2008年08月13日

「shining water, silent waves」mini photo exhibition

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

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

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

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

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

2008年08月12日

「sampling air vol.1」aspidistrafly and flica live !

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"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

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

●CDs on sale:
KI-002「i hold a wish for you」- aspidistrafly $25
MNC-002「windvane & window」- flica $20
SCH-004「grace」- haruka nakamura $30
MNC-001「We Are All Cotton-Hearted」- Various Artist $25
special tour ep 「coffee & specatacle」- flica

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

2008年07月27日

KVLT magazine interview

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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

2008年07月20日

「i hold a wish for you」now in stores !!

「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

LA LIBRERIA coming soon
University Cultural Centre
NUS Museum, Level 3
50 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 119279
http://www.lalibreria.com.sg


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

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

2008年07月14日

「i hold a wish for you」on sale @Kitchen. Petit Webshop !!

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「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 SGD25 (Singapore), USD23 (Rest of the World)


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

2008年07月13日

Improvised Set @Old School Hall

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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."

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


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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


2008年07月09日

「i hold a wish for you」special site up !

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

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

2008年07月06日

「i hold a wish for you」July media

「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

More coming soon

2008年07月05日

Kitchen. Petit Shop @「i hold a wish for you」instore live

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KI-002「i hold a wish for you」- aspidistrafly

Related CDs :
SCH-004「grace」- haruka nakamura $30
featuring 「cielo」by haruka nakamura + aspidistrafly

MNC-002「windvane & window」- flica $20
Mastered by Ricks Ang

MNC-001 「We Are All Cotton-Hearted」- Various Artist $25
featuring 「in sundown light」by aspidistrafly
designed by Kitchen.

*Cash payment only

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

2008年06月28日

「i hold a wish for you」instore live !

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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
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2008年06月26日

「i hold a wish for you」listening preview @ROJAK #11

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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

2008年06月01日

New Album「i hold a wish for you」coming soon !

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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 !

2008年04月29日

Diary address update

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

2008年04月04日

21st Singapore International Film Festival

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

2008年02月21日

haruka nakamura + aspidistrafly

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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.

2008年01月10日

straightline™_bookmark feature

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「in sundown light」mini-site has been featured at web design portal, straightline™_bookmark

2007年12月28日

I-S Magazine Cover Story

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)

2007年12月06日

Hitspaper™ Feature

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

2007年11月27日

flica mastering completed

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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




2007年11月14日

Life in Tokyo

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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.




2007年11月08日

「THE GHOST OF THINGS」 Review

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.




2007年10月15日

「kuala mute geeks vol.10」live details up !

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)




2007年10月14日

Juice Magazine Interview

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




2007年10月05日

aspidistrafly in Tokyo !

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.




2007年09月26日

String Theory compilation

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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




2007年09月13日

Press section up !

click here for recent articles/interviews/reviews




2007年08月31日

aspidistrafly.com 更新 !

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 !




2007年08月29日

Recording in progess

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!

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2007年07月16日

Kuala Lumpur tour photo review updated!

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photographs by aspidistrafly
launch slideshow by cinra babi




2007年07月05日

Drift Net photo review

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




2007年07月01日

Piana Live in Concert photo review up !

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photographs by mykel
launch slideshow by cinra babi




2007年06月18日

aspidistrafly on aiFM radio

aspidistrafly radio interview with zito chang of mu-nest.

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




2007年06月16日

「Caroline Live in Kuala Lumpur」live details up !

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




2007年05月25日

aspidistrafly on I-S magazine

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




2007年05月14日

「Piana Live in Concert」live details up !

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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




2007年04月20日

「If You Believe compilation vol. 1」 from 9.12 Records released

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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




2007年03月16日

TheatreWorks presents 「Drift Net」

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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




2007年03月04日

JUNK Interview & CD sample out now !

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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




2007年02月04日

Drift Net Workshop

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




2006年12月20日

「We Are All Cotton-Hearted」compilation released !

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