Media
15
Feb
2012
SYNDICATE x Hit & Run for SIXX’s Supersonic Single Launch
SIXX is launching their new single Supersonic at Tweet Jams – a Social Media Week event – on 16 February 2012, and SYNDICATE will be supporting them at the party.
Darren Dubwise will be on deck duties to warm up the evening, while Brandon Tay will be remixing original SIXX album artwork into his visual showcase. Art crew Hit & Run will also be live screen-printing on-site with limited edition artwork from Kiat, Eric Foenander, Kristal Melon and SIXX.
In line with Social Media Week, SIXX will be debuting an additional new track using a selection of tweets crowdsourced from fans and friends via the hashtag #tweetjams.
Entry is free and complimentary cocktails from Smirnoff will be served. Head over to www.socialmediaweek.org/singapore to register and learn more about Social Media Week.
Thursday 16 February 2012
8PM – 11PM
Lucky 13, #01-02 TripleOne Somerset
30
Jan
2012
SYNDICATE: The Second Anniversary / 4 Feb 2012
After traveling to various corners of the world and playing to a sold-out show at the Esplanade few months back, we celebrate our anniversary where it all began 2 years ago: Home Club.
With the club as a canvas, resident visual artist Brandon Tay, collaborates with internationally acclaimed design collective, Phunk Studio, to transform the space into a visual playground.
The traditional SYNDICATE visual wall will be filled with collaborative content from the 2 artists as they reinterpret, remix and revisualize each other’s work. A special installation that charts out the SYNDICATE journey so far will also be unveiled to commemorate the anniversary. There is a third surprise piece which they have been working on and are tight-lipped about. You’ll just have to be there to find out more.
Music is not taking a back seat as the line-up features both seasoned players and fresh names from the local scene. The luminaries which need no introduction are Funk Bast*rd, MC Masterpiece and KoFlow with a special live set. It will also be a homecoming gig for Singapore’s own bass general, Vortex, who has been away for sometime. Kiat represents the SYNDICATE stable with his staple beats and bass.
Meanwhile, making their SYNDICATE debut will be Diphasic, who was featured in the first ever Beat Invitational, and recent FFF Girl DJ Bootcamp graduate, Saigon Kat.
Proving that Singapore still has an inexhaustible list of budding bedroom producers, the fifth Beat Invitational is set to unearth another round of beatific gems. Butterfly Imprint, ILOH:SHIX, LoopTape, The Architek and Darren Dubwise will be unleashing works that cut across all genres.
29
Dec
2011
Mosaic Music Makers: Beats ‘n’ Bleeps Workshop
In conjunction with Mosaic Music Festival 2012, the Esplanade will be running a series of Mosaic Music Maker workshops designed for beginners or music enthusiasts!
Kiat and Max Lane will be running a workshop called Beats ‘n’ Bleeps: Digital Beats Production for Absolute Beginners.
During the 2-hour session, you will learn about the brief history and different styles of electronic music production techniques such as beatmaking looping, and get a chance to make a simple digital beats sequence from scratch.
Workshop Details
25 February 2012, Saturday
3:30pm and 6pm
Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
$20 – purchase your tickets for Beats ‘n’ Bleeps with Kiat and Max Lane via SISTIC
Check out other Mosaic Music Makers workshops by seasoned local musicians!
27
Dec
2011
Kiat & Brandon Tay Open for Skream & Benga / 13 Jan 2012
Come 13 January 2012, SKREAM & BENGA – two-thirds of electronic supergroup Magnetic Man, dubstep pioneers and kingpins of the UK bass scene – will make their debut performance in Singapore at ZIRCA.
Individually, the duo have both enjoyed incredible success. Benga & Coki’s ‘Night’ was undeniably the first dubstep ‘anthem’ and Skream’s remix of La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’ has become one of the tracks of the decade – earning a 2011 Grammy nomination for ‘Best Dance Record’ and earning Skream a platinum disc for sales of over half a million copies. The track was also featured prominently in top US TV show ‘Entourage’.
Joining the spectacle of this landmark night are two of Singapore’s forward individuals representing the subliminal collective SYNDICATE – local bass purveyor KIAT and visual stalwart BRANDON TAY on live visuals.
Event Details:
13 January 2012, Friday
Zirca, Block 3C The Cannery, River Valley Road, Clarke Quay, #01-02 to 05 & #02-01 to 08
Before 11pm – $20 (incl 2 drinks)
After 11pm – $32 (incl 2 drinks)
03
Dec
2011
Spot the Glyph for SYNDICATE 2012 All Gig Pass
It’s Christmas! And we’re giving away 1 x SPECIAL SYNDICATE 2012 ALL GIG PASS to one winner.
Yes, this special gig pass puts you on our personal guestlist for ALL our gigs next year, from Home Club to special audio-visual concert sessions to international gigs (flights/accommodation/personal expenses on your own).
