LINCH is a music company currently involved in building artiste careers, brands. and campaigns.
Established in 2015 with one of Singapore's current top singer-songwriters - Gentle Bones - as one of its first management clients, LINCH also worked on events programming, regional tours, and marketing / promotional campaigns in its early years.
LINCH’s current desire is to provide an ecosystem for the artiste in all aspects of artiste services, ranging from PR and marketing, to artiste management / consultancy.
THE TEAM
DEX WONG
Head - Artiste & Business Development
Based mostly in Singapore, Dex Wong has been highly involved in the music industry for over 15 years.
After dabbling in radio and label work, he helped structure the music programming at SCAPE, an integrated youth and talent development venue based in the heart of Singapore. As a pioneer, he invigorated SCAPE’s music culture and also helped with the move into its new premises at 2 Orchard Link.
In 2014, he founded LINCH (formerly known as The Linch Agency) a music company currently providing Artiste Management, Content Marketing & Label Services. He has also managed cross-promotional campaigns for brands such as Nescafe, Converse, SCOOT, Cathay Pacific & Hong Kong Tourism Board amongst others. During this time, he also organised extensive regional touring engagements for international artistes.
Whilst running the agency, he has also played a key Artiste management role in the career of one of Singapore's top singer-songwriter Gentle Bones during his time as both in-house Artiste Manager / A&R representative under Universal Music Singapore and independently via LINCH from 2013 - 2020 and also assisted in the careers of the creme of Singapore crop such as YAØ, Ffion & The Summer State.
SHAIK SYASYA
Music Executive
Syasya specialises in branding & music business. Under LINCH, she has worked on PR & marketing campaigns for notable artists like Gentle Bones, Charlie Lim, Dru Chen and Joie Tan amongst others.
Prior to this, Syasya attended university in London and spent her 3 years getting involved in the music scene. She started off interning at Ferocious Talent, a boutique music management and artist development agency doing branding, marketing and design for London artists such as Caitlyn Scarlett, Blue Lab Beats and George Ogilvie to name a few.
While juggling her studies, part-time job and internship, she also started a freelance Squarespace website business, working with non-profit music and artist development platforms like iluvlive and Uoolike, as well as other music agencies / artists in developing their very own end-to-end website presence.
In 2018, Syasya started working with Cre8ing Vision, a non-profit company that aims to assist and inspire young people in building successful careers in music and other creative fields. Under Cre8ing Vision, she helped create a flagship A&R programme which has been successfully received by major record labels such as Virgin EMI, Warner Records, Island Records, Believe Music and Capitol Records.
KANIA ALISJAHBANA
Music & Marketing Coordinator
Kania is a NAFA Arts Management graduate, with an interest in developing her digital marketing skills for the performing arts industry. Having had short stints at Wantedly Singapore, Neon Lights Festival & Cirque Du Soleil, she has also assisted a Singaporean record label/record store Mosta Records as Assistant Manager, helping the company in its branding and was involved in the label design for American hip-hop group Arrested Development’s vinyl release of their newest album Don't Fight Your Demons.