W Hotels Worldwide, the lux rebel of Marriott International, recently announced it has once again joined forces with Mixcloud, the world’s leading long form music streaming platform that is fostering a global community for audio culture.

Now in its second edition, Future Rising is the cutting-edge, creative platform that brings together rising talent from both the worlds of music and visual art.

Kicking off on 20^th September at W Guangzhou, Future Rising will then travel to W Bangkok (26th  September), W Goa (18th October), W Kuala Lumpur (7th November) and W Brisbane (15th November) to explore the intersection of music and visual art to celebrate zeitgeist of a city and introducing cultural changemakers who you’ll soon be seeing everywhere.            

“Music has been integral to the W brand since its inception. W Hotels is committed to supporting future creative leaders and immersive experiences for our guests through our shared passions, including music.” said Bruce Ryde, Vice President, Luxury Brands and Brand Marketing Asia Pacific, Marriott International “Our continuation of partnership with Mixcloud is just one of the way to bring the brand’s new/next vision to life for travelers around the world and connect them with this cult of talent present in distinct locations selected for this year.”

Future Rising APAC: Right Here, Right Now will feature musical talents paired with visual artists. Together, these artists will explore each cities spirit to co-create a unique audio-visual performance that will be premiered at each Future Rising event. 

The Indian set is in Goa on Friday 18^th October, 2019 partnering with Indian promoter Krunk Future Rising welcomes BLOT! X Sam Madhu to Goa. BLOT! is a live electronic music project based out of Delhi, India. Straddling music and art, party and performance, Gaurav Malaker is the producer and DJ at the helm of the project. With a recent release on iconic label Diynamic Music, he is one of India’s most sought-out producers. His current musing is with warm, analogue sounds and classic synthesizers that have resulted in a slew of recent productions. They are deep and delicate in equal measure, warm tracks with delicious chords and big basslines that are destined for the dancefloor. Thus, channelling his ‘basic love of things' with an always hands-on approach to creativity. Designer, artist and art director based out of Bombay, India. Sam Madhu's work shatters taboos through psychedelic, powerful visual commentaries combining traditional Indian imagery and urban futuristic concepts across mediums such as digital illustration, motion graphics, animation, projection mapping, video direction, set design and installation.

The other cities include Guangzhou on Friday 20^th September, 2019, Bangkok on Thursday 26^th  September, 2019, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday 7th November, 2019, Brisbane on Friday 15^th  November, 2019