The Observatory is one of Singapore's longest-standing experimental music bands. Since its formation in 2001, the band has been constantly pushing to sustain and propagate the practice and spectatorship of experimental and improvised music forms. As a non-profit charity, The Observatory relies on the generosity of donors like yourself to make possible our quality, wide-ranging body of works, which includes music albums, music festivals and online radio shows. Our experimentations with art and music have resulted in interdisciplinary and socially-conscious projects like REFUSE, an inter-media exhibition that charted a bold pioneering path in music-making and artistic expression through its experimentation with the living organisms of fungi and mycelial networks.

The impact of Covid-19 on the arts community also continues to be substantial, especially on live music. We need to raise at least 50% of our annual expenditure, which includes operational costs of manpower, equipment and resources. Every contribution, big or small, will make an impact and will directly enable us to continue paying our artists and arts managers who work hard to deliver music programmes that enrich and engage, as well as to ensure the survival of our experimental music scene.

The Observatory continues to expand its functions as an arts company that strives to sustain and propagate the practice and spectatorship of experimental and improvised music forms. The company is constantly pushing to create bold and boundary pushing works through intervention and transformation of the established parameters of music at any given present, with programmes such as BlackKaji and Playfreely which aims to facilitate networking among experimental music communities in Southeast Asia to cultivate a shared culture of collaboration and mutual support.

The Observatory's vision is to encourage a forward-thinking musical culture in Singapore that collective pursue purposeful experimentation as a fundamental process to create a new musical expression of global significance. While creating bold and boundary pushing work through intervention and transformation of the established parameters of music at any given present.