NUS Electronic Music Lab (EML) is a unique music arts group that not only performs but creates, focusing on original music composition and production through the medium of digital software and electronic audio technology. As the face of electronic music in NUS since 1981, EML provides opportunities for young music-makers to expand their networks and showcase their works with wider audiences, cultivating the future of the local electronic music scene.
EML upholds a holistic approach for its members, teaching music production skills as well as how to perform and showcase electronically-produced music. EML prides itself in its diverse range of electronic musicians, spanning multiple genres including ambient, 8-bit chiptune, trance, dubstep, house, hip-hop, lo-fi, synthwave, and so on. Members of EML have no limits on the type of music they make. Some even blend electronic music with unconventional genres such as orchestral, jazz, or heavy metal.
EML is mentored by Benjamin Ang, EML’s dedicated principal tutor. One half of Singaporean synthpop duo, Cosmic Armchair, a certified Ableton Live trainer and a dedicated EML member since his days as a NUS student, Ben organises regular Ableton events and masterclasses for the electronic music community.
Key Past Events
2023 | NUS Arts Festival, OmnIVerse: The Fourth Dimension (in collaboration with Bernice Ong and bani haykal) |
2022 | OMNIVERSE: ReG3NESIS (in collaboration with EMCC) |
2021 | NUS Arts Festival, Past . Presence . Future . |
2020 | OMNIVERSE: Cyberpunk |
2020 | BUILD-A-BRIDGE – HERE! Arts Carnival 2020 |
2019 | Omniverse I |
2019 | NUS Arts Festival, Arts Out Loud, Counting Chaos |
2019 | NUS Arts Festival Opening Show, On The Shoulders of Giants (in collaboration with NUS Dance Synergy) |
2019 | TL;DR (in collaboration with NUS Dance Synergy and EMCC) |
2017 | NUS Arts Festival, Arts Out Loud |
2016 | 18th ASEAN University Games |
2016 | NUS Spectrum Music Festival, University Cultural Centre |
2016 | After Dark, Artistry Café |
2016 | NUS Arts Festival, Digital Dondang Sayang at NUS Baba House |
2015 | EML 30th Anniversary Concert, Lepark |
2015 | Singapore Night Festival, The Peranakan Museum |
Awards and achievements
2021 | 2021- Original Work of the Year, Original Soundtrack to Past . Presence . Future ., Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards |
2018 | Original Work of the Year, Music Production for The City Remembers, Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards |
2017 | Original Work of the Year, Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards |
2016 | Original Work of the Year, Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards |
2015 | Original Work of the Year, Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards |