Tuesday, April 14, 2009

LOVE & LIVING


Category: Music
Genre: Canto-Pop
Artist: Hins Chueng 张敬轩

很久没有冲动要批评一张刚刚才听的大碟。张敬轩09的年度大碟,LOVE & LIVING,比我想象中好听。可能对上的URBAN EMOTION没有搭到“酷爱”的欢迎度,所以这一次回到轩仔的原点,最初的情感。。。。情歌和他的生活。可看到轩仔长大不小。

上年已经“曝光”了,一首舞曲,接下的有“溺爱”,再到发片时候打了“披星戴月”所以听起整张大碟感到好熟。加上重新翻唱许茹芸当年打进香港的第一炮,“留低鎖匙”轩仔唱出一个很他的感觉也保留歌的原有的编曲。一直听到他写的“故园花茶”, 整个大碟的舒服感蔓延起来。每一首抒情的来有不同的感觉,加上一些古事性的歌词带起慢慢的感动。

张敬轩也算市尝试他比较少的曲风,拉汀味的“相对论“和舞曲“曝光”,可看到慢歌还是他的特色。

Ratings:4 Stars

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Warner's Fantastic Four华纳四星

Previous post, I introduce you the four gem from Universal, This time I introduce you the fanstastic four from Warner Music Asia this 2009. They are Khalid Fong, Jam Hsiao, Nicholas Teo, and Jolin Tsai. Obviously the centre stage is evolves at Taiwan, being the center attention of chinese pop music of this decade.

Being previously named a successful diva place(天后宫) in early 2000s, now the restructure comes again with a younger artist generations. Nowadays, talent keeps you up ahead, as to be seen in Khalid Fong. He wouldn't get this big without his signature tunes like "SINGALONGSONG", "JANE SU", "LOVE LOVE LOVE",etc... and his jazz, R&B stylish vocal. A remarkable singer, while he writes all of his songs. With 4 albums under his belt, each outsells the previous ones, he is also the most sought after singer-writer around the chinese territory. Khalid's latest album "Orange Moon" not only sprung off a number of hits, and yet becoming his biggest selling album. This 2009, he is set to make new heights with his first english cover album soon to be release......


By appearing in a few guest shots in the hugely popular reality talent show,Superstars 超级星光大道, Jam Hsioa as oppose to the biggest favourite, Aska Yang, find himself fame. He is already a promising star on the rise before he release his debut album under Warner Music Taiwan, which is my last year top ten favourites too. After his hugely success debut, he was send to be professionally trained and his valentine charity single also top the singles chart in Taiwan. With a full focus this year, he is tends to make headlines with his sophomore album..

The Golden Melody Award diva had step into Warner's embrace with a huge bang to continuing her legendary. With the release of her Warner's first album Butterfly,花蝴蝶,the pre-order sales had broken the taiwan artist record of 7 million and within 2 weeks, its already broken the 10 million mark. Every time she comes to the spotlight, she brings something new and out-perform herself. All efforts do definitely brings her to be one of the year's best seller


Finally Nicholas had becomes a Warner's boy, with his entrance to Warner Music Taiwan(previously Virgin-EMI), meaning he's now officially had a full force of record company unity for all territory. Since he break into the music scene, he had been bless with luck. This year, despite he's personal affairs affecting his works earlier of the year, he soon releasing a new album and as well soon send his career up a new level.

It would be very exciting to see this four new-generation fantastic stars to shine in the year of 2009.

环球之四宝Universal Fab Four

At the year 2009, its getting obviously a whole new scene in pop world had turn around with new breath of artist. By looking into the BIG THREE record company in Asia, Universal, their biggest artists and major focus falls into the Hong Kong territory. Their fabulous four are Eason Chan, Hacken Lee, Hins Cheung and Kay Tse. With four of them represents the height of Unversal in this era.


With finally Hacken rising to fame as A-list artist after Alan holds him to be a partner in sold-out concert for three whole years, and rising to stardom since he step into the business back about 20 years ago. After his peak of career in 2006, he then had slow down to focus more in seeting up family and his music quality. He then been constantly place his name in the top 10 of best selling artist of the year, for the past 4 years at least. Again 2009, he is back with a new album, TODAY'S SPECIAL, a concept album with collabrations with the market's songwriter-artist like Khalid, Justin Lo....


About the same time, Eason Chan had make history with his first album with Universal, U87, as the record of the year being named by the TIMES magazine, to be the highest honour. The subsequence releases had further maintain Eason as the best sellling artist and his fame had reach the whole Asia, with his equivalent successful mandarin albums. After a long break, this 2009, he is back with H3M. A band by his fellow musicians where he had collborate with them since his last year concert tour. Obviously, more surprises comes up with a team who had good mutual understandings.


Hins Chueng was a China Mainland cantonese artist, but he had already been a promising new rising stars, since his debut with MY WAY. Adding to his advantage, with his bilingual ability and a songwriter himself, had make him easily break into HK market. In year 2007, he even had 3 places in the top 10 best selling albums of the year. As to subsequently to expand his thorne, his 09 releases, "Love & Living" will goes back to his music roots and collaborate with the famous 80s iconic musicians like George Lam, Anthony Lun.....


Kay Tse wasn't a bright new star, but her fantastic vocal which similar compare to Faye Wong's early works, keeps her in the business. In 2006, she move to Universal was tended to bloom her up to fame, but alas, at the very same moment she annouce her pregnancy hiatus. However, this does not stop she getting famous. Her keep rising despite her absences, and by her return, she sang famous "Chung Mo Yin" and her 1st full lenght album, BINARY which features the single "Blessing Street" make her an A-List. To celebrate her first huge live concert, and her enormous awards she received for the 2008 awards ceremony, she releases a new album "YELLING". By now its already hot seller.

These fabulous four had cover half of the placements of the top 10 best selling albums for the past 3 years.