by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 31, 2020 | News
The kids of Fish Island Community Arts Centre sing Iggy Pop’s <MONSTER MEN> !!!! a special music video produced by Julien Poulson (The Cambodian Space Project) and the team at FICAC. It was a scorching 38 degree day when got down to shooting this clip....
by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 15, 2020 | COVID-19, CULTURE&ART, Highlight Content, News
In early January 2020, the new coronavirus Covid-19 broke out in Wuhan and swept through cities across China. With the severity of the epidemic escalating, on January 23rd, the Wuhan government decided to put the city in lock down. And due to this, the artist Ke Ming...
by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 13, 2020 | COVID-19, CULTURE&ART, News
This week, Chinese magazine <People> published an interview with Ai Fen, a Wuhan doctor who was censored and disciplined by hospital authorities for sharing a diagnostic report on WeChat showing a patient with SARS-like pneumonia in late December. The alarm that...
by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 4, 2020 | News, Videos
VARTEY GANIVA, our good friend from Cambodia just released her catchy new single “Chob Chur” (Stop Hurt), along with a fascinating music video. Chob Chur is translated in a metaphorical sense “stop being a drama queen and move on!” The song talks about the...
by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 18, 2020 | CULTURE&ART, News
Myanmar’s 1970s was a period of dictatorial power, inflation, food shortages, and government corruption. It was absolutely a difficult time for youth to be themselves. Then the photo studio became an oasis. Girls and boys would come into the studio and take pictures...
by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 16, 2020 | COVID-19, News
Due to the coronavirus, China’s music industry has also been hit hard. All the live-venues were shut down, performances were cancelled or postponed, band members can’t gather for rehearsal. Meanwhile, music live-streaming is suddenly booming. We...