Hear. Here. Singapore. Episodes

With the relaxation of Covid-19 safety measures in Singapore in April 2022, Singapore International Festival of Arts 2022 would be the first festival to take place. I was commissioned by Arts House Limited to create soundscap...

The Arts House at The Old Parliament was one of the venues for Singapore International Festival of Arts 2022, the first festival since the relaxation of Covid-19 safety measures. I visited as the crews were setting up in this...

The pandemic closed and constrained Singapore's performing spaces for 2 years. The 2022 Singapore International Festival of Arts marked the first major festival in Singapore since the relaxation of Covid-19 safety measures. I...

22km from the city centre, on a quiet hill, lie the remains for over 4,400 who died in the line of duty during World War II. The Singapore Memorial bears the names of 24,346 soldiers and airmen killed in SE …

Not all ice is frozen equally - solid carbon dioxide, aka Dry Ice, sublimes in air straight from solid to gas, which makes it critical in transporting anything that needs to stay cold. It also sounds insanely cool when you …

I visited several places in Singapore to record the same place using 3 different spatial techniques - mono, stereo and binaural. Use headphones for this episode, cos the binaural effect only works with headphones. The set-ups...

Ella Spira is a Grammy-nominated British composer, artist and co-founder of production company Sisters Grimm. A truly multi-disciplinary artist, she held her immersive exhibition, Global Landscape Singapore, this month in Sin...

The 3rd episode of my series looking for a relaxing spot in Singapore brings me to East Coast Park beach. As soon as you reach the waterline, with the bubbly surf lapping at your feet, the sense of space is …

Singapore ranks 3rd in a survey of sleep deprivation across 43 major cities: only Tokyo and Seoul are worse. Less than 5 hours of sleep a night can cause havoc, so this episode presents a summary of 3 types of …

Singapore ranks 3rd in a survey of sleep deprivation across 43 major cities: only Tokyo and Seoul are worse. This bonus episodes is 30 minutes of pink noise with a gentle 5 minute taper at the end. Sleep Deprivation Article …

Singapore ranks 3rd in a survey of sleep deprivation across 43 major cities: only Tokyo and Seoul are worse. This bonus episodes is 30 minutes of brown noise with a gentle 5 minute taper at the end. Sleep Deprivation Article …

Singapore ranks 3rd in a survey of sleep deprivation across 43 major cities: only Tokyo and Seoul are worse. This bonus episodes is 30 minutes of white noise with a gentle 5 minute taper at the end. Sleep Deprivation Article …

The 2nd episode of my series looking for a relaxing spot in Singapore brings me to the Terrace Garden on the Southern Ridges Trails. The entrance is next to The Alkaff Mansion and the Terrace Garden is a climb that's …

It's the bird that everyone hates, because of its annoying call: the Asian Koel starts calling for a mate from as early as 5am, and it's wail has been described as u-wu / oo-oh / ooh-whoo: whichever way you spell …

The shophouses in Tanjong Pagar are conserved and restricted to F&B or Retail at street level, which means lots of air-con to make them cool, welcoming places. But go behind and into the alleyway behind, and you'll come face ...

When I lowered a hydrophonic microphone into a 40 litre office aquarium tank to listen to what the fishes are hearing, I was expecting the kind of soundscape that I'd heard on films like The Abyss and Sphere . What …

Singapore is a financial centre in Asia that handles a phenomenal amount of money every day, but it's still cash that makes the heart sing cha-ching! I bought a note counting machine off Carousell and recorded the heck out of...

This season, I'm looking for quiet spaces in Singapore, a city state with limited land that has to balance progress with preservation of green spaces. This episode, I'm at Bukit Brown Cemetery, a public Chinese cemetery estab...

Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound brings together 32 composers and contemporary artists from across the world to create a very different kind of exhibition at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, Si...

Welcome to Blended Binaurals, a limited series from the Hear. Here. Podcast. This episode is a blend of a binaural soundscape of Light Rain recording at Jurong Hill and a binaural beat soundtrack in the alpha range. This sess...

Welcome to Blended Binaurals, a limited series from the Hear. Here. Podcast. This episode is a blend of a binaural soundscape of Palawan Beach in Sentosa and a binaural beat soundtrack in the alpha range. This session is 15 m...

Welcome to Blended Binaurals, a limited series from the Hear. Here. Podcast. This episode is a blend of a binaural soundscape of Singapore Botanical Gardens and a binaural beat soundtrack in the alpha range. This session is 1...

Welcome to Blended Binaurals, a limited series from the Hear. Here. Podcast. This episode is a blend of a binaural soundscape of Jurong Lake Garden at night and a binaural beat soundtrack in the alpha range. This session is 1...

Welcome to Blended Binaurals, a limited series from the Hear. Here. Podcast. This episode is a blend of a binaural soundscape of a thunderstorm and a binaural beat soundtrack in the alpha range. This session is 15 minutes. Ad...