Malaysia
The Venopian Solitude
The Venopian Solitude is a band from Selangor, Malaysia. Formed in middle 2009 by the founder Suiko Takahara (pseudonym), she has been producing and uploading over 150 songs on now-defunct thesixtyone page, followed by Bandcamp and Youtube. After signing to Kasi Gegar Entertainment (KGE) between 2013-2016, the one-woman line up expanded into a full-fledged band.
During their time with KGE, The Venopian Solitude released an 8-songed album, titled ‘Hikayat Perawan Majnun’(Tales of a Lunatic Damsel), in March 2014, which was nominated for three categories in the prestigious music awards in Malaysia, Anugerah Industri Muzik 2014(Best Engineered Album, Best Arrangement in Song, Best Music Video), and two of its members won Best Hip-Hop Song for the song ‘Janji’ with Altimet for AIM 2016(Kemat as the composer, Suiko as the singer and co-lyricist).
The Venopian Solitude has performed in various places domestically and internationally, having toured Malaysia and performed in Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, the Netherlands and Canada. They had a European Tour in 2018, named #TVStoEURO, where they toured 6 countries and performed 7 shows, and played festivals such as Sónar Barcelona as well as Fusion Festival in Germany. In 2018, three of their songs were featured in the Netflix documentary Shirkers, which garnered rave reviews from international press as well as was shortlisted for the 91st Oscars Documentary Feature category.