For their Christmas special, and last episode for the year, Oto and Jaycee played some Christmas songs from Southeast-Asian Indie artists and their favourite tracks from this year, and sang a couple of Christmas carols with one of their favourite guests: Club Ruby.
Oto and Jaycee played some of their favourite tracks from the Asian diaspora and discussed the parallels between the treaty principles bill and imperialism in the Philippines.
Jaycee had a chat with Jewel Owusu - a singer songwriter and producer of Filipina and Ghanaian origin currently based in Naarm about her musical process and experiences navigating the music industry as a musician and creative of colour.
Oto and Jaycee talked to Jewel Owusu - a singer songwriter and electronic producer of Filipino and Ghanaian origin, and played a variety of garage, breakbeat, hip-hop and RnB tracks from across Southeast-Asia.
Oto and Jaycee talked to writer, musician and all-round creative Samantha Cheong, who's worked for groups like Undertheradar and Ratworld, and talked to her about her work to bring more Asians into the music and media landscape of Aotearoa.
For this week's episode of WALAO! Oto and Jaycee played a variety of tracks by Asian artists in Aotearoa and interviewed the amazing Samantha Cheong from Undertheradar, Rolling Stone, Ratworld and much more.
Oto and Jaycee played a variety of new indie releases from across Southeast Asia, teased a demo of an upcoming single release by Jaycee and tried some Filipino snacks on air.
Playlist
Stopgap (SG) - Transportation Blues
Bedchamber (ID) - Burner
Subsonic Eye(SG) - Jaded
Lara Andallo (PH) - Put U On
Linying (SG) - Donovan
Linying (SG) - Fridge
Lara Andallo (PH) - I Might
Bluemoongirl (BN) - 1996
Perantaranya (ID) - 1983
Kinder Bloomen (ID) - What's With That?
Tarasinta (ID) - Books Of Life
Beltigs (ID) - Pelican Cove
blvc (MM) - if you become a bird and fly away from me, i'll become a tree that you come home to
Leah Halili (PH) - WHEN THE DAY ENDS
SonicBloom (TH) - monologue
Golden Mile Band (SG) - Dingdong
Khana Bierbood (TH) - Fi Rak Sanae-Ha
Tingtongketz (MY) - Berubah
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective (KH) - Eri Eri Eri Eri Eri Rema Rema Rema Rema Rema
BlackArmatus (TH) - ถวาย
BAP. (ID) - wake up! look alive!
Norith, VannDa (KH) - ក្រមុំស្រុកណា
SreyLeak, Vuthea (KH) - ស្រីណាប្រច័ណ្ឌប្តី
Madness On Tha Block, Prime Manifez (ID) - MAD ACCENT
Oto and Jaycee chatted with Jade and Hon from Club Ruby to discuss their new E.P - 'Don't Gaslight Me'as well as the music video for 'What My Bones Know'which they shot in Vietnam.
Oto and Jaycee chatted with Singaporean Post-Hardcore outfit Faraday about their new E.P 'Delirium,' being the first in a trilogy of releases centered around the D.C comic series The Sandman.
Oto and Jaycee talked to Pōneke singer-songwriter Jeline about her latest single 'losing all of me,' her experiences as a Filipina artist in the Aotearoa music industry and the work she's currently doing at Big Fan's Pan Asian Fan Camp!
Oto and Jaycee chatted with Jefferson Chen, aka Goodspace, about his upcoming single - 'Easier Said than Done' and the PEDAL installation he set up leading up to the release.
Jaycee went to the Installation on the first day of it's launch and talked to some of the attendees as well.
Oto and Jaycee had a chat with Filipino-New Zealander Artist/Producer JHL about his creative process, journey and his recent collaborative release with zayok and isobel - Blood and arrow, tranquilize heart
Oto and Jaycee talked with Filipina/NZ singer-songwriter Valere about her new single - 'I'll Tell You When I Know' in an interview that covered karaoke, filipino food and parenthood all at once.
Oto and Jaycee talked with local, up and coming rapper Emperor C about his new sophomore album Severence and how his collaborations with other artists in the underground Hip Hop scene have shaped his musical journey.
Oto and Jaycee talked to Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Wee about his latest single Taman Desa Tebrau, an homage to the neighbourhood in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, that he grew up in.