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Hongkong (香港)
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Hong Kong(Chinese: 香港) is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea,[12] it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.[13] Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories by 1898. It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after which the British resumed control until 1997, when the PRC acquired sovereignty.[16][17] The region espoused minimum government intervention under the ethos of positive non-interventionism during the colonial era.[18] The time period greatly influenced the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West", and the educational system, which used to loosely follow the system in England until reforms implemented in 2009.
taken from Wikipedia (link below)
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Punk and Hardcore music development
According to Riz of King Ly Chee in the early 80's there were some "guai lo"'s who formed a punk rock band in Hongkong and also performed for a certain time, though name, music and photos are not stated and it seems that the scene in general does not refer back to them. The next noticable band mentioned is Blackbird, which received fame by being rather political in their views and statements.
Around 1990, students in foreign international schools started to play punk music with one of these bands called Pregnant Men. Other bands were Tokyo Sex Wale, Mrs. Wong's Noodle Shop (Riz played guitar in this band), NOPDOGS and That Guy's Belly.
Info taken of A brief hardcore history by King LyChee.
One important institution in the live rock scene is Underground HK who do most of the underground concerts in Hongkong in several venues. They also are the main organizer of GBOB China band competition.
Family tree of Hongkong bands
The 1980s
1980s--Anodize, Matyr, CHYNA, Tai Chi, Fundamental, Citybeat, Crystal Zone, 邊界, Octave of Prayers, Midnight Party, Tat Ming Pairs, 浮世繒, Octavian, Azylum, 小島、凡風、Blue Jeans
1981-
1982-
1983-Beyond
1984-
1985-
1986-
1987-
1988-
1989-Adam Met Karl
The 1990s
1990s--...Huh!? LMF, Chaos, Pillow, Atomic Bubbles, Love Motel, NT. Big Mac, Elf Fatima, Scaffold,Tangent, Charisma, Pullover, 紅谷, Screw, Distribution, Mirage, Utopia, Desire, Departing Cross, Hyponic, Tears, Fatjob, Yu-jin(遊人), the Misty, Cloudy, NT, Tat Flip, Sisters Of Sharon, UNiXX, Kid Zero, Lethal Weapon, 大聲公, 瀚林院, 殺拖嗲, 粉紅A, 拾豆豆, 大頭佛, 男巫師, Unique, IceStone II, Faith, Athena, Rarity, La'Rose Norie, Lutara, Bacteria, Eclipse, Zero, Sirius, ZigZag, Survivor, M2R, Vagabond, Black Box, Zenith, Inno, Leathal Weapons, Photosynthesis, DSP, Cyan, Jackal's Dream, Devil and Angel, In Between, 遙多, Minimal, Multiplex
1991--
1992--
1993--Seasons Lee
1994--
1995--Zen, Virus, Juno, 劉以達官立小學
1996--Black and Blue, Uneven, Cry, Narcosis
1997--Miscast, Pullover, Kind People, LMF, DSC, Circle, The Pilable, Tears
1998--Blackwine, SideTrack, Albino, Site Access, Slow Tech Riddim, Luxury, Micah 68, 臨記(Lam Kee), Sanskrit, Dark Vampire, Daughter, Human Ash
1999--Uncle Joe, Overdoser, Whence He Came, King Ly Chee, Utopia, False Alarm
The 2000s
2000s--Daze, Avatar, Desire, Alternative Tone Sound, The Fascist Giraffe, Trash Music Union, FrF, Offside, Leisure Garden, Compuphonic Yellow, One Dead Waiter, noPrepare, ToNick, deR, The Lovesong, The Academy, 22 Cats, Human Head Horse, Kai Hii Kitora, Synthetic (In)Semination,劉以達與夢
2000 -- JETHouse, Mazer, Howler, Zodiac, Cyan the 8th, Locusts, Double Happiness, Nuclear, System Map
2001--The Marshmallow Kisses, Airtub, 9527, Milk and Cookies, Dump, The EPT, My little airport, Shepherds the Weak, Hardpack
2002--5 am, ChinaCooL, L, HardCandy, Superday, Peri M
2003--Bluemoon, Hardihood, Xenic, 1double3, drop 125, A Company, 218(TwOnEight), SiQ
2004--The Dumb Melon Quartet, Innisfallen, Mystic Dream, Killer Soap
2005--Kolor, 九紫(Purple Nine), S-Unit, Hardpack, The Yours, Kissing on the Dance Floor, So What, Qiu Hong, Chock Ma, Dive To Libido, D O W N E R, 31G
2006--Rumble Soda, Vinegar, A-Day, Transnoodle, Bone Table, Feel Of All, Fad, Mensheng, Velvette Vendetta
2007--In Love And Pain!, 24Herbs, DP, Violent Jokes, Born to Hula, F.B.I., El Destroyo, Noughts And Exes, Poubelle International
2008
On July 6th 2008, the underground web radio Underground Battlefield @ radiodada.hk starts broadcasting online about the Hongkong music scene.
