Saturday, April 28, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
COMMONTONES [bio]
COMMONTONES is an online project helmed by Eric Saliege [France], Lorne David Thomson a.k.a. LDT [Bangkok Thailand] and Darren Ng a.k.a. Sonicbrat [Singapore]. For drifters on the net... to share our time, space and existence.
THE CULPRITS:
Eric Saliege [FRANCE]
36 years old music lover. I discovered the power of music when putting my fingers around the strings of a guitar of my uncle and doing glissandos, before the age of 20. He then gave me his Hagstrom 60's swedish guitar. That was the beginning of experimenting, often in solo, with keyboards, cassettes, and little means in general. Not very proud of that period, though having fun with stupid songs. Working now with the gear I like, trying to make the deep and conscious music I want. I work full time as a software engineer in the industry, I consider myself as an amateur in playing musique.
What is music ? What is art ? What for ? I'm still thinking about it.
For more info, please visit: HERE.
Lorne David Thomson [BANGKOK THAILAND]
I was born in Vancouver Canada in December 1963; I grew up in a very religious and also very musical family. My interest in "sound" began when I was 7 and a friend showed me his portable cassette record. My love for electronic music began at the same age when I discovered "Switched on Bach" and later "Popcorn". My parents wouldn't allow "rock" music into the house however didn't object to electronic music. By the time I was 13 my collection was extensive and included Isao Tomita, Larry Fast, and Tangerine Dream. In my teen years I discovered the Nash the Slash who performed with synths and drum machines backing him as he played on heavily processed electric violin and electric mandolin.
As a musician I have worked primary as a vocalist. I was a selected for the 1982 British Columbia Honour Choir and sang as a second tenor in the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir from 1984 until 1986. From 1987 until 1991 I provide vocals and played Chapman Stick in a progressive rock band called Wisehammer. I played in a variety of band through out the 1990s in various rolls the last being guitarist and vocalists for Snowmelter. In 2000 I left Canada to work in South East Asia settling in Bangkok Thailand in 2003. During this time I began working focusing on electronic based music.
For more info, please visit: HERE.
Sonicbrat [SINGAPORE]
I am a 28 years old sound addict. Having completed my classical piano training, I moved on to sound and electronic music. In my early teens I was glued to big beats and breaks. I first came in contact with electronic music hands-on when my elder Sister brought a laptop back from her teaching course with a midi notation software. I started to drop notes and created my first electronic composition. Ever since, I've never looked back. Currently I am a freelance sound designer and music composer in the local art and theatre scene. I was lucky to have done numerous theatre productions and also did sound installations for the museum.
Greatly influenced by Musique Concrete movements, I believe that anything that can be heard is music. As a sound artist, I go by the moniker of Sonicbrat, where I basically drop my classical background and bend all rules as a "one-man-band". Currently, I am getting on to analogue electronics and modular synthesis. Although I have moved on to making more electronic and sound based music, I still do revisit my classical skills for answers at times and sometimes blend the two. At this stage of my musical journey, I am going into minimalism where I believe less is sometimes more.
For more info, please visit: HERE.
We hope you will enjoy your experience here...
THE CULPRITS:
Eric Saliege [FRANCE]
36 years old music lover. I discovered the power of music when putting my fingers around the strings of a guitar of my uncle and doing glissandos, before the age of 20. He then gave me his Hagstrom 60's swedish guitar. That was the beginning of experimenting, often in solo, with keyboards, cassettes, and little means in general. Not very proud of that period, though having fun with stupid songs. Working now with the gear I like, trying to make the deep and conscious music I want. I work full time as a software engineer in the industry, I consider myself as an amateur in playing musique.
What is music ? What is art ? What for ? I'm still thinking about it.
For more info, please visit: HERE.
Lorne David Thomson [BANGKOK THAILAND]
I was born in Vancouver Canada in December 1963; I grew up in a very religious and also very musical family. My interest in "sound" began when I was 7 and a friend showed me his portable cassette record. My love for electronic music began at the same age when I discovered "Switched on Bach" and later "Popcorn". My parents wouldn't allow "rock" music into the house however didn't object to electronic music. By the time I was 13 my collection was extensive and included Isao Tomita, Larry Fast, and Tangerine Dream. In my teen years I discovered the Nash the Slash who performed with synths and drum machines backing him as he played on heavily processed electric violin and electric mandolin.
As a musician I have worked primary as a vocalist. I was a selected for the 1982 British Columbia Honour Choir and sang as a second tenor in the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir from 1984 until 1986. From 1987 until 1991 I provide vocals and played Chapman Stick in a progressive rock band called Wisehammer. I played in a variety of band through out the 1990s in various rolls the last being guitarist and vocalists for Snowmelter. In 2000 I left Canada to work in South East Asia settling in Bangkok Thailand in 2003. During this time I began working focusing on electronic based music.
For more info, please visit: HERE.
Sonicbrat [SINGAPORE]
I am a 28 years old sound addict. Having completed my classical piano training, I moved on to sound and electronic music. In my early teens I was glued to big beats and breaks. I first came in contact with electronic music hands-on when my elder Sister brought a laptop back from her teaching course with a midi notation software. I started to drop notes and created my first electronic composition. Ever since, I've never looked back. Currently I am a freelance sound designer and music composer in the local art and theatre scene. I was lucky to have done numerous theatre productions and also did sound installations for the museum.
Greatly influenced by Musique Concrete movements, I believe that anything that can be heard is music. As a sound artist, I go by the moniker of Sonicbrat, where I basically drop my classical background and bend all rules as a "one-man-band". Currently, I am getting on to analogue electronics and modular synthesis. Although I have moved on to making more electronic and sound based music, I still do revisit my classical skills for answers at times and sometimes blend the two. At this stage of my musical journey, I am going into minimalism where I believe less is sometimes more.
For more info, please visit: HERE.
We hope you will enjoy your experience here...
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