Electronic musician and DJ Andreas Tilliander, a standout figure of Swedish electronic scene, will perform at Monsoon Music Festival in Hanoi on  October 20, 2023. (Photo: Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi)

The festival introduces quality music products by 40 Vietnamese and foreign artists and bands.

In the line-up of this year’s event is Andreas Tilliander, a Swedish electronic, drone and techno musician who has been making electronic music, as he said for his whole life, but professionally for 24 years.

At Monsoon Music Festival, Andreas said all the music he is going to be playing is unreleased. It’s new music so nobody has heard it, even if anyone has followed his music for a long time.

“And since you know I come from Sweden, I’ve prepared some sounds from my hometown, which is super small. And I've been preparing some field recordings, I've been recording some Swedish birds and stuff like that, which I hope to include, maybe manipulated, but you're going to have a small taste of Sweden in the music,” said Andreas.

Marking its return after the COVID pandemic, Monsoon Music Festival 2023 is creating an opportunity for Vietnamese artists to exchange and collaborate with international artists.

The opening night was last Saturday at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square. The two main nights of the festival will take place at Thang Long Imperial Citadel this weekend.