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Fast Forward April Highlights

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Hidden Tracks

014 A-Side Charli XCX

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Chinese Zodiac

020 B-Side Public Service Broadcasting

062 Rewind The Best Parties of Last Month

024 Flipside Alec Monopoly

068 Directory Where You Can Find BOOM

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Boom’s Kitchen Ho Lee Fook

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On The Rocks Orange Peel

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Fashion Shoot Street Chic: Spring Skaters

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Play Away Lombok & The Gili Islands

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Boom Academy ‘60s Surf Rock

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On The Streets

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Mixer Our Pick of the Best New Releases

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Editor’s Note

The Team

April is upon us, and there’s a spring in its step.

In our cover story, we catch rising superstar Charli XCX on her tour with Katy Perry for a chat about her big plans for the music industry (P14), and in our B-Side we introduce you to UK indie band Public Service Broadcasting’s breakthrough album documenting the US/Soviet Space Race (P20).

After a fantastic Art Basel, we sat down with the charismatic Alec Monopoly to discuss the underworld of street artists in Flipside (P24). In On the Rocks, we find out a little more about new music venue Orange Peel (P32), and in Boom’s Kitchen we find out how Chef Jowett Yu has had so much success with Chinese eatery Ho Lee Fook (P30).

Dip into our travel guide to Lombok and the Gili Islands for a paradise getaway this Easter (P40), and of course, our Mixer (P48) covers all the latest albums you need in your collection, including Kendrick Lamar’s long-anticipated latest, To Pimp a Butterfly.

Remember, we want you to get involved! Submit your On the Streets (P46) for the chance to appear in our next issue, and check out Volcom’s True to This Photography Competition (P18) for the opportunity to win some incredible prizes.

Check out our event recommendations (P4), including Ozone’s ‘Rainbow Balloon’ anniversary party (P10), and the legendary 2 Chainz at Club CUBIC’s 4th birthday (P6). Last but not least, flip through to our Hidden Tracks section (P52) for the latest from our city’s coolest bloggers, a Q&A with last month’s cover artist, your monthly zodiac, and more.

Enjoy the month, and keep BOOMing! 四月已經降臨，亦代表着春天正進一步走近。

在今期的封面故事裡，我們與正在陪同Katy Perry巡迴演唱的新晉冒起之秀Charli XCX傾談，分享她未來音樂事

業的大計劃和暢談這位獨特烈女對自己所做的音樂應持有什麼態度（P14） 。我們會在B-Side向你介紹英國獨立樂隊 Public Service Broadcasting記錄著美國和蘇聯進行太空競賽的突破性專輯（P20） 。

巴塞爾藝術展已在香港完美落幕，我們繼續探討香港藝術界的動向，在Flipside與魅力非凡的Alec Monopoly坐下

來談談街頭藝術家的世界（P24） 。在On The Rocks中，我們進一步剖析新音樂表演場地Orange Peel（P32） 。在Boom’ s Kitchen裡，我們從廚師Jowett Yu當中了解他帶領中國餐廳口利福的成功之道（P30） 。

跟著我們的旅行指南到印尼龍目島和吉利群島享受一個天堂般的復活節之旅（P40） 。我們的Mixer（P48）亦當然覆

蓋了所有你需要收集的最新專輯，包括久違了的Kendrick Lamar最新大碟《To Pimp a Butterfly》 。

我們非常期待大家的參與！將你的型格相片發給我們，你有可能出現在我們下一期的On the Streets（P46）裡。別忘

了Volcom的《True To This》攝影比賽（P18） ，勝出者將贏取豐富的獎品。

看看我們的為你所精選的節目（P4） ，當中包括Ozone的四週年派對（P10） ，以及傳奇人物2 Chainz於Club CUBIC的

四週年派對演出簡介（P6） 。最後，翻到雜誌後面的Hidden Tracks（P52)看看我們城中最酷的博客有甚麼新資訊，以及與 上月封面插畫家的問答環節，還有更多精彩內容等你去發掘。 就讓我們 一起迎接和享受這個四月，繼續BOOM上天吧！

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CHARLI XCX THE DARK POP PRINCESS TELLS ALL PLUS PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING’S NEW ALBUM AND ALEC MONOPOLY

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BASS MUSIC CHINA 3RD ANNIVERSARY ft. OM UNIT

Electro Philosophy

4 APR

BASS MUSIC CHINA CELEBRATES ITS THIRD ANNIVERSAY WITH LEGENDARY ELECTRO PIONEER, OM UNIT

ehind the basement door at XXX on the 4th, one of the most steadfast names in electronic music takes over Bass Music China’s third anniversary party.

Om Unit, from London, boasts a catalogue that spans every corner of underground music, from jungle and drum ’n’ bass to hip hop.

Known otherwise as Jim Coles, the producer and turntablist can easily be compared to the likes of Aphex Twin in terms of stark originality and the timbre of his music; his tracks brandish the sort of wide-eyed restlessness you can only experience in a music festival dance tent at 4am.

Although Coles had ventured through a multitude of different projects, including representing the UK at the DMC world DJ Championships as 2Tall in 2003 and releasing footwork-jungle under the name Phillip D. Kick years later, his sights eventually settled on the Om Unit moniker in 2012. In his words, “Om is the sound of creation, Unit is a singularity, a point of creation.”

An Om Unit mix is known for being

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intricately composed, borne of a mind that considers musicians to be ‘transceivers of information’.

His latest album, 2014’s Inversion, dips into his old jungle sound in tracks like ‘War’, while exploring ethereal soundscapes in atmospheric studies like ‘Bardo Realms’. The album was released on Metalheadz, a leading bass label founded by 90s’ DnB forefather Goldie. Metalheadz has most recently collaborated with other pivotal artists Dillinja and Ed Rush, but Om Unit is the label’s gleaming centrepiece.

In the style of a Hong Kong club party, there will be plenty of support from some of our best local DJs. Providing support on the night will be XXX founder DJ Enso, Kid Fresh, BMC residents Saiyan and DJ 108, DJ Subcoat, and MC Upbeat Cynic.

Bass Music China has hosted some of the best underground parties we've seen in Hong Kong; thanks to three years of their existence, Hong Kong’s underbelly has never rumbled louder. This is going to be one hell of a birthday party: excellent music at the city's prime underground venue.

4月4號，電子音樂界中地位最穩固的

而『Unit』是一個單元，拼湊起來就代表了

場地，舉辦Bass Music China的三週年派

錯綜複雜卻又看起來平靜的一種態度，作

音樂人Om Unit將會接管香港XXX的地庫 對。Om Unit來自倫敦，他的作品包括叢林

音樂、鼓打貝斯以及嘻哈，種類可算是遍 佈地下音樂的每個角落。這位音樂製作人

及DJ，原名為Jim Coles，經常因為他音樂

的原創性及風格被音樂界拿他與Aphex Twin等音樂人作比較。Om Unit的音樂揮

舞出來的能量，讓你仿似置身於淩晨4時 的音樂節帳篷內，你只能瞪著眼睛，投入 到他的音樂領域中，繼續跳舞。

Coles在音樂上極具冒險精神，而且

往績豐富，嘗試過眾多的音樂項目，當中 包括代表英國以2Tall的身份參加2003年

一個創造的原點。」那「Om Unit」就象徵著

為音樂家由心態上就是要充當一個類似

「資訊發收器」的角色。

他2014年的最新專輯《Inversion》

裡，有他重操叢林音樂故技的〈War〉 ，也 有探索超凡美麗音景並充滿神祕美感的

〈Bardo

Realms〉 。專輯由九十年代鼓打

貝斯前輩Goldie創立的Metalheadz唱片

公司發行。Metalheadz最近聯同其他關鍵

音樂人合作，如Dillinja和Ed Rush等著名

音樂人，但Om Unit始終是唱片公司裡最 重要和發亮的一個音樂單位。

在派對上同場表演的將會有XXX創始

DMC世界唱DJ大賽，數年後又以Phillip D.

人DJ Enso、Kid Fresh、DJ Saiyan、DJ108

後在2012年才確定自已將以「Om

持。感謝Bass Music China三年以來的努

Kick的名字推出了《footwork-jungle》 ，最

Unit」

這綽號走他的音樂路。被問到名字的由來

時，Coles解釋為： 「『OM』是創造之聲音，

和DJ Subcoat，並會由Upbeat Cynic當主 力，才能讓香港的地下音樂場面這樣鬧哄 哄。這將是一個超棒的生日派對。

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2 CHAINZ @ Club CUBIC

Definitely Different THE INIMITABLE KING OF BLING DROPS INTO CLUB CUBIC FOR ITS 4TH ANNIVERSARY

18 APR

lub Cubic has been an integral part of nightlife in Macau since it opened four years ago. So far, its stage has been graced with the presence of hundreds of the world’s biggest names, including Ludacris, Afrojack, Ne-Yo, Stafford Brothers, Lil Jon, Fatboy Slim, and even members of the Wu Tang Clan. This month, Cubic celebrates its 4th Anniversary by booking in possibly the biggest name in gangsta rap - the embodiment of bling, prosperity and all-round superstardom: 2 Chainz.

2 Chainz, born Tauheed Epps, rose to fame alongside Dolla Boy in Atlanta hip hop duo Playaz Circle, back when he went by the pseudonym Tity Boi. Signed to Ludacris’ inimitable label Disturbing tha Peace, Playaz Circle made waves with single ‘Duffle Bag Boy’, which made it into the Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B Singles charts in 2007.

Breaking out into a solo career in 2007, 2 Chainz signed to Def Jam

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Recordings in 2012 and released his first solo album Based on a T.R.U. Story. The Grammy-nominated album featured the likes of Nicky Minaj and Lil Wayne, and featured pivotal track ‘I’m Different’. 2013 was the catalytic year for the rapper’s success, with the release of B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time featuring collaborations with Pharrell Williams and Drake. 2 Chainz’ voice features on hundreds of rap tracks, new and old, including A$AP Rocky’s ‘F*ckin’ Problems’ and Major Lazer’s ‘Bubble Butt’.

A private VIP event will take over until 1am, before the venue doors will open to lucky ticket holders. It’s the Club Cubic event you just can’t miss: 2 Chainz is well known for putting on a hell of a show, taking crowds through a journey of his hits from the Playaz Circle era to late releases. This is perhaps Club CUBIC's biggest show to date, and it may sell out, so make sure to get your tickets quickly!

從四年前開業至今，澳門嬌比（Club

手來說是十分重要的一年，他與Pharrell

缺 的 一 部 分。到 目 前 為 止，它 的 舞 池 已

II: Me Time》 ，把他的音樂事業推向高峰。2

C u b i c ）一 直 是 澳 門 夜 生 活 中 不 可 或 經 出 現 過 數 以 百 計 的 世 界 名 人，包 括

Ludacris、Afrojack、Ne-Yo、Stafford Brothers、Lil Jon、Fatboy Slim、Wu Tang Clan，還有很多其他著名藝人。這個月，澳

門嬌比爲慶祝四週年的生日，邀請了鼎鼎

Williams和Drake合作推出專輯《B.O.A.T.S Chainz的聲音曾出現在過百張新、舊饒舌 唱片當中，其中當然包括了A$AP 《Bubble Butt》 。

當晚將會有私人VIP活動，到淩晨一

大名的2 Chainz助慶，他是當前最有名的

時之後，會場大門將會開放給幸運的持票

位超級巨星的化身。

盛事，你千萬不能錯過這個龐大的陣容！

黑幫繞舌歌手，是金光閃閃、昌盛和全方 2 Chainz原名為Tauheed Epps，以

Tity Boi之名與Dolla Boy在亞特蘭大組成

嘻哈二人組合Playaz Circle而成名。簽約為 Ludacris旗下強大的Disturbing tha Peace 唱片公司，他們的《Duffle Bag Boy》單曲唱 片瞬間大受歡迎，更因此打入2007年嘻哈 和節奏藍調單曲排行榜的前五名。

者入場。這個四週年大派對絕對是嬌比的

2 Chainz是眾所周知能夠把觀衆帶到忘我 的境界，從Playaz

Circle時代到最新的音

樂，我們等著你們一起參與！

#BOOMGIVEAWAY!

在2007年，他以個人身份開展其音

樂事業。在2012年，2 Chainz和Def Jam

唱片公司簽約，並且發行了他首張個人

專輯《Based on a T.R.U. Story》 。這張格 林美提名的專輯包涵了Nicky

Minaj和Lil

Wayne的音樂，以及〈I’ m Different〉這首 重要單曲。2013年對2 Chainz這位繞舌歌

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KATY PERRY – PRISMATIC WORLD TOUR

MAY

Hear Her Roar

here are pop stars aplenty flying in from the west over the next few weeks. Some, like our cover star Charli XCX, are on their way up, but some are quite comfortably sat at the top of the pop chain. On the 1st and 2nd May, super shiny mega-diva Katy Perry brings her PRISMATIC WORLD TOUR to the Cotai Arena in The Venetian, Macau. The tour has enjoyed 129 dates around the UK, the US, and most recently Europe, with Charli XCX as support.

Throughout May, she continues her journey around Asia.

Believe it or not, Perry’s career started off in the gospel end of the industry - overlooked by pastor parents from California - from which she strayed quite aggressively with track ‘I Kissed A Girl’ in 2008 under Capitol Records. Since the shock factor of that first track shot her up into the spotlight, the doll-faced prima donna has produced three chart-topping albums, gathered more Twitter

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followers than Justin Bieber (which has so far earned her three Guinness World Records), and received too many music and video awards to count on hands alone.

Perry’s latest track ‘Dark Horse’, which was released in mid-February, has become one of the best-selling singles ever, garnering almost a billion YouTube views and 8 million hard copies globally. Perry’s failsafe hit-making has become a cultural phenomenon; a night out clubbing nowadays almost always features at least one of her songs, whether you like it or not. Though it’s hard not to like her, after experiencing her dazzling sense of humour in interviews and humility in regards to her media-infested private life.

So, which inflatable stage companions will she bring with her to Asia? How will she enter the stage?

Most importantly, what colour will her hair be? There’s only one way to find out. Get your tickets now.

UNSTOPPABLE QUEEN OF THE WORLD'S CHARTS BRINGS HER PRISMATIC TOUR TO ASIA

在未來數週將有很多外國歌手陸續

到訪香港，除了近日冒起的新星——我們 今期的封面主角Charli

XCX外，亦有已經

地位鞏固的流行歌手。美國百變天后Katy

Justin

Bieber擁有更多的Twitter追隨者

（至今她已贏得了多達三個健力士世界 紀錄） ，並曾經獲得數不盡的獎項。

而Katy Perry在二月中發佈的最新曲

Perry於5月1至2日將把她的「PRISMATIC

目〈Dark Horse〉經已成為有史以來最暢銷

威尼斯人的金光綜藝館。此次巡唱已於英

唱片更於全球售出近800萬張。Katy Perry

WORLD TOUR」之世界巡迴演唱帶到澳門 國、美國以及最近在歐洲完成了多達129 場的演出，Charli 與表演。Katy

XCX也有在歐洲巡唱參

Perry計劃將會花整個五月

份的時間在亞洲各地繼續她巡唱的旅程。

不管你相信與否，Katy Perry的歌唱生

涯是從福音音樂開始的。她被來自加州的 牧師父母忽視，怎料這反而令她偏離正規

的福音音樂之路。2008年在Capitol唱片公

的單曲，收集了近十億的YouTube觀看率， 現已成為一個文化現象，這是不會有誤而 且是一定成功的文化現象。不管你喜歡與

否，外出派對一個晚上，夜店肯定會播至 少一首她的歌曲。但當你看到她在訪問時 令人眼花繚亂的幽默感，以及她對於自己

被媒體廣泛報導私人生活的謙卑處理手 法，是真的很難令人不愛上她。

Katy Perry這次在亞洲的演出，她又將

司的帶領下，雄心勃勃地推出了〈I Kissed

會再次帶哪個充氣公仔到台上？她將以什

令擁有娃娃臉的歌后一夜成為全城焦點，

頭髮今次將會變成什麼顏色呢？想知道的

A Girl〉單曲。震撼性推出了第一首歌開始， 隨後製作了三張高踞榜首的專輯，更比

麼特別效果進入舞台？最重要的是，她的 話方法只有一個，趕快搶票吧！

Event details were correct at the time of publication, but make sure you check with the venue yourself. 活動詳情至截稿時為準，但請在出發前再確認一次。

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9 MAY

OZONE 4TH ANNIVERSARY

Flying Colours erched on top of the Ritz Carlton, Ozone consistently provides the ultimate location for parties. Much to our appreciation, the trendy sky-bar has also been home to some of our city’s classiest and most forwardthinking music events, like the Sol Passion showcases, Cliché Records events and local DJ showcases. It’s held celebrity parties and has been the go-to bar when our friends visit from other countries. It’s the eye of Hong Kong, and it’s difficult to find anyone who doesn’t love it dearly.

