2009.03.27 (FRI) at SOL Gallery (Bangkok)
SODF presents “Transparent-paper-memories”
Talkless new album release party
OPEN 19:00
Tickets : 200 Baht (Plus one drink)
Live: Talkless / aspidistrafly / hummingbertStereo
URL : http://www.solbkk.com

2009.03.29 (SUN) at Ox-Warehouse (Macau)
aspidistrafly & flica : Live in Macau
OPEN 20:00
Tickets : MOP $60
presented by Old Ladies’ House Art Space, Pintomusica
Live：aspidistrafly / flica / Evade
Ticket：MOP $60
Ticket Office：Ox WareHouse & Pinto Livros
(Special ticket purchase at MOP$50 are open for Friends of Ox WareHouse, PintoLivros and students. Please present vaild ID during purchase) Seats are not assigned
URL : http://oxwarehouse.blogspot.com/2009/03/aspidistrafly-flica.html
URL : http://blog.roodo.com/pintomusica/archives/8421161.html

2009.04.02 (THU) at Videotage (Hong Kong)
aspidistrafly & flica : Concert in Hong Kong
OPEN 1930
Tickets : adv. HKD$100 / door HKD$120
Presented by White Noise Records & Videotage
Live：aspidistrafly / flica
Ticket Outlet : White Noise Records
1/F, 4 Canal Road East, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Venue : Videotage
Address : No.13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan
Tel : 25910499, 93093659
Email : whitenoise@netvigator.com
URL : http://www.whitenoiserecords.org
URL : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=55405188062

2009.04.18 (SAT) at Shibuya HOME (Tokyo)
aspidistrafly Japan Tour
OPEN 17:30 START 18:00
adv. 2,000 yen / door. 2,500 yen (plus drink)
presented by a place in the sun & brutish sisterhood
Live : aspidistrafly / Chihei Hatakeyama / space pitch [照井一政＋cokiyu＋千葉昭夫] / traumerei
Food：タナカアスカ(ageha1980)
Shibuya HOME: http://www.toos.co.jp/home/ 03-5774-5822
a place in the sun: http://a-place.jp/

2009.04.29.(WED) at UrBANGUILD (Kyoto)
ART ROCK NO.1 presents SPECIAL ART 07 :
aspidistrafly Japan tour 2009
OPEN 18:30 / START 19:30
adv. 2500yen (plus drink) / door. 2800yen (plus drink)
Live : aspidistrafly / haruka nakamura (support members : ryodo yamamoto, janis crunch) / chiaki nishimori / rimacona + ekran
UrBANGUILD: http://urbanguild.net/
ART ROCK NO.1: http://www.artrock-1.com/

2009.05.02 (SAT) at SuperDeluxe (Tokyo)
aspidistrafly Japan Tour
OPEN 19:00 START 19:30
adv. 2,500 yen / door. 3,000 yen (plus drink)
presented by CMFLG
Live : aspidistrafly + haruka nakamura (support members : ryodo yamamoto, toshiaki hamada, janis crunch) / FJORDNE / Fort Wayne / Soul Tune Factory
Super-Deluxe: http://www.super-deluxe.com/
info. CMFLG: http://www.cmflg.com

2009.05.17 (SUN) at Chinese Assembly Hall (Kuala Lumpur)
Dong Tai Du Festival 2009
START 12:00 END 20:00
adv. 30RM / door. 45RM
Tel：012 377 8558（Shane）
Email：dtd.ticketing@gmail.com
URL : http://dongtaidu.blogspot.com/

april lee + rika m. will be reprising「shining water, silent waves」exhibition (photographs from aspidistrafly's album 「i hold a wish for you」) at PINTOLIVROS in Macau.

“On this day in April, we ventured to the Edogawa river.
the river was shining, a cold spring breeze whispered in my ear.

It was a first meeting with each other,
after an online friendship of 5 years
in that span of time, we exchanged photos, cameras, dreams

we walked by the riverside with several cameras slung on our shoulders.
the sky was so vast that i held my breath.
truly, i felt that Edogawa river was full of little presents from heaven
the softness of grass, mimosa hiding when touched,
twinkling stars in the river reflected by the sun,
a windvane spinning in the breeze...

this collection of photographs records the beauty
on that special day in spring...”

