[event] Playfreely VI // 29th July 2011 @ Multi-Purpose Hall, Goodman Arts Centre

"The basic characteristic of music-making is improvisation." - Derek Bailey

This is the final installment of a 6 part series of spontaneous, inventive musical collaboration between musicians from diverse musical backgrounds and genres. Venturing into unfamiliar artistic terrains, Playfreely engages various groups in a collaborative exchange to improvise without any boundaries, to release the shapes that are latent in that unique moment of time... to play freely.

Artists:

Darren Moore – drums

Matin Fellani (Voodoo) – percussion

Shaun Sankaran – guitar and live electronics

Evan Tan (The Observatory) – laptop and lap steel guitar

Yuen Chee Wai (FEN) - electronics

Special guests: Mr. Sterile Assembly from New Zealand

Entry by donation (minimum $10)

Presented by The Observatory in partnership with Ujikaji Records.

Contact The Observatory at info@theobservatory.com.sg.

Interviews, features and more on Playfreely at theobservatory.com.sg and ujikajirecords.wordpress.c​om.

[event] Frottage: Casual Encounters at the Pigeonhole i. // 17th July 2011 @ The Pigeonhole

Unrelenting hardcore-punk party starters 7x0x7 and experimental music curators Ujikaji Records team up for something a little different – a series of musical presentations at book café and dynamic arts space The Pigeonhole.

Featuring touring bands from Belgium/Canada, New Zealand and France and representing a smorgasbord of diverse musical visions from Psychedelic Rock to Folk Soul, these casual encounters are designed to rub off on you in all possible ways.

Their first installment kicks off this 17th Jul (Sun) w/ Belgium-raised Canadian-based sonic artist SZKIEVE, together with curious noise wander AWK WAH, and minimalist psych rock luminaries THE OBSERVATORY.

Doors open at 7:30pm, performances begin promptly at 8:00pm.

$10 at the door.

[event] Playfreely V // 15th July 2011 @ Multi-Purpose Hall, Goodman Arts Centre

Entry by donation (minimum $10)

"The basic characteristic of music-making is improvisation." - Derek Bailey

A 6 part series of spontaneous, inventive musical collaboration between musicians from diverse musical backgrounds and genres. Venturing into unfamiliar artistic terrains, Playfreely engages various groups in a collaborative exchange to improvise without any boundaries, to release the shapes that are latent in that unique moment of time... to play freely.

Artists:

Steve Dannemiller (Brael) – guitar

Mohamad Riduan - assorted wind instruments, efx

Fung Sheong Ying (I\D, Amino Acid Orchestra, Hotel, Awk Wah) - drums, noise

Ian Woo (I\D, Hotel) – bass

Ying (Meza Virs) – keyboards

Reef (Under the Velvet Sky) – guitar, euphonium

Brian Lim – harmonica, melodica

Presented by The Observatory in partnership with Ujikaji Records.

Contact The Observatory at: info@theobservatory.com.sg

Interviews, features and more on Playfreely at:

theobservatory.com.sg and ujikajirecords.wordpress.c​om.

[event] Playfreely IV // 28th May 2011 @ Black Box, Goodman Arts Centre

When you start to play off the top of your head, that's when the truth is really known about people. - Steve Howe

A 6 part series of spontaneous, inventive musical collaboration between musicians from diverse musical backgrounds and genres. Venturing into unfamiliar artistic terrains, Playfreely engages various groups in a collaborative exchange to improvise without any boundaries, to release the shapes that are latent in that unique moment of time... to play freely.

Artists:

Dominic Wan – acoustic guitar, woodwind

Ty Constant (Ang Mo Faux) – percussion

Tim O’Dwyer (Tim O’Dwyer Trio) – saxophone

Eli (The Psalms) - voice

Susanne Wurmnest – viola, saw

Joyce Teo (BronzAge Gamelan Ensemble) – assorted gamelan instruments

Part IV will be purely acoustic, without any amplification.

