The Observatory is an art rock, experimental and electronica band based in Singapore, consisting largely of alumni from significant 1990s Singaporean bands. They are influential in the Singapore music scene. The band formed in 2001 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, such as MTV's Pattaya Music Festival, Heineken Fat Festival Bangkok, St Jerome's Laneway Festival and the Seoul Fringe Festival.