Goa Music Lab

05/09/2025

Experimental nature synth... clip on a leaf and play.

Designed in partnership with Modern Biology, the device translates biofeedback data from living organisms into evolving generative soundscapes

26/08/2025

Latest release from ANIMISM - Gnosis (Little Dragon). Stream / download it now.

🐉 The story behind GNOSIS (Little Dragon)

Every track carries a story.

GNOSIS (Little Dragon) was born during the Goa monsoon - late nights of rain outside, experimenting with distortion, rhythm, and texture inside. The song moved through many moods: lonely piano lines, heavy bass, chaotic beats, choirs that seem to both mourn and lift.

Last monsoon I could sense that major changes were on the way, as well as a necessary change of my own mindset. And here we are, a little over a year later - I'm in Singapore, heading back to Thailand shortly - probably not based in Goa so much anymore.

Releasing it this month in Singapore feels like coming full circle. This is the place where my music journey truly began, nurtured by my late mum’s creativity and encouragement. Without her, I wouldn’t be an artist today. In a way, this track is a quiet homage to her - and to the idea of finding wisdom through life’s storms.

The title GNOSIS means “spiritual knowledge, awakening, transcendence.” The “Little Dragon” nods back to its earliest form in the studio - a humble, universe-exploring creature who learns as he travels. Both names belong to the track, because both belong to the journey.

It’s a piece about learning through chaos, finding insight in solitude, and letting the small, persistent dragon within us grow wiser.

🎧 Listen & support: https://artists.landr.com/animism-gnosis

Bandcamp: https://animismworld.bandcamp.com/track/gnosis-little-dragon

05/05/2025

Experimental arts/tech/music... even after life & death

American composer Alvin Lucier was well-known for his experimental works that tested the boundaries of music and art.

A longtime professor at Wesleyan University (before retiring in 2011), Alvin passed away in 2021 at the age of 90. However, that wasn’t the end of his lifelong musical odyssey.

Earlier this month, at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, a new art installation titled Revivification used Lucier’s “brain matter”—hooked up to an electrode mesh connected to twenty large brass plates—to create electrical signals that triggered a mallet to strike the varying plates, creating a kind of post-mortem musical piece.

Conceptualized in collaboration with Lucier himself before his death, the artists solicited the help of researchers from Harvard Medical School, who grew a mini-brain from Lucier’s white blood cells.

The team created stem cells from these white blood cells, and due to their pluripotency, the cells developed into cerebral organoids somewhat similar to developing human brains

26/03/2025

The successor to headphones / earphones? Laser sound, where we don't need to wear anything.

Could a multi-billion dollar industry about to go bust? That’s the road ahead if scientists can refine their promising new tech

29/01/2025

HiFi / Listening Bars in NYC - relax in comfort in a great sound system, and enjoy the best in sound.

https://musictech.com/features/interviews/inside-5-of-nyc-best-hi-fi-bars-suono-all-blues-nowadays-public-records-nightmoves/

We sit down in some of NYC’s best listening bars and speak to their makers about the science of their sound – read on to find out more

09/12/2024

Calling all creatives and experimentalists in North Goa / south MH. Join us this Wednesday December 11, for a casual knowledge/arts meetup.

We're looking to see who is in town, and what dreams & skills there might be out there this season.

If you've been working on a special project, have something fascinating in mind, or are just looking for a mirror of inspiration, come on Wednesday.

Hosted by the Goa Music Lab & GLOA crews, who will share some of their concepts-in-progress for 2025. With post-meetup live music courtesy of HAWA.

Jungle Dance, Arambol. 6-8pm. Wednesday December 11.

08/12/2024

Never too old...

The Last DJ has built an audience of hundreds of thousands performing live electronic music at home. We sit down with the sexagenarian Syntakt fan to find out how he did it

04/12/2024

You heard it here first... it looks like next Wednesday December 11, we will host our next Artists/Creatives meetup. We'd like to see who is around for the forthcoming season, and share our project plans - decentralised festivals, popup art shows, and even our projected next Thailand Tour.

Wednesday December 11, 6-8pm at Jungle Dance, on Temple Road in Arambol/Corgao. You'll know it's confirmed when you see a flyer and event listing.

28/11/2024

✨ Join us for an unforgettable night of live electronic music at SYNTHESIA Vol-1 ✨🎶

🌌 Dive into a realm of sonic exploration with pulsating beats, hypnotic visuals, and immersive soundscapes. Experience the artistry of cutting-edge electronic music brought to life by some of the most creative minds in the scene.

Artists:

Riverglass (7-string guitar, multi-fx, looper, synths)
Viom (live looping violin)
Hawker (hybrid analog techno)
Animism (Rare DJ set - downtempo, trip-hop, IDM)

🗓 Date: [Sun Dec-1st]
📍 Venue: [MorgyM] Morjim, main road.
⏰ Time: [8:00 onwards - late]

🌟 Let the music move you. Let the visuals captivate you. Let the energy flow. 🌟

🎟 tickets link in Bio – grab yours now!

Artwork:

11/11/2024

Edward Snowden is a revolutionary, whose whistleblowing exposed the mass surveillance by the USA (and led to him fleeing Hong Kong to live in asylum in Russia - watch either of the Snowden movie and/or documentary!)

We were privileged to attend and capture his inspiring keynote speech at 's Redacted conference, in Bangkok at the .

Watch the full speech and interview here, and do please join our YouTube channel.

Big thanks to , to and to the conscious innovators and rebels who are trying to improve the future of our society.

https://youtu.be/jajiPULlSis

06/11/2024

Goa Music Lab returns to Bangkok this weekend, to further a new journey through arts & tech. We're humbled to have been invited by to record and capture an innovative night at respected BKK venue, Jam ().

This Saturday at Jam, they are showcasing the best in experimental ambience, looping contemporary classical and live coded beats, from across Thailand...

inmintcontion
”inmintcondition“ is a Bangkok based Sound Engineer by day and a bedroom-music-producer by night. She draws inspiration from a wide range of musical genres and styles, Her musical medium is as varied as her influences, constantly pushing boundaries to explore new horizons. One of her most exciting ventures is the captivating world of ”Live Coding.“ Through this innovative approach, inmintcondition invites her audience to join her on a mesmerizing journey into the realm of real-time sound production with lines of code.

Anna Maria Olssen
Multitrack violin performance of original compositions and improvisations with live looping and processing. Inspired by game soundtracks, minimalism and dark Scandinavian winters.

Faianya
The harsh sound that pierces the air woven through a mixer, transmuting chaos into a soothing balm for the soul—a healing melody that resonates in the stillness of the present.

Artwork by Joseph Johnston

Saturday 9 November
Screenings start at 8pm
Jam (BTS Surasak)
300thb

01/11/2024

The Grateful Dead were decades ahead of their time, pioneering a decentralised and distributed approach to building their fanbase, spreading music and facilitating exciting, cult-like live shows.

This opinion editorial explores how the Grateful Dead’s pioneering approach to music paralleled the decentralized nature of Bitcoin.