Expect Stylish Nonsense, high heeled antics and music surfing the genres from psychedelic pop through to trumpet-punk-electronica.
CAMA’s Eliza Lomas is on a mission to find a huge array of great Asian music, digging through different times, countries and genres, with a regular monthly selection. This time she gives a taste of what to expect at this year’s ASEAN Pride Festival.
Artist: Stylish Nonsense
Place: Thailand
This much-loved Thai pair project a wall of awesome improvised sound that is as much danceable as it is incredibly musically proficient. This track blurs the line of synthy-electronica and raw guitar attitude. Even with just two members, expect a storm created from their set at ASEAN Pride.
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Artist: Tô Lâm & The MIX
Place: Vietnam
No festival is complete without a slick high-heeled dance troupe right!? These guys are unbelievable… as the rest of us struggle to walk properly in high heels, To Lam and his troupe are making shapes in surreal fashion and will be a total highlight of the festival!
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Artist: Protocol Afro
Place: Indonesia
This vibrant six-piece are super-festival-headliner material: catchy tracks, big groovy beats, euphoria-emitting-sound. Don’t miss them when the sun goes down.
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Artist: The Pinholes
Place: Singapore
Yay, The Pinholes are back in Hanoi! Psychedelic 60s pop coming from a Singaporean four-piece: this is not something you get to hear every day, and these guys are sure to put on an unforgettable performance.
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Artist: XAI
Place: Vietnam
There aren’t any tracks available online yet, they’re a brand new Hanoi band who just made their debut show at Quest Festival. I’m really excited about seeing XAI’s next live performance at ASEAN Pride. Combining members from DomDom music collective and one of Vietnam’s best indie-fem-punk bands GỗLim, plus Lizo ‘playing’ the mic, don’t miss this trumpet-punk-electronica outfit in the afternoon!
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ASEAN PRIDE will run from 1pm until midnight on Saturday 24th May, and entrance is free for ASEAN nationals (passport or ID may be required). For everyone else, a limited number of advance tickets priced 320,000VND are available from the start of May at CAMA ATK and The American Club or via ticketbox.vn. Tickets on the gate will be 400,000VND.
