Ben Ang (Music)

Producer / Remixer / Ableton Certified Trainer / Principal Tutor, NUS Electronic Music Lab

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NUS CFA Studios' Finale

One last live electronic show at NUS CFA Studios before it's demolished!

Watch me (ABYSS SIMIAN) and SIX other unique live electronic acts on Friday 2 August 2024 from 8 to 10pm. Come earlier at 6pm for Synth Museum (Roland JD800! Yamaha DX7mk2!). Admission is FREE and OPEN TO PUBLIC. Full details and map to NUS CFA Studios here at this link

Robo-Agogo

Videos from our live electronic music improvisation show with Synth Commune last 7 October 2023 at Ziggy Zaggy, Kampong Bugis Singapore

Event detail here

I Know by Naomi and the Boys (Live Breakbeat Remix)

Abyss Simian (Ben Ang) on Korg Keytar and Ableton Push 3, Michael Spicer on Arp Odyssey, Falling Islands (Tan E-Reng) on Elektron Syntakt, Elektron Digitakt, Arturia Minifreak

Alompak Agogo by the Swallows (Robo Agogo Remix)

Abyss Simian (Ben Ang) on Korg Keytar and Ableton Push 3, Michael Spicer on Arp Odyssey, Falling Islands (Tan E-Reng) on Elektron Syntakt, Elektron Digitakt, Arturia Minifreak

Acoustic Shock – Pipe Organ and Electronic Music Together

I performed on electronic music instruments (synthesizers and Ableton Push) in collaboration with young Singaporean organist talent and Cathedral Scholar Anne Maria Lim, at Victoria Concert Hall in August 2024, to show "what the power of electronic music and the pipe organ can do to charge up the concert hall!" Event details here https://www.sso.org.sg/whats-on/acoustic-shock-an-organ-and-electronic-music-spectacular

Ableton User Group Singapore: Golden Mile Sample Pack Beatmaking Challenge

Saturday 25 Feb 2023, 5 - 7 PM, Enclave Bar, Golden Mile Complex

Find out more here https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/ableton-user-group-presents-the-golden-mile-sample-pack-tickets-538834326977

Electronic Music Lab rehearsals for OMNIVERSE (NUS Arts Festival)

Fri 24 and Sat 25 March - Immersive musical experience with original electronic music and installation set design evoking liminality, and music from psytrance to lo-fi beats, to bring you to a liminal states in the fourth dimension. More info here

Teaching sampling and music production at Electronic Music Lab

Improvising electronic music with Synth Commune

Abyss Simian is my live electronic music improvisation project - in this video I joined the monthly Synth Commune synth jam, this session is with Dr Michael Spicer (flute and Minimoog) and Eryn Spicer (Eurorack)

Experimenting with electronic music

Experiments with sync-ing laptop musicians over wifi using Ableton Link, turning soundscapes into rhythm and melody, sampling challenges - all part of the fun of exploring electronic music

Hosting the Ableton User Group Singapore Meetups

Whether you’re just starting out or are already experienced, we are open to any interested Ableton Live user. User Group meetings take place as often as we can with presentations by Ableton Certified Trainers, local and international artists, and interactive collaborations. It's a great place to meet people who share your interest, ask questions, learn stuff, and make friends

Composing electronic music in the Reverse Choreography Challenge

I was invited by NUS Centre for the Arts to create a track to Yarra Ileto’s (NUS Dance Synergy’s Artistic Director) choreography, with a new follow up to the track created. Inspired by STEEZY’s Reverse Choreography series, we took on the Reverse Choreography challenge. Watch the video to see how Yarra first danced without music, then I wrote music to her dance, then she counter-choreographed an additional dance to the music!

Teaching electronic music at NUS EML

Why did NUS CFA contact me for the Reverse Choreography project?

Because I teach the NUS Electronic Music Lab (NUS EML), which is the performance group at NUS that creates, records, performs, and promotes original electronic music.

Teaching electronic music outside NUS

If you want to learn electronic music, you don't need to be an NUS student - check out my online tips at my YouTube channel above, and if you want personalised teaching in person, contact me through Pop Studio Academy http://popstudioacademy.com where I teach music production, live performance, music tech for small bands, remixing and covers.

Cosmic Armchair

I'm half of COSMIC ARMCHAIR, synthpop duo based in Singapore, and our song MAN OR MACHINE, appears on the new Alfa Matrix compilation MATRIX DOWNLOADED 10 is available now. Here’s a preview – Get the full song at http://smarturl.it/cosmicmanormachine

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The Cosmic Bubble

I'm also half of COSMIC BUBBLE, producing synthwave / retrowave remixes and originals

Andromeda Sky

And I'm half of the ANDROMEDA SKY dance music project - we made an upbeat remix of Armin van Buuren's track 'Need You Now' for an Armada University Remix contest.

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