On May 9th, Ozone turns four, and to celebrate it’s hosting an anniversary party 'with flying colours'. Sort of a Hong Kong version of the house in Pixar’s Up, the bar is attaching

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huge quantities of rainbow coloured balloons to its open air rooftop, flying you ‘sky high’ all night.

The venue has been always been intent on promoting the crème de la crème of local DJ talent. Its resident DJs, picked carefully by Ozone over the past four years, will spin across two DJ booths all night. DJs include Mistrezz C, Hitomi, Rifain, Kenji, Tai Pan Dan, Ed Rollo, Mike Vera and Miles Slater. If that wasn’t a big enough lineup already, Ozone promises an array of entertainment to keep you on your feet, including interactive performers throughout the night.

Dress brightly, try their delicious Dragontini, and get there early to secure some seats by the view. If you’re lucky, you’ll get an invite to the cocktail party from 8pm to 10pm.

TOP DJS AND RAINBOW BALLOONS AS OZONE ENTERS IT'S FOURTH MAGICAL YEAR 位於香港麗思卡爾頓酒店最頂層的

Ozone一直被視為城中的熱門派對場所。 值得我們欣賞的是，這時尚的高空酒吧也

曾經舉辦過一些城中最高級以及具有前 瞻性的音樂活動，如Sol Passion的演出示

範、Cliché Records的活動，以及本地DJ的

展示會。Ozone極受名人明星歡迎，亦是我 們介紹外國朋友的首選酒吧。這裡是最能 好好欣賞香港的好地方，根本就很難找到 一個不愛Ozone的人。

為了慶祝5月9日Ozone即將踏入第

四週年，當天會舉辦一個名為「with flying colours」的派對。Ozone將會把場內佈置

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Ozone一直專心致志推動本地DJ精

英中之精英。在這次派對上，將有兩個DJ

台，並由Ozone在過去四年裡親手挑選的 駐場DJ整夜為大家表演。DJ陣型包括Mike Vera、Mistrezz C、Hitomi、Rifain、Kenji、Tai Pan Dan、Ed Rollo和Miles Slater。如果你

覺得這名單還不夠份量的話，Ozone還安 排了一系列的互動表演和娛樂節目，保證 讓你整夜手舞足蹈。

當晚記得穿著亮麗一點，試試他們著

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一覽風景的座位。如果你夠運氣的話，將

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蹈音樂DJ作號召，2014年的表演者包括

Steve Aoki、Laidback Luke、Nervo、Steve Angello、Paul Van Dyk、M.I.A.、The Far

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included: Steve Aoki, Laidback Luke, Nervo, Steve Angello, Paul Van Dyk, M.I.A., The Far East Movement, and The Bloody Beetroots to name just a few. Now in its fourth year, the line up in 2015 is expected to be equally as impressive. So far only two of the headliners have been revealed and they are indeed big names: David Guetta and Hardwell.

Founded in Miami in 1999, the Ultra Music Fest is one of the most revered of all the electronic music festivals, having grown out of the Winter Music Conference, a yearly gathering where the world's top producers and DJs congregate. As the popularity of EDM music has

continued to spread, Ultra Music Fest has expanded internationally. They now host their festival in locations such as South Africa, Argentina, Spain, Croatia, Japan, Chile, and Brazil, in addition to Miami. Back again in Seoul, UMF draws music fans not just from Korea, but also from around the region. In 2014, Hong Kong's party people came out in force along with music lovers from Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and China.

Attending Ultra is your chance to catch the biggest names in EDM that have wowed audiences around the world. The music festival is set to take place on June 12th and 13th at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul.

陣容絕不比往年失色。暫時已公佈的DJ正 是鼎鼎大名的Hardwell與David Guetta。

Ultra Music Festival首於1999年在美

國邁阿密亮相，火速成為電子音樂界最受 尊敬的音樂節之一。風頭一時超越了一年

一度集合世界頂尖電子音樂製作人及DJ 的Winter Music Conference。隨著電子舞

蹈音樂越來越受歡迎，Ultra Music Festival 亦開始邁向國際。現在Ultra Music Festival

除了美國邁阿密外，已跑遍南非、阿根廷、 西班牙、克羅地亞、日本、智利和巴西。南

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音樂節當中，有著來自香港、新加坡、台灣 及中國的派對狂熱人湧到南韓參與。

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CHARLI XCX

THE MODERN POP PRINCESS GLITZY AND OUTSPOKEN, CHARLI XCX TELLS US ABOUT HER PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF POP, DEALING WITH THE SPOTLIGHT, AND HER NEW ALBUM SUCKER opstars often take a while to find their place in the commercial industry, but for Charli XCX, it couldn’t have happened more naturally.

The 22-year-old songstress from Cambridge is the rising pop princess you might not yet recognise by name, but give it a few months and you won’t be able to avoid her.

Born Charlotte Aitchison, Charli XCX is the forthright force behind Icona Pop track ‘I Love It’, and the brawny voice in the chorus of Iggy Azalea’s ‘Fancy’ - now one of the best-selling singles of all time.

“So I’m just finishing up this tour with Katy Perry”, she tells

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us across the line in Latvia. “She just kind of asked me if I wanted to go, and I said yes. I don’t get to play much in Europe so I thought it would be a really cool tour to be on.”

Charli continues, with an air of cool nonchalance, “The crowds have been awesome, and the stages are huge. I feel very at home on them.”

Charli began her career seriously at the age of 14, performing at illegal raves in London. “Even though most people only really began to hear of me last year, I’ve been doing this since I was very young.

It feels like a very long journey for me, which has enabled me to stay pretty level-headed throughout the

烈女的最新詮釋 流行歌手一般需要時間才能找到 自己在商業上的一席位。但對Charli X C X 來 說，一 切 卻 來 得 自 然。光 聽 名 字，你可能不認識這位來自英國劍橋 的 2 2 歲 女 音 樂 人，但 這 位 樂 壇 新 寵 卻逐漸冒起。相信數個月後你將無法 避 開 她 的 名 字。原 名 C h a r l o t t e Aitchison的Charli XCX，是大熱歌曲〈I Love It〉的作曲人，該曲是她眾多作品 中極速成為各大DJ必打歌曲之一。 她在拉脫維亞對我們說︰「我剛與 Katy Perry完成巡迴演出。之前我答應 了她會出席，因為我很少來歐洲演出， 覺得在這邊表演一定很好玩。觀眾都十 分投入，在這些大舞台上表演與在老家 表演一樣盡興。｣自去年二月Charli XCX 與Iggy Azalea合作推出〈Fancy〉後，這

今

首歌曲曾一度高踞在美國各大流行榜 的榜首位置，並成為史上銷量最大賣的 單曲之一，而兩位音樂人亦曾被格林美 提名為最佳二人組合。 天生屬於舞台，十四歲就開展事業 的Charli從來沒有對自己在流行音樂上 的重量級地位而感到吃不消。｢雖然多 數人去年才開始認識我的歌，但我從小 就做音樂，實際上已走了很長的路，這 令我的基礎建立得很不錯，令我的音樂 旅程變得踏實。｣不論她是如何快速和 順利地取得成功，來年跨越亞洲、澳洲 和美國的巡迴演出是如何忙碌，但她對 人際關係的拿捏並不太有自信。｢我發 覺自己在巡迴演出時並不太擅於交際， 幸好我還有一些非常要好的朋友跟我 經常聯繫令我不覺得自己討厭；可能有 時有點討厭，但應該都是情有可原吧。｣

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“I WANTED TO WRITE BITCHY POP MUSIC, TO SHOW THAT GIRLS CAN GET ANGRY TOO.”

whole process.” With barely any time to breathe between constant touring and writing, Charli lets us in on how she deals with the sudden superstardom. “I’ve realised I’m not very sociable when I tour. But I have some really great best friends who I’m always in touch with, who keep me grounded. So I don’t feel like I’m an arsehole, most of the time…well, maybe sometimes, but I think that’s kind of allowed in this industry.”

Since Charli’s second album, True Romance, was released in 2013, her approaches to writing pop music have already developed. Named after the 1993 Quentin Tarantino film, True Romance covered her romantic past;

her latest album, Sucker (2014), hails from a very different place. “Sucker is very honest. It came from a place of aggression. I wanted to make some aggressive pop music- like, bitchy pop music - to show that girls can also get angry too, you know? And basically I wrote about everything from relationships and masturbating to money and the music industry.”

Though Charli claims her relationship with the industry is far from hostile. “When I was younger, I felt like I really had to fight for everything that I believed in. I had to prove that my ideas were better than someone else’s, you know? I think that was partially because I’m

自 C h a r l i 的 第 二 張 碟《 T r u e Romance》於2013年推出，Charli已發 展出一套屬於自己的流行音樂創作模 式，該張以Quentin Tarantino電影名稱 為名的大碟紀錄了Charli的愛情往事； 而最新大碟《Sucker》則從另一個很不 同的角度出發，Charli說︰｢這是一張很 坦誠的大碟，裡面的創作全都是出於我 心中那團火。我想做一些比較激烈的流 行音樂，我要告訴大家，女生也是會憤 怒的。基本上我甚麼都寫，寫人物關係、 寫對著金錢來自慰、寫音樂行業。」 然而，Charli說自己並非要與音樂 行業對著幹。｢在年輕一點時，我覺得要 為自己相信的所有事情爭取，我要證明 我的想法比別人好，你懂嗎？可能因為 我是女生、亦因為我那時還很年輕。但 我被唱片公司簽下的那一秒開始我就

是這樣了，所以唱片公司和我都很了解 對方。他們真的很信任我，放手讓我做 自己想做的，這對一家大唱片公司來說 是很難得的事。」對音樂界過於著重賣 弄女歌手性感一面的老話題，Charli表 示這問題對她完全沒有影響。她說︰ ｢我從不覺得自己過份性感，我喜歡穿 甚麼就甚麼；製作歌曲的音樂錄像也可 以按自己的模式和想法來處理，我做甚 麼和穿甚麼都可以自己決定。｣ 看來Charli XCX未來仍然會繼續貫 徹自己，她已經為自己未來的流行音樂 道路定下大計，她說道︰｢我要建立自 己的音樂王國，要有自己的音樂品牌和 出版公司。其實我現在已在實行這個大 計了，我已經在管理藝人。｣其中一個她 管理的歌手，就是來自紐約的｢超級天 才｣Ryn Weaver。｢音樂界現在都好好地

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a girl and partially because I was very young. But, because I did that from the second I got signed, my record label and I now have a great understanding. They really trust me and they let me do my thing, which is quite rare for major record labels.”

It looks like Charli XCX will always be the one to call the shots. Disclosing her grand plans for the future of pop, she says, “I want to have an empire.

I want to have my own record label and my own publishing company which I’m already working on now.

I already manage artists. The music industry now lends so well to the artists having control rather than the record labels, which is really cool.”

On the artists she hopes to cultivate, Charli continues, “I’d just like to create artists that were more flamboyant. I feel like a lot of people are so media trained and scared of what the right and wrong thing to say is these days. The whole idea of like, the crazy rock and roll side of the music industry is kind of gone. I think it would be amazing to create a star who was all of those things again.”

Drawing inspiration largely from photographers and films, Charli lets us in on her plans for Sucker live shows. “It’s gonna be beautiful. I just got this huge inflatable lollipop, and I have these amplifiers that light up. It kind of looks like a Japanese game show.” Citing photographer David LaChapelle as one of her key visual influences, Charli also recalls the opening sequence of musical film Grease (1978). “When the credits roll at the beginning, there’s that awesome cartoon sequence where the Pink Ladies and T-Birds are getting ready for school. I kind of want my stage show to feel like a bit like those opening credits.”

Charli’s chart-topping track ‘Boom Clap’ was selected to appear on the soundtrack to Josh Boone’s The Fault in Our Stars (2014), tapping into her long-brewed desire to write for film. “I didn’t actually write it for the movie though. I’ve always wanted to write a song specifically for a movie, but with ‘Boom Clap’ they just heard it and liked it, and felt it was right for the movie.” But an opportunity to write specifically for the screen

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came soon after, with The Hunger 讓音樂人主導自己，而不是由唱片公司 〈Boom Clap〉並不是我特別為這套電 Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014), the 作主導。這其實是一個不錯的現象。｣ 影而寫的，而是他們聽到這首歌後很 soundtrack of which Lorde curated. 談 到 自 己 希 望 培 育 那 些 音 樂 人 喜 歡，覺 得 很 適 合 這 部 電 影，於 是 便 “I wrote the track ‘Kingdom’ with 時，Charli說︰｢老實說，我只想培育那 成事了。｣不久後，一個給她特別為電 my friend Rostam Batmanglij from 些很特別而有個性的人，因為現在很多 影作曲的機會就來了，就是著名電影 Vampire Weekend. We had just been 人都過於著重以傳媒既有的那套公式 《飢餓遊戲：自由幻夢1》 ，電影原聲大 at a Miley Cyrus show in LA, and 來表現自己，太拘泥於甚麼該說、甚麼 碟更由紐西蘭女歌手Lorde領軍。 we came back and were both really 不該說的問題，音樂界那瘋狂樂與怒的 「我 是 與 美 國 搖 滾 組 合 Va m p i re fucked up. I lay on top of his piano 一面已消聲匿跡。若能打造一位集合這 Weekend的Rostam Batmanglij一起寫 and we wrote this song, which we 些特質的巨星或藝人會多麼好!｣ 該電影歌曲〈Kingdom〉的，我們不久 thought would be terrible. But it was Charli的創作靈感主要來自攝影 前才在Miley Cyrus洛杉磯斯台普斯中 alright, and Lorde ended up loving it. 師和電影，並透露了一些她所籌劃的 心 舉 行 的 演 唱 會 上 碰 過 面。在 一 起 Then Simon le Bon ended up being 《S u c k e r》現 場 表 演 的 計 劃。她 說 ︰ 創 作 這 首 歌 的 時 候，我 躺 在 他 的 鋼 on it too, which was kind of weird but ｢ 這 場 表 演 必 定 很 精 彩，我 剛 剛 才 收 琴 上，當 時 大 家 都 喝 得 很 醉，以 為 這 it worked well on the soundtrack.” 到巨型吹氣捧捧糖，還有擴音器將大 首歌一定會很不濟，誰知Lorde很喜 Unlike some commercial pop 家帶動起來，活像一個日本遊戲展。｣ 歡，而且Simon le Bon也十分喜愛。」 figures, Charli XCX has a clear opinion David LaChapelle是Charli視覺啟蒙的 雖然Charli XCX是商業流行音樂的代表 on what is important when it comes 攝影師之一，當她提到歌舞電影《油脂 人 物，但 談 到 如 何 令 自 己 達 到 最 高 to reaching for the top. “In the end, (Grease)》開場時的片段時，｢電影在開 水 準 的 要 素 時，她 的 看 法 並 不 像 某 it’s just about making good music. 場時播出演員和攝製人員名單，當時的 些 人 般 偏 執 和 很 有 自 己 的 想 法，她 If you make bad music, there’s no 畫面用上了Pink Ladies和T-Birds準備 說︰｢你要做一些自己百分百覺得引以 hope. You have to make work that if 上學的精彩卡通，我希望自己這次演出 為傲的東西，要十年後人們聽到這首歌 people heard it in ten years’ time you 都能以這樣的形式展示開場名單。｣ 時，你依然覺得驕傲的作品，若那時你 would still be proud of it. If you still Charli雄霸音樂榜的歌曲〈Boom 還覺得這首歌沒有脫節，那就代表你可 think it would be relevant then, you’re Clap〉被Josh Boone執導的《生命中的 能做出了一首很好的樂曲了。｣ probably making good music.” 美 好 缺 憾》納 入 電 影 原 聲 大 碟 內，正 Your Mum將於4月20日把Charli Catch Charli XCX at the Music 好 滿 足 了 她 自 小 就 希 望 為 電 影 作 XCX帶到九龍灣國際展貿中心Music Zone, KITEC, on Monday 20th April, 曲 的 願 望。她 說 ︰ ｢ 雖 然 我 一 直 很 想 Zone，想一睹這位出生於劍橋的烈女 courtesy of Your Mum. 為 電 影 寫 歌，但 卻 沒 有 真 正 寫 過。 歌手就別錯過了！

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Artist: Charli XCX Title: SUCKER 1. Sucker 2. Break the Rules 3. London Queen 4. Breaking Up 5. Gold Coins 6. Boom Clap 7. Doing It 8. Body of My Own 9. Famous 10. Hanging Around 11. Die Tonight 12. Caught in the Middle 13. Need Ur Luv Release date: 15/12/2014 Label: Asylum • Atlantic • Neon Gold

“THE WHOLE IDEA OF LIKE, THE CRAZY ROCK AND ROLL SIDE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IT’S KIND OF GONE...”