2009
2009--Myloft
2010
2010 saw the release of the following records in Hongkong:
- Paranoid - 囚蝶
- UNiXX – 7 Deadly Sins
- the evening primrose – atarless
- The Darlings – The Darlings EP (released as a free EP at their One Blood gig in Tainan, Taiwan)
- OFTEN 2010 CD (this compilation CD included a theme song of the event, as well as original songs, some of which were published in CD format for the first time, and was sold at the fair at $20 or more)
- Seeing Sound Lingnam AP CD (this compilation CD included original songs in mp3 format, with songs that were never previously published, and was given out for free at the concert)
- 大聲公 Loudspeaker – 快樂搖滾 Single
- Wish – 請將音量放大 Single
- Extreme – Extreme Single
- Revolver – Tranquility Single
- Lilacy – 因。果。分理 Single
- Compilation CD No. 3 Life After Roots — Rock Beyond (VA)
- Speaka – I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
- VIM – New Vision EP
- Audrey Lily – 柯德莉莉
- JoyTrendSound 在草地上 – 《未命名》
- Forget The G – Prologue
- ToNick – Let’s Go
- The Pancakes – sometimes i just can’t remember all the things we did together
- T(h)ree – a compilation on collaborations over Hong Kong, Macao and Portugal
- 梵姬 Vrank - Gothic Industrial album
- Maniac – 記憶. 凌亂散落
- Matchbox – “Life” EP
- Corey Tam – EP
- dp – 7″ single My Hyena
- Spodac – Spodac EP
- Laughitoff – Off (POCH Records release of a 10 year ago band)
- Rachel Believes In Me – Rachel Believes In Me
- Supper Moment – 《等等…》
- R.S.Seizure/A.Urquiola - Black Reign Session One
- Kisses From My Grandpa – The Human Condition
- ISoFeel – EUroad
- Kolor - Independence
- Kris Lao – Into The Woods With A Cardboard Box
- The Hurricane – Close to the wind
- Fragile - “白影”
- Chopxticks Records Compilation (a free sampler from Chopxticks Records)
- LIVE FAST DIE! - Speedophiles
- Jun Kung – Jun.K
- Papercoin – Papercoin
- Ghost Style – Quantum Beats and Alien Bloodlines Mixtape, free download mixtape album, a newer song followed a month later
- Six Pack Of Wolves - Born To Lose
- Peri M – 彩虹淚
- Milkteeth - “Chance”
- Noughts And Exes - “The Start Of Us”
- The Merriweather Deer – “Archives”
- Luke Chow – “Fast Forward Tour 2010”
- Supper Moment - “旅程”
- The Tranquil Summer Sea (那年夏天，寧靜的海) – Demo EP, 5 live demo tracks given out at Taiwan Simple Life Hong Kong indie pavilion.
- Reign Lee – “Angels In The Dirt”
- Of Moths & Stars – “Polyphonic Rust”
- T(h)ree – European version of a compilation on collaborations over Hong Kong, Macao and Portugal; two new songs from Fragile and Evade
- Papercoin – The Noise From Insomnia
- Sill For Loud – “December. Diary.”
- 戳麻 Chock Ma – Special demo CD, given out at the 《不回怎交》 concert
- Fruitpunch – “Wind And Sea”
- 野良犬 -《車凹了也是一種搖滾》
- Kolor – “As Simple As”
2011
In December, the two day outdoor music festival CLOCKENFLAP took place. Further in December, Hidden Agenda (Hongkong) got notice that their lease contract would not be extended and they organized a series of concerts entitled "Relocation" to provide funds for relocating the live house to another premises.
