Papua New Guinean artist, Anslom is breaking barriers and promoting Papua New Guinea through his music. Anslom has been recognised by the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala, India in partnership with Lazie Indie Magazine.
Lazie Indie Magazine is a well-known global organization that promotes independent musicians worldwide including organizing some of the world’s biggest music tourism festivals. The Department of Tourism of the Government of Kerala in India has invited Anslom to perform at the International Independent Music Festival from November 9th to 13th.
Anslom’s participation at the music festival in India also coincides with the release of his new single ‘I will love you’ through Canada based record label ‘Big Records’ in association with Sony Music The Orchard. Music tourism is on the rise in South East Asia and the music festival is set to promote the picturesque and culturally rich state of Kerala as a prime tourist destination and will be held near one of the most exotic locations in the world – Kovalam Beach.
The five days of music fete brings together the best of the global music community from countries across the world. “It is a first for a Papua New Guinean musical artist to be invited to such a prestigious event and I am honoured by the invitation to represent Papua New Guinea in the music space at this event,” said Anslom.
“The event is more than a music festival. While the platform provides a global prospective marketing platform and networking opportunities for artists, it also promotes music, culture and tourism together – a prospect that Papua New Guinea should also embark on,” he added.
Anslom will share the stage with 18 musical artists from seven countries including the USA, UK, India, Singapore, Malaysia and Italy cutting across genres like reggae, rock, fusion, Indian rock, hard rock, heavy metal and pop hip pop. “Music can represent a country and it has been a hard long journey to break through the challenges, but we keep pushing on spreading the love and messages through music. The world is discovering the potential in my music. If the global audience enjoys my music, they remember where I come from, they will want to visit my country,” said the international singing sensation who started his musical career singing with the Barike Band in Rabaul, East New Britain Province, since 1993.
Anslom will travel to India with producer, musical director and keyboardist Emmanuel Muganaua. Meanwhile, Anslom’s new single “I will love you” from Break The Barrier Extended Playlist (EP) will be out on all digital platforms on 1st November.
The “Break The Barrier” EP contains six songs about social issues faced in everyday struggles and challenges in life,” he said. Distributed by Anslom’s record label in America- known as Big Records – in association with Sony Music The Orchard, songs from Break The Barrier EP has been submitted to four feature films for sync licensing.
“It is a long challenging road for musical artists in Papua New Guinea.
There are so many opportunities that musical artists can leverage on. It’s all about hard work and finding the right collaboration that will see the potential. One thing is for sure – all PNG musicians need to unite and work together to create this access through our alliance.
I am so thankful for the wonderful people that see the potential and continue to support my international exposure. Getting an invitation to perform at an international music festival by the Government of Kerala in India, speaks for itself. Music tourism is growing in countries all over the world.
There are passionate driven people who share the same vision and collaborate with us because they recognise the role music plays in tourism. This is the beginning of my world tours in association with global known organisations. We hope that our government can recognize and support music tourism. My journey to greater things through music globally has begun,” said Anslom.