The Venopian Solitude is a band from Selangor, Malaysia. Formed in middle 2009 by the founder Suiko Takahara (pseudonym), she has been producing and uploading over 150 songs on now-defunct thesixtyone page, followed by Bandcamp and Youtube. After signing to Kasi Gegar Entertainment(KGE) between 2013-2016, the one-woman line up expanded into a full-fledged band.
During their time with KGE, The Venopian Solitude released an 8-songed album, titled ‘Hikayat Perawan Majnun’(Tales of a Lunatic Damsel), in March 2014, which was nominated for three categories in the prestigious music awards in Malaysia, Anugerah Industri Muzik 2014(Best Engineered Album, Best Arrangement in Song, Best Music Video), and two of its members won Best Hip-Hop Song for the song 'Janji' with Altimet for AIM 2016(Kemat as the composer, Suiko as the singer and co-lyricist).
The Venopian Solitude has performed in various places domestically and internationally, having toured Malaysia and performed in Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, the Netherlands and Canada. They had a European Tour in 2018, named #TVStoEURO, where they toured 6 countries and performed 7 shows, and played festivals such as Sónar Barcelona as well as Fusion Festival in Germany. In 2018, three of their songs were featured in the Netflix documentary Shirkers, which garnered rave reviews from international press as well as was shortlisted for the 91st Oscars Documentary Feature category.
The band came in first place in the 2015 Spring Wave Competition, and was also nominated for Best Musical Group at the 29th Golden Melody Award! The band consists of five members: vocal – Benji Cheng, guitar – A-Ray Chen, guitar – Alan Huang, bass – Joe Lo, and drums – Roy Lin. Their songs are made for road trips; holding our heads up high, with the wind at our back, and the road stretches as far as the eye can see.
As one of the few bands playing in the original American rock style; their music exudes a sense of wild masculinity, while their fans are mesmerized by their radiating stage presence. The band got together in their student years, with Benji handling the vocal, A-Ray and Alan guitars, Joe at bass, and Roy at drums. Growing up together, the boys always had unexpected last-minute funny pranks on the stage. But the humor only adds to their charm. Bringing the true rebel spirit of Rock music to the stage, the band is a much anticipated rising star in Taiwan’s music scene.
Sang Mei-Chuan is of Paiwan origin, from Cavak tribe in Sandimen Townshio of Pingtung Country, Taiwan. Her tribal name, Seredew, was given to her by her mother, which means 'infection'.
This is the unique culture in Paiwan traditional songs and poetry.
As Mei-Chuan states: ‘Music is of great importance to the Taiwan Indigenous Peoples, especially to the Paiwan tribe, who love to sing. Music and songs not only record our daily lifestyles and express emotions, but also record our histories, beliefs and cultural identity. Tribal Music/ Songs are like “Roots” that absorb the nutrients from the Land in Taiwan, for those indigenous groups that do not have writing systems, music and songs are one of the most important mediums in passing down their cultural identity.”
She released a studio album in an effort to preserve ancient Paiwan tunes, album Infection, in 2018, winning the 29th Golden Melody award for Best Aboriginal Singer.
Getsunova the hottest and unique band from Thailand. Their first single “How far is near” won over one hundred million views on Youtube which was the first music video that reached over two hundred million views in Thailand and now their whole songs gained over thousand million views on Youtube.
Getsunova always nominates the most popular song award and the most popular band award from almost every music awards in Thailand and also among Asia, including 2016 Best Asian Artist award from Mnet Asian Music Award.
With the uniqueness character in lyric and confliction in song names keep their fan look forward for their new song and their next move.
Always places homeland over romance, and music over sustenance.
[The band] loves to sarcastically explore the freedom afford them by words and muse about things that seem to be yet not really there.
There’s really nothing that bad about life.
At least we’re still alive, and we still have music.
Established on 2012 in Taipei, the band released their first album “Cartoon Character” in July 2017, and won Best Album in Taiwanese and Best New Artist categories at the 29th Golden Melody Awards in 2018, while also nominated for Best Musical Group and Album of the Year categories.
EggPlantEgg was disbanded but relaunched in 2014 after some major changes. The band now consists of a three-member crew; Ng KiPan serve as vocal and keyboard player, Tsai Kai-jen and Ader Hsieh serving as backing vocals and guitarists. The band was never able agree on what styles they conform to. From Classic Rock, Blues, Fusion interlaced with street karaoke and popular classics, the band’s intention to create their own popular classic is quite clear. Conquering the audience with their work, the band vowed not to stop until the power and joy of their music flows through the veins of their audiences.
Since releasing the Music Video of ‘Back Here Again’ from their first 2017 album Cartoon Characters on YouTube, the video has received more than 60 million clicks.
The band released a new single ‘Waves Wandering’ in 2018, and its music video on YouTube received more than 30 million clicks in less than 6 months; the concurrent concert tour “Thinking of You on that Night” to be held in northern, middle, southern Taiwan and 9 other Chinese cities, as well as Southeast Asia have all sold out.
