sonicbrat: OF THINGS UNENDING
Self-Released 2008 | MP3 [320kb]
GENRE: Electro-Acoustics | Electronic | Easy Listening
Number of tracks: 10
"The classically trained pianist creates delicate piano pieces and glistening soundscapes that embody a childlike innocence... This is the kind of music that floats over its listener requiring no effort on the listener's part, yet manages to stay in your thoughts long after it has stopped playing. There is also a sense of familiarity in the pieces, but it never feels as if you have heard it all before, rather, it is more like rediscovering an album that you used to love but for some reason stopped playing long ago... Of Things Unending is a solid album from beginning to end, containing no weak tracks. It is calming, gentle and meditative, and is an absolute pleasure to listen to." The Silent Ballet (USA), Of Things Unending, 2008; Rating: 6.5/10; full review HERE
"All the way from Singapore comes this release from Sonicbrat and it comprises ten tracks of remarkably gentle instrumental music... In a way these songs are like little fairytales... they turn out to be quite comforting to you as time passes and this album will do very nicely for those quieter, more contemplative moments of your life... "Of Things Unending" was a warm and enjoyable album." Bluesbunny (UK), Of Things Unending, 2008; Rating: 4/5
Album Demo:
GENRE: Electro-Acoustics | Electronic | Easy Listening
Number of tracks: 10
"The classically trained pianist creates delicate piano pieces and glistening soundscapes that embody a childlike innocence... This is the kind of music that floats over its listener requiring no effort on the listener's part, yet manages to stay in your thoughts long after it has stopped playing. There is also a sense of familiarity in the pieces, but it never feels as if you have heard it all before, rather, it is more like rediscovering an album that you used to love but for some reason stopped playing long ago... Of Things Unending is a solid album from beginning to end, containing no weak tracks. It is calming, gentle and meditative, and is an absolute pleasure to listen to." The Silent Ballet (USA), Of Things Unending, 2008; Rating: 6.5/10; full review HERE
"All the way from Singapore comes this release from Sonicbrat and it comprises ten tracks of remarkably gentle instrumental music... In a way these songs are like little fairytales... they turn out to be quite comforting to you as time passes and this album will do very nicely for those quieter, more contemplative moments of your life... "Of Things Unending" was a warm and enjoyable album." Bluesbunny (UK), Of Things Unending, 2008; Rating: 4/5
"Darren Ng’s breezy non troppo melodies will bring an unalloyed delight to your ears. He adorns his outwardly simple refrains with a rococo intricacy that is both exciting and meditative at the same time... Indeed, "Of Things Unending", this record lingers and will stay for an extended period on your iTunes as it still is on mine." de-nouveau.blogspot.com (Singapore, UFM100.3 DJ)
Link to the review HERE
Link to the review HERE
Album Demo:
sonicbrat: WEAVING
Online Release 2007 | ANOISE RECORDS | FREE DOWNLOAD | MP3
GENRE: Electro-Ambient | Psycho-Acoustics | Minimalist
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GENRE: Electro-Ambient | Psycho-Acoustics | Minimalist
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sonicbrat: HI.A.TUS
Released 2007 | Asylum Sounds | CD
GENRE: Electro-Ambient | Experimental | Live Electronics
Review:
Check me out!
Also available @:
節點文化Node Culture - Taiwan
White Noise Record - Hong Kong
Or preview the CD HERE
Project Write-up:
Hi.a.tus |hi'at?s| noun ( pl. -tus.es ) [usu. in sing. ] a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process
Every now and then, we fall in and out of reality. The parallel of two worlds – first being the world we exist in; the second being the world we created for ourselves. Whether it's socially created or fabricated in our own mind, the relationship between the real and the created is one that keeps us sane. This has occurred to me as a gap in time, a pause in our existence. A paradox that is essential to our survival. The truth aside, HI.A.TUS is an audio diary of my experiences in these pauses. Perhaps there were times when we existed in similar hiatus…
I hope this project may give you a rewarding experience for that will be most gratifying for me.
Available @ The Asylum 22 Ann Siang Road Singapore 069702
THE ASYLUM
Produced by our very own Asylum Sounds, HI.A.TUS is our very first release by local sound designer and music composer, Darren Ng, who also goes by the moniker Sonic Brat. HI.A.TUS will take you on a softly melodic journey through instrumental and reflective soundscapes.
Reviews:
HOMPY(Hong Kong) album review, SonicBrat: HI.A.TUS (album) ~Translated Site~
Chinese Review In Macau, China
GENRE: Electro-Ambient | Experimental | Live Electronics
Review:
- "... Singaporean sound designer Darren Ng has something else in mind. The lush piano, suspended moments and discreet digital tweaking of the decay on "The Lacuna Medley" suggests a bleached-out form of exotica. It's a mood that informs the rest of this project, which transforms the pauses of the day into a series of translucent dreams, made up of filmy keyboards, overlaid washes and floating structures. Martin Denny would be proud." Electronica Reviewed by Ken Hollings, WIRE (UK), issue 279, May 2007.
- "新加坡Asylum
Soundlab廠牌的出品，帶來是SonicBrat這名星州電音製作人的HI.A.TUS專輯。看他的Blog，得悉他是一名電子合成器收藏家。但他
打造出的電音樂章，卻是如斯的美不勝收，除了一首首精巧別緻的IDM樂曲外，The Lacuna Medley、Hiatus
Lullaby、Eudaemonia等多首以Erik Satie式鋼琴作主導的曲目，更極盡發思古幽情。" HOMPY (Hong Kong) album review, SonicBrat: HI.A.TUS (album) ~Translated Site~
Check me out!
Also available @:
節點文化Node Culture - Taiwan
White Noise Record - Hong Kong
Or preview the CD HERE
Project Write-up:
Hi.a.tus |hi'at?s| noun ( pl. -tus.es ) [usu. in sing. ] a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process
Every now and then, we fall in and out of reality. The parallel of two worlds – first being the world we exist in; the second being the world we created for ourselves. Whether it's socially created or fabricated in our own mind, the relationship between the real and the created is one that keeps us sane. This has occurred to me as a gap in time, a pause in our existence. A paradox that is essential to our survival. The truth aside, HI.A.TUS is an audio diary of my experiences in these pauses. Perhaps there were times when we existed in similar hiatus…
I hope this project may give you a rewarding experience for that will be most gratifying for me.
Available @ The Asylum 22 Ann Siang Road Singapore 069702
THE ASYLUM
Produced by our very own Asylum Sounds, HI.A.TUS is our very first release by local sound designer and music composer, Darren Ng, who also goes by the moniker Sonic Brat. HI.A.TUS will take you on a softly melodic journey through instrumental and reflective soundscapes.
Reviews:
HOMPY(Hong Kong) album review, SonicBrat: HI.A.TUS (album) ~Translated Site~
Chinese Review In Macau, China
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