20th December (SAT) - 20th January (TUE)

PINTOLIVROS - 樂多日誌
1A, Veng Heng Largo do Senado, 31, Macao　
TEL：(853)28330909　　　　　　　

http://www.kitchen-label.com/shiningwater_macau/
http://blog.roodo.com/pintolivros

"This December, local design collective Mimipong will showcase their Hug Your Sorrow plush toys in a month-long exhibition, titled The Saddest Place on Earth.

The project is a collaborative effort between Mimipong’s line of tear dolls together with international and local creative professionals. The writers – selected from a diverse range of backgrounds – were invited to pen their unique interpretations of sadness on the dolls’ cloth tags. Among the international luminaries are Swedish singer-songwriters Jens Lekman and Pelle Carlberg, senior writer of Frankie magazine Mia Timpano, UK indie songstress Laura Marling and Hong Kong-based toy designer of popular Treeson vinyl figures Bubi Auyong.

On the homegrown front, the exhibition features April Lee of ambient duo aspidistrafly, award-winning poet Cyril Wong, prolific filmmaker Wee Li Lin, singer-songwriter and frontman of The Observatory Leslie Low and Singapore Literature Prize nominee Ng Yi-Sheng.

The exhibition runs from 12 December 2008 to 12 January 2009 at BooksActually, 5 Ang Siang Road."

http://www.mimipong.com

Ricks participated in the production of new electro-acoustic artist Rist's upcoming debut album「weekend」as mastering producer. Featuring remixes by Greg Davis (Kranky), dot tape dot (Nature Bliss), Taunus (Ahornfelder).

Also featuring cover art contribution by April Lee.

For more information:
http://www.mu-nest.com/mnc003.aspx

「bounce」Tower Records Japan monthly magazine
「通俗歌曲·摇滚」featured article (China)
「style:」interview (Singapore)

More coming soon

april lee + rika m. will be exhibiting photos taken from the 「i hold a wish for you」shoot taken in Tokyo, Japan.

「shining water, silent waves」by april lee + rika m.

23rd August (SAT) - 20th September (SAT)
Mondays to Saturdays 11am - 9pm
Sundays 12 noon - 6pm

BooksActually
5 Ann Siang Road
Singapore 069688
http://www.booksactually.com

For more enquires please email to info@kitchen-label.com

aspidistrafly's first full length album 「i hold a wish for you」is now available throughout Japan. Distributed by Inpartmaint Inc's p*dis

Available in Japan at these stores :

Tower Records (Japan)
HMV (Japan)
p*dis (Japan)
disk union (Tokyo)
warszawa (Tokyo)
ART ROCK NO.1 (Kyoto)
Parallax Records (Kyoto)
pastel records (Nara)
Lykkelig music & zakka (Kanazawa)
popmuzik records (Fukuoka)

Click here for a complete list of retailers/distributors

april lee + rika m. will be exhibiting photos taken from the 「i hold a wish for you」shoot taken in Tokyo, Japan.

「shining water, silent waves」by april lee + rika m.

23rd August (SAT) - 6th September (SAT)
Mondays to Saturdays 11am - 9pm
Sundays 12 noon - 6pm

BooksActually
5 Ann Siang Road
Singapore 069688
http://www.booksactually.com

For more enquires please email to info@kitchen-label.com

"time stands still.
air, light, water, breath
all in perfect harmony
listen to their song.
a cadenza for daily life"

aspidistrafly will be holding an instore performance at The Asylum to promote their latest album 「i hold a wish for you」which is currently available at the store. Also appearing : flica of mü-nest label from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

23rd August (SAT) @The Asylum
Kitchen. presents「sampling air vol.1」
w/ support from The Asylum, mü-nest
LIVE : aspidistrafly, flica
DJ : DJ Wei (mü-nest)
open/start : 15:00
tickets : FREE

The Asylum
22 Ann Siang Road
Singapore 069709
http://www.theasylum.com.sg

For more enquires please email to info@kitchen-label.com

An 8 pages aspidistrafly interview with KVLT magazine can be found here. KVLT focuses on visual art, music and fashion told from an Asian perspective. Launch the magazine by clicking on your screen's resolution.