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HONG KONG PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

#VOLCOMTTTHKPHOTO Cameras at the ready, Hong Kong! This month all of you have the opportunity to enter into a new type of photography competition: True to This, by Volcom.

Volcom was founded in 1991, based on the idea that there’s ‘a higher level of consciousness to be found within one’s self through the internal and external journeys that board-sports, music, art and film provide’. The theme of True to This is just that: music, art, film and sports.

Volcom wants to see these aspects of life from your perspective, and in return, grant you the opportunity to win some unbelievable prizes.

Each week, Volcom invites you to submit your photos, taken on a device of your choice, via Instagram or Facebook. At the end of every week, nine winners will be selected from the submissions by the Volcom panel in Hong Kong. But it doesn’t

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stop there; skating legend Arto Saari will hand pick a winning photo from every batch of submissions. Saari’s picks win $4000HKD in Volcom Store at Volcom LCX, inclusion in an exclusive Arto Saari photo exhibition in October, and the opportunity to have the photo printed on a 2016 limited edition run of Volcom HK Artist T-shirts.

The weekly runners up have their work displayed at LCX, Boomshack and Zenon, win $1000HKD in Volcom Store, and have their photos publicly displayed at the wrap-up event in early May. So, how can you enter? Simply tag your photo with the hashtag #VOLCOMTTTHKPHOTO, and email a copy to ttthkphoto@hk.volcom. com with your contact details.

Pictures must be between 1.2MB and 5MB and MUST be original. Don’t be afraid to get creative!

香 港 的 朋 友，快 點 高 舉 你 的 相 機

吧！今個月大家都有機會參加一個嶄 新的攝影比賽，就是由街頭運動品牌 Volcom所舉辦的「True to This」 。

Volcom在1991年成立，以「一個人

透過板類運動、音樂、藝術和電影中，經

歷內在和外在的心路歷程後對自身得

到更高層次的覺悟」這個意念為宗旨。 而這就是True to This的主題：音樂、藝

術、電影和運動。Volcom希望從你的角

度去看看上述各方面的生活，而你亦有 機會贏取非常吸引的獎品。

每 週 Vo l co m 都 會 邀 請 大 家 提 交

參賽相片，你可以隨意選擇任何攝影

器材，然後將作品上載到Instagram或

Facebook，Volcom的香港團隊都會在 每個週末從參賽作品中選出九位優勝

者。但比賽當然不會就此結束，滑板界 傳奇人物Arto Saari將會從每一批參賽

作品中挑選一張得獎相片。該得獎者將 會贏得由位於LCX的Volcom

Store送

出價值港幣$4,000元的現金劵，並會在

Arto Saari於十月舉行的獨家攝影展中

展出，以及將得獎照片印製在Volcom 2016年限量版的香港藝術家T恤上。 其餘每週優勝者的作品亦將會在 尖沙咀LCX店、Boomshack和Zenon 展出，並可獲得價值港幣$1,000元的 Volcom Store現金劵，以及在五月初的 閉幕活動中公開展出這些作品。 那如何參加這個比賽呢？只需簡單 將主題標籤#VOLCOMTTTHKPHOTO 標 誌 你 的 相 片，並 且 連 同 個 人 聯 絡 資 料 傳 送 一 份 副 本 至 ttt h k p h oto @ hk.volcom.com就大功告成了。相片大 小一定要在1.2MB至5MB之間，而且必 須是個人原創作品。還等什麼？快來跟 我們分享你的無限創意吧！

Submission Windows: 提交作品時限：

1st-3rd, 6th-10th, 13th-17th, 20th-24th, 27th-30th April.

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The Race for Space FROM THE APOLLO 1 TRAGEDY TO THE MOON LANDING, PSB’S NEW ALBUM IS A STUNNING MEMOIR OF MAN’S BRAVEST VENTURE

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owered by burning rocket 太空競賽 Public Service Broadcasting的最新 fuel and heroism, Public Service Broadcasting’s 專輯像用了火箭燃料一樣，不止是音樂發 latest album is not just an essential 燒友的另一張絕對收藏品，更是一張令 addition to the music lover’s 人興奮莫名的作品，絕對值得所有人留 《The Race for Space》敍述了1955至 collection. It is an exhilarating, 意。 adrenaline-charged masterpiece, 1972年間美國和蘇聯爭相登上一個大家 deserving of everyone’s unmitigated 都一無所知的地方，雙方繼而產生的緊張 attention. The Race for Space 關係，將現代史上的情緒超高漲時期以專 documents the tense climb into 業的地下音樂表達出來。 2 0 1 3 年，這 隊 來 自 倫 敦 的 P u b l i c the unknown between the US and the Soviet Union between 1955 and Service Broadcasting憑他們首張專輯 1972, juxtaposing a hyper-emotional 《Inform-Educate-Entertain》贏得注視， period in modern history with 他 們 將 英 國 電 影 協 會 的 舊 作 以 音 樂 形 式演繹出來，並在廿一世紀早期，將它們 expertly constructed indie music.

Public Service Broadcasting 創作成為小型音樂課堂。包括首架火焰飛 hit the sweet spot with first album 機的創造、電影《Signal 30》中的道路法律 Inform-Educate-Entertain in 2013, 制定「不可酒後駕駛，啤酒也不可以？連水 which plucked snippets from 都不可以！」及首次登上珠穆朗瑪峰。 他們的第二張大碟則更上一層樓。 the British Film Institute archives 「我想做這 and sampled them to create mini J. Willgoose Esq.（PSB成員)說： musical lessons in milestones of 件事很久了。我們寫第一張大碟《The War the early 21st century, including the Room》時，就是以第二次世界大戰作藍 creation of the first Spitfire plane, 本，當時我已知將來我會想為太空競賽寫 institution of road laws in ‘Signal 一張唱片。」不過，他在唱片封套說道:「怎

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‘GARGARIN’ IS AN ODE TO THE RUSSIAN WHO ‘BLAZED THE TRAIL TO THE STARS’ 30’ - “No drinking and driving!//Not even beer?//Not even water!” - and the first climb of Everest.

With their second album, they climb much higher. J. Willgoose Esq. (one half of PSB, alongside comember Wrigglesworth) tells us, “I’ve wanted to do this for a long time. When we wrote our first E.P. The War Room using World War 2 as the inspiration, I knew I wanted to write a record about the Space Race at some point.” But, as he puts in the album sleeve note, “How would you go about compressing one of the most exciting 15-year periods in modern history into a mere 9 songs?”

Using newly inherited Russian material at the BFI, and a range of online archives, the pair began the daunting task in early 2013.

A smooth path between the release of ‘Everest’ and The Race

for Space is paved in the album’s 樣將現代史上最緊張的十五年寫進九首 opening track, which features J. 歌曲中？」他們又應如何搜集材料呢？ Public Service Broadcasting的另一 F. Kennedy’s iconic ‘We choose to 「我們由閱讀 go to the moon’ speech to Rice 名成員Wrigglesworth說道： University in September 1962: “Many 美國的一般歷史開始，之後幸運地我們在 years ago, great British explorer 英國電影協會的朋友說他們剛好獲得很 George Mallory, who was to die on 多俄羅斯方面的資料，之前我一直在擔心 Mount Everest, was asked why did 如何找尋這類材料。」手頭上有了充份的 「幸好 he want to climb it. He said because 視訊材料後，唱片製作便可以開始。 it is there. And space is there, and 阿波羅太空船的人員將太空總署多年來 的錄音紀錄筆錄了下來。」 we’re going to climb it.” 唱 片 開 首 作 品 是 由〈 E v e r e s t 〉到 The story then has lift off, careering us on a journey beginning 〈The Race for Space〉的過渡，當中加入 with the Soviet Union’s launch of 了1962年甘迺迪在萊斯大學的著名演講： the first artificial satellite Sputnik on 「我們選擇登陸月球。是因為許多年前死 4th October 1957, it’s unmistakable 於珠穆朗瑪峰的英國偉大探險家George bleeps enbalmed underneath the Mallory被問到為什麼想爬上這座山？他 second track. An ode to Yuri 說因為它就在那裡。太空就在那裡，我們 Gargarin, the Muscovite who ‘blazed 現在就要走上去了。」然後倒數完結，故事 the trail to the stars’ as the world’s 開始，以嗶嗶聲作為歌曲的脈搏，引領我 first cosmonaut, follows in the form 們穿過1956年10月4日第一顆人造衛星 of a superhero theme tune, with 史普尼克號的故事。隨後則以《超級英雄》 主題曲的旋律加上雄壯的管弦樂在卡通 mighty brass and gallant guitar riffs.

化的結他聲中穿插，歌頌著「闖出通往太 空之路」的Yuri Gargarin。

之後鏡頭一轉便到了1967年初，阿波

羅一號駕駛機艙起火，燒死了三名萬人敬

仰的美國太空人，激起我們的思念。JWE

解釋： 「我想令作品不帶任何情感，因為激 起情緒或試圖令作品太多愁善感或太過 火，都不是我們想要的。以歡欣的心情貫 穿全張唱片，唯獨這一首作品。它是一首

感覺較平淡的作品，將這悲劇輕輕帶過。」 至於〈E.V.A.〉這一首單曲，繃緊的結

他聲與平靜的弦樂相對比，建立和營造 出一種緊張的感覺，直到首位太空漫步

的Alexei Leonov踏出太空艙在外飄浮向 地球滙報，輕快的鋼琴聲響起來。 〈The

Other Side〉講述阿波羅八號圍繞月球時 失去聯絡，位於侯斯頓的控制中心在重 新取得聯絡後那種情緒爆發，及放下心

頭大石的歡欣。JWE說： 「對我來說，這是

全碟最富感情的一個時刻。」紀念首位女 太空人Valentina Tereshkova的是以模仿

星空閃耀的聲音和伴著女子組合Smoke Fairies天籟般的歌聲。

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Next our pulse is lowered and thoughts provoked in a sensitive approach to the flash fire in Apollo 1’s cockpit, which killed three much loved US astronauts in early 1967.

JWE explains, “I wanted to make that song as unemotional as possible, because I didn’t think it was our job to emote all over it, or attempt to make it really sentimental and overdone. It’s the one song where the feeling of euphoria we tried to put across in the rest of the album is put on pause. It’s meant to be a really restrained song to simply get across the tragedy of what happened.”

In track ‘E.V.A.’, panicked minor guitar riffs play against cinematic strings in a tense build up, to the moment at which Alexei Leonov, the first spacewalker, reports back to earth as he steps out of his capsule and floats above silken piano triads.

‘The Other Side’, focused on the Mission Control in Houston as Apollo 8 loses contact travelling around the moon, culminates in an explosive climax as contact is regained, and Houston breathes an elated sigh of relief. “For me that’s the most emotional moment on the album,” says JWE. A tribute then unfolds to the first female and citizen cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, in ethereal vocal layering by female group Smoke Fairies, splashed with starry syllables and breathy climbs.

And of course, ‘Go!’, the energetic and addictive penultimate track, once more focused on Mission Control in Houston, documents the first moon landing by Apollo 11 in 1969. “One thing I’ve learned, and it’s been slightly written out of our version of history - because the version is that America won the Space Race - is that actually they really only won the race to the moon. They lost everything before that; it was the Russians who were achieving all the big firsts.”

The events of the Space Race are barely even scratched in the album, but the spectrum of emotions associated with the era are beautifully embodied: terror and delirium; grief and conquest. “One of the things I

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Artist: P.S.B Title: The Race for Space 1. The Race For Space 2. Sputnik 3. Gagarin 4. Fire in the Cockpit 5. E.V.A. 6. The Other Side 7. Valentina, featuring Smoke Fairies 8. Go! 9. Tomorrow Release date: 23/02/2015 Label: Test Card Recordings

排在列表中尾二的作品〈Go!〉充滿活

力又容易令人著迷，它自然又將焦點放回 侯斯頓控制中心身上，講述1969年阿波羅

11號如何首次登陸月球。 「我從中學到一

“YOU’RE BEING LAUNCHED INTO SPACE. A MILLION THINGS COULD GO WRONG. THESE PEOPLE WERE A DIFFERENT BREED.” remember most is reading about the heart rates of some of the Apollo astronauts as they launched. They’re sitting on top of several million tons of rocket fuel, which is being burned at 20 tonnes a second, and some of these guys are sat there with their heart rates staying at 70 beats per minute. You’re being launched into space. There’s absolutely nothing out there. A million things could go wrong, at least. These people were essentially a different breed.”

Although Public Service Broadcasting had no personal contact with NASA during the making of The Race for Space for the sake of full independence with the record, JWE mentions proudly, “To

date, we’ve had nothing but good feedback, even from a couple of the guys who were in the room at the time of the moon landing. I mean, Gene Kranz I know has actually been sent the video and apparently he’s given it the thumbs up, which to us is absolutely incredible.”

Track ‘Tomorrow’ brings the record to a close, fading further and further away, allusive to the yet unexplored. Which poses the question: what will be the next Public Service Broadcasting topic?

JWE refuses to disclose, but hints: “It will be on a bit more of a human level - and again, moving forward in history. It’s nice to keep the timeline moving towards the present.”

個說法，但因為我們的版本都是美國贏了

太空競賽，所以這個版本並不盛行，就是 美國真的只贏了登陸月球的競賽，但實質 上卻輸了所有東西，因為實際上很多重要 的第一都是由俄羅斯贏得。」

專輯只是對太空競賽的每件事作概

述，但Public Service Broadcasting卻能

將這段時期情緒的高低起跌完整的表達 出來，恐懼與歡喜；悲哀與征服。 「最令我

難忘的是一些對阿波羅號太空人在發射 時的心跳率的描述。基本上，他們就坐在 幾百萬噸的火箭燃料上，這些燃料以每秒 二十噸的速度燃燒，他們的心跳率居然可 維持在每分鐘七十以下。你將要被發射到

太空，那裡什麼都沒有，還有一百樣未知 的事情。如果是我，我應該會心臟病發。」

在製作《The Race for Space》期間，雖

然Public Service Broadcasting並沒有與

太空總署有任何接觸，但好事終會傳千

里。JWE更自豪地說： 「今日，除了好反應

之外，我們就沒有得到其他了。甚至乎有

幾個當日就坐在那控制室的人也給了 我們不少的好評。令我們最開心的是連 Gene Kranz也傳來短片讚賞。」

〈Tomorrow〉一曲為唱片作閉幕，

愈飄愈遠的感覺，直到那些還未被發掘的 領域。我們都不禁會問： 「Public

Service

Broadcasting下一個主題又是什麼呢？」 JWE拒絕透露給大家，卻賣關子的說： 「下 次將會比較小規模，及比較著重人性的層

面，不過一樣會是一些演進的歷史。隨時 間線慢慢回到現在會是一件好事。」

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SUCCESSFUL STREET ARTISTS HAVEN’T ALWAYS HAD IT EASY. ALEC MONOPOLY LETS US IN ON HIS COLOURFUL PAST AND PRESENT agging a building in New York City, Alec Monopoly jumps off at the sight of the police. “So I’m acting like I’m not doing anything wrong, and acting like I’m on the phone. I throw the spray can, and they’re just creeping on me, and I turn down a one-way street. And he follows me, and I run, but there’s another cop on the other side of the street, so I’m like, ah fuck.”

In the style of a Hollywood movie protagonist, Alec Monopoly’s life has been eventful, to say the least.

The eminent street artist, born Alec Andon, has fought through wind and fire to get to where he is now. Alec Monopoly is most recognised for his paintings of the Monopoly Man. “I never actually gave myself the name Alec Monopoly,” he is quick to point out. “People would just read the tag ‘Alec’ and see the Monopoly guy, and I suppose I was kind of branded by, I guess, the public.”

