(First in our series featuring the Top 10 Independent Electronic Music Productions from Singapore-based artists in 2020 - find out more at the bottom of the post)
FALLING ISLANDS (Tan E-Reng) is a Singapore-based electronic musician who has been releasing music usually under the alias Falling Islands. His YouTube channel is well worth subscribing to because he keeps posting excellent live synth jams. As President (2020-2021) of the NUS Electronic Music Lab (NUS EML http://nuseml.com) he also shares production tips and performs live in concert and in livestreams with them.
While he has a strong history of producing Synthwave tracks, his latest release in 2020 was an Ambient EP, Recursion Hypothesis
What hardware and software did you use for this production?
Logic Pro X
Mainstage 3
Korg Minilogue XD
Korg Minilogue
Korg Wavestation (plugin)
Korg MS-20 mini
Steinberg UR44
Ozone 9 Advanced
Buy the EP on Bandcamp:
What inspired you to make this music and what keeps you going this year?
Music making is an incredibly freeing and liberating activity for me, and it helps me get away from the various stresses of life in general, and especially during this very difficult year. Just the freedom of exploring sound and melody in increasingly unconventional ways inspires and motivates me to continue making music in spite of all the ups and downs of 2020.
Follow FALLING ISLANDS on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyHvhkRwf6gfgNKb06fVCug for more of his live Synthwave jams like this one
About this blog series
This year, despite (or because?) all of the restrictions to our music scene, Singapore-based electronic musicians produced a LOT of interesting electronic music. This blog series is our non-scientific attempt to showcase some of our favourites from 2020. This list is not exhaustive and we reserve the right to add to it any time we like!
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