2024 Sonic Shaman: Prelude feat. Rocking Indonesia Touring Concert

TheCube Project Space sincerely invites you to join an exhilarating and creative performance: 2024 Sonic Shaman: Prelude feat. Rocking Indonesia Touring Concert. The event will take place at Vital Space in Taichung on September 1, 2024. Artists from diverse sonic backgrounds including experimental sound, electronic music, performance art, and Indonesian rock. This performance is also a kickstart of 2024 Sonic Shaman, scheduled for November 2024, intertwining sensory and speculative resonance through auditory, visual, and physical presence.

The first edition of Sonic Shaman: TheCube Forum Music Festival held in 2022 was Taiwan’s pioneering experimental music festival bridging electronic music, experimental sound, performative speeches, and contemporary art. In late November 2024, the second edition, themed ‘Indifference / Difference Inn,’ will set sail once more, combining contemporary art with various sound experiments, and further integrating diverse forms such as performance art, theatrical scheduling, and film screenings, unveiling a new possibility of a music festival. As a prelude to the year-end event, TheCube is collaborating with the Live Forever Foundation to host 2024 Sonic Shaman: Prelude feat. Rocking Indonesia Touring Concert in Taichung on September 1. This event also specially invites participating artist and curator of the exhibition Rocking Indonesia happening at the same time in theCube Taipei’s venue.

2024 Sonic Shaman: Prelude feat. Rocking Indonesia Touring Concert transcends various dimensions. Performers from Indonesia include Rama Saputra (experimental sound) and Muhammad Irfan aka DJ Popish (DJ); from Taiwan, there are PA66 (improvisational sound), Chen Yi Chung (experimental turntable), Tian Group (performance), and Social Dis Dance (cross-disciplinary performance, electronic sound). These bountiful distinctive performers will bring a Sunday afternoon filled with relaxed yet artistically passionate moments for the audience.

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Date: 2024.09.01 (Sun) 2:00pm -7:00pm
Venue: Vital Space (No.789, Sec. 2, Gongyi Rd., Nantun Dist., Taichung City)
Line-up:  Rama Saputra (Indonesia), Muhammad Irfa (Indonesia), PA66 with C , Chen Yi Chung, Tian Group, Social Dis Dance (Taiwan)
Ticket Price: $500 (advance), $600 (door) *all tickets include one free drink
Booking: Accupass

Line-up｜

Rama Saputra (Indonesia)

*Participating artist of Rocking Indonesia

Rama Saputra is a musician, artist, and producer. He integrates sound, music, and ethnography as artistic expression with its interdisciplinary possibilities, to observe the phenomena of power, diasporization, culture, and technology commodification. He actively performed electroacoustic music as Ramaputratanra, initiated Sundialll the music/performance group of Indonesia and Taiwan, GAUNG the band, and Threshold the residency program for incubating music with Goethe-Institut Bandung. After graduating with a degree in product design of acoustic instruments, and studying and exploring music extensively through residency, he presented his works at various influential events and institutions internationally. Current highlights are One Beat Virtual 5 fellow, Found Sound Nation, USA/internet (2024). Intermix residency JAX District, Riyadh KSA (2024). Riyadh Biennial 2024, Riyadh KSA (2024). Taipei Biennial 2023 Music Program: Hostbuster, and Sundialll Hub; Reshaping the Ceremony Behind the Vibration))) TFAM, Taipei TW (2024). Al-Balad residency and exhibition, Hafez Gallery, Jeddah KSA (2022-2023). Pekan Kebudayaan Nasional: Merawat Bumi Merawat Kebudayaan, with Noirlab collective, Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta ID (2023).

PA66 (Taiwan)

From Taichung. Everything you hear is impromptu, characterized by high rigidity and tensile strength. Its attributes become more apparent after absorbing moisture, yet it exhibits a significant shrinkage rate and unstable dimensions. The composition of its constituents remains uncertain.

