Syafiq Halid is a self-taught sound designer, electronic artist and the first Ableton Certified Trainer based in Singapore. His personal works revolved on his own imagined style and niche from percussions, samples, sounds and electronic music. He believes in developing his internal boundaries constantly by exploring and experimenting with various elements of sound to produce deep sonic material and listening experience. In the beginning of 2020, Syafiq collaborated with Bhumi Collective as a sound designer for Mak Mak Menari under M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020. Syafiq also collaborated with -wright Assembly to showcase a poetry-and-sound performance titled Al-Qamar under Moongazers by the ArtScience Museum. In the year of 2019, Syafiq played the role as a sound designer and performer in NGOPI by P7:1SMA Ltd.. He has also performed in Kaizen X Sound Lab presented by The Kaizen M.D. In SERENTAK 2: ‘Not Much Of Us Left’, an annual program presented by Nadi Singapura Limited in 2017, Syafiq led the production as a show director with the pioneer members of Nadi Singapura Ltd.
Early in 2017, Syafiq successfully passed the prestigious and highly competitive Ableton Certified Trainer Program in Hong Kong, becoming the first and youngest ever Ableton Certified Trainer in Singapore. Syafiq also completed the Music Foundation Program in Ableton Live at Dubspot Online in 2016.
He officially launched Grid Culture – a platform which provides training services and education in electronic music production and, designing live music performance using the musical software named Ableton Live. Through this business venture, he is dedicated to share his experience in Live with like-minded individuals and the community such that music technology and computer music can be a form of a unique creative tool or even as a hobby.
