December 2011
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Dec 26-Jan 1)
Trus’me & Druzzi (The Rapture) Avalon l $35 includes one drink Dec 30, 10pm
While Trus’me’s “Nards” propelled him to dancefloor supremacy (Gilles Peterson named the track the best of that year) in 2007, New Yorker multi-instrumentalist Druzzi and his band The Rapture was on a tour with two particular Frenchman who called themselves Daft Punk. Acid disco, funky house and unreleased...
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The Monthlies: January
Kiss My Culture presents The Monthlies, an exclusive round-up of international and local acts to look out for next month. Keep up-to-date with top event picks every week on KMC’s Top 10 Things to do This Week. On that note, have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Disclaimer: All dates and confirmed artists are correct as of release.
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Download: Sinjin Hawke's Collaborations
Prior to Barcelona DJ-producer Sinjin Hawke’s 8-track EP release The Lights, he dropped three collaborations that saw him working with the likes of DJ Slink, Lucid and MORRI$. What came out from that was three tunes that all deserved to sit in the EP itself (ambitious to say, he should have just made an album). All free to download, drop by his Soundcloud page to have a teaser listen to...
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Download: Knife Party's 100% No Modern Talking EP
Founded by Pendulum’s Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, Knife Party’s debut EP 100% No Modern Talking is a musically crisp dubstep (or brostep to some) and electro house offering by the duo. Featuring 4-tracks, Knife Party is stepping onto the pedestal with their current release. Check out their collaboration with Swedish House Mafia on the dancefloor destructive tune...
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Time Out Singapore Bar Guide 2012
[Time Out Singapore] I was very fortunate to be given the chance to work with Time Out Singapore and assume the role of Guide Editor for their first ever bar guide. Look out for it on newsstands island wide together with the January issue of Time Out Singapore.
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Download: Ornette's "Crazy (Nôze Remix)"
28-year-old Bettina Kee is a mother of two, and if anyone had told the Parisian that she was going to be a singer, she would have threw a milk bottle at them. But as Ornette, her talent is put into perspective. The pop-singer’s debut album Crazy showed a side of her that was forcefully hidden during her 20-years of studying music at a militant-esque run conservatory. French DJ duo Nôze...
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Download: Holy Ghost!'s “I Wanted to Tell Her”
Dance pop duo Holy Ghost! cover of Ministry’s 1983 classic “I Wanted to Tell Her” is given a further tribute with a music video inspired by the 80s film Rad. Juan MacLean and Nancy Whang lend their vocals on this track.
Download Holy Ghost!’s “I Wanted to Tell Her”.
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10 Must Hear Releases
Blake Jarrell’s trance hit “Say What You Will” gets stripped down to a piano rendition accompanying the vocal prowess of Michael S., and together with Radiohead’s latest single “The Daily Mail” (released with “Staircase”), both opens KMC’s 10 Must Hear Releases proper. Norwegian synthpop band Casiokids takes the proceedings to a more up-tempo...
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Dec 19-25)
04_K:NSTRAKT+ Home Club l Free Dec 22, 10pm
A group of sound designers from the collective K:nstrakt and emerging DJ-producer Notion A from CNTRL Wasteland takes over the decks at the glamorous underground to bring the sounds of techno, ambient and Intelligent Dance Music.
One Love, One Dance, One Christmas Special with Heidi and Magda Velvet Underground – Dance, Zouk l $25/32 includes...
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Deck The Halls: Christmas Tipples & Feasts
[inSing] It’s that time of the year again where we erect that pine tree and cover it with twinkling lights and ornaments, and ultimately deck the halls with boughs of holly. While we fa-la-la into Christmas, and prepare to stuff our faces with festive goodies and get lucky under the mistletoe, we’ve put together a comprehensive list of night out revelry that’ll make Santa jealous because he has...
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Review: Has' Senza EP
The man with many hats (sometimes literally) has rekindled his production itch since his debut album Ten Kingdoms manifested from placement in digital shelves to last year’s Juice Award for Best Electronic Dance Music Producer. Senza didn’t lose much of what Has seemingly set out to do with his album -which is to release his own music (his first foray in a decade long career). But...
