ENDLESS RETURN IN RETROGRADE BY TEKKSTAR - 24/07/23

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Endless Return (ER) is a small experimental arts and music platform from Singapore spearheaded by butoh dancer XUE and sound artist/producer Mervin Wong. ER rejects capitalist event structures, opting instead for gatherings that prioritise creative exploration over financial motives. ER happenings cannibalise and iterate on themselves in the form of eternal Returns — unique events that allow for exciting artistic intersections across art, music and performance. 

Initially conceived during the pandemic as a virtual rave, ER has evolved into a music label and experimental curatorial series dedicated to charting the sonic badlands of Singapore and Southeast Asia, staging provocations not only locally, but around the region.

A recipient of the NTU CCA: Platform Projects Curatorial Award in 2021, ER is dedicated to unearthing and showcasing the most subversive of the Singapore/regional underground and cross-disciplinary performance acts. ER's recent music releases include "Parodyse City" (2023) by Singaporean DJ and producer Vangoth666 and 'Jawir' by Yogyakarta based experimental trio Proto Animalia. 

ER has been featured on publications like Mixmag Asia, Female Magazine Singapore and Life in Arpeggio and was the recipient of a Creative Grant by Refraction Festival in 2022 and most recently a T:>Works Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations Fellow. ER has also been a resident with Hong Kong Community Radio for the past two years.

XAETHERX is an alter-ego - a shape-shifter. Their sound encapsulates eclectic waves of sonic aesthetic that leads you through a journey. XAETHERX is genre-bending, exciting, fresh and unlabeled. You never quite know what to expect.
From deconstructed, industrial, hip-hop, hyperpop, afrodesi beats, indie, experimental, techno, world music, queer anthems; XAETHERX stops at nothing.

Bookings: kansh.aether@gmail.com

Past shows:
Santai | 2024
Bclip Wanted Hyperfocus | 2024
Ringtone BRAT summer | 2024
Bianca Oblivion FomoHomo | 2024
𝐀𝐅𝐊 𝗕𝐑𝗕 𝐆𝐓𝐆 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 𝐆2𝐆𝐆2𝐆 2024
0rbit DISTROID | 2024
Endless Return x CC Chances in Chaos Present: Endless Chaos Thailand 2023 [DECONSTRUCTED CLUB]
Queer Focused Open Deck | FOMO HOMO @ Wild Pearl | 2023 [HOUSE]
Ringtone Online 003 @ No Spoilers Bar Projector X | 2023 [HYPERPOP, NIGHTCORE, DRAIN GANG, QUEER]
0rbit presents: The Kasicunt Ball @ Kult Kafe | 2023 [BALLROOM, QUEER, VOGUE, AFRODESI]
Daytimers x LGBTQIA+ History Month: ༄ XAETHERX | 2023 [BALLROOM, VOGUE, QUEER] 
Nadi Bpm B2B XAETHERX | The Standard, London | 2023 [AFRODESI FUSION, HIPHOP]
Queer Rave Soundsystems @  London | 2023 [ASIAN UNDERGROUND, UK GARAGE]
Hong Kong Community Radio x ENDLESS RETURN IN RETROGRADE: there is no spoon | 2022 [DECONSTRUCTED]
Primal Frequencies Mantravine Album Launch @ Projector X | 2022 [WORLD MUSIC, FOLK, SUFI, EXPERIMENTAL]
0rbit presents Cosmos: Halloween Edition @ Kult Kafe | 2022 [DECONSTRUCTED, EXPERIMENTAL, UNDERGROUND]
Beti.Beta presents -  Radical Worlds: The Future Of Belonging @ Kult Kafe | 2022 [AFRODESI]
RE:GENERATION By Quite One Kind @ 100 Turf Club Rd | 2022 [INDIE CLASSICS, 80S, FUNK AFRODESI]
0rbit presents Cosmos: Queer Night @ Kult Kafe | 2022 [HYPERPOP, QUEER, UNDERGROUND]
XUE + THE ORCHARD; THE WASP PRESENTS ENDLESS RETURN BE-COMING | 2021  [VOGUE, DESI, HYPERPOP, QUEER]
Y Not Party | Y Not Works @ Somewhere | 2020

ENDLESS RETURN IN RETROGRADE BY TEKKSTAR - 24/07/23

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