To score this sweet prize, here’s what you’ll have to do:
1. Watch the video and look out for this glyph
2. Take a screen capture or photo of the video
3. Circle/point out the area where the glyph appears
4. Email the image to info@syndicate.sg
Entries close 25 December 2011 at 23:59:59.
Good luck!
Merry Xmas from the SYNDICATE crew.
Special Thanks To Simon Harsent for the photography and Blue Daisy for the track The End.
28
Nov
2011
SYNDICATE: World Without Humanity ft Blue Daisy
We wrap the year at Home Club with Blue Daisy for our final installment for 2011.
Kwesi Darko aka Blue Daisy has been a name fluttering about for a while. Finding his first breakthrough via bass heroine, Mary-Anne Hobbs, his music influences stem from everything such as hip hop to gospel, grime to dubstep, psyche rock to drone and many more. This wide spectrum of sounds can be heard in his recent debut LP release “The Sunday Gift”.
Residents Max Lane, Darren Dubwise and Trytoplay will keep the SYNDICATE program going with Kiat presenting a special live set with the collective’s songstress, Vandetta. The fourth Beat Invitational is also set to unearth more musical nuggets and gems all freshly made in Singapore with special guests from across the border.
22
Nov
2011
Anamnesia with Strangeloop
The one and only Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) has put together a Kickstarter project featuring an international collaboration with our very own Brandon Tay alongside Leigh J. McCloskey, Mono/Poly, Micah Nelson, Gavin Gamboa and Dan Miller.
Drawing on the extensive experience and surreal mind of respected artist Leigh J. McCloskey (artist behind the Flying Lotus’ crazy Cosmogramma album art!), the project will see Leigh providing the artwork and advising on the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.
Micah Nelson, whom Brandon collaborated with for Austin Peralta & Thundercat’s set at Brainfeeder Sessions: LA vs SG will be designing the characters of Anamesia.
Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder) will be providing the musical score whilst Brandon Tay will be providing his EFX and compositing experience. To round up the team, Gavin Gamboa will be constructing the net narrative and Dan Miller will assist in colouring the scenes.
A truly exciting film project with a diverse group of visual artistes, we can’t wait to see the outcome of their heads together, so head over to Kickstarter to pledge your support for the Anamnesia film and lock down your copies of DVDs.
Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.
21
Nov
2011
Trytoplay [LIVE] in KL, Malaysia / 26 Nov 2011
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
SIXX is launching their new single Supersonic at Tweet Jams – a Social Media Week event – on 16 February 2012, and SYNDICATE will be supporting them at the party.
Darren Dubwise will be on deck duties to warm up the evening, while Brandon Tay will be remixing original SIXX album artwork into his visual showcase. Art crew Hit & Run will also be live screen-printing on-site with limited edition artwork from Kiat, Eric Foenander, Kristal Melon and SIXX.
In line with Social Media Week, SIXX will be debuting an additional new track using a selection of tweets crowdsourced from fans and friends via the hashtag #tweetjams.
Entry is free and complimentary cocktails from Smirnoff will be served. Head over to www.socialmediaweek.org/singapore to register and learn more about Social Media Week.
Thursday 16 February 2012
8PM – 11PM
Lucky 13, #01-02 TripleOne Somerset
30
Jan
2012
SYNDICATE: The Second Anniversary / 4 Feb 2012
After traveling to various corners of the world and playing to a sold-out show at the Esplanade few months back, we celebrate our anniversary where it all began 2 years ago: Home Club.
With the club as a canvas, resident visual artist Brandon Tay, collaborates with internationally acclaimed design collective, Phunk Studio, to transform the space into a visual playground.
The traditional SYNDICATE visual wall will be filled with collaborative content from the 2 artists as they reinterpret, remix and revisualize each other’s work. A special installation that charts out the SYNDICATE journey so far will also be unveiled to commemorate the anniversary. There is a third surprise piece which they have been working on and are tight-lipped about. You’ll just have to be there to find out more.
Music is not taking a back seat as the line-up features both seasoned players and fresh names from the local scene. The luminaries which need no introduction are Funk Bast*rd, MC Masterpiece and KoFlow with a special live set. It will also be a homecoming gig for Singapore’s own bass general, Vortex, who has been away for sometime. Kiat represents the SYNDICATE stable with his staple beats and bass.
Meanwhile, making their SYNDICATE debut will be Diphasic, who was featured in the first ever Beat Invitational, and recent FFF Girl DJ Bootcamp graduate, Saigon Kat.
Proving that Singapore still has an inexhaustible list of budding bedroom producers, the fifth Beat Invitational is set to unearth another round of beatific gems. Butterfly Imprint, ILOH:SHIX, LoopTape, The Architek and Darren Dubwise will be unleashing works that cut across all genres.
