Live from MegA, It's... Maho!

Finally some live footage from the premiere of "Voices From The South", October 18 at MegA in Kaohsiung. Here's Maho with a brief clip of their song "Unwilling". This footage was shot by Alex Williams, who also did some camera work for the documentary. Thanks, Alex!

Thanks, Kaohsiung!

The screening at MegA on Saturday went off without a hitch, with a very sizable crowd in attendance. All 5 bands played brief but inspired sets, and the film seemed to be well-received. Taiwan's cable news channel, SET, was on hand to film the event, and ran a story Saturday night on their newscast about it. We will hopefully have some photos to post here from the day's proceedings, but in the meantime, we are busy arranging further screenings of the film. A few universities in Kaohsiung, and one in Taichung, have already expressed interest in on-campus showings of the movie, but we are holding out to make sure that live band performances will be included. After all, the whole point of the film is to publicize Kaohsiung's awesome bands!

Thanks to all the folks who came to the show, and made it a success. The bands really do appreciate your support!!

Megaport Website-More Info Here!

The Megaport Independent Music Association marks their second year of co-operating with The Kaohsiung Film Festival by co-sponsoring the premiere screening of our film. Here's more detailed information from Megaport's site , albeit in Chinese, about the day's events and the film itself.

It's Official!!

The premiere screening of "Voices From The South: Kaohsiung's Independent Music Scene" will take place October 18th at Mega Department Store, in the outdoor plaza. All 5 bands (KoOk, Maho, Fire Ex, Shy Kick Apple and Orange Doll) will perform LIVE, and then the screening will take place immediately after. In addition, there will be all kinds of promotional activities/trailers for the Kaohsiung Film Festival at this event, which promises to be rockin' good fun!! The best part is, it's absolutely FREE!! Come check out Kaohsiung's best bands, and see the film which shows the side of the bands that you won't get to see when they're on stage!

North Comes South!!

Likely the most esteemed independent record label in Taiwan and champion of all things underground, White Wabbit Records, has picked up the torch for southern indie music! A nice fella named Simon recently interviewed us about the upcoming documentary, and posted an article on their label's blog. In addition to our film, they mention other goings-on in Kaohsiung's music scene, including Zhen Shan Mei Music and WombBloc. The label is also presenting a free show this Sunday, "城市擴大機 City Amplifier" (mentioned in an earlier post) that features Orange Doll, KoOk and Shy Kick Apple. This event will take place at the new Hanshen department store on Boai Road (providing Typhoon Jangmi doesn't come and ruin everything). Come support indie music, dammit!

Change of Date

There has been a change of date concerning the pre-film festival show at Mega. The date has been moved up one day to October 18th (Saturday). This change is due to concerns that any kind of loud activity (ie. rock bands) playing on a Sunday might disturb the neighbors, who have to go to bed at 7 pm in order to get up at 5:30am to send their kids to school etc. Subsequently, Saturday is a more suitable day for an event such as this one. Dig!

This Just In... All 5 Bands Confirmed!!!

Happiest of days!! KoOk singer/guitarist Leslie confirmed with us that his band will indeed be participating in the screening of "Voices From The South" October 18th at Mega Department Store. This show is a pre-Film Festival event that will be the coolest thing happening in Kaohsiung that weekend.

In the meantime, KoOk will be playing live at the new Hanshen Department Store (aka. Huge Egg,高雄 漢神巨蛋廣場) on September 28 at 4:00. Also on the bill are Orange Doll and Shy Kick Apple , as well as several bands from Taipei including Aphasia.

Orange Doll will also be on the bill for the "Girl Power" show at ATT September 27, sponsored by Womb Bloc , along with Polygon from Kaohsiung, Nekojam from Taichung and Space Cake from Taipei. Lotsa great shows this month still!!!!