental battles and its' key figures.

Singapore is a relative baby on this planet but we personally believe there is plenty of material for the music scene to draw on, having been through WWII and post-war modernisation at breakneck speed. The Battle of Bukit Panjang was the first to come to mind and occurred not very far away from NUS, in fact you can still see pillboxes along Pasir Panjang road. Defying all odds to hold their ground to the very end, the legend of Lt Adnan and “C” Company is well-known to Singaporeans and we felt that it deserved a song of its own.

It's often all too easy for people to think of it as just another paragraph in a history textbook, so our aim was to present this legend in an alternative form that will trigger their latent memories from long-gone exams, making them curious to read up about it and re-visit it without the urgency of memorising for regurgitation. Through this song, we hope to make up a small part of Singapore’s oral history, no matter how infinitesimal.

Once we had the ominous guitar riff and the rockabilly beat, the lyrics fell in place and it was probably one of the songs we took the least time to write!

After this debut release, what does General Lee have planned? When is the band going to perform for us at NUS again?

We’re planning to hit all the usual places in Singapore so you’ll see General Lee on stage soon at some of the more familiar pubs and live venues in the coming months. Our target is to bring our music to the region as well and spread our brand of rock & roll to as many people as possible. That’ll be fulfilling. And well, hopefully we’ll be back in NUS soon. We spoke to CFA a while ago and maybe we’ll work out something exciting. We have our roots in Kent Ridge Hall so it’s always great to share our brand of music with the younger audiences in NUS, most of whom have never heard anything like that before, so we hope to be back again.

One last thing, where does the band get their plaid shirts?

The same place where The Sportsman gets their checkered wallpaper! Ok but seriously, we’re not trying to create some sort of fashion statement if that’s what you’re inferring cause that’s just what we wear on an average day, although it does save time spent since these shirts don’t need ironing. Ok the ironing bit probably doesn’t apply to the whole band!

https://general-lee-sg.bandcamp.com/releases

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[GIG REVIEW] Hebe Tien IF World Tour 2016

我们虽然居住在热带雨林，但是情绪与《渺小》中在冰岛的场景比较接近吧。

新加坡人称不上是木呐一族，只是我们不常露出内心的澎湃，因为田式歌曲的真谛直接唱进了8100名歌迷的心坎里。

 田馥甄 如果巡回演唱会 新加坡站

带给我最纯粹的感动

“If Hebe Tien invites you to join her in a discovery of life, will you come along?”

Is this even a question? It’s been 4 years since her last Singaporean gig, 3 years from her latest album, the final stop of version 1.0 of her world tour, and one does not simply drop the largest Mandopop radio hit of the year without a follow-up appearance. No wonder another 100 seats were released in the sold out Singapore Indoor Stadium.

If anyone is currently confused (as Weibo trends suggest), Tien Fu-Chen and Hebe of S.H.E are artistically distinct entities, although the differences end there as they are born to the same parents and share Selina and Ella as their wives.  

The last six years of her career have been devoted to going solo, re-inventing her sound under her original name. While the mononymous idol is remembered for chart-topping pop hits, Tien Fu-Chen is touted as Faye Wong’s successor in alternative circles, or famous for heart-wrenching ballads.

If you’re not already lost at the number of hats a single person wears, Tien presents:

An eclectic repertoire of thirty songs

Across three albums

Interspersed with three famous covers.

Eight tracks come from her debut album, To Hebe, with deeply introspective messages reflected in Sorry For Myself (我对不起我). Selects from My Love balance it out with Tien’s outlook on, you guessed it – love – with taunts asking for A Better Rival In Love (请你给我好一点的情敌). Hey, that’s still love in a different form.

“No matter what happens, we must still be in happiness.” Whoever said this needs some love. Credits to YouTube user Shiyun Lee

Representatives of her latest album Insignificance – before her fourth drops later in May – crystallises Tien’s successful crossover from mainstream pop to alternative genres. You Better Not Think About Me is arranged in Brit rock tradition, yet it is distinctly recognisable as one of Tien’s ballad quartet.  

Arguably, she has never left pop music with five music videos surpassing 20 million views on YouTube, and no Sinophone radio chart ignored the tour-de-force that is A Little Happiness (小幸运).

Despite the differences in genre, the elaborate set design establishes a stylistic precedence in a unified visual theme for the IF World Tour. Director Bill Chia promised us otherworldly production values via a sophisticated concept video. To that end, every stage prop was maximised – Tien herself values thrift and environmental consciousness.

Source: Tammi Tan, Toggle.sg.

The iceberg transforms a volcano. Audience members could match the colour of their lightsticks to the strobe beams – I recommend cycling through white-red-green-yellow-blue-purple-cyan for the nightclub anthem, Learning While Drunk (不醉不会).

