Ujikaji

Ujikaji is an independent record label and event organiser in Singapore.

Ujikaji
Founded2010 (2010)
StatusActive
Genre
Country of originSingapore
Official websiteujikaji.bandcamp.com

Background

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

Discography
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
  • List of record labels

References
  1. "Dr Timothy O'Dwyer". LASALLE College of the Arts. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. Gwee, Karen. "Ujikaji Records and The Observatory collaborate on new performance series BlackKaji". Bandwagon. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. "Sound Sensations: Singapore's Music Scene Uncovered". First Stop Singapore. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. CLOT Magazine. "Insight: Evening Chants record label, building on beautifully strange music". CLOT. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. NME. "George Chua releases hyper-stylised music video for 'Neo-Punggol'". NME. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. NME. "The Observatory and Keiji Haino release collaborative live album, 'Authority Is Alive'". NME. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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