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ShiGGa Shay Teams Up with Aisyah Aziz To Unveil ‘uTopia reimagined: chasing’ by Bandwagon
Singaporean rapper ShiGGa Shay teamed up Aisyah Aziz and Charlie Lim to release ‘uTopia reimagined: chasing’, marking the third installment of The Foundation’s UTOPIA Reimagined series.
The track is a direct response to the UTOPIA Symphony, a Singapore-inspired symphony by Russian composer Vladmir Martynov, and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO). Produced by superjdoug, ‘uTopia reimagined: chasing’ features the sampling of the orchestration played by the LPO. “It was a challenge to incorporate a unique piece like the UTOPIA Symphony as we had to blend and bend different genres together,” expressed ShiGGa in a press release statement.
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“uTopia reimagined: chasing” is the third song of the UTOPIA Reimagined initiative, commissioned by the Foundation for the Arts and Social Enterprise. Produced by superjdoug, who sampled different parts of the Singapore-inspired UTOPIA Symphony, this song is the first time which three long-time friends ShiGGa Shay, Aisyah Aziz, and Charlie Lim have worked on together.
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Press Release: Singaporean rapper ShiGGa Shay will release “uTopia reimagined: chasing” on 19 November on all major digital platforms, which sees ShiGGa Shay rapping over the UTOPIA Symphony, Aisyah Aziz on vocals, and Charlie Lim in charge of vocal production.