February 2025, New York: Curated and hosted a discussion on audiophile bars, looking at what this buzzy trend means for nightlife and music culture.
November 2024, New York: Curated a talk on nightlife marketing and event promotion for Libera, a wine bar and lounge in Manhattan.
August 2024, Montréal: Curated a series of talks and interviews for the 25th edition of arts and technology festival MUTEK.
May 2024, Detroit: Hosted a live interview with electronic music legends AUX88 about their career and the concept of futurism in dance music.
March 2024, New York: Curated and hosted a talk on cultural shifts in nightclub architecture over the years with local sound designers and architects.
February 2024, New York: Assisted with production of Karachi At Night, a mini-doc about underground parties in Pakistan by director Shahbano Farid. Organised and hosted a talk at reputed club Nowadays with Farid and other players in Pakistan nightlife as part of the premier.
December 2023, Miami: Moderated a panel on the city’s underground electronic music history with Nick León, Danny Daze, Jubilee and Romulo Del Castillo.
December 2023, Pattaya: Organised and hosted a panel discussion about how artists should approach culturally-sensitive music at Wonderfruit Festival, Thailand.
October 2023, New York: Curated and moderated a panel discussion on sound quality and the rise of listening bars in nightlife culture with local audio professionals.
March 2023, Austin: Curated and moderated a panel discussion with Texas-based artists and entrepreneurs at SXSW festival, focusing on how gentrification impacts underground nightlife.
November 2022, New York: Spoke with dance music producer Aurora Halal and local event collectives on DIY nightlife.
August 2022, Montreal: Interviewed Toronto-based electronic music artist Korea Town Acid at MUTEK festival for a live podcast recording about her creative process.
June 2022, New York: Curated and moderated a panel discussion on the nightlife economy for Tribeca Festival.
June 2022, New York: Moderated a panel discussion about music journalism for beloved nightclub Nowadays.
September 2021, Bolzano: Analysed Southeast Asia’s nightlife economies in a podcast for Museion, a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bolzano, Italy.
October 2020, Singapore: Wrote and hosted a 10-episode podcast about creative thinkers for the Singapore Writers Festival.
June 2020: Hosted a virtual discussion for The Wild City and Ableton on how underground nightlife in Asia can be used as a platform for social change.
September 2019, Kuala Lumpur: Hosted a live interview with UK musician Nabihah Iqbal at fono, a creative space in Malaysia’s capital city.
June 2020: Conducted an online workshop on music journalism for The Wild City and Ableton.
TROPIKA
Tropika is a music and arts festival in Singapore that’s centred on wellness and issues of social justice. I develop and moderate panel discussions for each event.
August 2019, Singapore: Discussed political protests in Hong Kong and Singapore with human rights advocate Kirsten Han and Viswa Sadasivan, ex-member of Singapore parliament.
August 2019, Singapore: Interviewed Hugo Mendez of the Sofrito record label about the cross-cultural influences of tropical music.
December 2018, Singapore: Discussing the concept of safe spaces in the arts world with poet Deborah Emmanuel, rapper Danial Bawthan, LGBT activist Prashant Somosundram and True Colours festival director Audrey Pereira.
December 2018, Singapore: Moderated a panel discussion on why cities should invest in music with DJs Daniel Haaksman, Cherry Chan, Funk Bast*rd and musician Gabriele Poso .
April 2019: Analysed China’s overseas investments in Asian and African countries for US radio station KBIA 91.3FM. Catch me at the 19:31 mark.