| | | | is a new body of work by bani haykal based on an ongoing series titled 'microprocesses' with visual and overhead projection artist ila.

music arranged / performed and engineered by bani haykal
artwork by ila

bani haykal plays drums / clarinet / hacksnare / no-input loopers / various effects pedals
ila uses Overhead Projector / food colouring / soaps / oils / alcohol / water

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| | | | is a new body of work by bani haykal based on an ongoing series titled 'microprocesses' with visual and overhead projection artist ila.

music arranged / performed and engineered by bani haykal
artwork by ila

bani haykal plays drums / clarinet / hacksnare / no-input loopers / various effects pedals
ila uses Overhead Projector / food colouring / soaps / oils / alcohol / water

how i got lost and died trying is a new body of work / study based on narratives and music.

the performance is a live recording with no overdubs.

music / words by bani haykal
engineered by Nizam at Studio 47

i pulled myself out of the tackle box and threw myself into the ocean

how i got lost and died trying is a new body of work / study based on narratives and music.

the performance is a live recording with no overdubs.

music / words by bani haykal 
engineered by Nizam at Studio 47

how i got lost and died trying was a conscious decision, serious.

i found the meaning of life, but the translation was so bad it made no sense

Hangus Di Pintu Syurga - Theme song for Teater Ekamatra's re-staging of Haresh Sharma's Hope.

music + lyrics written / performed / recorded / mixed by bani haykal

Hangus Di Pintu Syurga

the recording of MacRitchie Treetops is part of an art installation titled Cryptocartography, where i retell an account of meeting a squatting community in the MacRitchie reserves who've developed a different way of communicating amongst each other and their environment, through smell and touch.

the exhibition at the time of writing is presently exhibited at UltraSuperNew Gallery Singapore, along Rowell Rd, Singapore. the story is part of a larger body of work titled 'isolated futures', which details imagined communities in the future who have reconfigured existing technologies to develop new approaches to survival, being and beliefs.

isolated futures #2 / MacRitchie Treetops

THIS IS YOUR GLITCHING MY DEATH is an upcoming record composed / performed / recorded by bani haykal.

the spoken word texts are primarily written and performed in Malay.

THIS IS YOU GLITCHING MY DEATH

THIS IS YOU GLITCHING MY DEATH // teaser

terhempas was originally written for a dance performance choreographed by Ruby Jayaseelan with lights and set design by Irfan Kasban.

it was first staged at Greymatter, Teater Ekamatra on 31st Jan & 1st February 2020.

terhempas

bani haykal experiments with text + music.

Encompassing several disciplines including installation and performance, his interest lies at the intersection of data politics, music and speculative fiction. Working with a broad range of instruments, from acoustic to digital, traditional and hacked, his projects revolve around modes of interfacing and interaction. He is a member of b-quartet and Soundpainting ensemble Erik Satay & The Kampong Arkestra.

As an artist and a musician, Haykal has participated in festivals including Media/Art Kitchen (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Japan), Liquid Architecture, RRREC FEST (Indonesia), da:ns Festival and The M1 Fringe Festival (Singapore) among others.

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