Alec started painting the Monopoly Man in response to the financial crisis in 2008. “The character was inspired by Bernie Madoff, who was the reason the crisis even began.

I was playing Monopoly and saw him on the news being arrested, then realised he kind of looked like the

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Monopoly guy. I thought it would be funny to do some graffiti of him, so that night I went out and just tagged some quick sloppy Monopoly guys around the streets.” In just a few weeks Alec’s tags had grabbed the attention of magazines and art blogs.

Seven years later, he’s one of the top 10 most searched artists online, alongside Banksy and Andy Warhol.

Achieving substantial success through his street art, Alec crossed the barrier into the contemporary art world by sticking to his brand - “I was really inspired by the way Damien Hirst marketed himself and kept his brand so strong,” he reveals.

He claims avoiding unnecessary shock factor also boosted his career.

“I was doing some crazy stuff when I started out, but then met my biggest fan at my art show in LA. He was a ten year old kid called Alec, and he bought two paintings, and I realised I had such a big fan base of kids that I kind of had a responsibility to keep my artwork PG-13.”

Back in his ‘crazy’ days, Alec fled New York City and headed to LA after police raided his studio in 2006. “I had been tagging all over NYC, then they raided the studio and I had to sneak out through a garbage chute. I crept

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示在畫作中避開不必要的驚嚇元素也有

築物外牆創作，視線範圍內突然出現一名

試一些瘋狂的東西，後來當我在洛杉磯遇

Alec Monopoly正在紐約市的一幢建

警察。 「我裝作若無其事，假裝打電話。扔

下噴漆罐，走進一條窄巷。他卻仍然跟着 我，我唯有狂奔，那時街尾又出現另一名 警察，真是他媽的倒霉！」

像荷里活電影主角的遭遇一樣，Alec

助他的藝術事業再創高峰。 「最初我會嘗

到一位忠實粉絲——一位跟我同名是Alec 的十歲小孩，他買了我兩幅作品，然後我 意識到有很多小朋友是我的粉絲，我就知 道自己有責任創作符合PG-13的作品。」

當Alec在早年還在做些「瘋狂」創作，

Monopoly的經歷非常不平凡。這位多產

於2006年被警方追捕之際，曾經由紐約逃

辛才取得今日的成就。Alec Monopoly為人

都有塗鴉，於是警察搜查我的工作室，我

的街頭藝術家，原名Alec Andon，曾歷盡艱

熟悉的成名作就是繪畫了「大富翁」 ，他也 從此改名。他很快指出:「其實我從來沒有

真正改名為Alec Monopoly的。只是人們往

往看到畫家標籤「Alec」 ，接着與大富翁這 卡通人物連繫起來，就這樣，大眾從此就

亡至洛杉磯。 「當時我差不多在全紐約市 只好偷偷由垃圾卸槽逃脫。偷偷坐火車到

新澤西，輾轉由新澤西機場乘飛機離開， 他們無法在機場抓我，但後​​來在一年後我 回去紐約參加時裝週，就被逮捕了。」

上世紀七十至八十年代，紐約市很多

將我與這品牌劃上等號。」

大廈外牆都填滿塗鴉。Alec續說： 「你可以

翁。 「這人物的靈感來自Bernie Madoff，因

些甚至無法看到窗戶，因為大都被塗鴉所

Alec自2008年金融海嘯後開始畫大富

為他是金融海嘯的始作俑者。我一次玩大

富翁時，看到他被捕的新聞，然後聯想到 他原來跟大富翁很相似。我認為以此作塗

鴉會很有趣，所以那天晚上我就出去，極 迅速地四周畫上這大富翁卡通人物。」在

短短的幾個星期內，Alec的塗鴉已大受藝 術雜誌和博客的注意。七年後，他在互聯

網上成為前十名搜索次數最多的藝術家

之一，與Banksy和Andy Warhol同等排名。 透過街頭藝術取得重大成就，Alec於

從拍攝地鐵的舊照片看到當年的情況，有

掩蓋。」於是1985至1989年間，市政府決 定開展一場「塗鴉戰爭」 。從那時起，紐約

街頭藝術成為非法行為。 「這就像國土安

全一樣——假如你被發現在地鐵內塗鴉， 基本上就被視為恐怖襲擊一樣。這是過

度執法，我才不會理會。」自從搬到洛杉磯

後，Alec表示更容易找到空間來作畫。 「洛 杉磯是個危險的地方。街頭藝術家會遇到 更大的問題，如黑幫、槍擊案等的東西。」

Alec承認街頭藝術的世界本身也可能

是超越本身的創作界限，進入當代藝術世

是危險的。街頭藝術家會為在別人作品上

的很佩服Damien Hirst銷售自己藝術並保

可。 「這是個大問題，就像在紐約，Banksy

界，並繼續堅持使用他的自家品牌。 「我真 持自家品牌特質，也從中獲得啟發。」他表

重新塗鴉而打鬥起來，有時後果也非同少 完成一幅作品後，另一位街頭藝術家因為

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out, took the train to New Jersey and then flew out of New Jersey so they couldn’t catch me at the airport.

But then I came back a year later for Fashion Week and got bagged.”

Back in the ‘70s and ‘80s, New York City was coated in graffiti. Alec continues, “you’ve seen pictures of the subways back then; you couldn’t even see the windows because there was so much graffiti.” Between 1985 and 1989, the city’s authorities embarked on a ‘war on graffiti’, and ever since, street art in NYC has been highly illegal. “It’s like Homeland security; it’s basically considered a terrorist act if you get caught in the subway system. It’s super sketch; I don’t fuck with it.” Since moving to LA, Alec claims to have found it much easier to find space to paint.

“LA is kind of a dangerous place.

They have so many bigger problems than catching street artists - gangs, shootings, stuff like that.”

The world of street art itself can be dangerous too, claims Alec.

Street artists battle each other by painting over each other’s works, and sometimes it can end badly. “It’s a big thing, like in New York when Banksy would do a piece, another graffiti artist

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想掩蓋他的光芒，會在其作品上塗鴉。我 自己非常討厭別人在我的作品上塗鴉，如 果你這樣做一次，我會去市內你所有的作

品上塗鴉。這很瘋狂，而且也變得危險。有

些人會被打得很厲害。我通常快速行事， 所以沒有人抓到我。」Alec進一步講出街頭 藝術鮮為人知的一面， 「事實上，我們也會 互相溝通的。當我在街上走，我看待他們 有別於其他人。我在這裡或那裡看到一個

小塗鴉，就會認得那藝術家的記號，並且 知道他們在表達什麼。」

現在專注於亞洲地區創作的Alec，深

受紐約藝術家KAWS的影響，他亦作出了

類似的轉變。Alec獲得泰國當代藝術館批 准他作出其首個博物館展覽，並在西營盤

的Above Second Gallery舉行個人作品 展，由即日起直到4月18日。這次展覽主題

為《資本遊戲（Capital Games）》 ，展出一系 列專為香港創作的作品。Alec說:「這些作

品實際上組成了一個香港大富翁的故事， 但我換走了一些街道，令他們看起來本土

味更濃。」作品包括了大富翁出現在太平 山、赤柱市集及其他地方。

除了大富翁，Alec亦會畫「史高治叔

叔」 。這位脾氣暴躁的老財主超級吝嗇，自 己卻揮金如土。當然還有Richie Rich，世上

最富有的孩子，可是我卻稱他為『可憐的

有錢仔』 ，因為他沒有任何朋友，而且人們 總是想偷他的東西。」儘管這些人物都是

諷刺經濟，Alec表示他們只是財富和繁榮 的象徵。他特別提到在經濟上充滿活力的

香港： 「這些作品與香港大企業商家情況

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ALEC HAS SECURED HIS FIRST MUSEUM SHOW AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN THAILAND will come tag over it because they want to steal his shine. I’m super anal about people going over my pieces, like, if you go over my piece once, I go over all of your pieces in the city.

It’s crazy though; it gets dangerous.

Like people get hurt.” He smiles, “I’m really fast though; no one will catch me.” Revealing a little more about the street art underworld, Alec says, “We actually communicate with each other, too. When I’m walking through the streets, I see them differently than anybody else. I see a little tag right there, right here, and recognise the artist and what they’re saying.”

Now turning his focus on Asia - largely inspired by New York artist Kaws, who took a similar turn Alec has secured his first museum show at the newly built Museum of Contemporary Art in Thailand, and has a solo exhibition at Above Second Gallery in Sai Ying Pun. The exhibition, entitled ‘Capital Games’, features a range of artworks made specifically for Hong Kong. “They actually made a Hong Kong Monopoly but I switched around some of the streets and made them more relevant,” Alec says.

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The works feature his unmistakable characters under signs for Hong Kong’s symbolic locations, and two of the pieces are specially sculptured on wooden frames - a form different to any of Alec’s previous work .

Aside from the Monopoly Man, Alec paints Scrooge McDuck, “the grumpy old rich man who’s super cheap and squanders his money.

Then we have Richie Rich, the richest kid in the world, and I call him ‘the poor little rich boy’ because he doesn’t have any friends and people are always trying to steal from him and stuff.” Although these characters were once satirical references to the economy, Alec claims they are now just symbols of wealth and prosperity.

He notes the appeal of this to financially vibrant Hong Kong: “This work is very relatable to the guys in big businesses here. They see money symbols all over the paintings and find it almost a good luck charm.”

Laying down candid advice for the aspiring street artist, Alec says: “You gotta pay your dues, and you gotta do a hell of a lot of graffiti. You gotta go all-city, which I did. You’re

basically getting your name out in every part of the city, and have graffiti tags everywhere. You’ve just gotta work really hard, because it doesn’t come easy. There’s also a lot of trouble you can get into, so you’ve gotta be prepared to go to jail.”

Catch Alec’s exhibition at Above Second until April 18th.

很相似。他們在畫作看到無數金錢符號， 對他們來說這會帶來好運。」

Alec亦坦誠地對有抱負的街頭藝術

家作出忠告： 「你得足以負擔個人的生活

費，同時創作很多塗鴉，並走遍全城，我做 到了。那才能使在全城每一角落獲得知名

度，塗鴉作品隨處可見。總之就是要很辛 勤地創作，一切得來不易。而且你要準備 會惹來麻煩，隨時入獄的可能。」

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Ho Lee Fook

Maneki-Neko and Mum’s Dumplings

BOOM TALKS WITH THE URBAN CHINESE EATERY’S HEAD CHEF JOWETT YU ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF RUNNING A RESTAURANT IN HONG KONG, AND HOW HE OVERCAME THEM.

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Roast Wagyu Short Ribs

Chef Jowett Yu

“Breakfast 2.O” with Horlicks Ice Cream

lmost a year since its opening, Ho Lee Fook is a restaurant we’ve all heard about. It’s Chinese food with a twist, but the twist lies not so much in the food itself. Rather, it’s in the design, and also in the approach head chef Jowett Yu took in opening the restaurant. In his words, “based on the fact that the rent is just ridiculous”, there is nowhere in the world where opening a restaurant is as difficult as in Hong Kong.

“It’s harder running a restaurant in Hong Kong,” Jowett says, “also because the resources are hard to come by. Nothing grows in Hong Kong, so we have to organise daily shipments. It’s also hard to give value to customers at the same time as making profit and sustaining the business.” Jowett has so far overcome this issue by attacking a niche; Ho Lee Fook pairs traditional Chinese dishes with a relaxed urban style.

“I always wanted it to be like a normal restaurant, that you can use to sit down for a quick meal, or sit for hours over a friend’s birthday meal.”

Descending the stairs beside the Maneki Neko-lined wall, the first thing you notice about the interior of Ho Lee Fook is the wacky artwork, made

by Jonathan Jay Lee - the local artist and illustrator famed for creating Marvel characters.

“I just wanted it to be a good Chinese restaurant that didn’t look like one, if you know what I mean,” Jowett tells us. “A lot of Chinese restaurants

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are pretty homogenous - they’re lit super brightly and covered in gold and red and they don’t look great.”

Alongside the artwork, Jowett’s own playlists fill the speaker system - A Tribe Called Quest’s back catalogue, when we dropped in for a bite.

Jowett came to Hong Kong directly from Sydney, where he had been head chef at two restaurants one was a freestyle Asian eatery and one a Cantonese diner. “I used to cook French food, but realised one day that I just wanted to make Asian food, because the flavour profile is encompassing in all balance. With every bit of salt you also add sugar for balance. There’s acidity, there are textures, there’s heat; it’s all I want to eat and all I want to make.”

On the task of becoming head chef of a restaurant, Jowett advises aspiring chefs: “What people don’t realise is that once you become head chef, no one is going to teach you anything anymore, so it’s all really up to you. You have a responsibility, not just to run shop but to teach other people.” He continues, “no one’s really qualified for the next job they go for, really.

So you just go for it. There’s a lot of trial and error, learning from things you’ve done, and how to deal with different situations better. But it’s all a learning process.”

Jowett recommends the dumplings appetiser to new Ho Lee Fook customers. “Everyone loves a good dumpling,” he smiles.

反傳統中菜廳

調亞洲菜，因為亞洲菜講究的是味道之間

一個為人熟悉的名字。它是一家創新的中

衡。一道菜色裏面會有酸的味道、有口感

自一年前開業以來，口利福已成爲了

菜餐廳，新穎的地方不只在於它食物本身 跟傳統菜色的不同。口利福對中國菜進行

的平衡。加鹽的同時，也會添加糖作爲平 而且熱度，這就是我想吃和弄的菜色。」

作為一家餐廳的主廚，Jowett對有抱

了一點改變，但其最大改革其實在於設計

負的廚師作出以下建議： 「一旦你成為主

程。他是這麼說的： 「因為高昂的租金現已

都是取決於你自己的決定。你的責任不只

方面，以及主廚Jowett Yu在創辦餐廳的過

到達一個荒謬的地步。」世界上根本沒有 一個地方比在香港開餐廳更難了。

「在香港經營餐廳真的是很艱難，」

Jowett說道， 「同時也因為香港本土生產 和種植的食材有限，所以我們每天也要從 其他地方進口新鮮食材。要給客戶最優質 的食物和服務的同時，又要保持餐廳利潤

廚後，就沒有人會教你任何東西了，一切 是經營餐廳，還需要教授其他人。」他續說，

「沒有人能夠說自己對下一份工作是百

分百勝任的，所以說了做的話就去做。當 中會有很多新嘗試，有成功也有失敗，就 是要從過程中學習，如何更好地處理不同 的情況，這一切都是一個學習過程。」

還沒有提到的是口利福的食物，其實

是很難做到。」Jowett於是把口利福打進

都不用多說，這裡的每碟菜色都是美味可

的都市風格兩者揉合。

肉飯外，我們強烈推薦開胃醒神的餃子前

一個新的市場，就是把傳統中國菜與輕鬆

「我一直希望它能像一家普通的餐

廳，你可以來趕快吃一頓飯，又或者可以 坐上幾個小時享受朋友的生日宴。」沿著

一幅佈滿了金色招財貓的牆旁的樓梯往 下走，你會第一時間看到口利福內充滿 了藝術作品，其中包括本地藝術插畫家 Jonathan Jay Lee的畫作，他就是以繪畫 Marvel漫畫內的人物而聞名。

「我只是想這裏成爲一家看起來不

太像傳統中菜廳卻又是一流的中菜廳，希

望你明白我想表達什麼。」Jowett說： 「外 間有很多中菜餐廳也是大同小異的——他

們 一 般 也 是 燈 火 通 明，甚 至 有 點 過 亮，

口的。除了出名的燒肉拼盤和台灣名菜鹵 菜。Jowett說： 「所有人都喜歡吃好吃的餃

子。」他笑笑的解釋道： 「食物被包在食物

裡啊！」你到訪的時候，記得留意當天的特 別推介，Jowett一雙巧手從不間斷的創作

新菜色。 「上個星期，我就弄了一道青胡椒 蟹，用的是我從柬埔寨貢布帶回來的青胡

椒，聞說是世界上最棒的胡椒呢。新加坡 有好吃的白胡椒和黑胡椒蟹，那我就想拿

我帶回來的青胡椒也試試弄一道類似的 菜，當然只有更好吃的啦！」

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室內裝潢多數是金色和紅色為主，我覺 得 不 太 好 看。」除 了 以 藝 術 品 作 爲 裝 飾

外，Jowett還在餐廳裏播放自己挑選的音

樂——我們到訪用餐的時候，就剛好正在 播放A Tribe Called Quest的音樂。

Jowett從悉尼移居香港，他曾經在當

地兩間餐廳擔任主廚。一間是新派的亞洲

餐館，另一間是廣東小餐館。 「我以前是煮 法國菜的，但有一天忽發其想就試一下烹

Ho Lee Fook G/F, 1-5 Elgin Street, Central

中環伊利近街1-5號地下 T: +852 2810 0860 www.holeefook.com.hk

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By: Tiffany Ng

Orange Peel

A Fresh Kick to Lan Kwai Fong

hen people are drinking, singing and dancing just outside the bars in Lan Kwai Fong, they probably don’t notice that they’re standing underneath one of Hong Kong’s most unique venues.

