Interview with C-Drik Fermont, curator and producer of the Syrphe African & Asian Database. The aim of the database, run by the label called Syrphe, is to let people know that alternative electronic, experimental and noise music also exist in underrated continents.
By Julian Bonequi, published @ norient.com
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Link to the interview: http://norient.com/blog/syrphe/
From: Syrphe.com
http://www.syrphe.com/african&asian_database.htm
Hong Kong
Audio artists
- A Roller Control MySpace Youtube [electro-pop, Hong Kong/Germany]
- ade (Alok, Sin:Ned, e:ch, oetzi) Facebook [experimental, Hong Kong/Macau]
- Alok (Alok Leung) MySpace Bandcamp Discogs [ambient, experimental, see Lona Records]
- Anytone/KWC MySpace [experimental]
- Ahshun (Bjornho) MySpace Blogspot Youtube Xanga [experimental, ambient, see Bjornho]
- Bjornho (Bjorn Ho, Björn Ho, Ahshun) MySpace Blogspot Youtube Xanga [experimental, ambient, see Ahshun]
- Choi Sai-Ho (蔡世豪) Site Youtube Facebook MySpace [experimental, electronica, techno, audio-visual, see S.T.]
- Dee, Dickson (Dick Dee, D.L.) Site MySpace [noise, experimental, electro-acoustic, improv, see PNF, DJ Dee]
- DJ Dee Site [noise, experimental, electro-acoustic, see Dickson Dee]
- Error: Wrong (Eric Wong) Bancamp Vimeo Facebook Twitter [improv, experimental, electronica]
- Everdark Soundcloud Facebook [post rock, ambient]
- Gravity Alterstra Soundcloud Facebook [electronica] (new – January 2014)
- Hatred In Eyes Site Mypace Discogs [power electronics, see H.I.E. Production][2006]
- Ho, Sherman MySpace [experimental, drone]
- Heivard Soundcloud Bandcamp [electronica]
- I.666 (Illuminated 6.6.6.) Discogs [experimental]
- iii MySpace [experimental, electronic]
- Jung Jun Yung Facebook[electronic, experimental, lives in the USA]
- KWC (Chau Kin-Wai) [experimental, see No One Pulse]
- Lee, Fiona Site Vimeo Tumblr Jux [experimental, audiovisual]
- Li Chin-Sung (æŽå‹æ¾) Site Discogs [noise, experimental, electro-acoustic, see Dickson Dee]
- Li Chin-Sung & Khoomii Sound Machine Site MySpace [experimental, futur folk] (new – January 2014)
- L W T V (LWTV) Myspace Discogs
- Mars News Ensemble Site [China, Hong Kong, Japan, Tuva, Sweden]
- Morbid Orgasm TV (Morbid Behavior + Orgasm Denial + LWTV) [noise]
- Morbid Behavior Discogs Facebook Youtube [death industrial, power electronics]
- Mr. Crow Discogs [see HatredIn Eyes]
- Nerve Site MySpace Facebook Youtube Discogs [electro-acoustic, classical]
- No One Pulse Site MySpace Facebook [experimental]
- Orgasm Denial Blogspot Soundcloud Vimeo MySpace Tumblr Discogs [noise]
- PAL PAL Discogs [ambient, experimental]
- PNF Discogs [experimental, see Dickson Dee]
- Sainkho + Dickson (Sainkho Namtchylak, Dickson Dee) Youtube [post-folk, experimental Hong Kong/China/Russia (Tuva)]
- Sainkho + Dickson + Wuwei – Asian Trio (Sainkho Namtchylak, Dickson Dee, Sheng Wu Wei) [post-folk, experimental, Hong Kong/China/Russia (Tuva)]
- Sherman Site MySpace [experimental, ambient]
- Sin:Ned (Wong Chung-fa, Dennis Wong) Site (archives until 2006) MySpace Blogspot [experimental, noise]
- Sin:ned + Naturalismo + å¤§å° Youtube [noise, Hong Kong/Italy/China][2012]
- Slow Tech Riddim (Alok Leung) Discogs [breakbeat, drum n bass]
- Snoblind Site MySpace [electronica, trip hop][2002]
- S.T. (Choi Sai-Ho) Site Youtube Facebook MySpace [experimental, electronica, techno, audio-visual, see S.T.]
- System.xsm Reverbnation [noise, experimental]
- Torturing Nurse + Hatred in Eyes + Orgasm Denial Tudou [noise, China/Hong Kong]
- Tsang, Wilson Site MySpace [minimal, experimental, post rock]
- Vrank Reverbnation Douban (豆瓣) Reverbnation MySpace China MySpace Sina (新浪) Youku (优酷) Facebook Weibo Twitter [gothic industrial]
- VSOP MySpace Discogs [experimental, electronica, classical]
- WAI Discogs [experimental]
- Wong Chung-fai Site MySpace Blogspot [experimental, noise, see Sin:Ned]
- Wong, Eric Bancamp Vimeo Facebook Twitter [improv, experimental, electronica]
- Yellow Crystal Soundcloud Facebook [experimental,improv]
Labels
- Dicksonia Music [experimental, See D. Dee]
- H.I.E. Production Discogs [noise, power electronics, death industrial]
- Lona Records Site MySpace Discogs
- Monitor Records (Monitor Bi-Weekly) Site Discogs [industrial, gothic, electronic, experimental, etc. also distributor][1989]
- Noise Asia Site [electronic, noise, experimental, electro-acoustic, See D. Dee]
- Noisoke Records Blogspot Facebook [noise, experimental, improv and more][2011]
- People Mountain People Sea Site Discogs Wikipedia [electronic, sound tracks, folk, pop, etc.][1999]
- Poo Records Discogs [electronica, experimental]
- Re-Records Site MySpace Facebook [experimental, electro-acoustic, see No One Pulse][2009]
- Sound Factory Discogs [industrial, noise, see Noise Asia]
- Ultra-Mail Prod. Discogs [experimental, noise, industrial, ambient, etc.][2002]
- White Noise Records Site MySpace
Parties / Events / Venues / Booking / Festivals/ Schools / Centres
- Av Riot [audio-visual performance series, see Re-Records]
- Dorkbot-HK (Dorkbot Hong Kong) Site [audio-visual art, experimental]
- CIA (Culture Industries Association) Site Facebook [experimental, free jazz, improv, noise, etc.]
- Electro-Acoustic Music Centre (Hong Kong Babtist University) Site [electro-acoustic music]
- Hidden Agenda Site Wikipedia Douban (豆瓣) Facebook Weibo [noise, experimental, electronic, punk, metal, hip hop, etc.]
- Sound pocket Site Facebook [sound art, multimedia art, dance, etc.]
- Strategic Sounds (ç–略和è²) Facebook [experimental music, active until 2012]