Singapore Dark Alternative Movement

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The Singapore Dark Alternative Movement (S.D.A.M.) is an informal, social collective catering to the needs of the Singaporean gothic and

Perth, Australia
.

The SDAM focuses on promoting dark alternative culture in the region through promoting music and art genres that interest the community such as goth, industrial, and EBM (electronic body music), and facilitates meet-ups and events[2] to assist in growing the social platform.

SDAM Events

Since 2006, SDAM has maintained a regular series of club events catering to the Singaporean Gothic and Alternative demographic. The current incarnation of club events is Back in Black, which takes over from Dark Friday [2] Prior to Dark Friday, the monthly parties organised in ascending chronological order were Ghast, Heart of Darkness [3] and Alternation (See below).

Other social events include chalets, meetups and even beach parties.[4]

Back in Black (2017 - present)

Back in Black

synthwave, darkwave, new wave, and synthpop music, featuring DJs like DJ Red, MNRV, Cosmic Armchair, and veteran DJ Mentor (Chris Ho). The first Back in Black of the series, in September 2017, succeeded in reuniting the Goth Community in Singapore after a hiatus of a few years.[5]

Dark Friday

Dark Friday is SDAM's flagship clubbing event and was held on a monthly rotation at various venues, including Night and Day Bar in Selegie. Dark Friday has since been on a hiatus with other event series put in place to satisfy specific niches in the Singapore gothic community - these new nights include an old school night "Original Sin" as well as "A Necessary Evil" and even a revival of Heart of Darkness

Dark Friday debuted on 2008-06-13 in Taboo (

Action against Hunger
.

Since then, Dark Friday, has attracted notable international guest artists such as

Kinetik Festival in Canada. The distribution of the latter was simultaneously made in both Montreal and Singapore
.

Due to Singapore's geographic position, it has been strategically advantageous for regional gothic promoters to begin to use Dark Friday as an incidental Asian show stopover for flightshares when planning tours to Australia or up to Japan, such as in the case of Covenant where promoter Riveting Promotions in Sydney held a Covenant concert immediately after Eskil's performance in Dark Friday [9]

Heart of Darkness

The second offering from SDAM after a largely indie effort at Ghast was conceived by

Sdam committee as well as the host venue (NOVA) being a dedicated Jack Daniels bar, a current key account of the Thaipore, the original sponsor. The rehash featured a lineup of DJs Lique, Mentor, Murderfreak and Saito Nagasaki
;

Alternation

Debuting on 9 August 2007,

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay) [4] lasting 31 weeks up to its finale on 6 March 2008 [12] The event was held on a weekly rotation on Thursdays with a notable international guest appearance by Alec Empire of Atari Teenage Riot on 2007-09-20[2] Alternation has since been rehashed with a comeback event held on 2009-10-16 at DXO featuring an Art and Photography exhibition titled "Absinthe Garden" [13]
The exhibition featured works by notable local photographers Deadpoet and Razin Razor.

SDAM Committee

The Current SDAM committee comprises 7 members [14] holding separate portfolios and working on a voluntary basis.

References

  1. ^ Official S.D.A.M. site Archived 13 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d Liu, Ervin (2008), "What Makes a Goth", The Urbanwire Singapore, Singapore: Tri Media Publishing (published 4 October 2008), archived from the original on 10 October 2008, retrieved 22 October 2008
  3. ^
    Straits Times blogs Singapore, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings (published 21 July 2009), archived from the original
    on 24 July 2009, retrieved 22 July 2009
  4. ^
    Today (Singapore newspaper), Mediacorp
    , pp. 50, 52
  5. ^ a b "Gothic Industrial EBM Synthwave Darkwave music in Singapore". emlblog.blogspot.sg. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Side-Line presents: 'Machines against hunger' 2CD", Latest News, Sideline.com, 13 June 2008, retrieved 16 April 2009
  7. ^ Simonsson, Eskil (10 September 2008), "Back in Black", News, Covenant, archived from the original on 11 August 2010, retrieved 14 April 2009
  8. ^ Tan, Amelia (15 December 2008), "The Diary Of Miss X: Singapore Edition", Diary of Miss X, Angelspit, archived from the original on 31 January 2010, retrieved 14 April 2009
  9. ^ Chillari, Joseph (5 October 2008), "Electric Moon", Past Events, Under the Blue Moon, archived from the original on 29 March 2015, retrieved 15 April 2009
  10. ^ Wong, Cecilia (2007), "Nightlife: Critic's Choice", Timeout Singapore, no. April 2007, Singapore: Ink Publishing (published April 2007), p. 77, archived from the original on 18 March 2008
  11. ^ Ree, Wayne (30 March 2007), "Oh My Goth!", I-S Magazine, Aziacity, p. 24, archived from the original on 3 October 2011
  12. Livejournal Community, SDAM/LiveJournal, archived from the original
    on 29 November 2012, retrieved 3 March 2008, This also represents the final Alternation, do come down and see the show off
  13. Livejournal Community, SDAM/LiveJournal, archived from the original
    on 5 December 2012, retrieved 5 October 2009, In addition, we bring you a more gothic goodness in the form of ABSINTHE GARDEN. This art exhibit is a non-profit effort on the part of SDAM to showcase local alternative talents to the general public as well as media.
  14. Livejournal Community, SDAM/LiveJournal, archived from the original
    on 2 December 2012, retrieved 3 March 2008, The SDAM committee for 2008 is Saito Nagasaki, Chairman, Entertainment/Nightlife concerns Faith Cheong, Mental Ailments/Literature/Culinary concerns Alexandre Sng, Gender/Sexuality/Artistic concerns Jase Libertas, Roleplaying concerns Christopher Choy Tsura Nagasaki, Vanity concerns

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