#黑市音樂 (Black Market Music Production)

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I really like this new song from 南西肯恩 Neci Ken =D

The arrangement is powerful -- at first I thought maybe they had brought in someone like 林易祺 LNiCH (fr. Vast & Hazy) to beef up their sound, but nope. The credits do have some familiar names:

Producer/Arranger: 奧利佛 Oliver (奧利佛 Oliver Ching, founder of Black Market Music Production 黑市音樂) Assistant Producer: 顧孟堯 Raven Gu (眠腦 Sleeping Brain) Music/Lead Vocals: 肯恩 Ken Chen & 南西 Neci Wei Lyrics/Acoustic Gtr: Ken Chen Vocal Producer: 謝竺晉 Chuchin Hsieh Backing Vocalist: Neci Wei Chorus Vocalists: 楊庭懿 Bebe Yang (aka *Kalabebe), 徐靖玟 ChingWen, 知更 John Stoniae, 里鳳・馬耀 Lyvon (倒車入庫 Reversing into Garage), Oliver, Raven Electric Gtr: 呂尚儒 Agao (眠腦 Sleeping Brain) Bass: 渣渣 Zha Drums: 曾景崧 Relaxx Tseng (fr. 東波 EastWave) Keys: Oliver, Raven

Full a/v credits and lyrics at YT.

The indie folk/pop duo of 鄭雅薇 Neci Wei-voc & 陳弘育 Ken Chen formed in 2017. We have posted them a few times, most recently in a collaboration with 琳誼 Ring, check it out. =)

Links:  YouTube,  南西肯恩 StreetVoice,  Wei Neci YouTube,  Spotify,  Instagram.

*We've featured Kalabebe several times, let's hear a single from last fall:

Producer/Arranger: Ten YU (Ten Yu 尤騰輝 used to be in the folk-tronic trio 他者 the other) Lyrics/Lead Voc: Kalabebe Music: Kalabebe / Ten YU (Instagram)

Credits and lyrics at YT.

Kalabebe Links: StreetVoice,  Instagram,  YouTube,  Spotify

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Zooey Wonder 黃玠瑋 〖 Wonderland 〗Album Tour: Hong Kong 　 Date: Fri, September 1, 2017 20:00 Venue: MOM Livehouse (HK) Tickets: HKD 250 Advance / HKD 300 Day of show Supporting Act： 孔雀眼 JADE EYES 　 ▵ This is a private party, Black Market Music member only ▵ one drink for free ▵ 各自 60 分鐘完整演出　 　 ﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋　 入會／購票程序： 1. 私訊到 黑市音樂 FB粉絲專頁確認購票張數 2. 匯款到下列帳號： 　 恆生銀行 HANG SENG BANK BLACK MARKET MUSIC PRODUCTION 224-443382-883 　 3. 拍照入數紙並私信上傳到黑市音樂粉絲專頁確認 4. 留下名字與聯絡電話 5. 演出當天現場核對名字電話進場

[fyeahcindie]

This is pretty cool, I think Lynn from 孔雀眼 JADE EYES wrote a new song inspired by 蕭亞軒 Elva Hsiao - 愛的主打歌 Theme Song Of Love?  

I’m not really sure what’s going on -- It’s a remix but with different lyrics, new music and Lynn did everything except the engineering of the mix. 蕭亞軒 is tagged at YT, but otherwise, that seems to be the only connection. If you know more than me, please let me know!  XD

Producer/Composer/Lyricist/All Instruments/All Vocals: 令晴 Lynn Mixing Engineer: 李子維 Weilee

The Elva Hsiao song from 2002 was written by 周耀輝-Lyrics & 陳偉-Music.

Links: 令晴 Lynn IG,  令晴 Lynn YT channel, 令晴 Ling Chin (Lynn) (fb)

Jade Eye links: Links:  Weibo,  StreetVoice,  Douban,  Spotify,  Instagram   黑市音樂 Black Market Music HK YouTube

By the way, Lynn announced that she will be performing at Canadian Music Week in Toronto in early June, 2023:

“Happy New Year, everyone🎉 I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be one of the artists showcasing our music at THE canada’s largest music festival, @canadianmusicweek 2023 along with hundreds of other Canadian and International Talents. Dates, locations and slot TBD. So, keep an 👀 out for further updates.”