Chiu Chih-Chun & Chen Chun-Yu

A graphic designer, visual jockey (VJ), visual artist, sam-seng-hiàn-gē member and non-confined space member. Chiu Chih-Chun works creatively full-time in design, animation, new media, and illustration. His creations predominately focus on the relationship between graphic design, three-dimensional structures, three-dimensional spaces, material application, and dynamic images, and incorporate Taiwanese cultural symbols, original illustrations, elements of Glitch, old-time movies, and television culture. CHIU also specializes in graphic design, 3D animation design, and new media programming. In addition to his own creative work, he also works in the fields of film and television, theater, projection mapping, and interdisciplinary audio-visual performance. His work, Shan Hai Jing, was presented in 2019 at Gallery 108 of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and he also contributed to the visual design of the “2021 Taipei Digital Art Festival – Borderless Shelter.”

Chen Chun-Yu, born in 1989 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, currently lives and works in Taichung.
In his work, Chen follows the observation of small, everyday occurrences, corresponding to an exaggerated (impossible) method of realization. The intention behind his creations is not to honestly and practically address problem-solving, but rather to humorously contemplate the moral, ethical, and paralyzed social imaginations that need to be reorganized in the seemingly unrelated connections between different points.
Personal website: www.ohauloveu.com

Chen Yi Chung (Taiwan)

Rex Chen Yi Chung is a turntablist base in Taiwan that uses a strict DJ vantage to explore and create new worlds within the elements of music, noise, and sound. Preferring the analog feel of Vinyl, Cheng Yi Chung has a vast back catalog of vinyl, which he likes to blend with all different genres of music, from Instrumental, Electronic, Minimal, IDM,

Glitch, Noise, Experimental, Improvise, and countless others create something that is quite often rare and unexplored by any other artist or DJ.

Cheng Yi Chung has a deep connection to Japanese Indie culture and has used this interest to explore further new and unheard types of music that he fuses with other genres to create what is always described as a truly unique experience. Now he often improvises with musicians from all over the world. In 2019, he formed a trio “Buddha Tiger Dog” with Jiun-Yang Li and Xiao Liu.

Muhammad Irfan (Indonesia)

*Curator of Rocking Indonesia

DJ Popish: Muhammad Irfan (Irfan Popish) is a music enthusiast, writer, and organizer from Bandung, Indonesia currently based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. His musical explorations cover Indonesian tunes, the 80s to 90s UK sounds, Middle Eastern beats, Inter-Asia Pop, and Jamaican music to Indie Pop.

Tian Group (Taiwan)

Tian Group was established in 2015 by Ke te fong and Kao-Hsiou Hui, both graduates of the art institute. They have participated in installation art, stage design, performance art, and theater since 2004. They dive into the interdisciplinary arts, the unconventional, and the overflow of boundaries. With a visual arts background, they explore the possibilities of art through performance art and performance, blurring established boundaries between seriousness and playfulness across various domains.

Image collaboration: Diag

Social Dis Dance (Taiwan)

Social Dis Dance was established amidst the outbreak of Covid-19. The cleverly coined band name, “Social Dis Dance,” subtly alludes to the pandemic-era terminology, “Social Distance.” The group consists of three cultural professionals over the age of 30: sound artist Betty Apple, multimedia designer Viktor Lin, and interior designer Hoser Huang. They met each other in party settings and united to discuss their shared observations and experiences navigating society. Each member brings their own unique artistic vision and expertise. With music as their medium, they integrate elements from industrial, contemporary electronic, and cyberpunk genres, crafting a distinctive sound that embodies Taiwanese futurism.

Building upon cyberpunk elements, Social Dis Dance’s stimulating creative style boldly challenges tradition, bringing fresh energy to Taiwan’s art scene and delivering performances with a potent impact on the audience. Their music, characterized by piercing noise and powerful rhythms, features impromptu frenzied chants, conjuring a futuristic ambiance. This musical approach not only represents a revolt against conventional tunes but also serves as an intense critique and exploration of contemporary societal issues.

Organizer: TheCube Project Space
Co-organizer: Live Forever Foundation
Sponsor: Act for the Future (National Culture and Arts Foundation), Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government, Dana Indonesiana