Source: Tammi Tan, Toggle.sg. Instagram user @dylanyf

Even the masks of Tien’s clones were reused as a running gag by her band. The presentation of each song regardless of genre was meticulously attended to, connecting them as parts of a wholly impressive show.

But what is bolder than the vibrancy of her set design, is Tien’s own dramatic performance. And I don’t just mean frequent flashes of her sexy back in her black ensemble.

In spite of:

1.    Holding the title of “goddess”

2.   Being a self-declared introvert

3.   Not acting in TV shows since 2007

4.   Nearing thirty-three

Tien holds no reservations when channelling the persona embedded in her lyrics. She is the ruler of a Small Island (离岛), regally enthroned by flowers atop a chunk of elevated stadium flooring. She is also at ease in artistic roles; looking dignified in Make Trouble Out of Nothing (无事生非) while lounging with her wrist hooked onto an electrified IV. These performances are contradictory.

Source: Tammi Tan, Toggle.sg. Facebook page女神就是田馥甄

These performances are contradictory when performed by a shy celebrity. A shy celebrity is a contradiction on its own.

And we adore her for that. We show our love by quietly soaking up every word Tien says for they are hard to come by. On hindsight, leaving gaps of pin-drop silence in the Indoor Stadium was awkward. But us fans are shy people too.

For all admissions of Tien’s deficiencies in conversation, she left us wise words that go with her music: how Baby Song rouses the child inside us, and why we should normalise the impermanence of life every day. They need not be transparent, for we need room to find a message to call our own and take it home. Tien is hardly poor at expressing herself when the essence lies in what’s left unsaid.

No attempt to distill the IF World Tour down to words can do it justice. Grab a seat during the second leg to experience the magic for yourself.

5th March 2016 marked the final stop of the first version of the IF World Tour. Fans will be treated to a different lineup in the second part of the series from July onwards.

Writer: Jamie

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SingJazz Day 2: Photogallery

Day two of Sing Jazz kicked off with a trio of Singapore-based acts The Good Life Project feat Vandetta, Tim De Cotta & Jeremy Monteiro feat. Tina May. Incognito then took the stage with their electrifying set that led to Vadim Eilenkrig's smooth jazz. Candy Dulfer saxed things up with her upbeat performance before Grammy award-winner and powerhouse Joss Stone rounded off the evening on a soulful note.

Check out our gallery of images:

Photos: Michelle

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[Interview] Joss Stone for NUS

Joscelyn Eve Stoker, or better known as Joss Stone, is an incredibly talented singer, songwriter and actress. Her debut album, The Soul Sessions, propelled her to fame in late 2003 and even got her shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2004. From soul to blues to jazz, her music has been captivating crowds endlessly. We caught up with her for a quick interview: 

1. You came to Singapore in 2013 for the Mosaic Music Festival. How does it feel to come back?

Last time we went to Singapore we went to see these mad sci-fi metal trees. I would like to go see that again as I have never seen anything like it since. It’s quite a futuristic city, so I think it will be fun to explore a little further.

 2. Have you tried any of the iconic Singapore foods (Rojak, Chili Crab, Ice Kachang, etc.)? Or are you excited to try any new foods?

No I haven’t tried any foods from Singapore, maybe that’s because I’m a vegetarian. I’m looking forward to trying some when get there though.

 3. Water for your Soul blew my mind! What drew you to reggae?

Well, I have listened to reggae all my life since I was a little tot. My dad introduced me to Linton Kwesi Johnson when I was maybe 4? Reggae is part of our everyday food. I have dabbled with reggae on my past records also, with “Less is More” on my first record of originals, Mind Body & Soul, and then a little influence here and there on a few other tracks. I guess the simple answer is I just like it!

 4. The way you blend music from around the world (from Latin to Indian to Irish to World to Soul and R&B) is truly inspired. Was it as fun for you to make the album as it was for us to listen to it?

I had to make quite a conscious effort so that the songs could fit next to each other nicely, so that it’s one piece of music as a whole.

Joss Stone will be performing live at the upcoming Singjazz Festival on the 5th of March. For more information, visit http://sing-jazz.com/2016/lineup/joss-stone/

Editor: Julia

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[Interview] Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club for NUS

The Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club is a 13-member band formed with the surviving members of the Buena Vista Social Club including Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal,  Barbarito Torres and  Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos  and other extremely talented artistes such as Carlos Calunga and Rolando Luna. We managed to catch up with them for a quick interview:

1. You've come a long way since 1996. What is it like to have musicians of so many different ages making such beautiful music together?

