KelvinT, Tokisato Miztsuru, Nerve, suzueri, Naoki Nomoto, Makoto Oshiro, KΣITO, Renick Bell, more

Absurd TRAX/HKCR/20alpha Japan Tour [形起釋影 / いん・へい・しっく・いん！]

HongKong based underground hip hop label "Absurd TRAX", commnity radio"HKCR-HongKong Community Radio" and alternative space "20alpha" Japan tour!

Live
Kelvin T (from HK/Absurd TRAX) + Tokisato Miztsuru (VJ)
Nerve (from HK/20alpha) + Toki-Meki Science (suzueri) + Sawako Kageyama (VJ)
Naoki Nomoto + Makoto Oshiro
KΣITO + Renick Bell
Tzu Ni

DJ
T0C1S (from HK/Absurd TRAX/HKCR), Wendy Lee (from HK/20alpha)

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Related articles

[About Foo Tak Building]
Cultural Frontline_ Hong Kong's Foo Tak building (Broadcast Date: 16th February 2019/on BBC World Service)
https://www.justradio.ltd.uk/portfolio/cultural-frontline-hong-kongs-foo-tak-building/
Inside Foo Tak Building artist’s hub - Time Out (2017/09/01)
https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/art/inside-foo-tak-building-artists-village
The Vertical City, Part V_ An Art Village Full of Hope for Hong Kong's Future - Zolima City Magazine (2018/04/12)
https://zolimacitymag.com/the-vertical-city-part-v-an-art-village-full-of-hope-for-hong-kongs-future/
Foo Tak Building_ Wanchai's hidden artist hub _ CNN Travel (2010/08/27)
http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong/life/foo-tak-building-356231/

 [About music venues in Hong Kong] 
Hidden Agenda raid_ All 7 released, as UK band laments Hong Kong's 'difficult' creative environment _ Hong Kong Free Press HKFP 
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/09/hidden-agenda-raid-7-released-uk-band-laments-hong-kongs-difficult-creative-environment/ 
Crackdown Chills Hong Kong’s Indie Music Scene - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/world/asia/hong-kong-live-music.html

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profiles

From HongKong based

Kelvin T (from HK/Absurd TRAX)

Kelvin T, full name Tang Fong Ching Kelvin, is a 20-year-old DJ and music producer from Hong Kong. Having started making music since he was in secondary school at the age of 15, Kelvin has managed to finish and self release 7 EPs on his own and released his EP‘Sedative’ through Hong Kong-based label Absurd TRAX.

In 2016,he joined the forward-thinking Shanghai-based label Genome 6.66Mbp and subsequently resided in local label Absurd TRAX later that year. He is releasing his first full-length album ‘Unlock Voice’ this year, embedding his emotions through his music and synths. He has played in the first Boiler Room event Hong Kong, in Sonar Festival Hong Kong both in 2017 and 2018, and his music has received plays on NTS Radio, Radar Radio and RBMA Radio.

His latest album ‘Unlock Voice’ envisions a music reality where synthesizers are taught to sing, scream, cry, and rage. By unleashing and unlocking the soul and the voices of samplers and synthesizers, Kelvin T tries to create an emotionally packed experience throughout the entire album. The album will be his first full length album after many years of experience in creating music.

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Nerve (from HK/20alpha)

T0C1S (from HK/Absurd TRAX/HKCR)

T0C1S is a Hong Kong-based DJ. In 2016 he co-founded the blog Absurd Creation, and subsequently the label and event series Absurd TRAX was born in late 2017. 

In the same year, he curated the first edition of ATE (Absurd The End of the Year), focusing in community building and de - mystification of stylistic tropes, the independent festival hosted artists such as Scattered Purgatory, Rainbow Chan, ENDGAME, x/o, DJ Sniff, Fiona Lee. Organ Tapes, Yayoyanoh and more.

As a DJ, T0C1S applies the same principle into his set, often with no coherence in beat and bpm, he focuses in creating sonically dense sound by blending limitless selection of genre-less music to create intimate and cathartic experience out of an emotion driven ‘story-telling’ style of playing.

Aside from being active in the local underground venues such as XXX, and gallery space like Tai Kwun, T0C1S has played foreignly in OIL club (Shenzhen) and ALL Club (Shanghai) for his label showcases. He has made appearances on radio such as n10.as and HKCR.

T0C1S is also the co-founder and current director of HKCR.

Selected Press: Bandcamp Daily (Absurd TRAX)/ Radii China (HKCR)/ BBC Cultural Frontline

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Wendy Lee (from HK/20alpha)

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From Tokyo based

Renic Bell
http://renickbell.net/doku.php

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Makoto Oshiro

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Naoki Nomoto

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KΣITO

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Tzu Ni
https://www.iitzunii.com/

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Toki-Meki Science (suzueri)

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Tokisato Miztsuru (VJ)

*Naoki Nomoto, Tokisato Miztsuru, Moxus

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Sawako Kageyama (VJ)
https://www.sawakokageyama.com/