29
Dec
2011
Mosaic Music Makers: Beats ‘n’ Bleeps Workshop
In conjunction with Mosaic Music Festival 2012, the Esplanade will be running a series of Mosaic Music Maker workshops designed for beginners or music enthusiasts!
Kiat and Max Lane will be running a workshop called Beats ‘n’ Bleeps: Digital Beats Production for Absolute Beginners.
During the 2-hour session, you will learn about the brief history and different styles of electronic music production techniques such as beatmaking looping, and get a chance to make a simple digital beats sequence from scratch.
Workshop Details
25 February 2012, Saturday
3:30pm and 6pm
Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
$20 – purchase your tickets for Beats ‘n’ Bleeps with Kiat and Max Lane via SISTIC
Check out other Mosaic Music Makers workshops by seasoned local musicians!
27
Dec
2011
Kiat & Brandon Tay Open for Skream & Benga / 13 Jan 2012
Come 13 January 2012, SKREAM & BENGA – two-thirds of electronic supergroup Magnetic Man, dubstep pioneers and kingpins of the UK bass scene – will make their debut performance in Singapore at ZIRCA.
Individually, the duo have both enjoyed incredible success. Benga & Coki’s ‘Night’ was undeniably the first dubstep ‘anthem’ and Skream’s remix of La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’ has become one of the tracks of the decade – earning a 2011 Grammy nomination for ‘Best Dance Record’ and earning Skream a platinum disc for sales of over half a million copies. The track was also featured prominently in top US TV show ‘Entourage’.
Joining the spectacle of this landmark night are two of Singapore’s forward individuals representing the subliminal collective SYNDICATE – local bass purveyor KIAT and visual stalwart BRANDON TAY on live visuals.
Event Details:
13 January 2012, Friday
Zirca, Block 3C The Cannery, River Valley Road, Clarke Quay, #01-02 to 05 & #02-01 to 08
Before 11pm – $20 (incl 2 drinks)
After 11pm – $32 (incl 2 drinks)
03
Dec
2011
Spot the Glyph for SYNDICATE 2012 All Gig Pass
It’s Christmas! And we’re giving away 1 x SPECIAL SYNDICATE 2012 ALL GIG PASS to one winner.
Yes, this special gig pass puts you on our personal guestlist for ALL our gigs next year, from Home Club to special audio-visual concert sessions to international gigs (flights/accommodation/personal expenses on your own).
To score this sweet prize, here’s what you’ll have to do:
1. Watch the video and look out for this glyph
2. Take a screen capture or photo of the video
3. Circle/point out the area where the glyph appears
4. Email the image to info@syndicate.sg
Entries close 25 December 2011 at 23:59:59.
Good luck!
Merry Xmas from the SYNDICATE crew.
Special Thanks To Simon Harsent for the photography and Blue Daisy for the track The End.
28
Nov
2011
SYNDICATE: World Without Humanity ft Blue Daisy
We wrap the year at Home Club with Blue Daisy for our final installment for 2011.
Kwesi Darko aka Blue Daisy has been a name fluttering about for a while. Finding his first breakthrough via bass heroine, Mary-Anne Hobbs, his music influences stem from everything such as hip hop to gospel, grime to dubstep, psyche rock to drone and many more. This wide spectrum of sounds can be heard in his recent debut LP release “The Sunday Gift”.
Residents Max Lane, Darren Dubwise and Trytoplay will keep the SYNDICATE program going with Kiat presenting a special live set with the collective’s songstress, Vandetta. The fourth Beat Invitational is also set to unearth more musical nuggets and gems all freshly made in Singapore with special guests from across the border.
22
Nov
2011
Anamnesia with Strangeloop
The one and only Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) has put together a Kickstarter project featuring an international collaboration with our very own Brandon Tay alongside Leigh J. McCloskey, Mono/Poly, Micah Nelson, Gavin Gamboa and Dan Miller.
Drawing on the extensive experience and surreal mind of respected artist Leigh J. McCloskey (artist behind the Flying Lotus’ crazy Cosmogramma album art!), the project will see Leigh providing the artwork and advising on the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.
Micah Nelson, whom Brandon collaborated with for Austin Peralta & Thundercat’s set at Brainfeeder Sessions: LA vs SG will be designing the characters of Anamesia.
Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder) will be providing the musical score whilst Brandon Tay will be providing his EFX and compositing experience. To round up the team, Gavin Gamboa will be constructing the net narrative and Dan Miller will assist in colouring the scenes.
A truly exciting film project with a diverse group of visual artistes, we can’t wait to see the outcome of their heads together, so head over to Kickstarter to pledge your support for the Anamnesia film and lock down your copies of DVDs.
Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.
21
Nov
2011
Trytoplay [LIVE] in KL, Malaysia / 26 Nov 2011
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
After traveling to various corners of the world and playing to a sold-out show at the Esplanade few months back, we celebrate our anniversary where it all began 2 years ago: Home Club.
