BALBALAB Live @ Artistry - 15th Jan 2015

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Live@AVS Event - Findars / KL

This is a little taster track from our first album, soon to be released via Ujikaji.net.

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'Pairs' is an improvisational structure we worked with.

The basic idea is that players are paired so that only one of that pair can be playing at a time.

For example if the first person in a pair is playing and the second enters, the first has to find a way out of what they're doing. An overlap often occurs within the transition between first and second player within a pair.

The only other rule we introduced is that only 1 pair can be in the process of transitioning at any one point, which results in a maximum of 3 players playing at most.

Any two players (who are not a pair) can start the piece.


ALBUM SAMPLER: 013 - Pairs [(D+J) + (Z+S)]

Boatyard Session – Track 6 / Cells

Boatyard Sessions – Track 5 / Squat

We had the pleasure of working on a live sound accompaniment to Min-Wei Ting's first feature film, "I'm Coming Up". The work "...is a monumental documentation of an HDB flat in Jurong by way of its entrails. The film seamlessly scales the flat from the ground to top, traversing every available “public” space in its ascent."

It premiered at SGIFF 2017 and went on to be screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017:

http://sgiff.com/browse-all-films/im-coming-up/
http://www.fred.fm/uk/min-wei-ting-im-coming-up-iffr2017/

"I'm Coming Up" (excerpt) a film by Min-Wei Ting

Live set at Artistry, Singapore, on 09/02/2017. We played seated around a square table with objects on the table. The objects were either amplified using piezos and an amplifier or played out acoustically in the space. Each of us had a loudspeaker where we could control our personal volumes. Recording was through a Zoom H2N placed in front of our setup. Enjoy the set! Photo Credits - Mark Wong

BALBALAB Live@ Artistry, Future Detour - 9th Feb 2017

BALBALAB is a collective of experimental musicians from Singapore, comprising Shark Fung, Dennis Tan, Zai Tang, and Wu Jun Han. The group evolved through the Openlab sessions at The Substation (2014), and have since been exploring a variety of strategies towards electroacoustic improvisation, DIY instrumentation and combining sound & moving- image.

Each member of the collective brings their individual practise into the mix:

Shark Fung (aka Awk Wah) is a veteran of the Singapore experimental music scene whose shifting musical outlook draws on an array of styles and influences in a compellingly, unpredictable manner.

Through the making of objects, installations and performances, Dennis Tan’s projects engage with the environment, perception and communication patterns of sound.

Zai Tang’s work navigates the terrain between sound, space and the body, practising as a composer, sound designer and field recordist for film, contemporary dance and multimedia installations.

As a video projectionist for a variety of music collectives in Singapore, Wu Jun Han explores notions of viscerality, vernacularity and the future, drawing influence from visual music and live improvisation.

BALBALAB have played at Findars, KL (A/V#5); Pink Noize, SG (Sound Steady Saturday); Artistry, SG (Ujikaji Presents); Platinum Music World Disco Bar, SG (Inuka Anno Doomini Launch); (CON)TEMPORARY OSMOSIS, Taipei (AudioVisual Media Festival); Esplanade, SG (Film x Music | co:lab series); SGIFF 2015 & 2016, SG (Unidentified Film Ontologies & I’m Coming Up by Min-Wei Ting).