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Aggressive rock from GDJYB 雞蛋蒸肉餅, softened ever so slightly by the choir-like vocals.  

I also love the simple approach to the MV -- no drama, just the playing! (with a bit of glam to their appearance)   =D

Our new song - 《 Backspace 》 is now available on itunes, JOOX, KKBox and Spotify! itunes: https://goo.gl/S4Mbbv Joox: https://goo.gl/8Fj5jt KKBox: https://kkbox.fm/ySJIME Spotify: https://goo.gl/FhtNGm

Bonus clip from a recent set at Pink Dot HK 2017 last weekend:

CHANKA 陳嘉

The Hong Kong singer-songwriter just released a new ep, Shades Of Blue this month.  =D

Written & Arranged by CHANKA 

Mixed & Mastered by Analoku 

Produced by CHANKA and Analoku

ttbert1 YT channel just posted a full set of Chanka and her band at Playa La Fiesta, and this song is also on the ep:

These are the band members (listed on her Instagram):

@kashun21 Shun-Guitar @dickui Dickson Kui 的身軀-Drums @chunhinn Chun Hin Leung-Bass @m431.psd Mael-Keys

Epic post-rock instrumental from Hong Kong - let’s check out the band 紙風鈴 Tree Phoning!   =D

They started in 2010, and the current lineup is Moon Yip-Gtr, Jessie Yiu-Violin, Fai Wong-Keys, Kiu Ho-Drums, with supporting member Ka Lok Ying on bass (from the band Topsy-wave - check out the Topsy-wave SoundCloud)

Self-description from fb: 

§ 紙風鈴

發不出嚮亮聲音的風鈴，其創作和演繹不只追求迴盪於耳邊的音樂符號，樂章內所可能呈現的，是現世一幅幅簡約真摰的音像圖畫，交織著人在塵世和大自然間的各個主題。樂隊音樂風格近似器樂、簡約、後搖滾、即興和另類唯美等的結合，時也寂靜無常輕輕幽深，時也波瀾壯闊大氣磅礡。隨著不同的樂章主題或創作計劃，樂意跟不同的演奏者、媒體藝術家或團體合作，尋找更懂連結內心聲音的可能性。

§ Tree Phoning 

Tree Phoning's music is not only about the echo of music in ears, but more about the inner-connections between human and nature. Their music depict genuine imagines with the use of minimal touch while still produce magnificent sound and impermanent lightness are also in stories.With their distinct alternative aesthetic, Tree Phoning melts instrumental improvisation and minimalist cinematic-rock elements into sound pictures.  The band always enjoy cross-media collaborations, with the chance to play with different musicians, media artists and art organisations, for hearing the inner voice from different people.

Let’s hear one from their YouTube, this demo is from 2017:

Listen/purchase: Ingmar by Sweetheart Garden

Sweetheart Garden formed in 2018 in Hong Kong 

Vocal-Faye, Guitar-Victor, Guitar-Hammer, Bass-Mann, Drums-Him

A couple of quirky things about the band: 1. All of their songs seem to have male names (Arne, Hendrik, Ingmar); 2. They have already planned their exit strategy, with two members going abroad later this year. From fb:

“成立於2018年年頭，最初由吉他手Victor，貝斯手阿文和主唱Faye組成，目的是寫一些cheesy pop songs（咦？）。後來找了阿謙擔任鼓手一職，亦因此機緣巧合野生捕捉了第二位吉他手Hammer，並組成了現在的陣容。團員們聽歌都很雜，日系音樂、廣東流行歌、Metal、Rave到Post Rock都有，不過正所謂「食個啲唔一定痾個啲」，總之寫出來的東西五個人都覺得好聽就好。由於兩名成員出國在即，只希望在有限的時間裡繼續做自己喜歡的音樂，好聽好玩開心就好。Peace.”

We posted Arne a few days ago, let’s hear Hendrik from the same event at This Town Needs aka Hidden Agenda:

ttbert1 YT channel has a full set of 小紅帽 Silhungmo from back in June.  =D

This was for Neon Lit Music Launch Party at TTN (This Town Needs aka Hidden Agenda). The other bands on the bill were ゲシュタルト乙女 Gestalt Girl (Japan) and Sweetheart Garden (HK) Neon Lit Music seems to be all about promoting shows and bringing bands to HK.  You can see their upcoming events at fb.  =D

Sweetheart Garden have 2 new songs available at bandcamp, and they posted a clip from their set to their YT channel:

Interesting & beautiful collaboration from the most recent stop on 話梅鹿 Prune Deer’s current tour: 小紅帽 Silhungmo singer 曾善婷 Ashley Tsang and Guzheng artist 許彤 Hui Tung join the band at MOM Livehouse for the song Lichen.   =D

A couple of weeks ago at Moon Romantic 青山 月見ル君想フ in Tokyo:

2 more stops on the Mainland in April:

4/20 - 廣州 Guangzhou @ MAO Live House 

ttbert1 YT channel just posted the full set of Hong Kong dreampop-shoegaze band Sea of Tranquility, from their March 11th Lunar Rendezvous show at SAAL.  Lovely, swirling sound!   =D

HK rockers ‘unplugged’ for 2017東區文化節 at Youth Square 青年廣場《藝文青藝術節》(Not sure why this was a 2017 festival when it was held last weekend, but maybe it was a display of last year’s art projects.)

 小紅帽 Silhungmo

GDJYB 雞蛋蒸肉餅 are going to be at Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco Bay Area on Feb. 21st!  (Their gig is at: Starline Social Club in Oakland):

ttbert1 channel has individual song clips, and the Youth Square 青年廣場 facebook has full set videos from all of the acts over 2 days:

Feb. 10: Merry Lamb Lamb, 咖啡因公園, per se, Nowhere Boys