Fanny Soegi To Feel Koplo Share Stages With Southeast Asian Musicians At The 2025 AXEAN Festival

JAKARTA - The AXEAN Festival, a Southeast Asian music event that is back in Bali, has announced a second wave of lineup, which is of course dominated by musicians and groups from countries in the Southeast Asia region.

Joining the line-up that was previously announced, several musicians who are members of the second wave are the most anticipated performances from Indonesia, including Fanny Soegi, Feel Koplo, and Toxic Dev!.

Other lineups that deserve to be headlined from Southeast Asia include Thai-Italy singer Valentina Ploy, Filipino electronics producer Lustbass, newcomer from Singapore ALICIA DC, indie Malaysian pop/rock musician Terreer, Cambodian collective La Cima Cartel, and rock band Capt'n Trips and the Kid from Malaysia.

The AXEAN Festival 2025 also maintains international line-up from outside Southeast Asia, namely experimentalist art-rock from Mongolia Blindfold, indie quartet from South Korea Confined White, Chinese math-rock band Shanghai Quitian, a performance of five SIMILE LAND members from South Korea, French rock noise musician Johnny Mafia, and Japanese soul-funk adventurer Billyrrom.

According to the co-founder of AXEAN Festival, Piyapong Muenprasertdee, one of the things that the most anticipated shift in this event is especially among young viewers is the collapse of traditional genre boundaries and language cross-sections.

"Music today is more fluid and infinite than ever, and this has helped create extraordinary opportunities for musicians from all over the world to connect with new listeners," said Muenprasertdee in his statement, Friday, August 1.

At the AXEAN Festival, said Muenprasertdee, his party intends to become a platform that prioritizes the spirit of exploration of sonic and intercultural understanding.

"We are looking forward to the debut of a new segment focused on electronic musicians who combine the local influence of their culture to create recalcitrant genres, music that is relevant globally but also deep in local culture," he said.

More than just a music event, the 2025 AXEAN Festival also participated in celebrating the rich Balinese cultural identity with the experience of being drained through a marketplace that is increasingly full of Balinese products, works and food.

These elements allow visitors to be able to connect more deeply with the creative community of the Island of the Gods, making this festival a multi-matrix cultural meeting.