With the club as a canvas, resident visual artist Brandon Tay, collaborates with internationally acclaimed design collective, Phunk Studio, to transform the space into a visual playground.
The traditional SYNDICATE visual wall will be filled with collaborative content from the 2 artists as they reinterpret, remix and revisualize each other’s work. A special installation that charts out the SYNDICATE journey so far will also be unveiled to commemorate the anniversary. There is a third surprise piece which they have been working on and are tight-lipped about. You’ll just have to be there to find out more.
Music is not taking a back seat as the line-up features both seasoned players and fresh names from the local scene. The luminaries which need no introduction are Funk Bast*rd, MC Masterpiece and KoFlow with a special live set. It will also be a homecoming gig for Singapore’s own bass general, Vortex, who has been away for sometime. Kiat represents the SYNDICATE stable with his staple beats and bass.
Meanwhile, making their SYNDICATE debut will be Diphasic, who was featured in the first ever Beat Invitational, and recent FFF Girl DJ Bootcamp graduate, Saigon Kat.
Proving that Singapore still has an inexhaustible list of budding bedroom producers, the fifth Beat Invitational is set to unearth another round of beatific gems. Butterfly Imprint, ILOH:SHIX, LoopTape, The Architek and Darren Dubwise will be unleashing works that cut across all genres.
29
Dec
2011
Mosaic Music Makers: Beats ‘n’ Bleeps Workshop
In conjunction with Mosaic Music Festival 2012, the Esplanade will be running a series of Mosaic Music Maker workshops designed for beginners or music enthusiasts!
Kiat and Max Lane will be running a workshop called Beats ‘n’ Bleeps: Digital Beats Production for Absolute Beginners.
During the 2-hour session, you will learn about the brief history and different styles of electronic music production techniques such as beatmaking looping, and get a chance to make a simple digital beats sequence from scratch.
Workshop Details
25 February 2012, Saturday
3:30pm and 6pm
Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
$20 – purchase your tickets for Beats ‘n’ Bleeps with Kiat and Max Lane via SISTIC
Check out other Mosaic Music Makers workshops by seasoned local musicians!
27
Dec
2011
Kiat & Brandon Tay Open for Skream & Benga / 13 Jan 2012
Come 13 January 2012, SKREAM & BENGA – two-thirds of electronic supergroup Magnetic Man, dubstep pioneers and kingpins of the UK bass scene – will make their debut performance in Singapore at ZIRCA.
Individually, the duo have both enjoyed incredible success. Benga & Coki’s ‘Night’ was undeniably the first dubstep ‘anthem’ and Skream’s remix of La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’ has become one of the tracks of the decade – earning a 2011 Grammy nomination for ‘Best Dance Record’ and earning Skream a platinum disc for sales of over half a million copies. The track was also featured prominently in top US TV show ‘Entourage’.
Joining the spectacle of this landmark night are two of Singapore’s forward individuals representing the subliminal collective SYNDICATE – local bass purveyor KIAT and visual stalwart BRANDON TAY on live visuals.
Event Details:
13 January 2012, Friday
Zirca, Block 3C The Cannery, River Valley Road, Clarke Quay, #01-02 to 05 & #02-01 to 08
Before 11pm – $20 (incl 2 drinks)
After 11pm – $32 (incl 2 drinks)
03
Dec
2011
Spot the Glyph for SYNDICATE 2012 All Gig Pass
It’s Christmas! And we’re giving away 1 x SPECIAL SYNDICATE 2012 ALL GIG PASS to one winner.
Yes, this special gig pass puts you on our personal guestlist for ALL our gigs next year, from Home Club to special audio-visual concert sessions to international gigs (flights/accommodation/personal expenses on your own).
To score this sweet prize, here’s what you’ll have to do:
1. Watch the video and look out for this glyph
2. Take a screen capture or photo of the video
3. Circle/point out the area where the glyph appears
4. Email the image to info@syndicate.sg
Entries close 25 December 2011 at 23:59:59.
Good luck!
Merry Xmas from the SYNDICATE crew.
Special Thanks To Simon Harsent for the photography and Blue Daisy for the track The End.
28
Nov
2011
SYNDICATE: World Without Humanity ft Blue Daisy
We wrap the year at Home Club with Blue Daisy for our final installment for 2011.
Kwesi Darko aka Blue Daisy has been a name fluttering about for a while. Finding his first breakthrough via bass heroine, Mary-Anne Hobbs, his music influences stem from everything such as hip hop to gospel, grime to dubstep, psyche rock to drone and many more. This wide spectrum of sounds can be heard in his recent debut LP release “The Sunday Gift”.
Residents Max Lane, Darren Dubwise and Trytoplay will keep the SYNDICATE program going with Kiat presenting a special live set with the collective’s songstress, Vandetta. The fourth Beat Invitational is also set to unearth more musical nuggets and gems all freshly made in Singapore with special guests from across the border.
