As part of 'Coming Home', Straits Records aims to showcase local musicians and bands through a series of live and interactive performances. In these 'Straits Records Chill Sessions', the invited artists will play a few of their own compositions and engage online audiences to discuss their songwriting processes and experiences as musicians in Singapore.

The second session features Malay/English-language soul musician Akid Amir from 6-7pm on Saturday, 11 July 2020.

As one of our residents for the Associate Artist Programme and as part of our new ‘Front of House’ programme, Straits Records will also be setting up a pop-up store in the Box Office of The Substation to sell books, music releases, and other merchandise starting July 2020—stay tuned for updates!

ABOUT STRAITS RECORDS

Straits Records has been a record label and distributor of local and regional music since 1995. They organise and co-organise gigs and music events locally and in the region. The label is a regular feature at gigs, setting up shop to sell local music releases at these events. In 2004, Straits Records started a music store to sell different formats of music and genres. Straits Records is actively involved with the local music scene and has released albums for rock n' roll band The Pinholes, ska heroes Cesspit, and humour-rock band The Zozi, among many others.

ABOUT COMING HOME

Coming Home marks the beginning of The Substation's 2020/21 programme season and invites everyone whose lives have been touched by The Substation to ‘come home'.

Learn more about Coming Home.

ABOUT ASSOCIATE ARTIST PROGRAMME

The Substation's Associate Artist Programme (AAP) is a year-long programme where artists and collectives are invited to engage in a process-driven development of existing or new works.

Learn more about AAP.

ABOUT FRONT OF HOUSE

In The Substation's new 'Front of House' programme, various local independent retail initiatives will operate a bi-monthly pop-up store out of our box office. The first to set up shop with us is Straits Records in July 2020.

Learn more about Front of House.