Asian Sound Syndicate Vol.2 Will Present Many Collaborations

Press conference of the Asian Sound Syndicate (ASS) Vol.2 music festival (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Asian Sound Syndicate (ASS) Vol.2 music festival which will take place 26 - 27 August 2023 at West Parking JIEXPO Kemayoran will present many collaborations of participating artists, one of which is the Japanese vocal and dance group PSYCHIC FEVER from EXILE TRIBE.

"This year there will be many collaborations, PSYCHIC FEVER will also collaborate," said CMO Stellar Events and Founder of ASS Citra, quoted by Antara, Tuesday.

This year's ASS presents a number of artists from Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea, namely RAMENGVRL, Westwew, All Good, Tuantigabelas, then BOYZ'S BALLISTICS from EXILE TRIBE and PSYCHIC FEVER from EXILE TRIBE.

Apart from them, there are also K-pop idols iKON, KEP1ER and H1-KEY, then singer BI, BEWHY, SIK-K, Lee Young-ji, Big Naughty, DPR, Se So Neon and Owen. Penyanyi▁dugaan, Awich, Reddy will also participate in ASS in 2023.

Citra said that the ASS entering the second year of the event is expected to collect all singers from various genres including hip-hop, rock band, pop from the Asian region.

"Then think why not create a festival that can accommodate Indonesian and other Asian hip-hopers. Korea's market is bigger. This is the reason many are from Korea," he said.

He said that later the ASS event will present new artists every year, including those who have never appeared in Indonesia at major music festivals.

"Here, there are from Japan, Indonesia, Korea. We can gather together. So fans can appreciate from Indonesia, Korea, Japan. The Asian music world can progress with us advancing Asian music, Indonesia will automatically advance as well," he said.

Speaking of the ASS Vol.2 event, on the same occasion, Stellar Events CEO and Reza Prawiro's Festival Director said this festival would later become a forum for artists to work.

"As per day, 95 percent of the preparations have been made. Our event has only been a few days away, hopefully everything will run smoothly," he said.

Meanwhile, regarding the collaboration with ASS this year, PSYCHIC FEVER group member from EXILE TRIBE, Kohatsu Kokoro said he wanted to collaborate with Indonesian artists.

"We are really looking forward to it," he said.