講座+演唱《真實之歌》 Lecture Performance "The Ethical Troubadour" by Azmyl Yunor
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時間：2025.8.9（六）2.00pm-4.00pm
主講：Azmyl Yunor
地點：立方計劃空間
身兼雙語唱作人、學者、表演者與影像創作者的Azmyl，是馬來西亞獨立音樂圈的推手之一，堅持用「三和弦與真實」唱出社會的荒謬與不義。他從街頭走上學術殿堂，研究馬來西亞音樂次文化的道德恐慌與被打壓的歷史，還發表過多篇論文🔥
這次他將帶來結合演說與演唱的《真實之歌》，揭露音樂如何被貼上「黃色文化」標籤、成為政治操作的替罪羊。從龐克被掃蕩、尿檢風波到地下音樂的頑強生長，他用聲音和文字，繼續對體制比中指。🖕
**真實之歌：在馬來西亞道德恐慌與黃色文化中的吟遊詩人**
自1970年代初期以來，馬來西亞音樂次文化與經常被政客當作替罪羔羊，藉此獲取政治資本，鞏固特定族群選民的支持，其政治操作透過媒體製造「道德恐慌」，將馬來西亞社會問題怪罪於搖滾樂團與搖滾文化。這類手法屢試不爽，甚至延續至2000年代中期，譬如迎接2006年的跨年夜時，吉隆坡表演場空間 Paul's Place正上演一場硬蕊龐克音樂會，卻視為「道德敗壞」的黑金屬聚會而遭警方進行取締行動，逾百人被逮捕並強制進行尿檢。
「黃色文化」一詞，是政客慣常為搖滾樂文化貼上的標籤——即外來的、西方的、「不屬於我們本地的文化」；這一詞也經常被套用在其他音樂類型與藝人身上，如 Beyoncé、印尼當紅的 dangdut 女王 Inul Daratista，以及嘻哈、龐克、金屬等音樂風格。值得注意的是，這些負面指控多數針對馬來穆斯林族群。有時，「黃色文化」與道德恐慌的指控也會延伸到其他族群身上。這些恐嚇與控訴，其實是一場接一場精心策劃的政治戲碼：事實上，馬來西亞音樂地下場景仍然蓬勃發展，且其多元樣貌遠比當局透過媒體所呈現的更為豐富。
作為一名從2000年代至今持續活躍並親身參與地下音樂場景的資深藝術家——Azmyl Yunor將分享自身的創意實踐——試圖藉由不同藝術形式與媒介，在現有資源與平台達到有效影響，同時持續維持次文化與獨立精神的火苗，公開地向體制挑釁、比中指。
在馬來西亞，對抗權威從未如此令人振奮！
** 關於Azmyl Yunor **
Azmyl Yunor 是馬來西亞知名雙語獨立唱作人、音樂家、作家、演出策劃者、與影像創作者。他的創作風格源於街頭音樂人的背景，堅持「三和弦與真實」（three chords & the truth）的創作信念。作為藝術領域研究者，他曾從文化政治角度發表多篇關於馬來西亞音樂次文化道德恐慌的研究，以及被忽視的馬來西亞地下與獨立音樂歷史研究。作為2000年代初期數個具指標性的地下樂團創始成員之一，Azmyl最新個人專輯《John Bangi Blues》（2020）受到樂迷與評論界一致讚譽，稱其作品展現出「原始的力量，歌詞在諷刺幽默與強烈抗議之間游走」。現任馬來西亞雙威大學電影與表演藝術學院（藝術與社會科系）的資深講師，曾出版多篇關於馬來西亞音樂次文化、DIY實踐、媒體中文化政治的學術專章。Azmyl自2019起推動《真實之歌》（The Ethical Troubadour）講演式表演計畫，希望透過巡演與東南亞及南亞創作者與學術社群對話，推動不同地區的連結與相互理解。
#TheCube #RestlessMoon #AzmylYunor #Malaysia #underground
Date: Saturday, 9 August 2025, 2:00–4:00 PM
Speaker: Azmyl Yunor
Venue: TheCube Project Space
Azmyl—a bilingual singer-songwriter, scholar, performer, and videomaker—is a driving force in Malaysia’s underground/indie music scene, using "three chords and the truth" to expose society’s absurdities and injustices. From the streets to academia, he researches moral panics and suppressed histories in Malaysia’s music subcultures, with multiple fiery publications to his name. 🔥
In this event, he will present THE ETHICAL TROUBADOUR—a performance that blends lecture and singing—to expose how music has been labeled as “yellow culture” and turned into a political scapegoat. From punk crackdowns and forced urine tests to the underground scene’s fierce resilience, Azmyl continues to raise his voice—and his middle finger—against the system. 🖕
** THE ETHICAL TROUBADOUR: How To Keep It Real While Navigating Through Moral Panics And 'Yellow Cultures' In Malaysia **
Music subcultures and countercultures have always been scapegoated by politicians in Malaysia for political mileage since the early 1970s. The formula of conjuring mediated moral panics that puts the sole blame of Malaysian society's ills on rock bands and rock culture has been so commonplace and successful that this trend carried on until the mid-2000s when a popular underground venue called Paul's Place were raided by the police on new year's eve 2006 when the underground and indie music community retaliated with a press conference at the very same venue two days after the raid.
