Multidisciplinary collective Strange Weather is set to stage its most expansive edition yet with Dunia, a two-night programme happening on 4 and 10 April in Singapore (venue to be unveiled a few days before the event). Bringing together live music, movement, club culture, food, and community, the weekender will spotlight artists from Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Europe across more than 16 hours of programming.
Named after the Malay word for “world”, Dunia is built around ideas of lived experience, gathering, and presence. Rather than a straightforward gig or club night, Strange Weather is framing the event as a shared space where sound, ritual, memory, and bodies converge. Across both dates, audiences can expect an experience that moves between performance, communal exchange, and late-night dancefloor energy.
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The first and more extensive chapter of Dunia takes place on 4 April, unfolding across two live stages, a lounge, and dance programming that runs until 4 AM. For the occasion, Strange Weather is transforming the venue with a two-stage setup powered by D&B Audiotechnik systems engineered by Plako of Urbanxtrusion, whose previous credits include Sunda Festival 2025 and the Ice Cream Sundays 10th Anniversary.
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Among the key names on the lineup is Sipaningkah, the project of West Sumatran instrument builder, improviser, and composer Aldo Ahmad Fithra. His work bridges Minangkabau and Western compositional approaches, moving through experimental music, electro-acoustic performance, sound installation, and orchestral practice. At Dunia, he will present music centred on self-built instruments, including a Tasauff percussion instrument inspired by the traditional Tasa drum, Talempong gong, and Rabab string instrument. The show will mark his first performance in Singapore under the Sipaningkah moniker.
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Also joining the programme is Sayaka Botanic, best known for her work in industrial avant-garde duo Group A alongside Tommi Tokyo. Having worked across Yokohama, Tokyo, and Berlin, and with releases connected to Mannequin Records, Sayaka Botanic has become known for intense, ritual-driven performances that mirror the force and abrasion of her sound. Her inclusion adds another strong dimension to Dunia’s dialogue between regional and international experimental scenes.
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From Jakarta, Aditya Permana will appear in multiple forms across the event. Performing live as BAUR before later returning for a DJ set, the Dekadenz co-founder brings decades of underground experience with him. His BAUR project draws from the raw textures of late-'80s home-tape culture, often incorporating fragments of television and radio into works that feel chaotic, satirical, and deeply shaped by the realities of Jakarta. His presence also reinforces one of Dunia’s central impulses: foregrounding Southeast Asian underground histories and futures on their own terms.
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Representing Singapore is Syafiq Halid, who will present a special live configuration together with Malay Drum Troupe. Known as an electronic artist, experimental percussionist, and sound designer, Halid’s work often channels sonic and cultural references from the Malay world, reshaping them into forms that feel contemporary while staying rooted in regionally specific memory and rhythm. His appearance also marks an ongoing collaboration with Strange Weather tied to an upcoming release.
Movement will play a major role in the first night’s structure, with interventions by Kansh, Josh Tirados, and Sharyfairy of the Singapore Butoh Collective unfolding alongside the live sets. These performances are intended to deepen the sensory and physical dimension of the evening, turning Dunia into more than a listening experience. As the night progresses, the focus shifts toward the dancefloor, with subplot systems taking over Stage 2, YETPET closing the room, a special back-to-back from A’alely and Aditya Permana on the main stage, and a final b3b from Strange Weather residents closing out the night.
Before the music programme begins in full, 4 April will open with a kenduri from 6:30 PM. Curated by Chef Epi of subplot systems and AKRAB, the communal Malay feast draws from culinary traditions across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, featuring dishes such as pulut, gulai nangka, stir-fried corned beef, and kerabu jantung. The meal will be accompanied by an opening dance from Kansh, described as a joget pembuka, before a panel discussion led by music journalist Hidzir Junaini brings together Aldo Ahmad and Aditya Permana for a conversation on instrument-building, composition, nightlife histories, and the ways regional scenes have evolved beyond dominant reference points in Detroit, Chicago, and Europe.
The lounge space will remain active throughout the night, with food, casual gathering, massage aunty sessions running from 8:30 PM to 3 AM, and the return of an installation first presented at T:Works in 2023. Altogether, the setup suggests a format designed not just for spectatorship, but for lingering, exchange, and shared experience.
The second leg of Dunia lands on 10 April, when the programme expands into a two-room club format. Headlining one room is Tolouse Low Trax, the project of Detlef Weinrich, who will arrive in Singapore as part of his China tour. A key figure associated with Düsseldorf’s legendary Salon des Amateurs and a member of Kreidler, Weinrich has released music through labels including Antinote, Themes For Great Cities, and Bureau B. In the second room, Strange Weather residents A’alely and ITEK will be joined by guest selector NAH for a parallel journey through the night. Entry to the second date is included for those who purchase the double weekender pass, part of Strange Weather’s effort to keep the programme accessible to its community.
Dunia also marks a significant moment for Strange Weather itself. Since launching, the Singapore-based platform has built a reputation for connecting live music, experimental sound, movement, and interdisciplinary performance, while creating pathways between Southeast Asia and Europe. Its past programmes have featured names such as Elena Colombi, Phuong-Dan, Vladimir Ivkovic, Uwalmassa, Mr Ho, Mozhgan, and Jonathan Kusuma, while its collaborators have appeared at clubs and festivals across Vietnam, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, and Jakarta. In Singapore, the platform has also been involved in projects linked to Singapore Art Week, the Asian Film Archive, Gillman Barracks, T:Works, Headquarters, and MDLR.
With its mix of live performance, communal ritual, movement, and club energy, Dunia is shaping up to be one of April’s most distinctive underground offerings in Singapore.
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