Seattle, WA – March 2021… Alda Agustiano, also known as ‘Chong the Nomad’, is one very talented young artist / audio producer. As a huge fan of the animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender, she would record the show and replay certain sections to learn the score on her keyboard. In the show’s second season, there is a minor character named ‘Chong’, a nomadic musician who runs into the main characters. She picked up the moniker Chong the Nomad to use for Internet forums and eventually, it became her stage name. With her new EP titled A Long Walk and a commercial for Singapore Airlines, she demonstrates both her creativity and serious production chops—all of which revolve around the use of her TASCAM DR-40 4-track digital audio recorder.
The Singapore Airlines commercial that Agustiano worked on is musically fresh and seriously imaginative—and she stars in the spot. With a groove that’s impossible to miss and a wild assortment of sound effects, the soundtrack locks you...