Although in these instances the usual rallying call by politicians is to label rock music as 'yellow culture' - foreign and Western culture 'not of our own' - the term has also been applied to other genres and artists like Beyonce and Indonesian dangdut queen Inul Daratista aside from hip hop acts, punk and metal bands.
What is important to understand is that most of the negative soothsaying is by and directed at the ethnic Malay Muslim majority population. At times, even moral panics and accusations of 'yellow culture' has also been applied to minorities.
One also has to understand that all this fear mongering is political theatre at its best: the Malaysian music underground scene still thrives and is a lot more pluralistic than the authorities make the public believe through the media.
As an older artist who has observed - while also being in the thick of the action - the underground music circuit in Malaysia from the 2000s to the present, I will share some of my creative collaborations that keep the subcultural and independent-minded spirit alive across different artistic practices and art forms by maximizing the available formats and mediums at my disposal while still thumbing my nose to the establishment in plain sight.
Stickin' it up to The Man has never been more exciting in Malaysia!
** Azmyl Yunor **
Azmyl Yunor is a renowned Malaysian bi-lingual independent singer-songwriter, musician, writer, gig organizer, and videomaker who started out as a street musician that adheres to the ‘three chords & the truth’ school of songwriting. As an artist-researcher, he has published his research on the cultural politics of Malaysian music subcultures and mediated moral panics, and the overlooked histories of the Malaysian underground and independent music circuit.
A founding member of several seminal underground bands in the early 2000s, his most recent solo album JOHN BANGI BLUES (2020) has been praised by fans and critics alike for “its raw power and lyrics that shuffle between satirical humour and a stiff middle finger.” He is also a Senior Lecturer at the School of Film & Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Sunway University Malaysia. He has published academic book chapters on Malaysian music subcultures, DIY (do-it-yourself) practices, and cultural politics in the media. He has taught in the performing arts, film production, and contemporary music diploma and degree programmes. THE ETHICAL TROUBADOUR LECTURE-performance series is an ongoing project by Azmyl to engage with the creative and academic community in Southeast Asia and South Asia beyond performance spaces while on tour to encourage regional solidarity and understanding which began in 2019.
時間：2025.8.9（六）2.00pm-4.00pm
主講：Azmyl Yunor
地點：立方計劃空間
身兼雙語唱作人、學者、表演者與影像創作者的Azmyl，是馬來西亞獨立音樂圈的推手之一，堅持用「三和弦與真實」唱出社會的荒謬與不義。他從街頭走上學術殿堂，研究馬來西亞音樂次文化的道德恐慌與被打壓的歷史，還發表過多篇論文🔥
這次他將帶來結合演說與演唱的《真實之歌》，揭露音樂如何被貼上「黃色文化」標籤、成為政治操作的替罪羊。從龐克被掃蕩、尿檢風波到地下音樂的頑強生長，他用聲音和文字，繼續對體制比中指。🖕
**真實之歌：在馬來西亞道德恐慌與黃色文化中的吟遊詩人**
自1970年代初期以來，馬來西亞音樂次文化與經常被政客當作替罪羔羊，藉此獲取政治資本，鞏固特定族群選民的支持，其政治操作透過媒體製造「道德恐慌」，將馬來西亞社會問題怪罪於搖滾樂團與搖滾文化。這類手法屢試不爽，甚至延續至2000年代中期，譬如迎接2006年的跨年夜時，吉隆坡表演場空間 Paul's Place正上演一場硬蕊龐克音樂會，卻視為「道德敗壞」的黑金屬聚會而遭警方進行取締行動，逾百人被逮捕並強制進行尿檢。
「黃色文化」一詞，是政客慣常為搖滾樂文化貼上的標籤——即外來的、西方的、「不屬於我們本地的文化」；這一詞也經常被套用在其他音樂類型與藝人身上，如 Beyoncé、印尼當紅的 dangdut 女王 Inul Daratista，以及嘻哈、龐克、金屬等音樂風格。值得注意的是，這些負面指控多數針對馬來穆斯林族群。有時，「黃色文化」與道德恐慌的指控也會延伸到其他族群身上。這些恐嚇與控訴，其實是一場接一場精心策劃的政治戲碼：事實上，馬來西亞音樂地下場景仍然蓬勃發展，且其多元樣貌遠比當局透過媒體所呈現的更為豐富。
作為一名從2000年代至今持續活躍並親身參與地下音樂場景的資深藝術家——Azmyl Yunor將分享自身的創意實踐——試圖藉由不同藝術形式與媒介，在現有資源與平台達到有效影響，同時持續維持次文化與獨立精神的火苗，公開地向體制挑釁、比中指。
在馬來西亞，對抗權威從未如此令人振奮！
** 關於Azmyl Yunor **
Azmyl Yunor 是馬來西亞知名雙語獨立唱作人、音樂家、作家、演出策劃者、與影像創作者。他的創作風格源於街頭音樂人的背景，堅持「三和弦與真實」（three chords & the truth）的創作信念。作為藝術領域研究者，他曾從文化政治角度發表多篇關於馬來西亞音樂次文化道德恐慌的研究，以及被忽視的馬來西亞地下與獨立音樂歷史研究。作為2000年代初期數個具指標性的地下樂團創始成員之一，Azmyl最新個人專輯《John Bangi Blues》（2020）受到樂迷與評論界一致讚譽，稱其作品展現出「原始的力量，歌詞在諷刺幽默與強烈抗議之間游走」。現任馬來西亞雙威大學電影與表演藝術學院（藝術與社會科系）的資深講師，曾出版多篇關於馬來西亞音樂次文化、DIY實踐、媒體中文化政治的學術專章。Azmyl自2019起推動《真實之歌》（The Ethical Troubadour）講演式表演計畫，希望透過巡演與東南亞及南亞創作者與學術社群對話，推動不同地區的連結與相互理解。
#TheCube #RestlessMoon #AzmylYunor #Malaysia #underground
Date: Saturday, 9 August 2025, 2:00–4:00 PM
Speaker: Azmyl Yunor
Venue: TheCube Project Space