Here’s a live session from a gig Lynn did at 女巫店 Witch House back in July of 2022:

Vocal & Bass: 令晴 Lynn Acoustic Guitar: 李子維 Weilee Violin: 許吟安 Yin-An, Xu Drums: 王英任 Ren Wang (besides freelance activity, he is in Marswalk) Live Recording Engineer: 劉又熊 Yu Hsiung Liu Mixing / Mastering Engineer: 李子維 Weilee Video Production: 戴宏霖 Hung-Lin Tai

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Electronic rock from a band on a helluva roll:  眠腦 Sleeping Brain  =D

4th song from their 2019 debut we’ve posted in the last coupla months, check out our previous posts HERE, and HERE, and also HERE.

呂尚儒 (Agao 阿搞)-gtr/synth/harmony, 顧孟堯 Raven Gu-Lead voc/synth (also in Looking Grace 看啊! 葛瑞絲), Ral Chen 陳慶大 (大慶)-bass/keys/harmony (莉莉周她說 Lily Chou-Chou Lied), 李亮瑩 Thrissa Skala-drums (Everfor)

I’m just gonna leave this here:

https://www.sxsw.com/music/2019/

[fyeahcindie]

Just saw the preview for this film over at the Jade Eyes Instagram: 孔雀眼 JADE EYES singer 令晴 (Lynn) is one of the stars in the love triangle movie 《幸福選擇題五部曲》-《三人行不行》 that is coming out this week.  =D

Let’s hear a song from their 2019 渴望 Crave ep:

令晴 (Lynn)-Voc/Bass/Keys, 依璇 I-Hsuan Lin-Guitar, 楊雨欣 Yuhsin Yang-Elec.Perc/Digital Arranger.  

Full a/v credits & Chinese lyric translation back at YT.  =D

[fyeahcindie]

New MV from 眠腦 Sleeping Brain    This is the 2nd excellent song we’ve posted recently, and I’m really psyched to hear more from them!

I suggest checking out the full credits at YT, but let’s at least mention producer/co-arranger 韓立康 HLK (guitarist Likang Han from 椰子!! Coconuts & Waa Wei and Lovely Baby).  顏靜萱 Ka Ka Yen (fr. Vast & Hazy) was vocal producer/co-chorus arranger. 

呂尚儒 (Agao 阿搞)-gtr/synth/harmony, 顧孟堯 Raven Gu-Lead voc/synth (also in Looking Grace 看啊! 葛瑞絲), Ral Chen 陳慶大 (大慶)-bass/keys/harmony (also in 莉莉周她說 Lily Chou-Chou Lied), 李亮瑩 Thrissa Skala-drums (also in Everfor)

Coming up on Sept. 27th at Clapper Studio in Taipei: 眠腦 Sleeping Brain 首張專輯《裸浪》發片場. This the release show for their debut album, 裸浪 Bare Wave.  (They released an ep in 2013 with their original lineup.)

And speaking of 莉莉周她說 Lily Chou-Chou Lied, here is their newest demo, and it’s again got me wondering when we can expect a full-length debut album from them:

大慶 Ral Chen-Voc/Bass/Program (眠腦 Sleeping Brain), *楊先妤 Vio (Viona Yang)-Vocal/Percussion/Synth, 又銓 Sean Yu Chuan Chen-Drums/Perc. (also in Yellowback 野樂派)

*I recently learned that Viona used to be the drummer for 午休失眠 WSSM Band, but they went on hiatus over a year ago, and their fb page is gone. (You can check out their 6-song ep at YouTube: 午休失眠)

[fyeahcindie]

Another impressive tune from the debut full-length album by 眠腦 Sleeping Brain  =D

Producer: 許家維 Hsu Chia-Wei (aka 都普勒浪潮 Waves of Doppler)

Lyrics: 顧孟堯 Raven, Music: 眠腦 Sleeping Brain

Arrangement: Hsu Chia-Wei & Sleeping Brain

Guitarist: 呂尚儒 Agao, Drummer: 李亮瑩 Thrissa, Bassist: 陳大慶 Ral (also in 莉莉周她說 Lily Chou-Chou Lied), Synthesizer: Hsu Chia-Wei & Sleeping Brain, Vocal: 顧孟堯 Raven

Chorus: Agao & Ral & Raven & Thrissa

Chorus Arrangement: Sleeping Brain. Vocal Producer: 葉穎 Leaf Yeh

The [裸浪 Bare Wave] album release show is tomorrow (Friday) at 三創Clapper Studio in Taipei: 眠腦 Sleeping Brain 首張專輯《裸浪》發片場

[fyeahcindie]

Killer cut from 眠腦 Sleeping Brain  =D  

This starts out like moody electronica, then it zooms away!