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Kampai! - 5 best Japanese bars
[inSing] The Japanese invasion in Singapore is happening again, but this time it’s a welcoming endeavour. With both authentic and Nippon-inspired bars and restaurants cropping up all over the island, punters are spoilt for choice. We walked pass the chōchin lanterns and through the Noren curtains to try the ji-biirus, teppanyakis, sakes, sushis, yakitoris and kaiseki ryōri to suss out our...
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Following Your Gut When You Have A Stomach Ache
You know, this is supposed to be a blog and I have not written anything that’s consistently blog-worthy. I know there are some bloggers who talk about their cats, how their TV remote failed many a times, about their face, about their big round face, about good food, bad food, food for thought. You know, real stuff, experiential stuff; though self-indulgent, but still…real stuff....
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10 Must Hear Releases
From Major Lazer’s knife wielding rednecks music video “Original Don” -that sounds like hard-house to Sensation Black dwellers and moombahton to sample sticklers- and The Black Key’s almost zero-budget video for “Lonely Boy”, this week’s 10 Must Hear Releases does nothing but tongue twist your musical palate. There’s everything from Azari & III...
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Dec 12-18)
Parkway Drive *Scape Warehouse l Pre-sale: $35; At-the-door: $45 Dec 14, 7pm
The last time Aussie band Parkway Drive came to Singapore, the gig was a sold-out riot. Many local fans have dubbed that hardcore gig as one of the best since. And come this Wednesday, the five-piece takes to *Scape Warehouse to make sure that their critical-acclaim remains affix in the minds of many. Local bands...
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thecollectivememory @2012
[Juice magazine] For my Talk Shop column in this month’s issue of Juice, I took a quick look at how social media have impacted not only nightlife activities but also society as a whole. Heading into 2012, how have platforms like Facebook and Twitter changed the way we function, and stepping away from the “likes” and “retweets”, what does our culture look like?
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Interview: Paul Khor
[ThinkMaven] The globetrotting fashion boutique owner Paul Khor has been hard at work over the last few years building his little empire. However, there’s no empire without a story, and looking at the three stores that Paul built out of nothing, the story can be found behind the retail doors and between the hangers.
Paul Khor interview on ThinkMaven.
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10 Must Hear Releases
This week’s Kiss My Culture’s 10 Must Hear Releases head towards a more experimental (Shabazz Palaces), unconventional (Lana Del Ray) and just plain weird (Caged Animals) end of the spectrum with music videos that ventures far off the norm. Tweak your expectations, open up your minds and pop open that cherry cola.
Video Playlist From Kiss My Culture’s YouTube Channel
Shabazz...
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Dec 5-11)
THEM JAM 2011 Avalon l RSVP Dec 7, 8.20pm
The full-fledged local showcase will feature art, music, fashion, design and dance all in one spellbinding night. With a fashion presentation by Quincy Teofisto from Blackmarket and art installations by Alvin Tan from :phunkstudio and Jason Tong of Mystic Vintage, the party kicks off with a music and dance collaboration curated by Felix Huang from...
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Review: 50/50
[inSing] The thing with disease themed movies is that one can expect high drama fragmented with tear-jerking moments. Peppered with a sense of hope (or demise) through characters that are as predictable as they are stereotypical, these supposedly inspiring stories can fall flat or come off as horridly cliché. But director Jonathan Levine’s 50/50 come from a sense of reality, a reality that...
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Download: Louis La Roche's "F.U.B.A.R"
The Londoner’s rework on the likes of Michael Jackson, The Basement Jaxx, Duck Sauce and The Chemical Brothers weren’t the only tunes that got him off the ground. The young upstart (21-years-old this year) have had his first EP, The Peach garnering air-time on Annie Mac, Zane Lowe and Kissy Sell Out shows on BBC Radio 1. His latest track, “F.U.B.A.R” -or Fucked Up Beyond...
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ZoukOut 2011 Full Lineup
14-hours of non-stop dance music awaits to line the beach of Siloso on the 11th installment of ZoukOut. Émigrés of ravers around the world will be expected to depart their homes on Dec 10 to congregate on the shandy shores filled with music, lights and magic. Featuring a total of 24 audio and visual acts, this year’s iconic dance music festival promises to evoke a musical experience like...