22
Nov
2011
Anamnesia with Strangeloop
The one and only Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) has put together a Kickstarter project featuring an international collaboration with our very own Brandon Tay alongside Leigh J. McCloskey, Mono/Poly, Micah Nelson, Gavin Gamboa and Dan Miller.
Drawing on the extensive experience and surreal mind of respected artist Leigh J. McCloskey (artist behind the Flying Lotus’ crazy Cosmogramma album art!), the project will see Leigh providing the artwork and advising on the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.
Micah Nelson, whom Brandon collaborated with for Austin Peralta & Thundercat’s set at Brainfeeder Sessions: LA vs SG will be designing the characters of Anamesia.
Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder) will be providing the musical score whilst Brandon Tay will be providing his EFX and compositing experience. To round up the team, Gavin Gamboa will be constructing the net narrative and Dan Miller will assist in colouring the scenes.
A truly exciting film project with a diverse group of visual artistes, we can’t wait to see the outcome of their heads together, so head over to Kickstarter to pledge your support for the Anamnesia film and lock down your copies of DVDs.
Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.
21
Nov
2011
Trytoplay [LIVE] in KL, Malaysia / 26 Nov 2011
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
In conjunction with Mosaic Music Festival 2012, the Esplanade will be running a series of Mosaic Music Maker workshops designed for beginners or music enthusiasts!
Kiat and Max Lane will be running a workshop called Beats ‘n’ Bleeps: Digital Beats Production for Absolute Beginners.
During the 2-hour session, you will learn about the brief history and different styles of electronic music production techniques such as beatmaking looping, and get a chance to make a simple digital beats sequence from scratch.
Workshop Details
25 February 2012, Saturday
3:30pm and 6pm
Esplanade Rehearsal Studio
$20 – purchase your tickets for Beats ‘n’ Bleeps with Kiat and Max Lane via SISTIC
Check out other Mosaic Music Makers workshops by seasoned local musicians!
27
Dec
2011
Kiat & Brandon Tay Open for Skream & Benga / 13 Jan 2012
Come 13 January 2012, SKREAM & BENGA – two-thirds of electronic supergroup Magnetic Man, dubstep pioneers and kingpins of the UK bass scene – will make their debut performance in Singapore at ZIRCA.
Individually, the duo have both enjoyed incredible success. Benga & Coki’s ‘Night’ was undeniably the first dubstep ‘anthem’ and Skream’s remix of La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’ has become one of the tracks of the decade – earning a 2011 Grammy nomination for ‘Best Dance Record’ and earning Skream a platinum disc for sales of over half a million copies. The track was also featured prominently in top US TV show ‘Entourage’.
Joining the spectacle of this landmark night are two of Singapore’s forward individuals representing the subliminal collective SYNDICATE – local bass purveyor KIAT and visual stalwart BRANDON TAY on live visuals.
Event Details:
13 January 2012, Friday
Zirca, Block 3C The Cannery, River Valley Road, Clarke Quay, #01-02 to 05 & #02-01 to 08
Before 11pm – $20 (incl 2 drinks)
After 11pm – $32 (incl 2 drinks)
03
Dec
2011
Spot the Glyph for SYNDICATE 2012 All Gig Pass
It’s Christmas! And we’re giving away 1 x SPECIAL SYNDICATE 2012 ALL GIG PASS to one winner.
Yes, this special gig pass puts you on our personal guestlist for ALL our gigs next year, from Home Club to special audio-visual concert sessions to international gigs (flights/accommodation/personal expenses on your own).
To score this sweet prize, here’s what you’ll have to do:
1. Watch the video and look out for this glyph
2. Take a screen capture or photo of the video
3. Circle/point out the area where the glyph appears
4. Email the image to info@syndicate.sg
Entries close 25 December 2011 at 23:59:59.
Good luck!
Merry Xmas from the SYNDICATE crew.
Special Thanks To Simon Harsent for the photography and Blue Daisy for the track The End.
28
Nov
2011
SYNDICATE: World Without Humanity ft Blue Daisy
We wrap the year at Home Club with Blue Daisy for our final installment for 2011.
Kwesi Darko aka Blue Daisy has been a name fluttering about for a while. Finding his first breakthrough via bass heroine, Mary-Anne Hobbs, his music influences stem from everything such as hip hop to gospel, grime to dubstep, psyche rock to drone and many more. This wide spectrum of sounds can be heard in his recent debut LP release “The Sunday Gift”.
Residents Max Lane, Darren Dubwise and Trytoplay will keep the SYNDICATE program going with Kiat presenting a special live set with the collective’s songstress, Vandetta. The fourth Beat Invitational is also set to unearth more musical nuggets and gems all freshly made in Singapore with special guests from across the border.
