Ujikaji
| Ujikaji | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Official website | ujikaji |
Ujikaji is an independent record label and event organiser in Singapore.
Background
[edit]Ujikaji means "experiment" in Malay, and the label's interests lie in the curation of experimental music, with a special focus on Southeast Asian artists and sounds. The label supports independent artists with platforms to perform their music, as well as in producing and releasing their music, and establishing a complementary partnership that allows them to focus on the creative aspects of music-making. Ujikaji has released works by Magus (Leslie Low and Mark Dolmont), Dream State Vision (Shaun Sankaran), Awk Wah (Shark Fung), The Observatory, Pan Gu (Leslie Low and Lasse Marhaug), Tim O'Dwyer,[1] PUPA, Yuen Chee Wai, Yan Jun and FEN.
Having established a semi-regular night of experimental and improvised music at now-defunct cafe and bar, Artistry, Ujikaji currently co-presents, with The Observatory, the BlackKaji series of performances at Black Axis.[2] According to musicians NADA: "What Ujikaji does is Singapore’s answer to the spirit and curation found in places like John Zorn’s The Stone on the Lower East Side in New York City or Café OTO in east London."[3] Along with fellow veteran independent Singapore label KITCHEN. LABEL, Ujikaji was cited as having "done a lot for the experimental scene in Singapore" and paving the way for newer experimental labels like Evening Chants to emerge.[4]
Artists
[edit]- Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
- Awk Wah
- Dream State Vision
- FEN
- George Chua
- Haino Keiji
- Lasse Marhaug
- Magus
- Marco Fusinato
- The Observatory
- Pan Gu
- PUPA
- Tim O'Dwyer
- Yan Jun
- Yuen Chee Wai
Discography
[edit]| Catalogue No. | Artist | Album | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UJI-001 | Magus | Sun Worshipper | 2011 |
| UJI-002 | Dream State Vision | Dream State Vision | 2011 |
| UJI-003LP | Awk Wah | Ava | 2013 |
| UJI-004LP | Marco Fusinato | Spectral Arrows: Singapore | 2017 |
| UJI-005LP | The Observatory | Behind These Eyes: The Catacombs Remixes | 2014 |
| UJI-006CS | Pan Gu | The People are Panthers | 2015 |
| UJI-007CD | Tim O'Dwyer | Hysteresis | 2015 |
| UJI-010LP | Yuen Chee Wai & Lasse Marhaug | In Praise of Shadows | 2018 |
| UJI-011CD | Yan Jun & Yuen Chee Wai | Crows that have no eyes | 2017 |
| UJI-012CS | PUPA | Lies | 2018 |
| UJI-013LP | George Chua | Smokescreen | 2020[5] |
| UJI-014LP | Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. / The Observatory | Trails To The Cosmic Vibrations | 2018 |
| UJI-015CD | Stevphen Shukaitis, Penny Rimbaud, Dharma and Awk Wah | Entry Points. Resonating Punk, Performance, and Art | 2019 |
| UJI-016LP | FEN | Imagined Commonities: Live At La Cave 12, Genève | 2019 |
| UJI-017LP | Haino Keiji & The Observatory | Authority is Alive | 2020[6] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dr Timothy O'Dwyer". LASALLE College of the Arts. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ Gwee, Karen. "Ujikaji Records and The Observatory collaborate on new performance series BlackKaji". Bandwagon. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Sound Sensations: Singapore's Music Scene Uncovered". First Stop Singapore. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ CLOT Magazine. "Insight: Evening Chants record label, building on beautifully strange music". CLOT. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ NME. "George Chua releases hyper-stylised music video for 'Neo-Punggol'". NME. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ NME. "The Observatory and Keiji Haino release collaborative live album, 'Authority Is Alive'". NME. Retrieved 5 October 2020.