Modern Children是一隊香港的獨立搖滾樂隊。08年11月他們首次在Kubrick表演，一年後再次回來，不但帶來一些新歌和新 的編排，還會將是次音樂會視作單曲《蒙古》的發佈派對。
Modern Children的音樂並不局限於結他、貝斯及鼓。從他們的表演裡，會找到一點點色彩。色彩可以來自他們的音樂，也可 以來自他們的玩具樂器上。他們的音樂多元化，從Indie Pop到Post-Rock，不同的演繹，一個目的，就是分享他們的音樂給 各位。
Modern Children is a Hong Kong based indie Band. The first time they performed at Kubrick was on November of 2008. After one year, they come back to Kubrick again with some new songs and new arrangements. Moreover, this will be the release party of their single “Mongolian Song”.
The music of Modern Children is not confined with playing guitars, bass and drums. Their music is colorful, they use different toy instruments with different sounds in the songs. From Indie-pop to Post-Rock, they wish to share their music through their sweet and passionate performance.
To Sing in Dialect Is the Singers’ Best Gift for Life --About Wu Tiao Ren and Their Music
Wu Tiao Ren is a band from Haifeng, Guangdong. They have been singing in their local Haifeng dialect since 2003. Lyrics are mainly about episodes of their life in this town, which they are familiar with, or stories or feelings they would like to share. They depict their life amazingly in dulcet melodies and indigenous language. Beyond the sound, one can find their satire on the modern times. Wholly speaking, their music can be viewed as movies by Hou Hsiao Hsien, in the musical form, such as <Goodbye South, Goodbye> and <The Boys from Fengkuei>. In the eyes of Wu Tiao Ren, their music is their life and language per se. It is just right. To sing in mother tongue is their best gift for life.
Songs by Wu Tiao Ren are much of southern flavor. Upon hearing the sound of their guitars and accordions (sometimes harmonicas or jew's harps), one can feel a breeze blowing from this small seaside town, bringing along under- standable whispers of the ocean. Once you lend your ears to their songs, the less you understand the patois, the more fun you will have. They say it is the same feature of all native tongues.
The life and music of Wu Tiao Ren are always full of joy. They are like two sparrows always ready to peck some rice back home and then fly back to the wire pole to sing.
Trained as a Theatre Designer and Director in London's Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Jing Wong has honed his music style by rich music influences in London from Blues to Folk to Rock... but his main influences are Folk singer-song writers like Nick Drake and more recently Kings of Convenience and even Damien Rice.
Jing has won awards in Tom Lee's Sound Base Acoustic Band competition 2004 as First-runner up and Best Original Song... and also HEARTBEAT Acoustic Band competition's Champion.
In the past 2 years he has been active as a Street Performer playing his original songs on the streets of Mong Kok, Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. His is also a Fashion Designer for his brand Daydream Nation, and do Stage and Costume design for PIP Theatre regularly.
He is now signed to People Mountain People Sea and is now planning for the release of his first album.
Possibly the first "made in HK" Gospel album which features an all-star cast. One can call it the "HK's Buena Vista Social Club." Its main ingredient is gospel, but it features other genres such as jazz, bossa nova, blues, folk, flamenco, and spanish, etc. The aim to share the best of HK musicians with the rest of the world. All the songs are written by the Chung Brothers, Henry & Roger.
“<> is musically colourful, superbly skilled, and shines maturely. It’s a record that makes Hong Kong proud.” – Fung Lai Chi, acclaimed music critic
Roger has studied Piano and Vocal at the Peabody Music Conservatory in the US, and was the grand winner (vocal) of the Hong Kong Association of Christian Music Ministry (ACM) competition in 2007. Henry is the premier blues harmonica player and bandleader in Hong Kong and Asia and was voted one of the top 40 Hong Kong musicians by Time Out HK Magazine and one of Washington’s top jazz and blues musicians by Washington Post.
The guest vocalists include Grammy nominee Howard McCrary, and HK vocalists Mimi Lo, Mimi Tang, A-dAY, Marsha Yuan, and Eternity Girls. The star-studded instrumentalists include Ted Lo, Eugene Pao, Barry Chung, Rayvaughn Convington, Roel A. Garcia, Anthony Fernandes, Sylvain Gagnon, Jezrael Lucero, Joey Villanueva, Tommy Ho and Bob Mocarsky.
The CD is mixed and mastered by David sum using Direct Stream Digital method. All of the CD's proceeds will be donated to a charity foundation for charitable purposes. The CD is due out in June 2009 and is available at all major record stores and Christian bookstores.
