Led by Khyam Allami.

As part of Nusasonic HCMC, 15 musicians from Brunei Darussalam, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam will gather to expand their sonic palettes with a focus on music from Southeast Asia. Workshopping in an ensemble setting utilising software and sonic technologies in dialogue with live instruments, the end goal is to set space for the creation of new pieces of music with tonalities, scales, and rhythms endemic to Southeast Asia and beyond.  

The workshop is led by Khyam Allami (DE). Participating musicians are: ANTARMUKA (SG), Chaulichi (VN), Cheryl Ong (SG), Elisha Tiga (BN), Hoàng Tuấn (VN), Kadapat (ID), Lưu Thanh Duy (VN), Lynn Nandar Htoo (MM), Nursalim Yadi Anugerah (ID), Phạm Thế Vũ (VN), rEmPiT g0dDe$$ (MY), Tusa Montes (PH).

This workshop will culminate into an ensemble performance on the 7 October. 

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Nusasonic HCMC

Nusasonic is a multi-year project that plunges into a broad spectrum of experimental sound and music cultures in Southeast Asia, enabling dialogue within the region, with Europe, and beyond. Adopting a multi-perspective approach, the project is collaboratively created by Yes No Klub (Yogyakarta), WSK Festival of the Recently Possible (Manila), Playfreely/BlackKaji (Singapore), and CTM Festival for Adventurous Music & Art (Berlin). Nusasonic is an initiative of the Goethe-Institutes in Southeast Asia.

Running 5-8 October 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, the initiative’s closing event is titled Nusasonic HCMC, and is co-curated by Zach Sch of Saigon-based collective Rắn Cạp Đuôi.