Musically speaking what is going on in these countries?

musically speaking what is going on in these countries?

The Tokyo Drift song.

I'm honestly surprised whenever I remember they have electricity

Who cares? Nobody cared when they were throwing live women and children into fires by the thousands.

Yeule I guess

1970s power ballads at karaoke bars

I AWW OUTTA LOVE

I SO LOSS WITOUT CHOO

Literally every musician in Cambodia got executed back in the 70s.

Mostly a hybridizing of eastern and western musics in various forms (jazz, pop, rock, rap, especially). Singapore stands out because its the only fully industrialized state, and arts are somewhat a priority there.

Their old music is based. No idea what they do rn

I DID IT MYYYYY WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

they're the biggest consumers of kpop
even 50 year old men listen to it there

There are some interesting psychedelic rock revivalist movements in Cambodia.

youtube.com/watch?v=zTckGk6eBjM
youtube.com/watch?v=KO2C_zhP5PQ
youtube.com/watch?v=w53C4u6wLwY

Taylor Swift is more popular in the Philippines than anywhere else in the world, they even have a city called TayTay though that might be a coincidence

There is some rad screamo going down in Malaysia
pietonthel.bandcamp.com/album/a-reverse-farewell

That map looks funky, whats going on. Wheres bali

Myanmar:
I'm gonna be honest, my knowledge of Burmese music is super lacking. There's some cool classical stuff, but I'm well-versed enough to give anything more than the first YouTube result for the one name I do know
youtube.com/watch?v=lKSmHVJWDuc

Thailand:
If you're drained, Thaiboy Digital (of Drain Gang fame) is from here
youtube.com/watch?v=Z7WtaW2U4jc

Philippines:
Eraserheads are a Pinoy band, song linked is some great jangle pop
youtube.com/watch?v=LvouExuUIc4

Here's some cool jazz fusion too
youtube.com/watch?v=JI0Cses7p_0
The Philippines in general are very worth checking into musically. Filipino music fans don't put Brazilians to shame or anything, but they can be very passionate about their music

Vietnam:
The V-Pop scene is nowhere hear as big as its northern counterparts, but still respectable
youtube.com/watch?v=BGSMfgcC6tI

Malaysia:
I don't actually know much Malay music, but this has been on my list of things to check out for a minute
youtube.com/watch?v=21RyDcaiXDg

Indonesia:
I mentioned Burmese classical music earlier as a bit of an aside, but Indonesian classical music is fucking awesome. Gamelan is probably the only style of music from SEA that has really influenced anyone in the Western popular music sphere, with artists like David Byrne and Sakamoto Ryūichi both being hugely into it. K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat is one of best out there, in my opinion
youtube.com/watch?v=tFFs81tAQhw

Singapore:
Someone mentioned earlier in this thread that Singapore is the only fully industrialized state in the region, so there's a lot of popular music compared to other nations. I like yeule a lot, and they have a new album coming out soon too!
youtube.com/watch?v=XjUKQSmGw-U

Also Wormrot if you're into grindcore
youtube.com/watch?v=3vBceISo92w

Admittedly I know nothing of Lao, Cambodian, or Maubere music and this can't link any

Absolutely demented borders.

Is japan really that small? How did they do it?

Malaysia

lmao; I'm surprised that you also posted skramz from there. I wonder what's in the water.
Good stuff.

Apparently something good, that's for sure

I don't actually know much Malay music

they don't have any local stars for some reason, their charts are entirely dominated by foreign/western music

hip hop is huge in Vietnam but nonexistent in Indonesia, I think the "not music" anons might be from there

My respect for indonesians has tenfolded, and i already considered them cool people

hidden gem mine
youtu.be/mZ5NwuKHg-c?si=97OUXGXTK8-DZ4mV

the slapping sound of skin on ladyboy skin

The wow_mao album
youtu.be/q1v_gY8yjjs?si=NpH99qWhe0gjQzv9

some of the most goated music
youtu.be/RGiGDHleaBU?si=B04AYYJfaQAkrVH4

that's not even counting traditional music like gamelan

thai math rock
youtu.be/4Oi-Y1ty4A8?si=1fyrLfugwN6Wm7PK

viet hiphop, this song is ehh but the visuals are killer
youtu.be/s00C0sKbI-4?si=iDYPgENCatQrhUl6

rich brian, from indonesia
youtu.be/rzc3_b_KnHc?si=mD7ONwOIyEAUUd8b

For Myanmar you forgot those tapes from the 80s that RYM and Anon Babble used to cream themselves over like that Naang Naang album.

They have a weird obsession with Avenged Sevenfold though, other bands who are strangely popular there are My Chemical Romance, The 1975 and The Script:

43 Coldplay
46 Cigarettes After Sex
51 Maroon 5
60 Arctic Monkeys
91 Avenged Sevenfold
98 My Chemical Romance
103 The 1975
119 The Script
130 Green Day
153 Oasis
154 Linkin Park
180 Radiohead

good stuff

youtube.com/watch?v=GyYLyueihtw&list=LL&index=17

Why are there so many guitar cover videos from Indonesia? I thought Muslims weren't allowed to listen to music.

there are 30 million Christians in Indonesia

I only know of a few hardcore bands

youtu.be/pGTllYWnDQY?si=hMaBnCcbzmkgMTD1

indonesia has a pretty western alt style scene from what I understand in a similar way to japan

I used to have a musician friend from indonesia when I lived in russia
he dressed as a black metal musician for halloween and brought me a few packs of kretek

he moved back home, has a cute goth gf and plays in some hardcore band or something it seems

pretty cool guy, I miss him

Bini is good gooner content

:o

Gamelan noise

They're also not allowed to drink alcohol or sniff coke but if you're ever been around Pakistanis on Eid you'd know they love it.