have yourself... an ephemeral boxing day?

While we take a break over here to take stock of things, here's an interesting gig to look out for. Line-up includes:

* Dennis Tan aka iRa (Germany/Singapore): Based in Bremen's sonic arts scene for the last eight years, Dennis will be experimenting with a "quadrophonie playback system" at his homecoming (listen to iRa on FMN007);

* Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia): Last seen at the 2008 Choppa Festival, the notoriously prolific "no-input" artist returns to Singapore off the back of his recent Hands release, an album described by The Wire's Dan Warburton as Lee Kwang's "most exciting and varied release since 2002's Nerve Centre".

* Amino Acid Orchestra: Zai Kuning (FMN002), Shark Fung (Engineered Beautiful Blood, I \ D) and Fuzz Lee (IF, Phorous, Life Without Dreams) play their first show together. View their promo video.

Facebook event pages:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=212051511075
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205454006374

FMN007: Electronic Renaissance

Free Music Now! Vol. 7
Original broadcast: December 17, 2009 (THU), 2230-0000h (GMT +8)

Presented by Mark Wong

Broadcast "live" from a cluttered bedroom on Balestier Road, Singapore, FMN! is an internet radio programme hosted on unpopular.radio. We pay special focus to music developments in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

"Free music" refers as much to the ideas of information flow and cultural dissemination as it does to musical forms which refuse to be shackled to genre orthodoxy. Inevitably, "Free Music NOW!" becomes clarion call for open ears and unfettered minds.

Vol. 7 is all about the bits (beats optional). This will also be our last show of the year. We'll be back in Jan to do a round-up of 2009. Thanks everyone for your support and Happy New Ears!

To tune in "live" to the show, please click on either of the following:

http://unpopularradio.b2netsolutions.com:8000/listen.pls

http://unpopularradio.unionpost.org:8000/listen.pls

Open the listen.pls file in your iTunes, Winamp or VLC media player during the broadcast time.

Live playlist:
(Reload this page during the "live" broadcast to see the playlist being generated!)

1. Mux/Iskandar - Our Prompter is Spiked (4:21)
2. Izaak Stern - Magical Half Dozen (3:44)
3. Kiat & Cherry - Samurai Waltz (4:12)
4. 3Goddess - OK When You're Not (4:04)
5. Max Lane - Preamble (3:29)
6. Darkstar - Need You (6:10)
7. Ikuma - Jealous (dub) (3:23)
8. Club Ecstasy - Morning Glory (4:45)
9. DIR - Techincolor Rubbish (4:41)
10. iRa - Pubi (6:17)
11. Circadian - Perhaps (5:31)
12. Kulturkampf - Metal and Steel Make the Heart Real (6:05)
13. Floating Points - K&G Beat (6:34)
14. Four Tet - Love Cry (9:00)

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