22
Nov
2011
Anamnesia with Strangeloop
The one and only Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) has put together a Kickstarter project featuring an international collaboration with our very own Brandon Tay alongside Leigh J. McCloskey, Mono/Poly, Micah Nelson, Gavin Gamboa and Dan Miller.
Drawing on the extensive experience and surreal mind of respected artist Leigh J. McCloskey (artist behind the Flying Lotus’ crazy Cosmogramma album art!), the project will see Leigh providing the artwork and advising on the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.
Micah Nelson, whom Brandon collaborated with for Austin Peralta & Thundercat’s set at Brainfeeder Sessions: LA vs SG will be designing the characters of Anamesia.
Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder) will be providing the musical score whilst Brandon Tay will be providing his EFX and compositing experience. To round up the team, Gavin Gamboa will be constructing the net narrative and Dan Miller will assist in colouring the scenes.
A truly exciting film project with a diverse group of visual artistes, we can’t wait to see the outcome of their heads together, so head over to Kickstarter to pledge your support for the Anamnesia film and lock down your copies of DVDs.
Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.
21
Nov
2011
Trytoplay [LIVE] in KL, Malaysia / 26 Nov 2011
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
Come 13 January 2012, SKREAM & BENGA – two-thirds of electronic supergroup Magnetic Man, dubstep pioneers and kingpins of the UK bass scene – will make their debut performance in Singapore at ZIRCA.
Individually, the duo have both enjoyed incredible success. Benga & Coki’s ‘Night’ was undeniably the first dubstep ‘anthem’ and Skream’s remix of La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’ has become one of the tracks of the decade – earning a 2011 Grammy nomination for ‘Best Dance Record’ and earning Skream a platinum disc for sales of over half a million copies. The track was also featured prominently in top US TV show ‘Entourage’.
Joining the spectacle of this landmark night are two of Singapore’s forward individuals representing the subliminal collective SYNDICATE – local bass purveyor KIAT and visual stalwart BRANDON TAY on live visuals.
Event Details:
13 January 2012, Friday
Zirca, Block 3C The Cannery, River Valley Road, Clarke Quay, #01-02 to 05 & #02-01 to 08
Before 11pm – $20 (incl 2 drinks)
After 11pm – $32 (incl 2 drinks)
03
Dec
2011
Spot the Glyph for SYNDICATE 2012 All Gig Pass
It’s Christmas! And we’re giving away 1 x SPECIAL SYNDICATE 2012 ALL GIG PASS to one winner.
Yes, this special gig pass puts you on our personal guestlist for ALL our gigs next year, from Home Club to special audio-visual concert sessions to international gigs (flights/accommodation/personal expenses on your own).
To score this sweet prize, here’s what you’ll have to do:
1. Watch the video and look out for this glyph
2. Take a screen capture or photo of the video
3. Circle/point out the area where the glyph appears
4. Email the image to info@syndicate.sg
Entries close 25 December 2011 at 23:59:59.
Good luck!
Merry Xmas from the SYNDICATE crew.
Special Thanks To Simon Harsent for the photography and Blue Daisy for the track The End.
28
Nov
2011
SYNDICATE: World Without Humanity ft Blue Daisy
We wrap the year at Home Club with Blue Daisy for our final installment for 2011.
Kwesi Darko aka Blue Daisy has been a name fluttering about for a while. Finding his first breakthrough via bass heroine, Mary-Anne Hobbs, his music influences stem from everything such as hip hop to gospel, grime to dubstep, psyche rock to drone and many more. This wide spectrum of sounds can be heard in his recent debut LP release “The Sunday Gift”.
Residents Max Lane, Darren Dubwise and Trytoplay will keep the SYNDICATE program going with Kiat presenting a special live set with the collective’s songstress, Vandetta. The fourth Beat Invitational is also set to unearth more musical nuggets and gems all freshly made in Singapore with special guests from across the border.
22
Nov
2011
Anamnesia with Strangeloop
The one and only Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) has put together a Kickstarter project featuring an international collaboration with our very own Brandon Tay alongside Leigh J. McCloskey, Mono/Poly, Micah Nelson, Gavin Gamboa and Dan Miller.
Drawing on the extensive experience and surreal mind of respected artist Leigh J. McCloskey (artist behind the Flying Lotus’ crazy Cosmogramma album art!), the project will see Leigh providing the artwork and advising on the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.
Micah Nelson, whom Brandon collaborated with for Austin Peralta & Thundercat’s set at Brainfeeder Sessions: LA vs SG will be designing the characters of Anamesia.
Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder) will be providing the musical score whilst Brandon Tay will be providing his EFX and compositing experience. To round up the team, Gavin Gamboa will be constructing the net narrative and Dan Miller will assist in colouring the scenes.
A truly exciting film project with a diverse group of visual artistes, we can’t wait to see the outcome of their heads together, so head over to Kickstarter to pledge your support for the Anamnesia film and lock down your copies of DVDs.
Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.
21
Nov
2011
Trytoplay [LIVE] in KL, Malaysia / 26 Nov 2011
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
It’s Christmas! And we’re giving away 1 x SPECIAL SYNDICATE 2012 ALL GIG PASS to one winner.
Yes, this special gig pass puts you on our personal guestlist for ALL our gigs next year, from Home Club to special audio-visual concert sessions to international gigs (flights/accommodation/personal expenses on your own).
To score this sweet prize, here’s what you’ll have to do:
1. Watch the video and look out for this glyph
2. Take a screen capture or photo of the video
3. Circle/point out the area where the glyph appears
4. Email the image to info@syndicate.sg
Entries close 25 December 2011 at 23:59:59.
Good luck!
Merry Xmas from the SYNDICATE crew.
Special Thanks To Simon Harsent for the photography and Blue Daisy for the track The End.
28
Nov
2011
SYNDICATE: World Without Humanity ft Blue Daisy
We wrap the year at Home Club with Blue Daisy for our final installment for 2011.
Kwesi Darko aka Blue Daisy has been a name fluttering about for a while. Finding his first breakthrough via bass heroine, Mary-Anne Hobbs, his music influences stem from everything such as hip hop to gospel, grime to dubstep, psyche rock to drone and many more. This wide spectrum of sounds can be heard in his recent debut LP release “The Sunday Gift”.
Residents Max Lane, Darren Dubwise and Trytoplay will keep the SYNDICATE program going with Kiat presenting a special live set with the collective’s songstress, Vandetta. The fourth Beat Invitational is also set to unearth more musical nuggets and gems all freshly made in Singapore with special guests from across the border.
22
Nov
2011
Anamnesia with Strangeloop
The one and only Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) has put together a Kickstarter project featuring an international collaboration with our very own Brandon Tay alongside Leigh J. McCloskey, Mono/Poly, Micah Nelson, Gavin Gamboa and Dan Miller.
Drawing on the extensive experience and surreal mind of respected artist Leigh J. McCloskey (artist behind the Flying Lotus’ crazy Cosmogramma album art!), the project will see Leigh providing the artwork and advising on the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.
Micah Nelson, whom Brandon collaborated with for Austin Peralta & Thundercat’s set at Brainfeeder Sessions: LA vs SG will be designing the characters of Anamesia.
Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder) will be providing the musical score whilst Brandon Tay will be providing his EFX and compositing experience. To round up the team, Gavin Gamboa will be constructing the net narrative and Dan Miller will assist in colouring the scenes.
A truly exciting film project with a diverse group of visual artistes, we can’t wait to see the outcome of their heads together, so head over to Kickstarter to pledge your support for the Anamnesia film and lock down your copies of DVDs.
Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.
21
Nov
2011
Trytoplay [LIVE] in KL, Malaysia / 26 Nov 2011
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
We wrap the year at Home Club with Blue Daisy for our final installment for 2011.
Kwesi Darko aka Blue Daisy has been a name fluttering about for a while. Finding his first breakthrough via bass heroine, Mary-Anne Hobbs, his music influences stem from everything such as hip hop to gospel, grime to dubstep, psyche rock to drone and many more. This wide spectrum of sounds can be heard in his recent debut LP release “The Sunday Gift”.
Residents Max Lane, Darren Dubwise and Trytoplay will keep the SYNDICATE program going with Kiat presenting a special live set with the collective’s songstress, Vandetta. The fourth Beat Invitational is also set to unearth more musical nuggets and gems all freshly made in Singapore with special guests from across the border.
22
Nov
2011
Anamnesia with Strangeloop
The one and only Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) has put together a Kickstarter project featuring an international collaboration with our very own Brandon Tay alongside Leigh J. McCloskey, Mono/Poly, Micah Nelson, Gavin Gamboa and Dan Miller.
Drawing on the extensive experience and surreal mind of respected artist Leigh J. McCloskey (artist behind the Flying Lotus’ crazy Cosmogramma album art!), the project will see Leigh providing the artwork and advising on the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.
Micah Nelson, whom Brandon collaborated with for Austin Peralta & Thundercat’s set at Brainfeeder Sessions: LA vs SG will be designing the characters of Anamesia.
Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder) will be providing the musical score whilst Brandon Tay will be providing his EFX and compositing experience. To round up the team, Gavin Gamboa will be constructing the net narrative and Dan Miller will assist in colouring the scenes.
A truly exciting film project with a diverse group of visual artistes, we can’t wait to see the outcome of their heads together, so head over to Kickstarter to pledge your support for the Anamnesia film and lock down your copies of DVDs.
Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.
