FluxUs: Experimental Music Store Opens in Singapore
From jabes:
Well well well, Singapore now has its own experimental music shop. When will we have one of our own? We shouldn’t allow them islanders down there one-up on us like that 🙂
But seriously, I like this description that they have included in their mailer which reads (and in some ways dispels the so-called “difficultness” of experimental music):
“Because the world has deceived us into thinking that music is difficult. Improv, experimental, Japanese psych, free folk, avant rock, noise, electronica, extreme metal, pastoral decay… These are not difficult but the simplest forms of musical expression. They speak of the simplest emotions. Theory and method, you say? But what about the sound of falling rain? Or the sound of blackness and despair?”
Flux Us,
The Peninsula Shopping Centre 04.34 3 Coleman Stree, Singapore 179804
flux-us.com.sg
email FluxUs
must go ni..
arrogant staff, high prices (ie. S$40 per cd) , poor selection of music, uninspiring environment, unapologetically elitist. Not a single element of the art movement, Fluxus, exists in this store despite the use of the name. Definitely none of the humour. Ultimately shallow in its artistic pretensions.
What a terrible store !
thanks for the “review” mr. moldoror. i always think the “unapologetically elitist” nature comes with the territory, not just the genre but also the isle.
a few months later, i went to the store again, and all that has changed. friendly staff, alright prices, improved selection, etc etc. i have heard that they are moving to a new location. worth a visit.