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24 October 2026

Performance
Playfreely Studio     

We are embarking on a new series, Playfreely Studio, for musicians who are drawn to free improvisation but not had much options to pursue it. After 2 to 3 closed-door sharing sessions, five of them step into the open, in various configurations, on one night.

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7 October 2026

Performance
Source x 3133,
George Chua

The culmination of NTU CCA STAR Residencies, featuring live performances, moving image, and sonic propositions by The Observatory, Ng Hui Hsien, and Zarina Muhammad at Esplanade Annexe Studio.
4 September 2026

Performance
The Observatory at Baybeats 2026

Known for their constant evolution and boundary-pushing soundscapes,
The Observatory continues to explore the intersections of experimental rock, art-rock, and noise with their performance at Baybeats landmark 25th edition
2 September 2026

Feature
Interview with The Straits Times on Baybeats’ 25th Anniversary

The Observatory, who made their live debut at the first Baybeats in 2002, tell The Straits Times how their sound and formats have changed since, and why platforms for alternative music can't be taken for granted.
29 April 2026

Performance
BlackKaji at Black Axis
The body misbehaves
Sick gurgling keys,
strings in psychosis
Noise leaks out
We roll in its fever, unclean and alive

BlackKaji — A study of
the unseen, unsound, unsuspecting, unsustainable, unstable.


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