21
Nov
2011
Trytoplay [LIVE] in KL, Malaysia / 26 Nov 2011
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
The one and only Strangeloop (Brainfeeder) has put together a Kickstarter project featuring an international collaboration with our very own Brandon Tay alongside Leigh J. McCloskey, Mono/Poly, Micah Nelson, Gavin Gamboa and Dan Miller.
Drawing on the extensive experience and surreal mind of respected artist Leigh J. McCloskey (artist behind the Flying Lotus’ crazy Cosmogramma album art!), the project will see Leigh providing the artwork and advising on the cultural aspects of the mythical civilizations of Anamnesia.
Micah Nelson, whom Brandon collaborated with for Austin Peralta & Thundercat’s set at Brainfeeder Sessions: LA vs SG will be designing the characters of Anamesia.
Mono/Poly (Brainfeeder) will be providing the musical score whilst Brandon Tay will be providing his EFX and compositing experience. To round up the team, Gavin Gamboa will be constructing the net narrative and Dan Miller will assist in colouring the scenes.
A truly exciting film project with a diverse group of visual artistes, we can’t wait to see the outcome of their heads together, so head over to Kickstarter to pledge your support for the Anamnesia film and lock down your copies of DVDs.
Anamnesia is an archetypal sci-fi myth conceived of by resident Brainfeeder audio-visualist [dr.] Strangeloop. In the future, a utopian civilization is driven mad by a mysterious imbalance in the fabric of space and time. As reality comes apart at the seams, Anam, mysteriously unaffected by his civilization’s schizophrenic break, journeys through vast unmapped territories looking for answers to aid his dying world.
21
Nov
2011
Trytoplay [LIVE] in KL, Malaysia / 26 Nov 2011
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
You’ve seen him as the host for Beat Invitational and a couple months back, on his solo project as Trytoplay at SYNDICATE, debuting his live set and pretty much killin’ everyone in the process with his bad ass beats.
Producer for the ever so fun hip hop duo The Crazy88 and SYNDICATE’s newest crew will be heading up to the capital of Malaysia for a session of bouncy beats and infectious hooks.
If you are up in KL, head over to LAKE on 26 Nov! Don’t miss!
Get event details on Facebook.
P.S. Have you bought your tickets for the SYNDICATE Sessions this Friday, 25 Nov? They are running out fast, so don’t sleep. Get your SYNDICATE Sessions ticket on Sistic soon!
13
Oct
2011
Esplanade Late Nite: SYNDICATE Sessions / 25 Nov 2011
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
For this installment of the Late Nite series, we move our audio-visual assault out of the club and into a concert cocoon with 2 special live performances.
First up, we’ll be introducing our latest artist addition, Octover. No stranger to Singapore’s music scene, the duo comprises pioneering electronic producer Jason Tan and acclaimed vocalist Vanessa Fernandez, who now goes by Van Detta. Octover will be presenting their dark, sultry and emotive pieces from their forthcoming album to be released on the SYNDICATE label.
For the second performance, SYNDICATE stalwarts Kiat and Max Lane collaborate for a one-time only special live session which journeys into a beatscape of bass frequencies and sampling textures. Expect a heady concoction of musical ideas as they are joined by renowned turntabalist KoFlow and jazz pianist Aya Sekine on this sonic voyage.
Building the bridge between sight and sound, our resident visual artist Brandon Tay will create a spectacular live backgroup of visual wizardry.
To commemorate this special event, we’ll be releasing our first release – SYNDICATE The Album – under our new label! The compilation features current and new artists in the stable such as Cherry Chan, Izaak Stern and Trytoplay, and will set the tone for future releases.
Limited editions will be available at the door together with exclusive merchandise specially designed by illustrious design studio, SILNT.
Buy your tickets online from SISTIC from 13 October 2011!
Event Details
SYNDICATE Sessions on Esplanade website
25 November 2011, Friday
9:30pm (1hour 30mins)
Recital Studio, Esplanade, 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981
$25 + booking fee
11
Oct
2011
Zouk x Dr Martens x Make A Wish Foundation
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.
Kiat was recently invited by Zouk to customize a pair of Dr. Martens Singapore as part of a fundraiser for Make A Wish Foundation Singapore.
Bid for Kiat’s customised Dr. Martens on eBay from 7 to 14 October 2011.
“The design was based around the idea that once upon a time, Zouk was like a river of culture that flowed through our society – in music, fashion and of course, design. The patterns on the shoe represent the golden connections we made at Zouk. Designed in a freeform manner without any predetermined route, some streams connect… while some end. Whatever happens, the connections leave their mark.” – Kiat
Check out the shoes in person at Zouk Club, 17 Jiak Kim Street or bid for it on eBay. 100% of proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore. Do your part for charity.
SYNDICATE is the most forward thinking music & visual super-collective in Singapore. It is set to deconstruct and reassemble sound concepts & visual ideas with live performances and installations set in various spaces & contexts.
SYNDICATE performs every first Saturday of the month @ Home Club.