2011 saw the release of the following records in Hongkong:
Homeless Alien – “Homeless Alien”
The Darlings – “Jackie Is Busy”
Ghost Boy Loves China
Tie-Shu-Lan 鐵樹蘭 – “讓信念繁衍”
Logo – “Illegal brain”
The Marshmallow Kisses – Ciao! Baby
This Is Ammunition – 6 tracks now free download
OH SO…! COMPILATION – 12 track compilation albums given out for free
No One Remains Virgin – Careless Hipster
Staway 留離 – “Not Pain Enough”/“印象” – demo single given away at Apr 2 HKBU AP and Apr 9 show in Shenzhen
The Hunger Artist – 《價值》
Jade And The Stagger Swallows – “Fallen”, April 16
31G – “Untitled”
White Dimension – Shimmer Of Dawn
DP – “DP”
Dr.Eggs – “T.I.N.N.S.”
Compilation CD No. 4 Come On…Blaze Ahead (VA)
Hea9vy Compilation “Knock Out” – of the six bands in the Hea9vy troup, which is travelling around all over China. The bands are Attention To Piss, Die In Velvet, Embryo, FaceFace, Hardpack, Los en Found
Poubelle International – “Sans Contrôle”
Three one point five
VIM – New Vision
SUSHi RoBoT – Bauco Remix Session 1
The Revolver - “A Day With The Happy Loner”
Shotgun Politics - “Glow”
The Pancakes - “腦殘遊記”
D O W N E R – “Dancing With The Blessed Girl” – given out for free at shows
Black Market Music Compilation 2011 a compilation of 30 bands from Hong Kong and Taiwan by the Taiwan label “Black Market Music”
RED - “Welcome To The Empire”
Lone Star Radio
the evening primrose - “Starfalling”
Tonick - “ROUND2”
Supper Moment - 再次心跳
My little airport《香港是個大商場》
TKO – “Moving Out”
Killer Soap - “Bittersweet”
The Sleeves - “Arcade Rock”
Ignite The Hope - “The Realization of Universal Truth”
Modern Children - “Modern Children” iOS App Album
The Dummy - “Inside Of The (Inside)”
Arnold Fang and Storytellers - “冬密語”
All For A Vision - “Reasons & Devices”
Sun Eskimos - “A Little Little”
9 Maps - “High Incline”
No One Remains Virgin – 獅子胯下
False Alarm - “世界真係好撚大同”
Alok - “628Interface”, “RedShift”
Jukator - “At the crossroads”
2012
In February 2012, asked about the hardcore scene in Hongkong, Die In Velvet's Ian responded:
The hardcore scene is not very well developed in HK, but it is constantly growing. I remembered back in 2003 the scene had more hope,different magazines or organisation are always up to putting on shows and stuffs, but at some point, they are just gone and not doing it anymore which is very sad. But personally, i think there are not enough bands playing hardcore, bands are usually have other influences. But fair enough, i think it's cool tho. I am not saying I'm the master or the authority of hardcore, but i think hardcore is consist of unity, caring and dedication. There is no any definition of what is hardcore but i don't think hardcore is only about political. I HATE IT, when people judging any bands if they are hardcore enough only focusing on the fact that do they sing or care about the political stuff. I mean, there are many levels of hardcore, please don't judging by focus on a level. I have no idea about the numbers of people who love hardcore, probably a few hundreds? There are not many proper venues in HK unless organiser are up for paying shit loads of money to hire a place, we have played in a gallery before, it has no any audio equipment, organiser has to pay extra money to hire the equipments. But to me, Hidden Agenda is always my personal favourite, they always have nice crowd there.[1]
Major Compilation Records of Hongkong
Further information
General information
Music scene
- A brief hardcore history by King LyChee
- HK Pop History Project
- Underground Hongkong
- News blog on the local scene
- Clockenflap, annual outdoor music festival
- Hongkong Records Timeline at Rock in China
- Bitetone, an online music magazine about mainly Hongkong music
- Underground Battlefield Podcast / Webradio at Radiodada.hk
Music & Videos
Articles
- Pete Jackson (2012), HK Underground - Chris B on why HK rocks!, published on 15 August 2012
- User:Azchael (2012), Interview with Mensheng (2012), published on 12 February 2012
- Christopher DeWolf (2009), Radio Dada says Hong Kong stations have 'no guts.', published on 14 October 2009
