Live Electroacoustic Soundscape Performance Based on the Unheard Malaysia Natural Soundscape: Music Composition Approach from Nada Sfera

This paper discusses the possible practice of ‘live’ music performance particularly for the electroacoustic soundscape music composition and its potential as an agency to induce the atmosphere of expectation and excitement from the listeners generated by the organised real-time-space sound source event. The objective of this paper is to define ‘live’ electroacoustic soundscape music and explore its potential in developing Nada Sfera, a live electroacoustic soundscape performance-based composition concept and method. Nada Sfera is then applied to composed new composition based on Nada Bumi composition research theme; re-imagine Malay cultural identity with the accentuation of the unheard biophony and geophony sources from Malaysia natural-cultural sites, which serves as an alternative artistic platform for eco-cultural appreciation and conservation.