More than a just a drinking hole, Orange Peel is a shiny new home to a wide range of art and music.

Stepping out of the elevator, the door allows you a sneak peek at the venue. The first thing that pops into your eyes is the colourful surrealist wall paintings, which is the director Joyce Peng’s favourite art style. Right next to the stage for live performance, there is a grand piano, giving me the impression of a classy jazz bar. But João Marcos Mascarenhas, one of the partners and also a musician in Orange Peel, tells me I’m wrong.

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“Our first goal was to be some kind of cultural oasis here. We want to make this a multicultural place. It’s a hybrid thing!” João said apart from jazz jam, they also have rock, R&B, hiphop, and even Canto-pop. Almost all kinds of genres you can think of are embraced at Orange Peel. You might think that live music is all they have here, but in fact they make sure to put on events that make Orange Peel stand out from the crowd.

“Like last week, we had an amazing Mexican piano player play for few hours here. And before his concert, we had the belly dance performance. So it was like, wow, a Mexican jazz piano player and the belly dancer. They are not together, they are different. But in the end this is what this place is about: embracing culture.”

鬧市中的文化綠洲

的舞台旁邊，這一下立馬讓我覺得這一定

著 啤 酒、一 邊 忘 形 地 唱 歌 跳 舞 的 時 候，

人兼合伙人João Marcos Mascarenhas告

當一般人在蘭桂坊的酒吧外一邊拿

他們大概不會留意到其實樓上就有一 個充滿獨特色彩的地方，跟街上的酒吧

是家古典爵士酒吧！但其中一位駐場音樂 訴我，我這樣想就錯了！

「我們的第一個目標就是要成為

截 然 不 同。比 起 純 粹 品 嚐 美 酒 佳 餚，

這地區的文化綠洲。我們希望可以營造

的藝術和音樂，就像一個文化匯聚點。

J o ã o 說 除 了 爵 士 樂，他 們 還 有 搖 滾、

在Orange Peel你更可以欣賞到不同類型

在 踏 出 升 降 機 的 一 刻，你 就 可 以

從 正 門 窺 探 酒 吧 的 室 內 佈 置。第 一

樣映入眼簾的一定是一幅幅色彩繽紛 的超現實主義壁畫，而這是創辦人之一

Joyce Peng最喜歡的藝術風格。這裡還有

一台大三角鋼琴擺放在佈滿了各種樂器

一個多元文化的地方，就像混血一樣！」 節奏藍調、嘻哈、甚至廣東話流行曲的表 演。只 要 你 想 得 到 的 音 樂 類 型，幾 乎 都 可以在Orange

Peel找到。你可能會覺得

現 場 音 樂 表 演 就 是 他 們 唯 一 的 賣 點， 但其實Orange Peel還有很多特別的節目 令他們有別於其他音樂酒廊！

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Orange Peel Flat A-C, 2/F, Ho Lee Comm Bldg, 38-44 D’Aguilar Street, Central

中環德己立街38-44號好利商業大廈2樓A-C室 +852 2812 7177 www.orangepeelhk.com

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「就好像上個星期，我們邀請了一位 Orange Peel even hosts a poetry reading night every Wednesday. The 出色的墨西哥鋼琴家來演出。就在他的 Peel Street Poets gather in Orange 演奏會之前，我們有肚皮舞的表演。一位 Peel and everyone just starts reciting 墨西哥爵士樂鋼琴家和肚皮舞舞者，他 their poems, listening and sharing. 們是兩種非常不同的表演，但Orange Peel How could we not call this place a 就是一個擁抱不同文化的地方！」 在Orange Peel，每個星期三都有一個 mini art hub in Lan Kwai Fong?

Orange Peel seldom does 讀詩會。Peel Street Poets的成員會聚在 advertisements. Their reputation has 一 起，每 個 人 開 始 朗 讀 他 們 的 作 品，細 so far been built by word of mouth. 心 聆 聽 再 分 享 心 得。你 說 怎 能 不 稱 這 All the partners and staff here always 地方為蘭桂坊的小型文化藝術中心呢？ Orange Peel其實一直很少以廣告形 interact with customers and treasure their relationships with them. This is 式 作 宣 傳，從 開 業 至 今，都 是 全 靠 客 人 what makes this place so warm - as 「一 傳 十、十 傳 百」般 建 立 口 啤。所 有 合 João describes, it’s “almost like a big 伙人和員工都很喜歡跟客人聊天交流， family!” Check out their schedule and 非 常 珍 惜 與 客 人 之 間 的 關 係。就 像 meet them in person someday, while João說的Orange Peel是一個溫暖的大家 kicking back and enjoying top quality 庭般！有時間的話一定要去感受一下高品 質的現場音樂表演！ drinks over eclectic music.

Marcus A. Valle Partner/Sommelier

I had four wines from a distributor here and I wanted to try something. For two different nights, I opened up the wines and tasted them to see if I liked them or not. Oh, not bad. So I took them to a few of the customers who were drinking a white wine or red wine. “Oh I see you are drinking a white wine. Would you like to give this one a try then come back to give me your opinion?”

I love getting to interact with the guests at Orange Peel. 之前我從酒商中拿到四瓶酒，打算試一下。連續兩個晚上我開了酒，小

嚐一下。噢，不錯。然後我就拿著那瓶酒走到客人前跟他說， 「我看到你在喝 白葡萄酒，有興趣試一下我這瓶然後給我一點意見嗎？」

有了Orange Peel令我覺得很好玩，因為可以跟客人們交流。

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LOMBOK & THE GILI ISLANDS 11.

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RELAX, PARTY & EXPLORE THIS EASTER IN LOMBOK AND ITS SURROUNDING ISLANDS

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Flights ç?­ćŠ&#x; Bali -> Lombok Int’l Airport (Approximately: 45 mins) ĺł‡é‡Œĺłś -> éž?ç›Žĺœ‹éš›ćŠ&#x;ĺ ´ďźˆé ?č¨ˆéŁ›čĄŒć™‚é–“ďźš45ĺˆ†é?˜ďź‰

Jakarta -> Lombok Int’l Airport (Approximately: 2 hours.) é›…ĺŠ é ” -> éž?ç›Žĺœ‹éš›ćŠ&#x;ĺ ´ďźˆé ?č¨ˆéŁ›čĄŒć™‚é–“ďźš2ĺ°?時

Ferry 渥蟪

Ferries crosses every hour from Padang Bai (East Bali) to Lembar Harbour (Southwest Lombok). The Journey takes approximately 4 – 5 hours. ćŻ?一個ĺ°?ć™‚éƒ˝ćœ‰ć¸ĄčźŞĺžžPadang Bai(ĺł‡é‡Œĺłść?ąéƒ¨)é§›ĺˆ°Lembar Harbour(éž?盎峜輿 ĺ?—部)。ćŻ?程大約用上4至5ĺ°?時。

Fast Boat 忍艇

A better option is to take the fast boat. Book a ticket in advance in Bali and hop on a fast boat to Lombok or Gili Trawangan first thing in the morning. The trip takes between 90 minutes and 2 hours depending on which island you’re heading to. ä˝ ĺ?ŻäťĽć šć“šćƒłĺˆ°çš„ç›Žçš„ĺœ°ćˆ–ä¸‹ĺĄŒĺœ°éťžďźŒĺžžĺł‡é‡Œĺłśé ?č¨‚čˆšçĽ¨ä¸Śäš˜ć?­ĺżŤč‰‡ĺˆ°éž?盎峜的 ĺ?„個港ĺ?Łă€‚ćŻ?程大約用上90ĺˆ†é?˜č‡ł2ĺ°?時ä¸?ç­‰ďźŒčŚ–äšŽä˝ ć‰€ĺˆ°çš„ć¸Żĺ?Łă€‚

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Getting Around éž?ç›Žĺłśčˆ‡ĺ?‰ĺˆŠçž¤ĺłśĺ››č™•é Š There’s a tourist shuttle bus service in Lombok; otherwise you can easily rent a car or a motorcycle. Hop on boats between Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Gili Meno (and get some snorkelling in on the way), and each island has bicycle rental services. There are the Cidomo (small horse carriages) on Gili Trawangan, which are a unique way to explore the island. éž?ç›Žĺłśćœ‰ć—…ĺŽ˘çŠżć˘­ĺˇ´ĺŁŤćœ?ĺ‹™ă€‚ćœ‰äş›ć—…ĺŽ˘ćœƒä˝żç”¨ćą˝čťŠćˆ–é›ťĺ–ŽčťŠçš„ç§&#x;用ćœ?ĺ‹™ďźŒč‡Şĺˇąĺœ¨éž?盎峜

ĺˆ°č™•é€›é€›ă€‚ä˝ äš&#x;ĺ?ŻäťĽć?­äš˜ĺżŤč‰‡ćˆ–飛ćŠ&#x;ĺˆ°ĺ?‰ĺˆŠçž¤ĺłśďźŒčŠ˛č™•çš„čˇŻéƒ˝é —ç‚şĺšłĺ?ŚďźŒä¸?é›Łč‡Şĺˇąć­ĽčĄŒ ćˆ–é¨Žĺ–ŽčťŠé ŠçŽŠďźŒäşŚä¸?匨ç§&#x;一果ĺ°?錏蝊Cidomo四處觀光。

PLAY AWAY Accommodation 住宿 The Lombok Lodge

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thelomboklodge.com

Qunci Villas Hotel

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www.quncivillas.com

Hotel Vila Ombak

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www.hotelombak.com

Malimbu Cliff Villa

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www.hotelombak.com

Villa Unggul

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www.facebook.com/pages/VillaUnggul-Gili-Trawangan

Jo-Je Boutique and Bungalows

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jojebungallowlombok.sitew.com

Stylish and luxurious, spacious white rooms and excellent food. // 時尚又豪華，

寬敞的白色房間和美酒佳餚。

Rooms with a sea view, pretty infinity

pool, relaxing spa. // 海景房間，無邊際泳 池，讓人身心放鬆的水療。 Peaceful family destination on Gili Trawangan. // 在Gili Trawangan過一個

平靜的家庭日。

Stunning panorama views, luxurious multi-room villas. // 令人讚嘆的全景，豪

華房間的渡假別墅。

Luxury rooms and a beautiful restaurant, close to the island’s nightlife but quiet. // 豪華客房和一間雅緻的餐廳，靠近島上

的夜蒲點但不會太嘈雜。

Bungalows with private pools, beautiful sunset view. // 洋房配有私人游泳池，盡

享日落美景。

Restaurant 餐廳 Square Restaurant

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squarelombok.com/

Asmara Restaurant & Bar

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www.asmara-group.com/

Scallywags Seafood Bar & Grill

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www.scallywagsresort.com

El Bazar Cafe & Restaurant 10.

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Fusion cuisine, very popular with tourists. // 創意融合料理，十分受遊客歡迎。

Walls lined with art, innovative Indonesian food. // 牆上陳列著藝術品，配上創新的

印尼美食。

Delicious and fresh seafood served by the

sea in a stylish gazebo. // 在海邊時尚的涼 亭下享受美味又新鮮的海鮮。 Famously delicious food, Beef Kofte is recommended. // 極力推介十分著名的

www.facebook.com/pages/ElBazar-Cafe-Restaurant

美食——Beef Kofte。

Chill Out Bar & Bungalows

food on white sand. // 寧靜地躺在白色沙 灘上放鬆一下，享受新鮮美食。

www.chilloutbungalows.com

Pearl Beach Lounge www.pearlbeachlounge.com

A serene place to relax and enjoy fresh

Beanbags and snacks in front of the turquoise sea. // 在碧綠的大海前，躺在大

豆袋上品嚐小吃。

Bars and Club 酒吧及夜店 13.

Marina Café marinasenggigi.com/v2

Tir Na Nog Bar – Irish Bar 14.

www.tirnanogbar.com/restaurantbar-and-sports

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Rudy’s Bar & Club The Taman Restaurant

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www.facebook.com/ TheTamanRestaurant

Sahara Club Lombok witter.com/saharalombok

Legendary late night and early morning venue, parties every night. // 夜場勝地，每

晚都可以盡情享受通宵達旦的派對。

Casual bar on Gili Trawangan, perfect for pre-drinking. // 位於Gili Trawangan的酒

吧，最適合派對前暖身一下。

Brilliant rock n roll live music every night before DJs take over. // 在每晚DJ出場前

都有精彩的搖滾樂現場音樂演出。

Green resort/club with sophisticated bar

and restaurant. Live music. // 度假村內包 含酒吧和餐廳並設有現場音樂表演。 Lombok’s ultimate nightclub – bright lights, dancers, live music. // 龍目島上不

能錯過的夜店——燈光，舞者，現場音樂。

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Daytime Activities / Landmarks 日間活動 / 地標 18.

Hiking Gunung Rinjani

Hike up the active volcano, magical views of its inner lake and Lombok. / 攀上活火 山，欣賞內湖和龍目島的迷人景色。

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Diving at Gili Islands

Best diving and snorkling in the world, day trips recommended. / 世界上最佳潛水 和浮潛的地點，極力推薦的一日遊。

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Sendang Gile Waterfall

Stunning waterfall in lush green surroundings. / 在綠草如茵的環境中的瀑 布。

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Surfing

Some of the best surfing in Asia, waves break 300m from shore. / 亞洲其中一個最 好的衝浪景點，海浪衝破三百米高。

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Monkey Forest

Walk through monkey’s natural habitat and feed them. / 在猴子的棲息地中遊走及 與牠們作近距離接觸。

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Gendang Beleq Festival

25. Malimbu Hill

Indonesian

traditional dance festival taking place throughout April. / 在四月份 舉辦的印尼傳統舞蹈節。

21. Surfing

Sunset Spot 觀賞日落勝地 24.

Senggigi Beach (Batu Layar)

Lovely views of the Gili Islands, lots of restaurants. / 吉利群島的美景，還有許多特 色餐館。

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Malimbu Hill

Stunning vistas overlooking the Gili Islands and Bali. / 令人驚嘆的景觀，可俯瞰 吉利群島和巴厘島。

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Mawun Beach

Soft white sand and turquoise water, beautiful spot to relax. / 柔軟的白色沙灘 和碧綠的海水，是一個放鬆心情的好地方。

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Tanjung Aan

Very popular with visitors, the sea is unbelievably clear. / 很受遊客歡迎的景點， 清澈得令人難以置信的大海。

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Pink Beach

Difficult to get to, but the pink sand is completely worth it. / 須花點功夫才能找 到，但美麗的景觀會令你覺得完全值得的。

23. Gendang Beleq Festival

19. Gili Islands 24. Senggigi Beach

Sunset Spot Traditional Food 傳統美食

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Seafood

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60’s Surf Rock WHY ARE QUENTIN TARANTINO AND THE BLACK EYED PEAS SUCH HUGE FANS? hen we say Surf Rock we’re not talking about the mellow sounds of The Beach Boys, but instead, wailing electric guitars, fierce drum solos, and ecstatic shouts that match the adrenaline rush of catching a wave.

In the early 1960s, upbeat instrumental surf rock set off a musical craze that reached the far corners of the globe. Born on the beaches of Southern California, the music captivated audiences in far away places not traditionally known as surfing hotspots, such as Minnesota, Amsterdam, and even communist East Germany.

Surf rock music is a sub-genre of rock ‘n’ roll, made with electric guitars, electric bass, and electric piano or organ. Sometimes a saxophone is added to the mix as well. The music originated in the late 1950s and reached its peak in the early 60s.

The genre is identifiable by its use of guitars, which have a distinct ‘twang’ sound made from the use of reverb and staccato picking. The drums feature blazing beats that set the stage for a fast-paced ride.

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Some of the leading groups that pioneered surf rock include Dick Dale & The Deltones, The Trashmen, The Chantays, The Sentinals, The Ventures, The Bel-Airs, The Atlantics, The Astronauts, The Gamblers, The Surfaris, The Challengers, The Centurions, and The Pyramids.

