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).

Squarewhite engages in sinewave mood settings and forced voice incantations, mixed with outburst of noise backgrounds and flows of sounds. Sound is live material, born out of the moment and fades away after that. What is then left? An emotion, a thought, a feeling or just nothing? A constant change of movements living out of time.

- Squarewhite

Storytelling has been an artery of Sharmeen/Sifar’s practice for the last 18 years. She has used various mediums to communicate her thoughts and styles, with video being her oft-used tool.
She puts her camerawork and editing skills towards collaborating with the artistic community in Singapore in hopes of visually presenting lesser-known truths.
Topics of social urgencies, such as natural history and overlooked societal lived experiences are a driving force for her to coalesce and present her current works.
Her latest endeavours are organising a long-term community engagement program with Freedom Film Festival Singapore, and a collaborative video project, with artist Tan Biyun about the last street vendors of Singapore. 
She also enjoys presenting mixed-media installations to diversify her disciplines.

My own various collection of weird sound stuff.
I'm a game developer mainly, but I make music, sometimes, too.

I use Musagi, FL Studio, and Audacity.

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