Sonicbrat

“Chance Conversation Improvisation… ’sonicbrat’ Is The Ambisonic Brainchild Of Darren Ng. As A Believer In Poetic Imperfection Most Of His Music Are Performed And Recorded On The Fly Without Multi-Tracking.” Sonicbrat Aka Darren Ng Is A Singapore Based Sound Artist And Music Composer Whose Electro-Acoustic Sound-Bites Have Established Him As One Of The Most Sought-After Sound And Music Composer In The Local Theatre Contemporary Dance And International Film And Art Scene. His Works Have Been Compared To Erik Satie Ryuichi Sakamoto And Martin Denny By International Music Reviewers From U.K. WIRE Ken Hollings U.S.A. The Silent Ballet And Bluesbunny And Hong Kong Hompy . Trained In Classical Piano He Has Been Exploring Re-Interpretive Playing And Improvisations On Various Music Instruments Using Processed “found Sounds” To Fuse With His Acoustic And Electronic Compositions Exploring Minimalist Sound Art And Psycho-Acoustic Performances And Installations. He Has Worked And Collaborated With Many International Sound Artists And Musicians From Spain Sweden Germany France Greece Netherlands Italy UK USA Canada Japan China Hong Kong And Thailand. He Has Also Composed For Contemporary Dance Performances By Internationally Renowned Choreographers Zhang Xiao Xiong USA Taiwan Boi Sakti Indonesia And Kuik Swee Boon Singapore . To Date He Has Been Invited To Perform Solo In Japan Okinawa Vietnam Hanoi Sound Stuff Hungary Budapest Sziget Festival Spain Barcelona SONAR Asain Festival And RBMA Austria Vienna Wiener Festwochen And Netherlands Venlo Zomerparkfeest . He Has Had 8 Nominations In Total For His Works So Far Winning "Best Sound Design" At The 6th And 8th Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2006 And 2008 Respectively As Well As Receiving An Honourable Mention For Special Achievement For Best Sound At The 5th Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2005 And A President's Design Award '08 Collective Win . He Was Also One Of The 60 Chosen From 4000 Applicants To Represent Singapore To Participate In Red Bull Music Academy RBMA'08 In Barcelona. He Is Currently The Associate Sound Artist And Music Composer For The Finger Players. For More Information On It Please Visit Website Http //www.Sonicbrat.Com Http //www.Myspace.Com/s0nicbrat Sound Art Http //www.Myspace.Com/sonicbrat read less