Music - Technology - Education
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musical storytelling
At SURmUN our vision is to keep traditional musical tools part of the conversation and make them relevant to the next generation of musical storytellers. By connecting these musical roots to the future of music making, we’ll allow the next generation of artists to find their own voice.
Three Integrated Pillars
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SURmUN - Music Tech
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SURmUN - Records
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SURmUN - Arts in Education
Creators of tech-enabled musical instruments - instrufaces - that help musicians communicate, create & collaborate within the ecosystem of digital music production.
Supporters of musicians and their processes in developing Creative Projects, Musical Recordings & Live Performances from ideation to distribution.
Educators of Music and Technology programs for and with Learners, Schools, Colleges & Universities.
MUSIC TECH
Creators of tech-enabled musical instruments - instrufaces* - that help musicians communicate, create & collaborate within the ecosystem of digital music production.
Instrufaces
(noun)
in·stru·face
MIDI interfaces that integrate digital technology with acoustic instruments
Acoustic Musical INSTRUment + Digital MIDI InterFACE
REcords
Supporters of musicians and their processes in developing Creative Projects, Musical Recordings & Live Performances from ideation to distribution.
REcords
SURmUN Records is the artistic playground where musical connection, collaboration, and creation unfold. It is the reason why SURmUN came into existence and the creative purpose for SURmUN Music Tech and education pillars.
We believe that ideas, projects, and intentions starting from a point of creative purpose are worth pursuing and SURmUN Records is where we aim to nurture those pursuits.
For Gurpreet and his collaborations, it is the ethos, home, & voice for expression.
Upcoming Projects
What Is: Spirituality
Warm Pulse Rain
10 Ragas to a Disco Beat - Reimagined
Musician, Creative Engineer, Co-Curator
SURmUN Sponsorship
Composed by: Kotoka Suzuki for Tabla, TABLIX, & Percussion
Performed by: Gurpreet Chana
Tablix
TABLIX is a conversation between the Tabla language, digital music production technology and MIDI. An exploration of the melodic potential of the tabla, TABLIX blends the ergonomics and sounds of a time-honoured tabla tradition with the infinite possibilities of the digital to create a new mode of artistic expression.
TABLIX continues to evolve and aims to develop creative technological ideas to support musical expression in relationship to the artistic process, technique, and ergonomics of the Tabla artist—inviting them to ideate, compose, edit, perform, explore, and collaborate with MIDI based artists, and processes in new, unique, and synergistic ways within the digital canvas through the Tabla artform.
Hang
Ponderingz - Live Performance
Sofar Bombay
Hang Sessions
Volume 1 - EP
Raindrops - Live Performance
Hillside Festival
KLOX
Friday Might Live at the ROM
kLoX EP1
Live Performance at Samll World
arts in education
Educators of Music and Technology programs that facilitate learning in collaboration with Schools, Colleges & Universities.
Research
& Development
Research & Development flows through everything that SURmUN does. It is how we approach our creative process & the common thread integrated into each pillar.
MUSIC
TECH
ARTS IN
EDUCATION
RECORDS
Research
& Development
Instrufaces are inspired and driven by the creative purpose of integrating a musicians musical process and relationship with their instrument into the modern day digital music production ecosystem.
SURmUN Music Tech R&D
SURmUN Records R&D
SURmUN Arts in Education
The iterative process of observing, analyzing, the instrument functioning and in particular the specificities of the musician's relationship with their instrument
A segment of the creative research development requires using the prototype instrufaces at each iteration to write, compose, play with, and record music.
The proprietary Instrufaces are so unique that they themselves become the vehicle for teaching and integrating music production and creation in the digital music production space.
Gurpreet Chana
CO-FOUNDER & CREATIVE ENGINEER
Gurpreet Chana is a multidisciplinary at the intersection of arts and science. An avid Tabla player since the age of 3, Gurpreet’s love of music is deeply ingrained in the fabric of his upbringing. His experience working in welding and sheet metal fabrication lead him to study Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and complete a Post Graduate in Supply Chain Management. As co-founder + creative engineer of SURmUN Music Tech, Gurpreet combines his engineering and supply chain experience with his background as a musician and producer to create industry enhancing designs. SURmUN connects musicians to the digital world through tech-enabled musical instruments.
Through the research, design and development of MIDI interfaces that integrate digital technology with acoustic instruments, SURmUN aims to invoke, inspire and expand instrumental conversations.
supporting partners
Michael Steele, Ariane Laezza, Nitin Kalyan, Nina Sodhi, Matt Borland