Synopsis:

BlackKaji mutates into its most provocative bumper edition to date with BlackKajiXtra–Nusasonic. Featuring two packed nights of music and discourse, this edition is presented in collaboration with Nusasonic, following its successful debut in Yogyakarta (October 2018) and a feature in CTM Festival (Berlin 2019).

Nusasonic is a collaboration between CTM Festival (Berlin), Yes No Klub (Yogyakarta), WSK Festival for the Recently Possible (Manila), and Playfreely/BlackKaji (Singapore) that adopts a multi-perspective approach, exploring how contemporary sound practices enable connections and dialogues within the Southeast Asian region, and with Europe. An initiative of Goethe-Institut Southeast Asia, the project kicked-off with a two week long Artistic Lab and Festival in Yogyakarta in October 2018. More information on Nusasonic: https://www.goethe.de/prj/nus/en/index.html

BlackKaji is a series conceived by The Observatory and Ujikaji. A study of the unseen, unsound, unsuspecting, unsustainable, unstable.

PROGRAMME

BlackKajiXtra-Nusasonic will consist of a 2 day programme. Each day will feature a set by each musician/group.There will be a discourse programme on Day 2 as well as a vocal workshop on 19th of July that will cumulate into a performance (Cari Padu) on the 21st of July.

DAY 1 (20 July 2019)
(Doors Open 19:00, Show starts 19:30)

The Observatory, Setabuhan, Gabber Modus Operandi with Amazon Sun

Horizon99 : A;D, Kasimyn, Nuh Peace, ROT FRONT

DAY 2 (21 July 2019)
15:00 : Discourse 1- Music through historicism and cultural referencing

16:30 : Discourse 2- Resistance through music: Secular territories of the underground

(Doors Open 19:00, Show starts 19:30)

Pupa, Jessica Ekomane, Cari Padu, Nadah El Shazly, Fauxe

VOCAL WORKSHOP FOR CARI PADU–18 July 2019
Conducted by Rully Shabara. Calling interested parties to apply at info@theobservatory.com.sg

EVENT PARTNERS: Goethe Institut, CTM Festival for Adventurous Music & Art (Berlin), WSK Festival of the Recently Possible (Manila),Yes No Klub (Yogyakarta)

SUPPORTED BY: The Substation, B-Cube, Mackie, National Arts Council Singapore, Peatix