#7
#7
In our busy lives, music is often relegated to the background. VOLUME offers a communal return to rediscover the ritual of listening to an album in its entirety and appreciating its lore with others on the same wavelength.
Each session is built around one album worth diving into. We listen to the album from front to back and open up a discussion about the artist, the music, its cultural impact, and the arguments people have had about what it all means.
Ilyas Sholihyn is a former music journalist and the founder of VOLUME Sessions. He's spent over a decade telling human stories, and now brings that same curiosity into the room—just with more banter and a tendency to go on and on about oddly specific topics.
VOLUME #7 is dedicated to Blonde by Frank Ocean, an hour of hazy stream-of-consciousness about first loves and emotional turmoil that still lands hard a decade on.
The cover says blond but the tracklist says Blonde. Halfway through, ‘Nights’ flips its beat and the album turns into a different record. This session is about that split, and about an artist who has spent the ten years since staying ambiguous.
Alt R&B · Art Pop
Memory · Love · Identity · Nostalgia for the present
ART/ST Records is dedicated to bringing back the rich heritage of record making to Singapore. Its vision is to turn voices and stories that matter most into physical keepsakes.
Launched in May 2025, ART/ST Records (pronounced Artist Records) was born out of a home studio in Katong. While they began with music, they realised their true calling: preserving life. From a child’s first words to a grandmother’s last voicemail, ART/ST Records transform transient digital pings into permanent physical heirlooms. In a world of disappearing stories, they restore intention to how we communicate. They ensure your most precious voices aren’t just heard today, but are preserved as physical records for generations to come.
This session takes place at their space at the Pulau Pulao studio. The room will be sounding right courtesy of TDAC, the DIY audio collective building hifi speakers and running workshops on making your own gear in Singapore.
7 Kallang Place, #05-09, Singapore 339153
25 pax. Once it's full, it's full.
