Featuring With Ether
- Dylanna Fisher
- Sep 22, 2021
- 2 min read
With Ether is made up of two amazing musicians. Simon Leong and Alasdair Poon are an Acoustic Guitar Duo that specializes in Guitar music, Covers, Originals themed around video games, anime, and pop culture.
“In Japanese Role-Playing video games, Ether is an item commonly used to restore the player’s life force; in 2009, we formed with a mission statement to create music with that same healing quality,” they explain the inspiration for their namesake in their website.
They’ve received 8,678,531 views on their YouTube Channel since February 26, 2011. Their instrumental music is amazing, to say the very least. With skillful and intricate guitar duet arrangements, they have gained revered praise from composers such as Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill) and Noriyuki Iwadare (Grandia) and been featured by Capcom Unity.
Meeting in 2008, Simon and Al discovered their kindred musical spirits. Two years later, they started their guitar duo under the name With Ether to commemorate their shared passion for video games and popular media.
They also have their original work that is fantastic to listen to. With Simon living in his hometown in Thailand and Al continuing to live in the UK, it’s been interesting for them to continue making music as a team. With the help of split-screen videos and online music production, they can bring their musical talent to the rest of the world. Here are a few examples of their original music for your listening pleasure.
“Two Steps Away” by Alasdair Poon, performed and recorded by Simon Leong and Alasdair Poon
“In One Hour” by Alasdair Poon and Simon Leong, Video vignette by Stephanie Leong.
“The Ebb and Flow” is an Original Acoustic Instrumental, Written and performed by Simon Leong and Alasdair Poon
Highlighted Covers
Switching styles is here for the music quality in general and more specifically for their covers. Simon and Al bring their passion for music. They are also passionate about the artistic content of video games and popular media. Combined, this passion makes for some amazing covers.
“With only two guitars, it’s not possible to replicate the magnitude and scope of these huge orchestral arrangements, so it’s important to take advantage of the unique aspects and physicality of the guitar to give the arrangements its own twist, rather than be married to the idea of sounding just like the original,” When asked about creating covers, Al Poon explains that, “You want to be faithful to the original, but you want to create something people will want to listen to based on its own merits as well”.
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