#tomii chan

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So soothing!  New single from singer-songwriter Tomii Chan   =D

You may recall Tomii from the HK band Stranded Whale, well they officially split up a few weeks ago, but he’s been making beautiful solo music for years. (Bandcamp, SoundCloud, & YouTube)

Here’s a solo set he also posted today, includes at least 3 well-known covers:

Note from YT: “二月我們在band房辦了一場溫馨愉快又帶點失控的小型音樂會，現在和大家分享演出片段，謝謝Music Surveillance的拍攝.”

Filmed by Music Surveillance (aka Vic Shing)

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Listen/purchase: Sunrise by The Majestic G

Let’s check out some soul/funk from Hong Kong!   

The Majestic G 麟角樂團

Composer/Producer/Arranger/Bass: CMgroovy Composer/Lyricist/Vocals: Sonia Raphael Guitars: Tomii Chan Drums: Vic Tsui Keyboards: King Pan Ng Trombone: Tony Tsui Suona: Wai Him Ma

I really urge you to go to hear their song Curveball at StreetVoice    =D

3 song clip from this past summer at VoV Space, these peeps are fun, tight and talented!:

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Following on from the last post, here is another project involving both 611 and Tomii Chan -- the HK arts collective called 金巴利道路真理生命聯合/ Kimberley Road Union released an ep in 2020. Nightfall is a gentle folk tune that opens the release. =D

Musicians listed are Teeda, Tin, Tomii, 龢, Jonathan, PMQ, 611, Him, Nerve, Kit, Rocky.

Links: Kimberly Road IG, Bandcamp, YouTube

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Listen/purchase: Beautiful Thunderstorm by 611

Let’s check out HK singer-songwriter 611

She released a lovely 5-song ep of indie folk tunes late last year, mastered by Tomii Chan (ex-Stranded Whale), and she sang back up vocals on his solo ep.

All of the ep songs are in English, mostly written while she lived in Germany for a couple years, and finished when she moved back to HK.  Tomii played guitar and bass on the song above, and other musicians contributed to the other songs on the release. (click on the individual songs to see lyrics/credits)

The photo below is from yesterday, opening for a Jabin Law (also ex-Stranded Whale) show. Photo is by Music Surveillance (aka Victor Shing):

611 full live band incl: 黃俊彥 Moore Wong-Gtr, Samuel Cheung-Bass, Tin Li-Keys, 吳鶴謙 Jonathan Him-Drums (Jonathan & Moore were both in 小紅帽 Silhungmo). 

Links:  Bandcamp,  YouTube,  Instagram,  SoundCloud

Here’s a song from Tomii Chan’s 2020 Replay ep.  He wrote, arranged and played all the instruments; 611 sang in the background vocals. This is quietly intense, and absolutely perfect:

Tomii links: Instagram, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, YouTube, Spotify

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What’s going on in HK?

Well, Tomii Chan (ex-Stranded Whale) recently released a gorgeous slow-core ballad, Silly Confessions.   =D

Written, Produced & recorded by Tomii Chan Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Synthesisers & Programming by Tomii Chan Drums by Dean Li (ex-Stranded Whale) Piano by Bowen Li (?)

雷同二友 - 謝芊彤 謝芊蕾 The Absent Brother uploaded a quarantine cover clip, this will be the sweetest thing you hear all day:

The song is a remake of a famous French song titled *Que reste-t-il de nos amours?  Music: Leo Chauliac / Lyrics: Charles Trenet.  The girls are covering the Rachael Yamagata version with English lyrics by Albert A. Beach.  *Take a look at that Wikipedia page and you’ll see a lot of artists have sung the English version aka I Wish You Love.

Sisters Chintung Tse 謝芊彤 & Chin Lui Tse 謝芊蕾.  I don’t think I ever found out why they changed the duo name from 2-halves 芊彤說 芊蕾說 to 雷同二友 The Absent Brother, but anyway, they are found under 雷同二友 on Spotify.

More links: Official site,  YouTube,  Instagram

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Stranded Whale at 玉成戲院錄音室 YuChen Cinema Studio, recorded last July.  2 songs have been posted!   =D

Voc/Gtr-Jabin Law, Voc/Gtr-Tomii Chan, Drum-Dean Li, Bass-Chun Hin Leung, Keys-YiKin Lo 

The band has been quiet the last few months, but other members have their own projects. And sadly, the band announced the end of Stranded Whale, but promised a couple of unreleased things will be shared soon.

More links:  SoundCloud, YouTube, (Jabin’s SoundCloud & YouTube)  (Tomii’s solo Bandcamp, SoundCloud, & YouTube)

Let’s hear one of Jabin Law’s recent solo songs, from his 3rd solo album, A Bite Of Hell:

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Stranded Whale from their new album, The Revival, released in early October. Gentle guitar rock for the win!  =D

The band & individual member’s music is widespread on social media, so I’ll include all the links I have: Voc/Gtr/synth-Jabin Law, (solo SoundCloud & YouTube) Voc/Gtr/synth-Tomii Chan (solo Bandcamp, SoundCloud, & YouTube), Drum-Dean Li, Bass-Chun Hin Leung, Keys-YiKin Lo. Stranded Whale SoundCloud & YouTube

The album is available for listen/purchase (plus full lyrics and credits) at bandcamp!

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(Jabin Law)

2 members of Stranded Whale have new solo releases this month: 

Jabin Law But Tonight, The Boulevard Is Mine (album preview at YT)

(solo SoundCloud, & YouTube) 

Tomii Chan single Angel-bandcamp link (solo Bandcamp, SoundCloud, & YouTube).  This is gorgeous: