If you’re a huge R&B fan in the local scene, Emir Hermono should already be a familiar name. Doesn’t matter if you were exposed to him through alextbh or just happened to be well-versed about the Indonesian R&B scene, Emir Hermono has been the purveyor of emotional electro-soul since 2016, crossing the straits and collaborating with Malaysian and Indonesian artists. In honor of his upcoming performance at Good Vibes Festival again this year (21 – 22 July), we got to talk to Emir about his love for Matchbox Twenty, his time as a university lecturer or how the Papua scene has made him who he is today.

This up-and-coming rapper has been at the top of his game for the past 3 years now, but this year – with his future performance at Good Vibes Festival 2017 and the release of his first EP, Bagel under This Way Up Records (which we recently reviewed and gave it a double thumbs up), things are gonna heat up even more. Not forgetting to mention, his  Asia Tour (which is wrapping up today) with Alextbh & Zamaera. We had a chat with this 19-year-old rapper/producer prodigy over some cup of coffee, and talked about bagels, Malay families and more!

Young heartbreak & heartthrob groove-maker, Alextbh, will be performing at Good Vibes Festival 2017 on 12 August at The Ranch, Gohtong Jaya, Genting Highlands alongside major local and international acts. He’s come a long way since his Soundcloud days and the release of his Alive EP. He’s collaborating with artistes from  other countries such as Emir Hermono from Indonesia to Sam Rui from Singapore and currently raking in  millions of plays on Spotify (Stoop So Low now has 2,009,448 plays). Recently, he released his latest single, Like That, which adds more variety to his discography as it sounds much brighter and more vibrant than his initial works.  He’s also [...]

IN a globalized environment where McDonald’s is the star child, the music festival is the more attractive sibling. In fact, it’s the one which boasts a mind-numbing amount of friends, each one locked onto the latest trends with laser precision. Today, a large variety of music festivals continue to take place around the world, increasingly targeted towards the youth market.