Presented by The Observatory in partnership with Ujikaji Records.

Contact The Observatory at info@theobservatory.com.sg

Entry by donation (minimum $10).

Interviews, features and more on Playfreely at:

theobservatory.com.sg

ujikajirecords.wordpress.com

[event] Playfreely III // 13th May 2011 @ Black Box, Goodman Arts Centre

PLAYFREELY III

13 May 2011
8.30pm
Black Box, Goodman Arts Centre
90 Goodman Road

When you start to play off the top of your head, that's when the truth is really known about people. - Steve Howe

A 6-part series of spontaneous, inventive musical collaboration between musicians from diverse musical backgrounds and genres. Venturing into unfamiliar artistic terrains, Playfreely engages various groups in a collaborative exchange to improvise without any boundaries, to release the shapes that are latent in that unique moment of time... to play freely.

Artists:

Atwell Jansen (Heritage) – violin

Ustad Sharafat Khan – sitar

Wil Kolen (Blindspot, Brin) – guitar

Rex Lee – theremin

Aya Sekine – keyboards, moog and shruti box

Jase Sng (Kimchi and the Laksas) – electric bass and upright bass

Cheryl Ong (A Bigger Bang. The Percussion Assembly) – traditional Chinese percussion

Entry by donation (minimum $10)

Presented by The Observatory in partnership with Ujikaji Records.

Contact The Observatory at info@theobservatory.com.sg for more info.

[event] Playfreely II // 29th April 2011 @ Black Box, Goodman Arts Centre

PLAYFREELY II

29 April 2011
8.30pm-11pm

Black Box, Goodman Arts Centre
90 Goodman Road, Singapore 439053

Albert Einstein looked upon improvisation as an emotional and intellectual necessity. (Conversations with Einstein, published 1921).

Artisis:

Analog Girl – electronics

Brian O’Reilly – contrabass

Bani Haykal (B-Quartet) – guitar, woodwinds

Fuzz Lee (Life Without Dreams) – guitar

Dr Samuel Wong (The Teng Company) – pipa

Jagjit Singh (Rhythms Aesthetic Society) – tabla

2nd installment of a 6 part series of spontaneous, inventive musical collaboration between musicians from diverse musical backgrounds and genres. Venturing into unfamiliar artistic terrains, Playfreely engages various groups in a collaborative exchange to improvise without any boundaries, to release the shapes that are latent in that unique moment of time... to play freely.

Presented by The Observatory

in partnership with Ujikaji Records

Entry by donation ($10 minimum).

Contact The Observatory at info@theobservatory.com.sg for more info.

[event] Playfreely I // 15th April 2011 @ Black Box, Goodman Arts Centre

PLAYFREELY I

15 April 2011
8.30-11.30pm

Black Box, Goodman Arts Centre
90 Goodman Road, Singapore 439053

Albert Einstein looked upon improvisation as an emotional and intellectual necessity. (Conversations with Einstein, published 1921)

Artists:

Darren Moore – drums

Andy Yang – the stick

Reggie Perera – didgeridoo

Misha’al (The Psalms) – bass

Isyraf (The Psalms) – drums

Khairil (The Psalms) – guitar

Az (Stellarium) – guitar

Phid (Stellarium) – guitar

Brennan de Souza (Ara Ophidia) – guitar

Ustad Sharafat Khan – sitar

Special guests:

MoHa! (Norway)

Horacio Pollard (UK)

A 6 part series of spontaneous, inventive musical collaboration between musicians from diverse musical backgrounds and genres. Venturing into unfamiliar artistic terrains, Playfreely engages various groups in a collaborative exchange to improvise without any boundaries, to release the shapes that are latent in that unique moment of time... to play freely.

Presented by The Observatory,

in partnership with Ujikaji Records

Contact The Observatory at info@theobservatory.com.sg for more info.