Experimental music scene in Singapore and beyond

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"....aspidistrafly are deeply inspired by the ambient-stoking of David Sylvian and yet have their roots in the early 1990s Shoegazing bands like My Bloody Valentine. Ricks, the ‘boy’ in the duo is responsible for some of the well-sculpted sound poems this side of Labradford. Using a suitcase filled with effect pedals and other gadgetry to transmogrify the sounds he plays, many have likened the experience of their live sets to be ethereal and dreamy. The ‘girl’ in the duo, April provides the vocals as well as visuals projected onto a screen or a whitewashed wall surface, to accompany their lush sonic-verse. Together they blend the sensibility of post rock with the forgotten ethos of Isolationist music....."

-- Joseph Tham (Flux Us)

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