http://www.kvltmagazine.net

「i hold a wish for you」is now available at these stores

The Asylum
22 Ann Siang Road
Singapore 069709
http://www.theasylum.com.sg

BooksActually
5 Ann Siang Road
Singapore 069688
http://www.booksactually.com

casualpoet 隨意詩人
273B New Bridge Road
Singapore 088749
http://blog.casualpoet.com

Roxy Records
5 Coleman Street #02-15
Singapore 179805

International Distributors :

p*dis (Japan)
東京都渋谷区宇田川町19-5　山手マンション804
http://www.inpartmaint.com/pdis/

Node Culture (Taiwan)
6F., No. 165, Sec. 1, HePing East Road, Taipei 10644, Taiwan
http://www.nodeculture.com/

White Noise Records (Hong Kong)
1/F., 4 Canal Road East, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
http://www.whitenoiserecords.org

pintomusica (Macau)
2B, Veng Heng Largo do Senado, 31, Macau
http://blog.roodo.com/pintomusica/

mü-nest (Malaysia)
http://www.mu-nest.com
info@mu-nest.com

「i hold a wish for you」is now available for online orders at Kitchen.
Payment is by credit card via secured internet service Paypal
Shop list will be subsequently updated.

Catalogue KI-002
Price Shipping Inclusive SGD27 (Singapore), USD24 (Rest of the World)

More Information: http://www.kitchen-label.com

26th July (SAT) @Old School Hall
A+3FF presents「Birth of the Seanema」by Sasithorn Ariyavicha
LIVE: aspidistrafly + George Chua + Yuen Chee Wai
open/start : 20:00
tickets : Register for Free tickets at http://www.aseanyouthfestival.org/a3ff/

"Relive the silent film experience - without silence - as local ambient band aspidistrafly with George Chua and Yuen Chee Wai take the stage to play semi-improvised live music to the screening of the beautiful, experimental, black and white Birth of the Seanema. This screening takes place in the semi-open space of the Old School Hall and as an opening, promises to be magical and very, very unforgettable."

Links : http://www.aseanyouthfestival.org/a3ff/event.html

Stall will open 26th July
Venue : Old School Hall
Time : 7:30pm till 9:30pm

aspidistrafly's album 'i hold a wish for you' will be available at the stall
*Cash payment only

Ordering starts on 12th July. Worldwide order accepted.
Available in stores soon.

click here http://www.kitchen-label.com/iholdawishforyou

「TODAY」interview
「THE BUSINESS TIMES」interview
「THE STRAITS TIMES Life!」interview
「THE STRAITS TIMES Life!」My Weekend interview
「KVLT」'i hold a wish for you' interview
「I-S Magazine」'i hold a wish for you' review

More coming soon

aspidistrafly will be having an instore live to promote their upcoming album 「i hold a wish for you」. The album will be available at this event.

12th July (SAT) @iSHOP (by Club 21), Orchard Cineleisure Level 3
「i hold a wish for you」instore live
LIVE : aspidistrafly
open/start : 17:00
tickets : FREE

Presented by

ROJAK is an art & design sharing session. Music from 「i hold a wish for you」will be streamed at this event.

ROJAK #11
Date : 28th June 2008
TIme : 20:00
Venue : Old School, 11 Mount Sophia Road, Block B #B2-09

Hosted by FARM
For more info www.farm.sg

New Album「i hold a wish for you」is completed !
Prospective release date will be end June/July across Asia.

Tracklisting
01. candlescape
02. Moonlight Shadow
03. common colors in the air
04. sampling atmosphere
05. On the Summer Solstice
06. porcelain sky wink
07. sui
08. Endless Dreamless (feat. haruka nakamura)
09. 花火

More information to follow soon !

All new entries will be posted on this new address
http://www.kitchen-label.com/aflog

aspidistrafly commissioned「red toe nails」for the soundtrack of the film 「Silent Girls」. More information here

aspidistrafly has completed a collaboration with haruka nakamura.
The track titled「cielo」will be featured in haruka nakamura's upcoming album titled「grace」to be released by Schole Records on 2nd May 2008.

I-S Magazine tipped aspidistrafly to be one of the most cutting-edge creatives from Singapore for 2008. This cover story includes a short interview.

Issue 288 is now available island-wide (Singapore only)

「in sundown light」mini-site (designed by April & Ricks) has been featured at Japanese design portal, Hitspaper™

Ricks participated in the production of new electro-acoustic artist flica's upcoming debut album「windvane & window」as mastering producer.

For more information:
http://www.mu-nest.com/mnc002.aspx
http://myspace.com/flicasound

We have returned from a successful tour to Tokyo, Japan. Many thanks to Hideho Takemasa, Chihei Hatakayama, Tomoyoshi Date, Ichiro Nagasawa and many friends for making this trip a memorable one.