Azmyl—a bilingual singer-songwriter, scholar, performer, and videomaker—is a driving force in Malaysia’s underground/indie music scene, using "three chords and the truth" to expose society’s absurdities and injustices. From the streets to academia, he researches moral panics and suppressed histories in Malaysia’s music subcultures, with multiple fiery publications to his name. 🔥
In this event, he will present THE ETHICAL TROUBADOUR—a performance that blends lecture and singing—to expose how music has been labeled as “yellow culture” and turned into a political scapegoat. From punk crackdowns and forced urine tests to the underground scene’s fierce resilience, Azmyl continues to raise his voice—and his middle finger—against the system. 🖕
** THE ETHICAL TROUBADOUR: How To Keep It Real While Navigating Through Moral Panics And 'Yellow Cultures' In Malaysia **
Music subcultures and countercultures have always been scapegoated by politicians in Malaysia for political mileage since the early 1970s. The formula of conjuring mediated moral panics that puts the sole blame of Malaysian society's ills on rock bands and rock culture has been so commonplace and successful that this trend carried on until the mid-2000s when a popular underground venue called Paul's Place were raided by the police on new year's eve 2006 when the underground and indie music community retaliated with a press conference at the very same venue two days after the raid.
Although in these instances the usual rallying call by politicians is to label rock music as 'yellow culture' - foreign and Western culture 'not of our own' - the term has also been applied to other genres and artists like Beyonce and Indonesian dangdut queen Inul Daratista aside from hip hop acts, punk and metal bands.
What is important to understand is that most of the negative soothsaying is by and directed at the ethnic Malay Muslim majority population. At times, even moral panics and accusations of 'yellow culture' has also been applied to minorities.
One also has to understand that all this fear mongering is political theatre at its best: the Malaysian music underground scene still thrives and is a lot more pluralistic than the authorities make the public believe through the media.
As an older artist who has observed - while also being in the thick of the action - the underground music circuit in Malaysia from the 2000s to the present, I will share some of my creative collaborations that keep the subcultural and independent-minded spirit alive across different artistic practices and art forms by maximizing the available formats and mediums at my disposal while still thumbing my nose to the establishment in plain sight.
Stickin' it up to The Man has never been more exciting in Malaysia!
** Azmyl Yunor **
Azmyl Yunor is a renowned Malaysian bi-lingual independent singer-songwriter, musician, writer, gig organizer, and videomaker who started out as a street musician that adheres to the ‘three chords & the truth’ school of songwriting. As an artist-researcher, he has published his research on the cultural politics of Malaysian music subcultures and mediated moral panics, and the overlooked histories of the Malaysian underground and independent music circuit.
A founding member of several seminal underground bands in the early 2000s, his most recent solo album JOHN BANGI BLUES (2020) has been praised by fans and critics alike for “its raw power and lyrics that shuffle between satirical humour and a stiff middle finger.” He is also a Senior Lecturer at the School of Film & Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Sunway University Malaysia. He has published academic book chapters on Malaysian music subcultures, DIY (do-it-yourself) practices, and cultural politics in the media. He has taught in the performing arts, film production, and contemporary music diploma and degree programmes. THE ETHICAL TROUBADOUR LECTURE-performance series is an ongoing project by Azmyl to engage with the creative and academic community in Southeast Asia and South Asia beyond performance spaces while on tour to encourage regional solidarity and understanding which began in 2019.
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