The Observatory (band)

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The Observatory
The Observatory performing at The Substation, 2016: Yuen Chee Wai, Vivian Wang, Cheryl Ong, Leslie Low
Background information
Origin	Singapore
Genres	experimental rock, art rock, electronica, indie rock
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Independent
Members	Dharma Yuen Chee Wai Cheryl Ong
Past members	Evan Tan Ray Aziz Adam Shah Victor Low Bani Haykal Vivian Wang Leslie Low
Website	theobservatory.com.sg

The Observatory is an art rock, experimental and electronica band based in Singapore, consisting primarily of members from 1990s Singaporean bands. The band formed in 2001^[1] and performed for the first time at the Baybeats music festival in December 2002. They have released eight albums: Time of Rebirth (2004), Blank Walls (2005), A Far Cry From Here (2007), Dark Folke (2009), Catacombs (2012), Oscilla (2014), Continuum (2015) and August is the Cruellest (2016). The band has performed in Norway, Italy, Japan, France, Germany and Singapore, and headlined regional music events in Malaysia and Thailand and Korea, such as MTV's Pattaya Music Festival, Heineken Fat Festival Bangkok, St Jerome's Laneway Festival and the Seoul Fringe Festival.^[2]

The Observatory is the subject of a crowd-funded experimental music documentary, The Obs: A Singapore Story, which premiered at the Singapore International Film Festival in December 2014 and travelled to the CINEDAYS Festival of European Film in Macedonia, DORF film festival in Croatia, Bare Bones International Music and Film Festival in the United States and more.^[3][4]