ありがとう ございます !

click Diary for photos, thoughts and everything else from our Tokyo excursion.

U.S based music webzine, The Silent Ballet, recently posted a positive retrospective review of 「THE GHOST OF THINGS」which was released back in 2004. The EP is currently out of print.

click here to read review.

or click here for archive of past reviews.

0411 (SUN) @LOOP-LINE, SHIBUYA-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN
kuala mute geeks vol.10
LIVE : aspidistrafly, Opitope (spekk), Naph (Nature Bliss)
open/start : 18:00/18:30
tickets : 1700 yen + 1 drink

More information:
http://www.chihei.org/kmg010.html
http://www.tokyogigguide.com

Links:
http://www.loop-line.jp
http://www.chihei.org
http://www.kualauk.net

English Bios

Opitope :

Optiope is a duo formed by Date Tomoyoshi and Chihei Hatakeyama in autumn 2002. Tomoyoshi's music was previously introduced as best demos on the Fat Cat and Mille Plateaux site and make his first appearance on the Spekk compilation "Small Melodies". Chihei has released his first solo album in 2006 on the Kranky label (US). In 2007, they released the album "Hau" on Spekk. Together, they also organize music event series "Kuala Mute Geeks" and manage the label "Kualauk Table".

Naph :

Naph is Toru Ohara from Tokyo, Japan. He is interested in the uncertain sounds within the nature. He mainly uses field recordings and puts it into his self-programmed Max/MSP patches to sculpture unique sounds. He is also the bassist of the group RdL. He has made appearances on various compilations including "Small Melodies" (Spekk) and "Springs, re:makes and mixes of RF" (Odd Shaped Case)

We have an interview out on this month's Juice feature "MOTO Music Presents..."
Available island-wide (Singapore Only)

We are very pleased to announce that aspidistrafly will be embarking on a mini tour to Tokyo, Japan early next month.

Full details about the show will follow over the coming weeks.

New double cd compilation focusing on guitar improvisation/drones from Australia and around the world. Released by Dreamland Recordings (Australia).

Featuring Seaworthy (12k), Scott Cortez (of loveliescrushing), Shoeb Ahmad, aspidistrafly and more

STRING THEORY guitar compilation available now. AUD$16.00

more information : http://www.dreamlandrecordings.com

click here for recent articles/interviews/reviews

It's been a long time coming. We have gone through several "beta" test sites and eventually we decided to put out a simple to load RSS based interface for the main site. Click on the banners on the sidebar menu for the interactive mini-sites which we had lotsa fun making !

On another note, my personal blog "aflog" will be attached to this site, update your bookmarks !

Please drop by often to check the latest on our upcoming album and news !

We will be spending the rest of the year finishing our album. The album release was pushed forward due to the opportunities to do the Drift Net, Piana and Caroline shows...offers that we simply couldnt refuse ! We hope to complete the album at the end of the year, keeping our fingers crossed !

You can check our progress by clicking on the Diary section where we will be updating recording entries from time to time.

录音过程当中
敬请期待!

photographs by aspidistrafly
launch slideshow by cinra babi

photographs by Law Kian Yan @TheatreWorks
launch slideshow by cinra babi

photographs by mykel
launch slideshow by cinra babi

aspidistrafly radio interview with zito chang of mu-nest.

22/06 (FRI) 22:00 - 00:00
listen live : http://www.aifm.net.my/

2306 (SAT) @INDICINE, KLPAC (KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA)
Caroline Live in Kuala Lumpur
LIVE: Caroline (Temporary Residence), aspidistrafly, 電棒
open/start: 2030
tickets: RM25

advance booking: ticketing@soundscape-records,com
enquiries: 016-3369089
email: info@soundscape-records.com
web: http://www.soundscape-records.com/caroline

We have an interview with I-S Magazine
Grab a copy now ! Its free !
starting 25th May

2505 (FRI) @THE SUBSTATION GUINNESS THEATRE
Piana Live in Concert
LIVE: Piana w/ Atsuko Hatano (noble/MIDI), aspidistrafly, SonicBrat
open/start: 2000
tickets: $40 (with one complimentary free drink)

tickets available at : The Asylum, The Substation, Books Actually
web: http://www.theasylum.com.sg

FEAT: aspidistrafly, haruka nakamura, Akira Kosemura. Temjiin, Yuri Miyauchi, The Banjo Consorsium...

If You Believe compilation vol. 1
9.12 Records [912R06]

1. red toe nails - aspidistrafly
2. lamp - haruka nakamura
3. the stand sure oak - shaun k anderson
4. until morning - savery & the banjo consorsium
5. fallen - january
6. iukk - yuri miyauchi
7. unknown - the banjo consorsium
8. a floating bottle in the sea - Akira Kosemura
9. contaminate the optimist - channel in channel out
10. third song - denis jones
11. oh no ! - tim kane
12. the fair fight - drew Fortson
13. national snow sculpting championship - the If
14, think over - apjiw
15. moth clouds chased me indoors - temjiin
16. sunset - life without dreams

released April 20th
more information: http://www.912records.com

Buy Here : 9.12 Records / ITunes Worldwide

more info : http://www.912records.com

An expedition into blogosphere Drift Net explores a man's second life on the internet drifting between desires and dreams
Dates : 29th to 31st March 2007

Venue : 72-13

Start : 08:00PM

Tickets : $8 at the door

Choy Ka Fai - Director

Daito Manabe - Sound/Visual Design & Programming

Fujimoto Takayuki - Lighting Design & Set Design

Rizman Putra - Performance & Choreography

aspidistrafly- Music & Visual Performance

Torrance Goh - Graphics & Web Design

Satoshi Horii - Visual & Network Programming

Motoi Ishibashi - Interaction Design & Programming

more info : http://www.driftnet.sg

An interview with JUNK. with a free CD sampler
includes 「Stranger, Here is where we live」taken
from the「THE GHOST OF THINGS EP」.

JUNK Magazine March Issue
Available at all good bookstores and news-stands

aspidistrafly will be at 72-13 for a week long「Drift Net」intensive workshop starting from 5th - 11th Feb 2007 .

more info : http://www.72-13.com

mü-nest proudly presents: “We Are All Cotton-Hearted” VA compilation, a double-CD album of futuristic electro-acoustic sounds with a gorgeous easy-listening twist imbued with unconventional pop sensibilities.

“We Are All Cotton-Hearted” showcases 25 splendid tracks by 25 exceptionally talented indie artists from Japan, US, Europe, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

This beautiful debut release by mü-nest also features brand-new never-before-released tracks by internationally acclaimed artists such as kazumasa hashimoto, Piana, Melodium, park avenue music, sulumi, aus, Yasushi Yoshida, Lim Giong, aspidistrafly and many more.

The exquisite art work and design on “We Are All Cotton-Hearted” are superbly executed by Singapore’s most promising design duo, Kitchen.

All these, makes “We Are All Cotton-Hearted” your must have album of the year!

We Are All Cotton Hearted
mu-nest [MNC001]

2006.12.20

Disc 1:
1. Ancient Note – Piana
2. Auto Auto – nara
3. Botanical Sunset Paradise – miroque
4. Finally….Said Not Clearly – sulumi
5. Living, Breathing, Etc - E*Rock
6. Journey To The City – muxu
7. Good Morning Melody – Lullatone
8. Fuzzy June – me:mo
9. Chooby - Dim Dim
10. Ballad – Melodium
11. Sweet End - kazumasa hashimoto
12. Xi – Kulyfile
13. Can I Play? – DIANBANG

Disc 2:
1. Shadow Of Light – SKREW KID
2. Summer Snow (cinq remix) – asana
3. IHI – aus
4. piet – park avenue music
5. Farewell Cosmo – Supersprite
6. Individual Regression – Yasushi Yoshida
7. I Have A Window – Pola Collective
8. Ki – Kaa
9. Best Of Boston - The Grace Period
10. Marching Forward (2006 remix) - Lim Giong
11. Dad’s Shadow – forbiddenculture
12. in sundown light – aspidistrafly

Available at:
Linus Records (Japan)
p*dis (Japan)
Popmuzik Records (Japan)
Tower Records (Japan)
Warswaza (Japan)
Book Of Days (Japan)
diskUNION (Japan)
toneVENDOR (US)
Mackie Study (Hong Kong)
White Noise Records (Hong Kong)
pintomusica (Macau)
All TCR and ROSE records shops (Taiwan)
books.com.tw (Taiwan)
EWise Digital (Taiwan)
5 Music (Taiwan)
Wuya Shop (China)

more info : http://www.mu-nest.com