WAING music & sound in myanmar research group

03/12/2024

"Producer-emcee Kan Kyi draws on his roots to unite a diverse crew of emcees to say in Chiang Mai what often can’t be said in Myanmar."

Producer-emcee Kan Kyi draws on his roots to unite a diverse crew of emcees to say in Chiang Mai what often can’t be said in Myanmar.

11/08/2024

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံက မတူညီတဲ့ မြန်မာဂီတ၊ ချင်းတိုင်းရင်းသားဂီတ၊ ကရင်ရိုးရာဂီတနဲ့ Jazz ဂီတပညာရှင်တွေနဲ့ ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံမြောက်ပိုင်းက လန်နာ ဂီတပညာရှင်တွေ (Lanna Musicians) ပူးပေါင်းပြီး ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံမှာ ပူးပေါင်းဖျော်ဖြေခဲ့ပါတယ်။

အိမ်နီးချင်းနှစ်နိုင်ငံက မတူညီတဲ့ဂီတတွေ ပေါင်းစပ်ထားပြီး ချင်းမိုင်မြို့က Bamboo Family Market မှာ သြဂုတ်လ ၁၀ ရက် ဖျော်....

07/12/2023

Hello! Noisian & Experimental people!!!!
DARK PHYSIC
experimental noise gig in town at Spaces-31 on 14th Dec 2023.

Come & experience new sound for your sound journey.

Location: ဆရာစံလမ်း ၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုလမ်းသွယ် (၁)၊ ဗဟန်းမြို့နယ်။
Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/5jCL86f25qmzrBLf8

23/09/2023

SAVE THE DATE!
"By Musical Means: Cultural Techniques of Disentangling in Littoral Myanmar" by Friedlind Riedel (Bauhaus-University Weimar).

Tuesday, September 26 at 7:30 pm Newfoundland time (22:00 UTC), MMaP Gallery, 2nd floor, John C. Perlin Arts and Culture Centre
Livestream: https://youtu.be/sfJT0al6Ra8

This talk navigates the conceptual waters between two texts: the commentarial works on the Theravāda Abhidhamma by fifth-century philosopher Buddhaghosa, and the musical drama U Shin Gyi, Lord of Brackish Waters by librettist Ko Maung Gyi, which was published in 1905 and is staged to this day by theatrical companies or lay performers on makeshift stages along Myanmar’s littoral coast.

https://gazette.mun.ca/events/music-and-culture-lecture-series-friedlind-riedel/

On September 26, join MMaP for a free public lecture by Friedlind Riedel (Bauhaus-University Weimar) entiteld “By Musical Means: Cultural Techniques of Disentangling in Littoral Myanmar.”

07/08/2023

"...KOSO decided he wanted to contribute to the movement. Inspired by the underground techno scene of London where he studied and picked up his moniker, the young man repurposed the third floor of the bar-restaurant owned by his family, turning it into a venue for underground music. Thus Red Room was born."

In response to an economic recession and a political crisis, Yangon’s underground scene provides a space for escapism for the city’s youth.

14/06/2023

https://www.goethe.de/prj/nus/en/mag/24806212.html?fbclid=IwAR0Gx8NXqETleUAhBA0cv_dUaNrtbaHrRb0TnXV_gE3t_TXnVtMHCjsmXJ4

Before I dive into an account of Myamnar’s traditional court music, called Mahar Gita, I would like to point to Nusasonic’s Common Tonalities project, led by Khyam Allami in 2022. This project assembled 20 artists to explore Southeast A...

29/03/2022

Musica Htet and Noise in Yangon invites you to join their revolutionary journey in this new radio episode.

Recorded amidst the ongoing military junta in Myanmar, sound textures spill out as anger, turning into frequencies that express the artists’ emotions with sound art. This production was made with the spirit of collective support, despite all challenges.

Featuring contributions from Zwe Mann Zaw Win, Slyne Nom, Ito (Win Htut Thawdar), Moe Myat May Zarchi, Tser Htoo, Pinky Htut Aung, Ko Jue Ko, Ivory Sammy, Wint Thinzar Satin, Aung Pyae Sone, and Kem Seng Aung.

Curated by Musica Htet. Produced and edited by Noise In Yangon production team. This radio episode is commissioned by Nusasonic.

Musica Htet and Noise in Yangon invites you to join their revolutionary journey in this new radio episode. Recorded amidst the ongoing military junta in Myanmar, sound textures spill out as anger, turning into frequencies that express the artists’ emotions with sound art. This production was made ...

09/01/2022

“Bella Ciao is Italian and can be translated as 'Goodbye, beautiful'. It was a resistance song for anti-fascists during World War II and is still used internationally in many languages ​​for revolutionary dictatorships. The Burmese version of this song was written by Comrade Zin Lin."

Punk rock band The Rebel Riot has had quite the year (the band released their fu***ng AMAZING debut album ‘One Day’) and are ending it with a brand new song and music video to help continue to support the ongoing protest movement in Myanmar. Solidarity with freedom fighters all over the world! H...

11/12/2021

"In the ten months since the junta’s coup, Myanmar’s musicians have produced over a dozen anti-regime revolutionary songs to strengthen anti-coup spirit and maintain the momentum of the resistance to military rule."

The newly-released hit song by Lynn Lynn and R Zar Ni is to help strengthen the spirit of resistance to military rule.

26/11/2021

"Myanmar hip hop collective Rap Against Junta just dropped DICKCOUNCIL, a compilation album featuring various artists 'protesting and actively speaking out against the military’s action.'"
https://hiphopdx.com/en_asia/news/id.65336/title.rap-against-junta-drops-dickcouncil-myanmar-hip-hop-will-never-be-silenced #

“We come together, not because we are the same but because we are united as one.”

27/10/2021

20 November 2021: a full panel by Gitameit at The Asia-Pacific Society for Ethnomusicology online conference - save the date!

https://www.facebook.com/apse2021/