Surf rock songs were often named after famous surf spots or derived from surfer slang. For example, The Chantay’s hit ‘Pipeline’ was named after the infamous North Shore surf spot Banzai Pipeline, which is one of the most dangerous places to surf in the world.

The huge 1963 hit ‘Wipeout’

by The Surfaris sold over a million copies when it was released, and popularized a slang term that people use to describe when someone falls.

The energy, moodiness, and coolness associated with surf rock continues to win the genre new fans every year. These same traits have also attracted the attention of filmmakers.

In 1962, surf rock appeared on the soundtrack for the classic James Bond film, Dr. No. In 1994, Quentin Tarantino utilized surf rock in his

滑浪般的搖滾

Surf Rock並不是The Beach Boys那

些溫柔的作品，而是強勁的電子結他、激 烈的樂鼓獨奏及激昂的叫喊，這都跟追逐 大浪時腎上腺素飈升的感覺如出一徹。

The Surfaris在1963年推出的大熱作

品《Wipeout》在首次發行時大賣超過一 百萬張，並令「Wipeout」這個字的意思

（指從滑浪板跌下來的術語）廣為人知。 Surf

Rock的能量、感情及型格每年

六十年代初，Surf Rock輕快的樂器演

都會取得很多樂迷的歡心。在1962年，

州南部開始流傳出來，Surf Rock卻不知道

《鐵金剛勇破神秘島(Dr. No)》原聲大碟中

其他樂迷注意，如明尼蘇達州、阿姆斯特

《危險人物(Pulp Fiction)》中經典的一幕，

奏為全球每個角落掀起了音樂熱潮。由加

如何成功地吸引了遠在滑浪沾不上邊的 丹，甚至奉行共產主義的東德。

Surf Rock被分類為樂與怒的音樂種

類，由電結他、電貝斯結他及電鋼琴或風

Surf

Rock更在經典的007電影系列中的

出現。著名導演Quentin Tarantino的電影 男女主角跳舞時所播放的音樂就是Dick Dale & The Deltones的〈Misirlou〉 。

這些年來，無數出色的音樂都是建於

琴演奏，有時還會加入色士風。起源於五

Surf Rock的基礎上。即使是如The Black

期。以結他餘響及斷續撥奏製造出獨特的

看上了Surf

十年代末，而六十年代初為它的黃金時

撥弦聲效果，更成為它的音樂特徵。樂鼓 擊出攝人的拍子，令台上節奏緊湊起來。

Eyed Peas般的殿堂級流行音樂組合，都

Rock的勁度。他們2005年的

作品〈Pump It〉就是取材於〈Misirlou〉 。

〈Misirlou〉或許是最為人熟悉的Surf

當中有不少著名的樂隊和組合如

Rock作品，它之所以令人印象深刻，是因

The Chantays、The Ventures、The Bel-

樂包裝著希臘的編曲，最著名的就是Dick

Dick Dale & The Deltones、The Trashmen、 Airs、The Sentinals、The Atlantics、The Astronauts、The Gamblers、The Surfaris

以及The Pyramids都是在Surf Rock這音

為它充滿異國色彩。它原本是以中東的音

Dale在1962年的版本。其作品在之後已被 翻錄了好幾百次。

市面上有不少有趣的Surf Rock作品

樂種類中甚為舉足輕重的。

都是走著類似的風格——將樂器演奏的搖

浪地點或滑浪者的俗語命名，例如The

在一起。樂隊The Sentinals的〈Latin’ia〉

Surf Rock的歌名通常都用著名的滑

Chantays的〈Pipeline〉就是以美國北岸 的滑浪勝地，亦是被譽為世界最危險的滑 浪地點Banzai Pipeline來命名的。

滾節拍與中東、墨西哥或夏威夷風情揉合 就是另一個文化交錯的成功例子。 與其他音樂比較，Surf

Rock從不過

時。由黃金時期的六十年代初，Surf Rock

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Essential

Top 10 Surf Rock Classics 1. Dick Dale & The Del-tones Misirlou 2. The Atlantics Bombora 3. The Centurians Intoxica 4. The Trashmen Surfin’ Bird 5. The Revels Comanche 6. The Bel-Airs Mr. Moto 7. The Sentinals Latin’ia 8. The Chantays Pipeline 9. The Surfaris Wipeout 10. The Ventures Hawaii Five-O

landmark film Pulp Fiction. In one of the most memorable scenes, John Travolta and Uma Thurman dance to Dick Dale & The Del-tones’ ‘Misirlou’.

Over the years, multiple hit songs have been built on top of surf rock sounds. Even mega-pop groups like The Black Eyed Peas have got in on the action, seeking to tap the energy of surf rock. In their 2005 hit ‘Pump It’, The Black Eyed Peas heavily sampled ‘Misirlou’.

Perhaps the most well known surf rock song of modern times, ‘Misirlou’ is a standout in part due to its use of ethnic sounds. Originally a Greek composition meant to sound Middle Eastern, it is most widely known from Dick Dale’s version from 1962, but has been sampled and re-recorded hundreds of times.

Some of the most interesting surf rock songs take a similar path, combining instrumental rock with Middle Eastern, Mexican, or Hawaiian influences. The Sentinals’ ‘Latin’ia’ is another good example of this successful blending of cultures.

Compared to other genres, surf rock never seems to go out of style.

From its heyday in the early 60s, surf rock has experienced revivals every decade. In the 1970s, The B-52’s had a hit with the surf rock influenced ‘Rock Lobster’. In the 80s and 90s new bands sprang up that kept the genre alive including Man or Astro-man?, Los Straitjackets, and The Mermen.

Even as recently as 2010, The Drums had a hit with their single, ‘Let’s Go Surfing’. Contemporary bands that carry on the surf rock tradition

The Black Eyed Peas’ ‘Pump It’ was based on Dick Dale’s surf rock track, ‘Misirlou’ include Japan’s Surf Coasters, Serbia’s 每十年都會復興起來。七十年代時，B-52的 Threesome, Germany’s Kilaueas, and 〈Rock Lobster〉就是受到Surf Rock的薰 陶。而 在 八 十 及 九 十 年 代，則 有 很 多 新 New York’s Supertones.

Now that Hong Kong’s weather 樂隊，如 Los Straitjackets、Man or Astrois finally starting to warm up and the man?及The Mermen的出現，令Surf Rock sun is beginning to shine, it’s time to 依然長存。即使是近年，The Drums亦推 。 hit the beach and crank up some surf 出了大熱作品〈Let’s Go Surfing〉 夏天即將來臨，又是一邊聽著Surf rock! Check out our Top 10 Surf Rock Rock一邊享受陽光與海灘的時候了。 Classics for the essential tracks.

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Photos By: Henry Wong

On the Streets “I don’t tend to wear a lot of colour – black is basically my best friend – and in general I would probably describe my look as minimalist and fairly androgynous. Comfort is important, both in terms of how my clothes feel and how they make me feel. This particular outfit had to work for a day in the office and an evening of events, most of which were outside, hence the oversized jacket.

That being said, I do enjoy playing with proportions and silhouettes.”

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Chris B Recommendations Chris B, founder of The Underground HK, lets us in on her top ten tracks of the month. 由Underground HK的創辦人Chris B 帶給我們的十首本月推介歌曲：

Essential Selection KENDRICK LAMAR

THE STAPLE SINGERS

TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY

FREEDOM HIGHWAY COMPLETE: RECORDED LIVE AT CHICAGO’S NEW NAZARETH CHURCH

Release Date 發行日期: 25 Mar 2015 Label 出版商: Aftermath

Along comes an album that renders everything else irrelevant; Aphex Twin’s Syro made a similar impact recently (though in many ways it was more a relief that he was back after such a long hiatus), while D’Angelo’s Black Messiah had much to say content-wise, not to mention being a major musical accomplishment.

But it’s Kendrick Lamar’s fourth LP that scores higher. As a document of social ills, particularly in the wake of the recent fatal shootings of black Americans by an overwhelmingly white police force, as well as being a personal and artistic exorcism of a million fallen brothers and sisters, it’s a record of force and sincerity.

As a musical document it lacks flow, despite the commendable collaborations, but this matters little when the material is this powerful.

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1. WATERS All Day 2. The Go! Team The Scene Between 3. The Bohicas To Die For 4. George Ezra Budapest 5. Stereo is the Answer Re 6. Django Django First Light 7. The Cribs Burning For No One 8. Modest Mouse The Best Room 9. Florence + The Machine What Kind of Man 10. GDJYB Not My Name

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這位美國説唱歌手最新專輯的推出可以 說是將其他一切都變得毫不相干。主要媒

體都已經急不及待發表「首次試聽」後的 評論，深度分析的文章隨後迅速趕及（由 Carvell Wallace提筆，在Pitchfork中刊登

的大膽文章值得一讀） 。最近Aphex Twins

的專輯《Syro》亦有同樣的效果（可幸的

是他在停工多時後仍能保持他的水準） ， 另外一個成功例子有D’Angelo的《Black Messiah》專輯。若要作一番比較，Lamar 這第四張專輯絕對比他們出色。這專輯記 錄了現今社會的弊病，尤其是在美國黑人

近期被以白人居多的美國警隊殺害的致 命槍擊案。他的音樂為百萬陣亡的兄弟姐 妹作心靈和藝術驅魔師。這專輯記錄著獨

特的力量與無比的誠意。雖然Lamar本來 就是一個了不起的說唱歌手，加上令人欽

佩的合作夥伴，和強烈的爵士元素，但以 音樂角度來看，這張專輯欠缺流暢度。可 是在擁有這麼濃烈的內容時，不夠流暢這 瑕疵根本就是微不足道。

Release Date 發行日期: 1 Feb 2015 Label 出版商: Epic

It’s depressing to think that half a socio-political issues, however, then century on from Martin Luther King’s just sit back and bask in the glory of freedom march through Selma, classics such as ‘When the Saints Go Alabama and black people continue Marching In’. to face prejudice and racism in America, prejudice and racism 從血腥星期日至今已半個世紀，當年馬 that leaves too many excluded, 丁‧路德‧金帶領民眾爭取黑人平等投 incarcerated, and, worst of all, dead. 票權遊行並走過阿拉巴馬州塞爾瑪。黑人 In 2015 mainstream artists such as 在美國受到偏見和種族歧視，留下太多 Kendrick Lamar and D’Angelo are 的排斥，及最嚴重性命傷亡的慘痛歷史， using their music to vocalise these 現今想起都令人非常沮喪。在2015年，主 frustrations. In 1965 that came from 流藝術家如Kendrick Lamar和D’Angelo the gospel-blues outfit The Staple 透過他們的音樂表達這種苦惱，並有很大 Singers, among other artists. And 的影響力。1965年藍調的代表The Staple despite the situation being more S i n ge r s 和 其 他 音 樂 家 如 G a y e 和 S a m difficult for African-Americans back Cooke將福音帶給社會。儘管當時非裔美 then, there was still a sense of hope 國人所面對的處境有多困難，也有一絲 and positivity, a lot of which you can 希望和正能量，在此大碟就能明顯聽得出 hear on this record (it’s no surprise （而這些正能量其實在廿一世紀初已經 。如果你對社會政治問題 that in the early part of the twenty- 差不多被耗盡） first century that positivity has all but 不感興趣，那就沉醉在經典如〈When the run out). If you’re not interested in the Saints Go Marching In〉的榮耀音調吧。

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TOBIAS JESSO JR

WILD STRAWBERRIES

GOON

Release Date 發行日期: 24 Feb 2015 Label 出版商: Thrill Jockey

It would be easy to dismiss Eternal Tapestry: Their sound can be loosely described as psychedelic rock of a bygone age, and their latest LP was recorded in near isolation in a cabin in the shadow of Mount Hood, a twenty-mile drive from Portland, Oregon. And because we live in an age in which we all lazily dismiss people based on their ‘external tapestries’, then they could easily be deemed hipsters, and ignored. That would be foolish. While their style of music may not be for everyone, once you’ve surrendered to its rich sonic complexities and multi-layered mysteries then there’s nothing left to do but transcend and drift off. As pretentious as that may sound, it’s the plain truth. This is a gorgeously rich album recorded away from the hustle and bustle of modern life, with

the band giving in, letting go, and allowing the music to take control.

Eternal Tapestry是一隊很容易被忽視的 樂隊——他們大多數的官方照片都是菲林

照，樂隊成員有的留著滿面鬍鬚，他們的

音樂可以大致描述為過去歲月的迷幻搖 滾，他們最新的專輯在美國奧勒岡州，離

波特蘭市二十英里車程的胡德山深處小 屋錄製。正正因為我們生活在一個大家都

很容易就憑「披在外面的」外表，而忽視別 人（很多時候也是因為我們自己心裡缺乏

一些重要的價值才會這麼想） ，所以很多

人視他們為潮人文青而忽視他們的內涵。 這實在是愚蠢，雖然他們的音樂風格不是 走大眾化，但當你投入其音樂的豐富和多

層次的奧秘，你只能放下一切，放開所有 讓他們的音樂帶你遊走。他們事實上就擺

明是那麼「扮野」 ，創作的音樂聽起來才自

命不凡。這是一張極美妙而豐富的專輯， 遠離喧囂和忙碌的現代生活，全靠樂隊不 顧一切的讓步，放手，被音樂牽著走。

Release Date 發行日期: 1 Mar 2015 Label 出版商: True Panther Sounds

There is something undeniably appealing about this debut album from the 29-year-old Vancouver native. Though many of the songs on Goon reference a breakup, a

compliment to the former, and as a result is well worth checking out. 這個29歲溫哥華音樂家的首張專輯無可 否認是散發著一股吸引力，可能是本人

lost love, or failure of some sort, it 對這種黑暗的題目特別情有獨鍾。儘管 still chimes with positive vibrations. 許多《Goon》專輯收錄的歌曲都關於分 The melancholic elements are still 手、失去的愛情或是某種失敗，但仍存有 present (it's ‘piano-led balladry’ 些正能量。憂鬱的因素仍然存在（畢竟這 after all), but there is something so 專輯被描述為「鋼琴為首的民謠」） ，但它 beautiful about its overall simplicity. 的整體就有一種說不出的簡單和美麗元 It’s reflective, solipsistic, but still steers 素。這專輯是讓你在早晨喝著咖啡細味， clear of heaviness. The first thing 輕描淡寫地聽著，一面反省、一面思考，輕 one notices, however, is its musical 鬆又沉重。可是第一件令人注意到的是 inspirations and heritage. To say that it sounds like Paul McCartney Jesso的音樂靈感和歷程，如果說他的音 and/or John Lennon’s solo material 樂聽起來像McCartney及Lennon的獨奏 would be a huge understatement. In 就太保守了。事實上，鑑於最近對Robin fact, given the recent ruling against Thicke〈Blurred Lines〉的反感，那可能值 Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ it may 得將Jesso的〈Without You〉和Lennon的 be worth comparing Jesso’s ‘Without 〈Imagine〉作比較。這是對前者的讚美， You’ and Lennon’s ‘Imagine’. It’s a 亦給你足夠原因去聽一聽Jesso的音樂。

JOHN TEJADA

JEFF BRIDGES

SIGNS UNDER STRESS

THE SLEEPING TAPES

Release Date 發行日期: 27 Feb 2015 Label 出版商: Kompakt

Having operated in the game now for nearly two decades and still going strong, Signs Under Test is something like the American producer’s tenth studio album. And while his overall output hasn’t been closely scrutinised by as many people as it should have over that period, Parabolas, which came out in 2011, also on the esteemed label Kompakt, was well received. (Anyone who has listened to the opening two tracks at least will attest to that). His latest album may not be his strongest or most musically arresting, but it still has a strength and personality of its own. And while it’s hard to pin this record down in terms of its subgenre, his minimal, almost timeless, approach to house and techno’s key principles makes it a stirring listen.

