Khatulistiwa 赤道

10/07/2025

16th July 2025, 3 local improvisers and 3 Taiwan base improvisers will perform in khatulistiwa!!!!
Doors open 8pm. Don't miss , will be great music and great fun

18/06/2025

The Hanging Garden returns this August with some excellent artists new to the series as well as some returning players.

Prepare for an evening of sounds ranging from harsh cut up noise to modular drone, featuring Yan Yon, Asphyxiation Bruised, Ba’Ah, NAEAN and Slaughter Table.

Doors 8pm. Rm 30

17/06/2025

Yuji Ishihara will be in khatulistiwa for 2 nights and 1 night in Tegak Balai Melaka.
Khatulistiwa 赤道 8pm
24th June with Yong Yandsen
25th June with kok Siew-Wai Kok and Yii Kah Hoe
Tegak Balai Melaka 8.30pm
26th Yiji Ishihara/ Yong Yandsen, Mab 189/ kok Siew Wai. Tegak Balai Melaka
Come everyone!!!!

09/06/2025

21st June 2025 Saturday, 8pm at khatulistiwa.
We are having special guest from Japan
Masafumi Yamamoto - electronics, sound objects.
Also local hero,
Straits Of Celaka- Mandolin
Tom Pieraid- Drums
Siew-Wai Kok - Voice
Yong Yandsen - Tenor Saxophone
This will be very interesting!! Come!!!

04/06/2025

On 7th June we will host three master musicians playing in dialogue with the soundscape of the Kinabatangan River.

Ng Teck Hing - Guqin
Chin Hong Da - Xiao
Yii Kah Hoe - Suling

Close your eyes and you will be transported deep into the Kinabatangan wildlife sanctuary in Sarawak.

Door 8pm
Rm30

20/05/2025

Friday 30 May we’re hosting the album launch party of the ferocious saxophone duo of John T.R. Long (alto) and Yong Yandsen (tenor).

We expect to be blown away (🙄) live as much as we were on the night they recorded. And remember… it’s a launch party 🎉 🥳

See you 8pm. Rm30. Buy the album!

13/05/2025

The third in our series of noise / electronics nights, The Hanging Garden welcomes back Azlan Dawai and ANGQASA, alongside Slaughter Table’s visceral harsh noise and Wretched Mongrel’s immersive amplifier worship for the first time, whilst NAEAN is joined by Yong Yandsen for a noisedrone saxophone excursion.

Sat 24 May doors 8pm
Rm30

17/04/2025

Long time Khatulistiwa performers, John T.R. Long and Yong Yandsen will perform in duo on Friday 18 April. Their opposing yet complementary styles will create an enthralling evening of music.

Doors 8pm. Rm30.

09/04/2025

Great music by Yii Kah Hoe and Siew-Wai Kok
This short video is recorded by Mr Yii Kah Hoe during the 5th April concert at Khatulistiwa.
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Live concert recording | 5 Apr 2025 | KhatulistiwaMicrophones techniques: OCCO: Sennheiser MKH8040 x 2 and MKH110 x 2