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I recently sat down with nightsound+ for a look at this band’s stuff, this is what they had to say:-

TAI: How did you come up with the name of your group Nightsound?
NEIL: Nightsound was just a catch phrase back in school that we used for a school project. Not anything meaningful, but we just needed a name. Stuck with it since?
EUGE: Sorry, no comments. I’m only the cool bass player. *smile*
K: cuz we be nocturnal creatures of the night that function dependently on post-supper coffee.
ALAN: “Daysound” just doesn’t sound right.
XR: I think it was at night.

TAI: Tell us a memory of one of your live performances that you just can’t forget.
NEIL: Performance? Arts House Playden where we were playing with all kinds of musicians like Edmund on sax, Luke on percussions, the Fritz Quartet, and guess what? Taisuke Yamamoto, all the way from the Indian Ocean island of ChaCha who did a rap for us!
EUGE: I would have to agree with Neil on this. The Arts House Playden gig rocked! With all the talented people working on this show? It would have definitely made the republic of the “red dot” proud.
K: err…read the above.
ALAN: Yep it was one hell of a show with all the participating musicians rocking just above a restaurant.
XR: All the happiness, we’ll soon forget… all the promises…that we break…it comes around in time…

TAI: If you had to force Gandhi to fight you, how would you taunt him?
NEIL: Ow… Your last sentence nearly got me lethal…
EUGE: Knuckle his head.
K: use his bald head as a mirror whilst I brush me teeth.
ALAN: Pronounce his name as “Ghand Hai”?
XR: Why would i want Gandhi to fight me??!

Hi Peeps, here we are with Singapore based Swiss DJ & Producer Saint Laurent to check out if he feels the shizz…

George: If you blend a cow with cucumber, times it by 1024062 multiply it by centrifugal gravity what would you get?
SAINT: a record!

George: who are you? what do you do?
SAINT: preacher of the sounds of music

George: Describe your music style?
SAINT: That’s a hard question… I love to play everything that has a nice electro sound and that has something unique like my favorite song of the moment: “So It Goes” from “Bart B More”. I particulary like “Switch” for his style. The music i play can go from electro house to minimal or electornica without forgetting some deep, funky, disco house. I actually hate mixing commercial music but I often have to because of the crowd and the organisators who don’t really give me a choice.

George: Major influences to your music?
SAINT: My entourage; everything i see or hear gives me inspiration for my productions. I have to admit that a lot of my influences come from people i experienced something with; this explains the names of my songs like “Tashou” or “Sophie Mania”. When it comes to mixing my main influences are Brendon P. (DJ of Velvet Underground) who introduced me to mixing, Joachim Garraud who has showed me that being a DJ is also being a musician and the crowd which guide me throughout my mix.

George: what according to you is the state of music in Singapore & its clubbing scene?
SAINT: I have to say the clubbing scene is amazing! Almost every week there’s a world famous DJ in town that pumps up the crowd! The only bad thing about the clubbing scene is the crowd; it’s rare to find clubbers that actually know what they are dancing on. Music in Singapore is not that great but it’s getting better. It’s too much about the money and not the quality when it comes to local performances.

George: What gonna be new with you in terms of future collaborations?
SAINT: Well right now I’m quite busy with school but I’ll probably use my december holidays to produce some new songs for the label I’m currently on: Dustpan Recordings. I also intend to release next year a Progressive House EP under a label which is owned by one of my DJ friend Seng Wei. Next year, during my National Service in Switzerland I’ll try to get a residency in a good club in one of the big cities of the country and keep on producing.

George: What was your Grandma’s favorite song?
SAINT: I wish it could have been one of my songs

George: if you were a homosexual who would be your partner?
SAINT: Bob Sinclar. If he would ditch me for his wife i’ld go for Victor, my frenchie!

George: what would your tombstone read?
SAINT: “dont dig me up, i didnt die rich , you woun’t find any jewelry on me.”

George: your favorite drink?
SAINT: Rivella, a Swiss drink.I love taking it when i come back from a crazy night

George: who is the coolest dude with sunglasses on?
SAINT: Tiga

George: you are most likely to get caught for……
SAINT: flirting with women police officers

George: why should I come to hear you spin, is it worth it?
SAINT: To see someone doing what he loves and to release yourself on good electro sounds. Then it is for you to judge if that’s worth it.

George: where do you wish you were right now?
SAINT: With Tash on the sofa, watching a movie.

