About Unda Alunda

Sometimes, there's something within us that defies explanation.

It's not words.

It's not logic.

But it knows us—deeply, clearly.

Even in moments when we barely recognize ourselves.

Unda Alunda began hearing those sounds as a child. At the age of 11, he started using the guitar as his own language. And ever since, "sound" has become both his voice—and his way of being—in this world.

At 15, he began formally studying jazz music. He went on to earn top honors in both Theory and Ear Training at the College of Music, Mahidol University, where he studied from high school through graduation.

From a young age, he believed that to create music free from bias and stylistic constraint— to truly honor spirit, imagination, creativity, and feeling above tradition or theory—

One must first possess enough knowledge and discipline to let go of control. To let the body speak. To let music come through… as sound.

Sometimes it arrives as a note. Sometimes as a long, stretching silence. And sometimes… as a question he keeps asking himself:

"Without music… would I still be me?"

Unda spent much of his childhood practicing guitar 10–15 hours a day, and began composing music not long after.

Those sounds were gradually shaped and refined, built up slowly from the hands of a 19-year-old. They became songs. They became melodies. And eventually… they became a safe place— where he could feel completely, quietly, himself.

That journey led him to the stage of Overdrive Guitar Contest XI, the biggest guitar competition in Thailand, where he performed Against and First Aid, two original songs born from trial, error, and inner searching.

He shared them publicly for the first time— and won first prize.

It was the moment when the name "Unda Alunda" first began to be spoken in Thailand.

Not long after, he won Hardrock Pattaya Guitar Battle 2019, judged by world-class artists Alex Hutchings and Matteo Mancuso— a milestone that further amplified the reach of his voice.

But that voice wouldn't stay within Thailand for long.

In 2020, he submitted an entry to the international Abasi Neural Contest, held by Neural DSP in collaboration with Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders. Out of over 600 submissions from around the world—he won.

Not only did he earn the judges' respect, but Tosin also invited him to officially join Abasi Concepts as a signed artist.

The following year, he received the highest jury scores from Aaron Marshall (Intervals), Jakub Zytecki, and Sam Jacobs in the MRNB Contest, which featured thousands of players globally.

And slowly, his name began to spread— his Instagram following grew steadily as many world-renowned guitarists and composers began to listen. To pay attention. To hear what he had to say… through sound.

In his early twenties, Unda began spending more time living— gathering real experiences, seeking inspiration, meeting new people, each of whom left a trace.

Whether joy or sorrow, light or darkness, music has always been the vessel through which he's expressed who he is. And it continues to carry him— as it did in the beginning.

Until finally… those sounds came together as his first full-length album:

DARK WONDERFUL WORLD

Recorded live for the first time in Thailand in April 2024.

Live performance at Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom in Thailand.