Vietnamese and Swedish Artists at Hanoi Sound Stuff

Last but not least, Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival 2013 also present many local talents ranging from performances/visuals to DJ music. Besides the famed Future Shorts (visuals) and DOCLAB’s The Sound We see: A Hanoi City Symphony (documentary with live music performance), there are also exciting acts from The Six Tones and DJ Kruise, DJ Slim V.

THE SIX TONES (Sweden and Vietnam)

The Six Tones is a Swedish/Vietnamese project that works on a long-term basis on the amalgamation of art music from Vietnam and Europe. The ensemble works by means of transcriptions of traditional Vietnamese music for Western stringed instruments and traditional Vietnamese instruments, also in combination with live-electronics, and with new commissions to composers both from the West as well as from Vietnam. 

The Six Tones are Ngo Tra My, two Vietnamese performers, and the guitarist Stefan Östersjö. Since the project started, the trio has been collaborating with the composer and improviser Henrik Frisk, who has both composed works for the ensemble as well as toured with the group as a lap top improviser. The main ambition with The Six Tones is to create a foundation for a meeting between two distinct musical cultures on equal terms. Another ambition has been to reach beyond a mere collage-like superimposition of elements and strive for a more complex and experimentally oriented sound.

The Six Tones will perform on the 12th of April (First day of the festival).

Vietnamese Artists: The two DJs playing the second night of the festival

DJ KRUISE (NGUYEN ANH TUAN) – the party rocker of Vietnam

For over 10 years in the entertainment industry, Kruise is the most wanted name for commercial events, exclusive parties and live broadcasting shows on national TV. Kruise rocks every party with his own developed music ranging from rock, pop, top 40 to electro , dubstep…

Not only being one of the most famous DJs in the country, Kruise also gained wide recognition and applause of audiences from Asia (Singapore) to Europe (Berlin, Vienna, Paris…). Parties and music shows would be just almost-had-it-all without him. That is the reason both audiences and event managers look for him, for major events such as the Hennessy Artistry in 2009, the Heineken Countdown in 2010, the Jack Daniel’s Global Tour…

Within the last 2 years Kruise teamed up with friends and operated Fuse club, a place where he claims music will be experienced in an exceptional way, standing out from clubs playing indifferent pattern of music. And just like Fuse club, as for every time spinning , music will always be uniquely Kruise.

Dj Kruise at Jack Daniel’s Global Tour/Singapore

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SLIM V (CAO VAN VINH) – DJ/Composer/Producer

SlimV is a Vietnamese DJ, music composer and producer. He began to study music and officially went to Vietnam National Academy of Music in 1998. He have won many prizes in Vietnam for his music compositions.

SlimV started his DJ career in 2006 with House, Hip Hop and has performed in some huge events in Vietnam. From 2010, SlimV began to produce his own music. Currently he is the leader of Rhapsody Philharmonic, an orchestra playing modern style music combined with DJ. He also joins in the compositions, transcriptions and performances..

He is also a member of an Alternative rock band called “I-teu” and have played “Rockstorm tour” with the band across Vietnam.

SlimV- Shockwave (Original Mix)

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