George: leather, lace or handcuffs?
SAINT: leather & lace

Peace out peeps, shizzzzzzzzzzzzz.

HUAT Ah!

Times ticking and shit is changing.
Gone are the times when I used to be young. Gone are the times when 2 dollars and 40 cents could buy you a pack of smokes. Gone are the times when bell bottoms were in fashion, the bigger the bell the better.

With the passing of time many things have either changed or have disappeared completely. I have a problem with regards to this.
A problem which bothers me deeply.
What ever happened to the Ah Bengs?

Where did they go? Because there used to be one squatting at every sidewalk, long sideburns swaying gently in the midday breeze. But it seems they have moved somewhere else. Somewhere I don’t know about. I search my urban jungle of steel and concrete but to no avail.

I love the Ah Bengs. There will never be another culture more iconic of Singapore compared to them. I had a pair of orange converse slippers myself. The slipper was made with material similar to that of a car mat. Shit used to get stuck inside. But care less! Those were some awesome slippers. Ah Bengs like orange. Orange and white.

I don’t believe they died. They couldn’t have all died. Maybe a few got into gang fights and died.
But not all. Where are the Ah Bengs?

I pondered this for days. I studied their trends and movement. I related my research to social structures. I propose a theory.

They did not die. The ah bengs have in fact become the act-japs. If you stare at an act-jap hairstyle for long enough you will see similarities to long bleached sideburns, swaying gently in the midday breeze.

“Why?” You may ask.

Blame it on the changing of ideals in Singapore.
In the past people just beat everyone else up. I guess there was nothing much to be said. People smashed each other with things like poles and chains and shit. Basically anything they could get their hands on. Maybe even dirty orange slippers.

Today there is a lot to be said. People don’t beat each other up anymore, they just stand around and talk. This makes me want to move my fists. If people don’t win the talk, they go back to the office, earn some money and hire a lawyer. Those bastards are the real gangsters man. If Ah Bengs had weapons, lawyers would be the machine gun.

HUAT AH!

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‘A is for Andy’ - 20 years after Warhol: An Andy Warhol Exhibition

This year marks the 20 th anniversary of the death of Andy Warhol and in commemoration, an exhibition featuring 119 pieces of the artist’s most unique and iconic works. The entire collection of ‘A is for Andy’ - 20 years after Warhol: An Andy Warhol Exhibition is estimated to be valued in excess of USD 10 million and is the first-ever exhibition of such an impressive magnitude in Singapore. It will include some of Warhol’s most popular screen-prints like Marilyn Monroe, Superman, Mickey Mouse, Campbell Soup and Mao. ‘A is for Andy’ will be held at 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road (TheatreWorks) from 13 to 18 November 2007, and will be opened to the public on Saturday and Sunday, 17 and 18 November 2007.

Radical and most definitely progressive, Andy Warhol was a central figure in the pop art movement which began in the late 1950s and drew inspiration from the products of popular culture, such as advertising, packaging, comic books, the cinema and television.. Having demonstrated sheer talent in drawing and painting at a young age, Andy Warhol first worked as an illustrator for various high-fashion magazines, including Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. He proceeded to hold his premiere solo gallery exhibition at the mere age of 24, exhibiting Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote.

In less than a decade, Andy Warhol’s status as a media icon had dramatically intensified with his show-stopping style mirroring the euphoric 60s - a world which saw the rise in a mass consumerism culture as consumer goods became more affordable. Warhol captured the universal craving for glamour and glitz in his art and became known internationally as a painter, an avant-garde filmmaker, a record producer, an author and even a public figure. The artist and his art was celebrated for his presence in diverse social circles: from that of bohemian street people to distinguished intellectuals; from Hollywood celebrities to wealthy aristocrats.

Highlights of the exhibition include the eight complete portfolios, such as the $ sign, Mao, Beethoven, Grapes, Camouflage, Shadows 1, Shadows 2, Electric Chairs and the unique set of commissioned works created for the promotional campaigns of the Perrier water and of the Muratti Cigarettes by Philip Morris. This set of commissioned promotional campaigns is near-inimitable as it is representative of Andy Warhol’s desire in producing works that were aesthetically and conceptually complex.

The impact of Andy Warhol is all around us today and his influence is immeasurable. He revolutionised the concept of art by taking it off its pedestal and made it more accessible to people. An opinion leader, a trend-setter and an artist manager who turned art into a mass phenomenon, Warhol believed that art should be made more easily accessible to the person on the street and ‘A is for Andy’ hopes to make his vision a reality.

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