A profound understanding of music

lies subtly beneath his minimalism, perhaps down to an upbringing by classically trained parents - his father was an orchestra composer and conductor, while his mother sung in revered choirs as a soprano singer. To be ingested mindfully; definitely one for the night owls. 在電音界混了近二十年但依然走勢強勁 的Tejada， 《Signs Under Stress》已經是

這個美國音樂製作人的第十張錄音專輯。 雖然他的作品在二十多年來沒有被聽眾 深度研究過，但他在2011年透過知名唱片

公司KOMPAKT出版的《Parabolas》專輯 也獲得一致好評。 （任何人聽了頭兩首歌 都能證實這一點） 。他的最新專輯可能不 是他最好或最觸動人心的一張，但他還是 有自己的實力和個性。這專輯很難說是屬 於哪一個音樂小門派，但他處理豪斯和科 技舞曲的簡約，幾乎經典的手法使他的作 品非常值得一聽再聽。

Release Date 發行日期: 1 Feb 2015 Label 出版商: Self-released

What’s not to admire about one of the world’s most loveable acting talents just walking and talking? Beneath the dreamlike, or perhaps nightmarish album art (the multiple eyes open and shut with the CD sleeve), Bridges has curated an audio companion to sleep.

With that gruff, warm timbre to his voice, (with which he spans spoken word and improvised humming throughout the album) and The Dude’s lackadaisical approach to life, Bridges brings his own sensibilities as well as some of the famous roles he's played to a record that does so much more than enable a good night’s rest. This is a meditative meander through deserts and canyons, which at times is spiritual and philosophical and at others rather whimsical and tongue in cheek. With Keefus Ciancia (of True Detective soundtrack fame)

writing the score and Bridges' vocal play, this is a record unlike any other.

The album is available to buy on dreamingwithjeff.com, where your donations (however much you want to pay) go to charity. Honestly, is there anything more calming than The Dude telling you to relax as you shut your eyes to snooze? Tune in and let go; you'll find it hard not to. 如能更全面地欣賞世上最能演的演員你 說有多好。演員Jeff Bridges以他那低沉而

生硬的聲音，懶洋洋的生活態度，加上自

己感情以及一些他扮演過的著名角色的 情感錄製這張專輯，給我們不單只一個舒

適的夜晚。這專輯是冥想的嘮叨，帶你穿 過沙漠和峽谷，有時候給你心靈和哲理的 空間，有時候卻是異想天開地引得你會心

微笑。曲譜由Keefus Ciancia打造（無間警

探電影配樂而聞名的音樂人） ，令專輯與 別不同。按下播放然後隨著音樂放鬆吧。

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BANG & OLUFSEN H8 HEADPHONES

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oaded with special features and stylish details, the H8 headphones are remarkable but pricey.

這款H8耳機是B&O音響品牌最新推出的

頂級無線耳機。H8作為H6的進化版，它有着特 別功能、時尚的細節而且價值不菲。

Featuring a unique gesture control system, you’ll feel like 007 as you utilize finger movements on the right ear cup to answer calls, skip through songs, and control the volume.

Built out of lambskin, stitched leather, memory foam, and anodized aluminum, the headphones achieve a successful balance of being lightweight and sturdy at the same time.

B&O are renowned for their audio performance and the H8 doesn’t disappoint. During our tests, the headphones provided stunning clarity even in a crowded room. The softness of the ear cups offer such a comfortable fit that you’ll forget you have them on.

Pros + As a company that's been involved with audio for nearly 100 years, the headphones will likely outmatch any recent headphone brand. + You are unlikely to find a more comfortable pair of headphones.

Cons - At its price, it would be nice if it came in more than two colours.

- Wireless is convenient, but not necessary for everyone. For DJs and others that require intensive use, the H6 (non-wireless) model might end up being a more dependable option.

Conclusion The H8 deliver a powerful bouquet of features that achieve comfort, convenience, elegance, and spectacular sound. Although expensive, the headphones may provide you with years of listening pleasure and a classic look that will never go out of style. 結論

H8擁有一大堆特點包括舒適、便利、高貴的外觀及優質的音色。對富時尚觸覺的人

士，H8是經典、不會過時的耳機。雖然價格不菲，但這耳機可為你提供多年的聆聽享受。

H8具有獨特的輕觸控制系統，當你在耳機上揮動手指來控制接聽來電、挑選歌曲

並控制音量時，你會覺得自己簡直就是007占士邦。

由小羊皮、牛皮、可塑性布料及鋁金屬組合而成；耳機取得既輕又堅固的平衡。

B＆O素來以頂級的音頻性能聞名，H8當然不會令人失望。在我們的測試中，即使在

擁擠嘈吵的房間內耳機仍能提供令人驚嘆的清晰度。耳罩的柔軟度，貼合性甚至讓你忘 記你已帶上耳機，全心專注於音樂中。

優點 +

這是由一家擁有將近百年歷史的音響公司製造的耳機，箇中的經驗與對音響的深入

瞭解，都大大勝於其他新晉耳機品牌；

+ 很難會找到一個比H8更舒適的耳機。

缺點

- 若能有兩種以上的顏色選擇，會較容易切合更多人的口味；

- 無線的確是方便，但不是每個人都有這個必要。對於DJ們和其他需要長時間使用的用 家，H6（非無線）可能是一個更好更便宜的選擇。

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Cover Artist Q&A

Suzanne, a pint-sized multi disciplined graphic designer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Started doing portraits as gifts for friends and family. Yes, creating them does leave my eyes feeling I’ve been rubbing coarse sand into them, but it’s completely worth it.

Suzanne是蘇格蘭格拉斯哥平面設計師。最初開始製作人像作品的目

的是作為禮物送給朋友和家人。 「是的，創作的時候的確令我感覺到我 一直在把粗砂揉進我的眼睛，但它是完全值得的。」

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是什麼驅使你在設計中運用多邊形呢？

What inspired the use of polygons in your designs?

I wanted to do something different for my brother’s Xmas present, something unique that I knew he couldn’t go and buy. And it just blossomed from there really, I get into a zone when I’m doing the polygons and find it quite relaxing, sort of like an uphill climb.

What have been your main influences? Have you been influenced much by music or movies?

I’m a big music, movie and console games fan so I take a lot of influences from those, basing my portraits on favourite characters from film and music. From the ‘Go with the Flow’ music video for Queens of the Stone Age to any film by Wes Anderson, I’m influenced by anything with a strong visual identity really.

當初的想法是希望可以為我的兄弟製作一份與別不同的聖誕 禮物，而且要是獨一無二，無法在外面買得到的。而我在創作多

邊形作品的時候往往都會鑽入了另一個狀態中，同時又覺得頗 為放鬆，所以就萌生了這個想法。

什麼對你的設計最具啟發性？是哪位設計師或藝術家，還是 哪套電影嗎？

作為一個音樂、電影和遊戲機的超級粉絲，當中受到的啟發可

不少呢。我會根據我在電影和音樂中最喜愛的角色去製作我的

人像作品，從Queens of the Stone Age的《Go with the Flow》 ，

No One Knows

別的事物都對我影響深遠。

會在家中貼滿他為電影重新設計的海報；而David Shrigley在作 品中呈現的幽默感永遠都成功引人發笑。

你一直也對人像作品感興趣嗎？

我作為一個平面設計師已經超過十五年，但從未真正嘗試創作 人像作品。直到去年十一月，我希望做一些比平面設計較少限 制而且沒有正職那麼刻板的工作，所以就開始嘗試了。

在你的藝術生涯中，最困難的部分是什麼？

我想應該是時間和對細節的注重吧。每一次創作我都會盡可能 為每個主題增添更多特色，所以大部分人像作品都要花上起碼 四至十二小時去完成。而每當我完全進入工作狀態的時候，甚

Blue Valentine

至連眼睛也不敢多眨一下。

未來這一年會進行什麼大項目嗎？

我剛為Ed Sheeran完成了一幅作品，並會在他即將來臨的巡迴

What’s the most difficult part of the artistic process?

How long does it take you to make one portrait?

I think it’s just the time and attention to detail. Most of my portraits take around 4-12 hours as I try to get in as much character as I can to a subject. I tend not to blink very much when I get into the zone of making my prints.

It seems like you’ve garnered a lot of attention online - what are your next big plans or projects?

I’ve just finished a piece for Ed Sheeran which he’ll be using for his forthcoming tour, which is pretty exciting.

I’ll be branching out into T-shirt designs in summer, and hopefully will get to do more BOOM covers, of course!

至任何一套Wes Anderson的電影，可以說任何具有強烈視覺識

至於設計師方面，Olly Moss真的很出色。如果可以的話，我一定

Are there any other graphic designers who have influenced you?

Olly Moss is amazing, I’d fill my house with his reimagining of movie posters if I could.. And David Shrigley’s sense of humour in his work never fails to make me laugh.

Have you always been interested in portraiture? What made you decide to try it?

I’ve been a graphic designer for over 15 years now, but had never really tried the portrait thing until November last year. I just wanted to do something with less constraints than I have in my graphic design, which at the moment is quite a corporate day job.

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演唱會中大派用場，實在叫人相當興奮。而這個夏天，我會開始 朝T-Shirt設計發展，當然也希望能再為BOOMt雜誌設計封面。

TALENT CALL Calling all artists, our front cover is a showcase for talent. Whatever your genre, from pastels to pencils, digi to oils, if you think you’ve got what it takes to make our cover get in touch. Email info@boom-asia.com

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Notes From Underground By: Sync Sing Sin

A eclectic DJ / VJ crew consist of: 唯一折衷性DJ / VJ 團隊，成員包括： - AWI - Alok (Gravity Alterstra) - Shelf-Index (Gravity Alterstra) - Jamline (Evocation / 招魂) Aims at bringing in the ultimate party / electronic music and multimedia experience

銳意為大眾帶來多風格的派對 / 電音以及多媒體經驗

KORG KAOSS DJ syncsingsin

Finally, Korg has put itself into the DJ market again (still remember those DJ mixers and video mixers with KAOSS technology?), although the KP3 and Kaossilator have already been on the booth for quite some time (Diplo being a big fan). This time it’s going a step further, bringing in the all in one, fun to use Kaoss DJ Serato/intro controller to the market.

This is a Serato controller with a KAOSS pad tucked in, so you can’t record the KAOSS part into Serato DJ/intro, but you can use the XY pad to control the internal effects. It also works as a stand alone mixer, so as long as you have a phone charger, this baby is good to go.

The touchpads can be used to set loop length/pitchbend and also

as a scratch platter. Unless you’re really skillful you won’t want to scratch on controller platters (well, I’ve seen people doing a really nice job on an S4 before but….), so I personally think keeping the round shape for track cueing / searching might actually be more user friendly. Suddenly limiting everything on a touch stripe might be difficult to get used to.

Although the product is targeted towards amateurs, I still found it a very nice gadget to have, especially for set preparation or trying out ideas (it’s also perfect for small cozy home parties).

Sneak one into your backpack, and you should be discovering a lot of new pop-up DJing venues in no time.

(I keep mine on the table btw.) (Special thanks to :TOM LEE MUSIC).

syncsingsin

終於，在不同的領域都嘗到大成功以

SCRATCH PLATTER之用。但當然你不會

當年搭載了KAOSS PAD的DJ／VJ MIXER

見過高手用S4來做SCRATCHING） 。但

後，KORG正式回歸DJ市場了。(你還記得 嗎？)既然他們的KP3以及KOASSILATOR

早已是各大DJ們的常用配件（星級用家就 包括DIPLO） ，何不就索性再下一城？今次

KORG就為大家帶來了KAOSS DJ，完全一 體化的SERATO DJ／INTRO控制器（附有 SERATO DJ INTRO, 另外可以升級成完全 版的SERATO DJ） 。

認真的用它來SCRATCH啦（雖然我也有 是這基本上也不失為一個合符邏輯的 設計。比起一些純粹用上TOUCHSTRIP

的 設 計，本 身 以 圓 形 為 基 礎，使

CUE／SEARCH的時候未致於太過偏離 原本用CDJ／唱盤的手感，是以老手們 也不會無所適從。

雖然這個新產品明顯地是為了入門

首先，這產品概念是「一台控制器加一

市場而設計的，但是我發現對於專業DJ

不可錄進SERATO DJ裡（另外錄OUTPUT

尤其用於事前準備，或者是想快速地做

個KAOSS

PAD」 ，所以那些KAOSS音效是

則當別論） 。但機器上的XY

PAD也可以用

來操控SERATO DJ或INTRO裡的效果。

同時是一個獨立的MIXER，你只要準

備一個外接USB電源（例：手機插座） 。

至 於 那 兩 圓 兩 橫 的 T O U C H PA D，

除 了 可 以 用 來 調 較 L O O P LENGTH／PITCHBEND以外，還可以用作

們來說也可以是一個很好的GADGET； 一些DEMO的時候（當然也少不了跟三

五知己的私人小型轟趴啦） 。把它塞進

背包裡，你應該很快就會找到你之前沒 有想過的快閃派對地點啦；我則把它放 在工作桌旁，決定「有效率地偷懶」 ，我的

PLAYLIST已經在迅速增加中了！在此特 別鳴謝：通利琴行。

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Mod Confession

Modmod Monkey from the up-and-coming lifestyle online store modmod.club is a Scandinavian design collector/consultant, a Frequent Traveller and a Mod believer. He shares his insights with a unique merged perspective between Design, Lifestyle, Music ,Subculture and Travel. 來自時尚生活品味網上商店MODMOD.CLUB的博客MODMOD MONKEY, 是一

位北歐家品設計收藏家/顧問、旅遊家, 也是MOD次文化的信徒。他融合設計、

生活品味、音樂、次文化和旅遊之間的獨特觀點來分享他生活點滴的所見所聞。

By: Modmod Monkey

Quadrophenia: Young, Beautiful & Stupid modmod.club

modmod.club

“Quadrophenia tells a universal story. ‘Mod’ is a shorter word for ‘young, beautiful and stupid’.

We’ve all been there.”

- Pete Townshend, The Who.

It was all due to my obsession in the mod scene and the major influence by this iconic film, Quadrophenia, that I came up with the name modmod.club for my lifestyle online store.

Quadrophenia was Franc Roddam’s 1979 film version of the Who’s 1973 classic rock opera concept album, which brought the alienation of 1960s British workingclass youth to the big screen. It captures all the iconic images of ‘60s mod style, the parka coat serving to protect tailor made suits, the customised scooters kitted out with mirrors, the bars and coffee houses

and infamous clubs such as The 一切從我對Mod次文化的迷戀 Scene, The Marquee and King Mojo. 開 始，通 過 這 部 關 於 M o d 的 經 典 電 影 The historical Mods and Rockers 《Quadrophenia》的重大影響下，一直在 riot scene in the movie was a classic 我生命藏下伏線令我想出以「modmod. where Jimmy (Phil Daniels) and club」來命名我的Lifestyle網上商店。 his gang head off to Brighton for 《Quadrophenia》是《Tho Who》 the weekend. A punch-up in a cafe 經典搖滾歌劇的概念專輯，導演 Franc quickly explodes and thousands of Roddam 為其概念專輯製作了不朽的同 excited Mods and Rockers rampage 名電影。這套電影成功把二十世紀六十年 the town. Here Jimmy makes love to 代英國工人階級的青年異化搬到大銀幕。 the adorable local Steph (Leslie Ash) 捕捉了Mod風格的所有標誌性形象，如大 amid the riot, and forges a friendship 衣外套Parka coat（為保護量身訂造的西 with Mod leader Ace Face (Sting). 裝） ，配備特製鏡子的型格摩托車，Mod友 Nothing sums up the film better 愛流連的酒吧、咖啡室和俱樂部（如 The than Pete Townshend’s quote: “Mod’ Scene，The Marquee以及King Mojo） 。 is a shorter word for ‘young, beautiful 電影將Mods和Rockers大暴亂的歷 and stupid’. We’ve all been there.” 史場面由男主角Jimmy （Phil Daniels）

和他的Mod友兄弟於Bank Holiday期

間前往英國南部布萊頓（Brighton） 而展

開。由一間海邊小鎮咖啡室的小衝突開 始，引發數千狂奮的Mods和Rockers橫

衝直撞，並迅速爆發伸延到海灘去。在一

片騷亂中, Jimmy更在後街小角跟可人

兒女主角Steph （Leslie Ash）發生了一 幕浪漫的性愛埸面，其後Jimmy還跟非

官方Mod友領導人Ace Face（Sting）萍水 相逢而展開了友誼。

《The Who》的Pete Townshend

曾經說過： 「 ‘Mod’is a shorter word

for young, beautiful and stupid, we’ ve all been there.（Mod就像年 輕、美麗和愚蠢加起來的縮寫，我們都 曾經經歷過。）」我想沒有更貼切及型格

的字句更能形容這部電影吧。

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80s’ Leftover

Freelance Writer. Loves to travel and write, and all other loveable things in life. “The world to me is like the lyrics from a Taylor Swift Song: ‘To you (me), everything is funny’!” 自由作家。愛流浪，愛寫作，更愛生活中美好的事。世界對我來說就像Taylor

Swift一首歌的歌詞一樣「 ，To you (me), everything is funny。 」 By:Prupru

Give Me a Doraemon Pocket eightyleftover.blogspot.hk

Whenever I go dancing in LKF, I always wish I had a Doraemon pocket, so that I could carry around all my cosmetics, mobile phone, wallet and iPod in it. But, in reality, I can only bring a clutch as a replacement, which is why I make sure I only bring these essential items out with me: 1) Concealing pen A concealing pen can fix the problem of make up melting, and corrects any blemishes on your face. Eyeliners and mascara always melt and darken the eye bags after dancing the night away, but you can simply use the concealing pen to cover the area that’s been darkened, rub it in gently with your fingers and you’ll immediately look as if you only just arrived.

