Ujikaji is an independent record label and event organiser in Singapore.
Background Ujikaji means "experiment" in Malay, and the label's interests lie in the curation of experimental music, with a special focus on Southeast Asian artists and sounds. The label supports independent artists with platforms to perform their music, as well as in producing and releasing their music, and establishing a complementary partnership that allows them to focus on the creative aspects of music-making. Ujikaji has released works by Magus (Leslie Low and Mark Dolmont), Dream State Vision (Shaun Sankaran), Awk Wah (Shark Fung), The Observatory, Pan Gu (Leslie Low and Lasse Marhaug), Tim O'Dwyer, PUPA, Yuen Chee Wai, Yan Jun and FEN.
Having established a semi-regular night of experimental and improvised music at now-defunct cafe and bar, Artistry, Ujikaji currently co-presents, with The Observatory, the BlackKaji series of performances at Black Axis. According to musicians NADA: "What Ujikaji does is Singapore’s answer to the spirit and curation found in places like John Zorn’s The Stone on the Lower East Side in New York City or Café OTO in east London." Along with fellow veteran independent Singapore label KITCHEN. LABEL, Ujikaji was cited as having "done a lot for the experimental scene in Singapore" and paving the way for newer experimental labels like Evening Chants to emerge.
Artists
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Awk Wah Dream State Vision FEN George Chua Haino Keiji Lasse Marhaug Magus Marco Fusinato The Observatory Pan Gu PUPA Tim O'Dwyer Yan Jun Yuen Chee Wai
Discography
Catalogue No.ArtistAlbumRelease date UJI-001 Magus Sun Worshipper 2011 UJI-002 Dream State Vision Dream State Vision 2011 UJI-003LP Awk Wah Ava 2013 UJI-004LP Marco Fusinato Spectral Arrows: Singapore 2017 UJI-005LP The Observatory Behind These Eyes: The Catacombs Remixes 2014 UJI-006CS Pan Gu The People are Panthers 2015 UJI-007CD Tim O'Dwyer Hysteresis 2015 UJI-010LP Yuen Chee Wai & Lasse Marhaug In Praise of Shadows 2018 UJI-011CD Yan Jun & Yuen Chee Wai Crows that have no eyes 2017 UJI-012CS PUPA Lies 2018 UJI-013LP George Chua Smokescreen 2020 UJI-014LP Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. / The Observatory Trails To The Cosmic Vibrations 2018 UJI-015CD , Penny Rimbaud, Dharma and Awk Wah Entry Points. Resonating Punk, Performance, and Art 2019 UJI-016LP FEN Imagined Commonities: Live At La Cave 12, Genève 2019 UJI-017LP Haino Keiji & The Observatory Authority is Alive 2020
See also List of record labels
References
External links Bandcamp Facebook Discogs