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Music Cafes — The Next Musical Frontier?

31-Jul-19 22:00

Music Cafes — The Next Musical Frontier?

Japan, dubbed the paradise for music lovers, has preserved its unique facet of music appreciation through music cafés. The audience, instructed to keep silent and to immerse itself into the music, listens to vinyls on high fidelity sound systems, an age-old tradition with a modern twist. With the diversity of music today, do not be surprised to find all types of music cafés in Japan, ranging from Jazz to EDM. Would it find a new home here in Malaysia?

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0:05 - Lucky Daye - Late Night

3:49 - Japan's Music Cafés: The Paradise for Music Lovers

9:33 - Broken Social Scene - Can't Find My Heart

Produced by: Haniff Baharudin, Daryl Ong, Othniel Ting, Arif Abd Aziz

Presented by: Daryl Ong, Othniel Ting


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Categories:  Film,  Music

Tags:  the pulse,  music news,  music cafés,  japan,  vinyl,  musical paradise, 


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