2) Lip gloss Wearing a short, chic outfit and holding a glass of freezing champagne always makes my lips look deadly pale.

I find a tube of red lip gloss rejuvenates my makeup. No matter how drunk and how tired you are, you can still look gorgeous with sexy red lips.

3) Small perfume bottle Fragrances always claim to give sex appeal. Wearing your own signature perfume makes you feel more unique and can help you feel sexier. I highly recommend that girls buy a Travalo Rapid Pump Fill Perfume Atomizer Bottle – it’s small and easy to carry around. It refills perfume in a second without any spillage. Just spritz yourself with it when you feel like you need to freshen up!

eightyleftover

There’s no need to use an expensive bag, like an Alexander McQueen clutch –in fact, I prefer to use an Anteprima Wirebag, because the elasticity of its wire is amazing. You can even squeeze an iPhone 6+ into it, which is wonderful!

2) 唇彩

穿上性感的戰衣和手上拿一杯冰凍

的香檳通常都會令我凍得唇色慘白。一 支紅色唇彩就可以為你的妝容起死回 生，就算你再醉再累，看上去還是會那麼 明艷照人。

3) 小小香水瓶

香味往往被認為是有催情的功效。

每一次到蘭桂坊跳舞，我都很希望

噴上你自己獨特的香水能令你更有個性

有的化妝品、電話、錢包和 iPod 全都放進

位女孩都買一支Travalo香水瓶，因為它

有個叮噹百寶袋，那麼我就可以將我所 去。但是現實中，我只可能帶一個小小的

clutch，所以在左思右想之後，我只會帶

以下最不能缺少的物品： 1）遮瑕筆

一支就能搞定脫妝和遮蓋面部瑕疵

而且散發性感女人味。我極力推介每一 體積細小又容易攜帶。只需要一秒鐘就 能裝上香水，還要一點都不會滴漏。想清 新一下的時候就噴一噴吧！

總括而言，你不一定要擁有一個名

貴的Alexander McQueen clutch，我

的問題。每當熱舞過後，最怕溶掉的眼線

反而更喜歡Anteprima Wirebag，貪其

在被染黑的地方然後印開，那麼就能即時

入以上所有東西，就連一整部iPhone 6

和眼睫毛液把眼肚染黑，此時用遮瑕筆點 重拾美麗的妝容繼續狂歡。

wire甚有彈性，細小的clutch也能放得

Plus都能塞進去，讚。

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Wine and Music By:Roy Khoo

Roy Khoo is a Sommelier and Consultant of a French wine bar. He also is a wine writer of MRRM and Wine Mag in mainland China. Roy travels frequently to wine countries and had spent two months visiting numerous wineries in Europe. He is keen on organising wine events for wine lovers.

Roy Khoo本身是一家紅酒吧的顧問及侍酒師，同時在MR雜誌和中國內地的

Wine Mag編寫關於葡萄酒的文章。筆者經常穿梭不同的葡萄酒生產地，亦於 歐洲多家酒莊學習，他亦經常組織活動與其他紅酒愛好者分享經驗。

Flamenco Flavours roykhoo

Cante (Singing), Baile (Dance) and Toque (Guitar Playing) are three main elements of modern flamenco.

Brimming with passion and full of charm, flamenco is an integrated multi-ethnic culture, an art that is merged by the exchange of music and impassioned dance.

In the early stages of flamenco, it was mainly found in the area of Andalucia in Southern Spain where nations like Gitanos (Gypsies) improvised it to express their feelings for family and friends. Most of the themes were about sadness and the sorrow of separation.

The first remarkable Golden Age dated back to 1860 when Silverio Franconetti returned to the country from South America and opened the first café in Sevilla - namely, Café Cantante, which mainly performed Cante and Baile. Before long, Café Cantate could be found all over Andalucia and had even extended to cities like Madrid and Barcelona.

Until the 50s and 60s, flamenco merged various kinds of music progressively.

New elements like innovative rhythmic guitar accompaniment were added. They were expressed in affectionate, charming aria and swift, skillful guitar performances. The dancing was delicate and changeable, with a soft, powerful strength, over lively rhythms both firm and flexible. The chemistry between the dancers, singers and guitarists presented the feelings of sadness, happiness, pride, arrogance, detachment, passion, humor and fury.

As a result, flamenco became popular in new domains, like musicals.

The Domaines Lupier Winery in Navarra shares some characteristics with flamenco. Couple Enrique Barsarte and Elisa are its owners and winemakers. They regard winemaking not only as a kind of business, but also as a kind of art. They always take painstaking and passionate care of their brainchild, the vineyard.

Garnacha grapes have been planted in the vineyard for over 100 years, having evolved through and overcome struggles with rain and storms - just like the long history of Flamenco.

The young Garnacha grapes are without profundity, but the matured Garnacha are rich and fine, complicated and long-lasting. Elisa uses French oak barrels, making a more exquisite wine body. Oak barrels are like adding innovative dance and guitar accompaniment into classical flamenco to make it more synchronised and perfect as a whole. The winery’s La Dama wine is the ultimate expression of creation, resembling a passionate flamenco dancer with delicate and malleable aroma in a rapid rhythm. Tannins are syrupy and enchanting, just like the sound of gently tapping the wild castanets. The EI Terroir wine recalls a solo guitarist, playing complex rhythms naturally and smoothly. Its fruit aromas diffuse as if guitar sounds are dancing into your heart.

Cante歌唱，Baile舞蹈，Togue結他，

以上是構成現代佛蘭明高（Flamenco）的 三大元素。激情澎湃充滿魅力的佛蘭明

高，是一門綜合多種族文化，音樂與舞蹈 交流結合再融合而成的藝術。

歷史洪流回到佛蘭明高發展初期，主

要是西班牙南部安達盧西亞（Andalucia） 一帶的民族，如吉卜賽人（Gitanos） ，為親 朋好友純作抒發感情的即興表演，大多是 傷感，離愁為主題。

第一個標誌性的黃金年代，是1860

年Silverio Franconetti從南美洲回國，在 Sevilla開設第一家以Cante及Baile表演

為主的cafés，名為Café Cantante。之後

更如雨後春筍，整個安達盧西亞都遍佈 Café Cantante，其後更擴散到馬德里及 巴塞隆拿等地。

直到五十至六十年代，佛蘭明高逐

步融合各種音樂，加入了嶄新舞蹈，及革

新結他伴奏等新元素。滿載感情及磁性 的唱腔，疾飛如火的結他彈奏，靈巧多變

的舞步，既柔軟並且力度亦十足，節奏

明快剛柔並濟。舞者與歌者及結他手的 互相呼應，將悲傷、喜悅、傲慢、驕縱、冷

漠、熱情、詼諧、怒狠等種種的情緒演繹

出來，把佛蘭明高帶進如音樂劇新領域。 同樣來自西班牙的Domaine Lupier

酒莊，某些特點和佛蘭明高不謀而合。莊

園的主人和釀酒師是Enrigue Basarte 和

Elisa Ucar夫婦，他們二人不只視釀酒為 一門生意，還是一種藝術，他們時刻帶著

熱情悉心照料著他們的心血結晶——葡

萄園。其葡萄園種植了過百年的葡萄樹 藤（Garnacha） ，好比佛蘭明高的悠久歷 史，幾經掙扎演變，受盡風吹雨打等磨練 而茁壯成長。

年青的葡萄樹藤是欠缺深度的葡

萄，年長後卻豐滿細緻，複雜多變，韻味

悠長。Elisa更用法國橡木桶，取代傳統西 班牙酒莊用的美國橡木桶，令酒體更細 膩。橡木桶就如古典佛蘭明高加入革新

舞蹈及結他伴奏，令整體更同步和完美。 其酒莊的La Dama葡萄酒，是天地人的

極致展現，猶如熱情如火的佛蘭明高的 舞者，香氣靈巧百變，節奏緊密，單寧亦 剛亦柔如踢踏響板，纏綿倚麗。El Terroir

則宛若是Solo的結他手，行水流雲，操控 節奏，果香四溢如結他弦音轟進心房。

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Chinese Zodiac

Thierry took an apprenticeship under her father, Mr. Chow Hon Ming, a well respected Feng Shui Master. She currently focuses on feng shui and design, and provides a new outlook and creative ideas to modernise feng shui with a 21st century approach.

周亦彤是著名風水師周漢明的女兒，畢業於加拿大藝術學校。回港後，擔任繪畫 老師。由於自小受父親的薰陶，故對玄學產生濃厚的興趣，現為一位摩登玄學 家，並不時以風趣的圖像及幽默的文字，與年輕一代分享玄學知識。

By: Thierry Chow

APRIL: YING YANG THANG Last month was filled with fun events , good friends, partnership, and collaborations. The fun is going to linger, but this month will start to get a little bit more serious. In terms of work and making money, there will be a more intense atmosphere in the air. This is a good month for making money, and expect to receive lots of good news! 今個月延續了上個月的忙碌、聚會和合作的歡樂氣氛，同時亦增添了些許嚴肅的色 調，尤其是在工作和理財方面，連呼吸也開始變得緊張起來。總結來說，今個月大家充 滿了增加收入的良機和諸多好消息也會迎面而來。

1996 / 1984 / 1972 / 1960 / 1948 / 1936

Rat

Zodiac of the month

: Caesar : Green, Pink : Sai Kung : Reggae

The rat should prepare for some good news. People will start paying more attention to you at work, and you should start brainstorming projects for the rest of the year. You may feel pressured by loved ones, but don’t worry!

屬鼠的朋友今個月運程不錯，尤其是在工作上。開始構思新項目、制定年度計劃最適 合不過了。感情方面，你的伴侶也許會帶給你一些壓力，無需擔心，順其自然就可以。

1997 / 1985 / 1973 / 1961 / 1949 / 1937

Ox

: Irish Cream Coffee : Brown, Cream : Soho, Central : Classic Jazz

For the cows, this month will be quite relaxing. You’ll get lots of chances to go out, but be careful of over-spending or someone trying to take something from you! But life is all about having fun, so have as much fun as you can!

屬牛的朋友會迎來頗為輕鬆的一個月，你將有機會享受生活。花費方面要留意，更要 小心你的東西被身邊的人搶走。不過無需擔心，生活重於享受，盡情狂歡吧！

1998 / 1986 / 1974 / 1962 / 1950 / 1938

Tiger

: Margarita : Orange, Red : Sheung Wan : Pop

This is going to be a month that is full of hard work, but with few results. Try go out and party more, it’s a good way to blow off some steam. Be careful of small injuries whilst playing sports, it’s always better to be safe than sorry!

屬虎的朋友今個月工作辛苦卻收穫甚微，可說是事倍功半。不妨多外出參加不同的派 對，以此發洩心中的煩躁，一掃悶氣。運動時要小心受傷，緊記安全至上！

1999 / 1987 / 1975 / 1963 / 1951 / 1939

Rabbit

: Manhattan : Beige, White : Loud, Intense Bar : Rock n Roll

This is a really good month for the rabbit. There will be lots of good results in your relationship, career, and overall in life. It’s the perfect month to go out and celebrate as much as you can, and make some friends along the way!

屬兔的朋友今個月運勢大好。你在感情、事業和生活各方面都有可觀的收穫。今個月 最適宜擴展你的生活圈子和參加狂歡派對，抓緊機會去結交新朋友吧！

2000 / 1988 / 1976 / 1964 / 1952 / 1940

Dragon

: Sex on the Beach : Red, Yellow : Kennedy Town : Disco

What a great month for the dragons. You will find yourself having great luck with money, but will still need to work hard. Be careful of saying the wrong thing to someone respectable - sometimes saying less is the way to go!

屬龍的朋友今個月運勢尚佳。本月財運亨通，不過在工作上仍需繼續努力。小心禍從 口出，容易得罪長輩，在某些特別場合當中，還是少說為妙。

2001 / 1989 / 1977 / 1965 / 1953 / 1941

Snake

: Sake : Yellow, Green : Japanese Bar : Dubstep

This is going to be a dramatic month for the snakes. You’ll find yourself falling into some altercations or conflicts with friends, but take a deep breath when it happens. Other than that, enjoy the month! It will still be quite exciting!

屬蛇的朋友今個月會有一些戲劇化的遭遇。如果你與朋友發生爭執和衝突，緊記深呼 吸保持冷靜。除此之外，這個月還是相當精彩的，好好享受吧！

All opinions expressed in this article are solely Thierry Chow’s opinions and do not reflect the opinions of BOOM Magazine. 本文章所有內容均是由風水師周亦彤所提供，並不代表本雜誌立場。

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2002 / 1990 / 1978 / 1966 / 1954 / 1942

Horse

: Champagne : Black, Blue : Kowloon, Local Bar : K-Pop

What a delightful month for the horse. You will find great help from someone very respectable, and learn lots of new things from your family. For work, it’s a good month to be a bit more aggressive in order to get great results!

屬馬的朋友今個月十分愉悅。你會得到貴人的大力幫助，也會從家人身上學到很多新 東西。工作方面，更積極進取的表現會帶來好結果。

2003 / 1991 / 1979 / 1967 / 1955 / 1943

Sheep

: Beer : Yellow, White : Wan Chai : Jazz

It’s a great month to make some money, or find ways to make money! If you are thinking about doing some investments, this is the time to do it. There’s a lot of work waiting for you - remember to take breaks when you can!

屬羊的朋友要趁今個月好好賺錢，或者發掘更多的收入來源。如果你正在考慮投資， 不妨在今個月下手。另外你會發現工作開始變得繁忙，要記得勞逸結合！

2004 / 1992 / 1980 / 1968 / 1956 / 1944

Monkey

: Beer : Pink : CWB, Darts/Pool Bar : Pop

It’s a good month to relax and just have fun - there will be lots of fun gatherings with great people. Remember, life is all about the journey, not the destination.

Pay attention to small details at work to avoid minor mistakes.

屬猴的朋友將會頻繁地參加朋友聚會，和重要人士共餐。請放鬆和享受，記住生命是 一場旅行，過程比目的地更重要。工作上要注意細節，避免小錯誤。

2005 / 1993 / 1981 / 1969 / 1957 / 1945

Rooster

: Salty Dog : Baby Blue : Central, Funky Bar : Dance Pop

It’s a busy month for the rooster, and you’ll find yourself spending lots of money on things. The good news is that the money you had spend will mostly be on very important things. Make sure you take a break and relax!

屬雞的朋友準備好迎接繁忙的一個月吧。你會在很多地方花錢，好在那些都是相當必 要的支出。忙完了這個月，記得給自己好好放個假！

2006 / 1994 / 1982 / 1970 / 1958 / 1946

Dog

: Dark and Stormy : Burgundy : Kennedy Town : Classic Country

The doggy’s in for a fun month, but watch out for some small unhappy moments, especially with someone in your family. It’s a good idea to keep your cash safe while out partying, as there’s a chance you might lose it.

屬狗的朋友今個月整體運程不錯，但容易遇上一些煩心的瑣碎事，尤其是和家人相處 的時候。在派對上要好好保管你身上的財物，以防遺失。

2007 / 1995 / 1983 / 1971 / 1959 / 1947

Pig

: Vodka Sunrise : Orange : MK, Funky Asian Bar : Hip Hop

This month is very random for the piggies. You’ll find yourself in an unstable financial situation - sometimes you will be broke, and sometimes you have a lot. You’ll find yourself enjoying lots of different types of good food though!

今個月對屬豬的朋友來說充滿不確定性。你的財務狀況起伏不定，有時候口袋空空， 有時又相當闊綽。不過，今個月你的口福不錯，盡情享用各式美食吧！

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