Well, that’s a great part of this. We have the chance to play with young musicians in the band. They are very talented and work hard. They understand our music and they are very respectful with the traditional sound.

 2. Is this your first time performing in this region and what do you think of Singapore?

[Not the first time] It’s always a pleasure to be back. We are very happy to bring our farewell tour to Asia!

 3. Singapore is famous for its good food. Have you heard about the different unique foods here and what are you most excited to try out?

Oh yes, we are super fans of Chinese food indeed! We love the rice, well actually everything. We have a passport photo book that shows images of our band members eating Chinese food. We always look for its restaurant when we arrive in each city! (laugh)

 4. You released 'Lost & Found' in 2015 and it was a huge success. How do you feel having Cuban music leading World Music charts?

For us is an honour to be part of this project and to be able to do what we love most. Play Cuban Classics around the world. We are lucky and thankful for so much love received along those years.

 5. What is your happiest moment as the Buena Vista Social Club?

 One is very hard. Looking back, I have one special memory for each moment. But in present time, what makes me very happy is to see different generations still supporting our music, from the very first listeners, that now, 16 years later comes with their kids and families.

The Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club will be playing on 6 March at the Singjazz Festival. For more information, please visit http://sing-jazz.com/2016/lineup/orquesta-buena-vista-social-club/

Editor: Julia

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Our TOP PICKS and the feels from Death Cab for Cutie’s latest album Kintsugi

Death Cab for Cutie, indie-rock band and arguably the most poetic lyricists, will take the stage live in Singapore on 7th March 2016 at the Coliseum! We at Radio Pulze are really excited to join fellow concert-goers to be transported once again into a realm of magic, beauty and sweet melancholy.

Most of us would know DCFC’s most popular song “I’ll follow you into the dark”, a song that got you through the emotional teenage angst phase back in the day; a song that still tugs on the heart strings when it comes on your playlist. Their new album Kintsugi stays true to the DCFC signature sound of their wonderful mix of rock and mellow instrumentals, with lead singer Ben Gibbard’s haunting and yet comforting vocals serenading songs of love and heartbreak.

Here are our top picks off their newest album and trust us, you’ll get the feels:

1. No Room in the Frame

This is the kind of song you listen to on a long commute, when one stares out the window and gets lost in the daze of one’s own thoughts in their safe little reflective bubble. 

Upon taking a closer look at the lyrics of the chorus “Was I in your way / When the cameras turned to face you? / No room in frame / For two”, one can’t help but feel that this song might just be about his ex-wife Zooey Deschanel (star of the sitcom “New Girl” and lead actress in (500) Days of Summer)). With their marriage ending in 2011 and with both of them being significant figures in the spotlight, we wonder if Zooey Deschannel had been the muse for this song and for many other tracks on the album.

In an interview with Billboard magazine, Ben Gibbard doesn’t state which songs are particularly about Zooey, but pointed out that it was “fairly obvious”. Regardless, it’s a beautiful song with the contrast of loneliness and the limelight.

2. The Ghosts of Beverly Drive

“The Ghosts of Beverly Drive” is a more upbeat single with the accompanying electric guitar and dynamic fast-paced chorus. Death Cab for Cutie’s lyrics read like a poem, and these lyrics stood out for us:

“But if you let me be your skyline I'll let you be the wave / That reduces me to rubble that looked safe from far away”

“You wanna teach but not be taught / And I wanna sell but not be bought / So let us not be lonesome / Lost in between our needs and wants”

From a literary standpoint, DCFC’s beautifully poetic lyrics certainly charm us.

3. Everything's a Ceiling

Ah, it’s that song, the one that romances us with our indulgent longing of lost love, the stirring powerfully bittersweet feeling of habouring a deep intense great love. The perfect song to describe the aching cooing of “I miss you”.

“The only stars I see in the sky, they don't move me.

Cause they've all been dead for millions of years, they're just light diffusing.

And the constellations move and the brightest point is full,

But every telescope you see, was pointed only at you.”

Cue the tears and prep your hearts, it’s gonna be an enchanting soul-stirring time at the Death Cab for Cutie concert. We are certainly looking forward to it!

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Death Cab for Cutie live! in Singapore

7 March 2016, 8pm

The Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa

Tickets at $99 (Standard) and $190 (VIP)

For more information and to get tickets, head on over to http://dcfc.peatix.com/?lang=en-sg.

Writer: Sarah Leong 

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HOLOGRAM K-POP CONCERT EXPERIENCE AT K-LIVE SENTOSA

Perhaps you’ve wondered what a hologram concert would be like. Or how it would feel like to see a K-pop idol perform in real life. Well, now you finally have a chance to experience it yourself here in Singapore! K-Live Sentosa, the first holographic theatre in Southeast Asia just launched on Tuesday, and RadioPulze was there to experience it first hand. K-Live Sentosa offers a variety of performances, but the highlight was definitely the K-Pop holographic concert with performances by GOT7, 2PM and Wonder Girls.

Were the holograms realistic? It definitely was much more realistic than watching the performances on TV, but we wouldn’t be skipping the live concerts for the hologram experience quite just yet. The holograms were not as life-like as we hoped they would be; you could still tell that they were projections, albeit really good ones.

But what we enjoyed was the fact that the artistes recorded the performances specially for K-Live, even including a special talk segment and behind the scenes footage. The acoustics were really good, which helped to create a concert atmosphere. There were also a great variety of special effects like bubbles, artificial snow, lasers, and of course, a disco ball.

GOT7 attended the launch too, and we got to hear first hand their experiences shooting for K-Live. Each performance took around 6 hours to shoot, and much more time to be made into the holograms we see, so while they may not be as realistic as seeing GOT7 themselves, the effort put into the performance did make it a much better viewing experience than seeing it on a normal screen.

Is it worth a visit?

If you really want to get a glimpse of a GOT7, 2PM or Wonder Girls concert, it is just about as close to a real concert as one gets without breathing in the same air as them. If you really wanted the real thing though, saving up to go for a concert would be a much better idea.

Sean Park, Director of K-Live Sentosa sums it up pretty well, “As much as they’d love to, top K-pop acts are not able to make multiple visits to perform in Singapore within a short period of time. Likewise, fans may not also have the resources to travel to overseas performances. Now, with K-live Sentosa, fans can imerse themselves in a larger-than-life K-Pop experience from their favourite artistes anytime they want.”

Add that to the possibility of other hologram K-pop acts being shown at K-live in the future with the intention of changing the line-up every six months. It might be worth checking out if it’s an artiste you like.

The K-Pop hologram concert consists of 2PM’s “Hands Up” and “My House”, Wonder Girls “I Feel You” and GOT7’s “Just Right”, “Girls Girls Girls” and “Stop Stop It”. 

Be ready to stand for the entirety of the performance though, the interior is smaller than expected, and it is designed to be like a club, so there is no seating available. Where you stand in the room matters too, try to get close to the stage and nearer to the middle, or you may not get a full view of the hologram screen, which was us (we stood a little too near the left).

And remember to take a commemorative photo before you leave!

The Verdict It was an interestingly different experience, and at some point we felt like we were grooving along to a real K-Pop concert, though it could be more of the atmosphere created by the music and effects rather than just the hologram itself. We were expecting more than what we got, but nevertheless, it was far more satisfying than watching them idols on a computer screen and screaming their names.

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Sound Town: Charlie Lim and Dru Chen

You’ve probably heard the names Charlie Lim and Dru Chen – local musicians who have been making their mark in the local music scene with aplomb – and here’s a quick rundown on the two amazing talents who have been making sonic love to our ears.

CHARLIE LIM

The bespectacled musician appears quiet, timid and unassuming at first glance, but pours out his feelings with brutal, lyrical honesty in his songs. Debuting with his self-titled EP, Lim captured the attention of critics with a sound reminiscent of “acoustic melancholia, post-rock, indie-R&B, and electronic-pop” with “a certain sense of cinematic gravitas” to boot.

Songs like Rust and What Can I Do are filled with powerful emotional frailty – an articulation of feeling and situation so precise that you become quite taken with the story he’s telling. With lyrics such as “Why do I feel like I could hold you/Till the sun wears off her shine/Till the oceans stop turning their tide”, Lim draws upon images simple and yet stunning and above all, draws you into the complex world his songs fill, where there is always a tension to be negotiated – a sort of hesitancy that cannot be quite so simply resolved.

DRU CHEN

Andrew Chen, otherwise better known as Dru Chen, is making waves in the music scene. With his infectious rhythms and lyrics, allow him to get you grooving to his music which is an exciting mixture of soul, funk and pop.

His hit song, You Got It Babe, is perfect for those casual café lounging days as he blends joyful tunes and soulful vocals to produce the musical equivalent of pancakes – happy, but not overpowering and definitely comfort food.

Editor: Julia

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#FreshFriday

“The video is inspired by a scene in one of my favourite films 'Fight Club'. We liked the idea of a group therapy session based around the idea of closure and acceptance.” - Kaya Tarsus (Lead Vocals)

Check out Young Blood’s music video for Closure!

Closure is one of the  4 singles featured in their latest self-titled EP which will be released on the 11th of March 2016!

If you have watched this video, and still want more from Young Blood, we strongly encourage you to pre-order their EP here!