The band are: 呂尚儒 (Agao 阿搞)-gtr/chorus, 顧孟堯 Raven Gu-Lead voc/synth/chorus (also in Looking Grace 看啊! 葛瑞絲), Ral Chen 陳慶大 (大慶)-bass/keys/chorus (莉莉周她說 Lily Chou-Chou Lied), 李亮瑩 Thrissa Skala-drums (Everfor) 

Producer: 黃少雍 Huang Shao-yong (Dark Paradise Records, 林瑪黛 matelin) Assistant Producer: 林志龍 Lin Linz

Lyrics: Raven. Music: Sleeping Brain

Arrangement: 許家維 Hsu Chia-Wei (aka Waves of Doppler 都普勒浪潮) & Sleeping Brain. Chia-Wei also played synth on the track.

More links: StreetVoice,  Instagram. Their YouTube channel is 黑市音樂  (Black Market Music Production Label)

Dancers: 戴啟倫 Chi-Lun, Tai & 陳秋燁 Chiu-Yeh, Chen

Full a/v credits back at YT!

Sleeping Brain will be at 三創Clapper Studio in Taipei on September 29th.

[fyeahcindie]

New single from 倒車入庫 Reversing into Garage   =D

里鳳 Li-Fong Mayaw aka ‘Lyvon’-voc, Layne Cheng 鄭愷 aka 鄭力愷-gtr, Sadog Sato 陳融 aka ‘Rong’-gtr (SADOG), 廖育槿 Liao,Yu-Jin aka ‘Nikolai’-bass.  

Miao 喵 aka 陳銘修 Ming-Hsiu Chen (fr. BB彈 / B.B. Bomb) is credited as the drummer on this song - the band don’t list an official drummer.  張璿 Syuan Chang (ex-KurumiQ) was playing with them for some time (2018), but I don’t see her in any photos from 2019. (and her fb is closed or changed)

Some notable things in the credits: 

奧利佛 Oliver Ching (from 飢餓藝術家 The Hunger Artist and founder of Black Market Music Production 黑市音樂) is listed as Producer.  

顧孟堯 Raven Gu (from 眠腦 Sleeping Brain) is listed as Assistant Producer and Recording Engineer. Raven’s band is also on Black Market Music, as is Reversing into Garage.  

The Instruments were recorded at 玉成戲院錄音室 YuChen Cinema Studio, but Andy Baker doesn’t seem to be involved; that’s the first time I’ve noticed any recording from StudioYuChen without Andy being credited.  That’s not unusual – busy studios get work from many clients who have their own production team.  =)

[fyeahcindie]

I love this one from 南西肯恩 Neci Ken  =D

The song was written by the duo of 鄭雅薇 Neci Wei-voc & 陳弘育 Ken Chen-voc/gtr, and let’s have a look at some of the credits:

Produced by 林易祺 LNiCH (Vast & Hazy, 林瑪黛 matelin) & 奧利佛 Oliver Ching (飢餓藝術家 The Hunger Artist, Black Market Music Production 黑市音樂)

Arranged by LNiCH & 南西肯恩 Neci Ken Acoustic Guitar: Ken Chen. Electric Guitar: LNiCH Drums: 潘維瀚 Pan Wei Han (粉紅噪音樂團 Pink Noise) Bass: 羅晧宇 Lo Hao Yu (三十萬年老虎鉗) Synthesizer: 卞宗仁 John Pien (So-So Heroes 瘦瘦英雄)

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More new MVs!  (Lyrics are available back at YT, either in the comments or in the info/about section)  

First up is a clip from Deca joins  (formerly 灰矮星 Gray dwarf star, formerly FUBAR).  The audio ends abruptly but the visual continues, and there’s a message on the screen, but certainly not in any language I can read.  Any helpers out there?

Next up is a new video from 孔雀眼 JADE EYES, with a very sensual look & sound to this!

Upcoming for Jade Eyes:

孔雀眼 JADE EYES【迷戀 ADDICT】專輯發布演唱會 08.11（台北）／08.18（台中）／08.27（高雄） 嘉賓： Dizparity／ 眠腦 Sleeping Brain 票價：500（預售）／450（二人套票單張）／400（四人同行單張） 台北站： 08.11（週五）20:00-22:00    Legacy Taipei 傳 音樂展演空間 https://www.indievox.com/legacy/event... 台中站： 08.18（週五）20:00-22:00   Legacy Taichung https://www.indievox.com/legacytc/eve... 高雄站： 08.27（週日）19:30-21:30   LIVE WAREHOUSE  Kaohsiung http://tickets.books.com.tw/progshow/...

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promo & release news!

霧虹 Fogbow album and tour about to happen. Lots of details at fb, and you can hear 3 new songs at their StreetVoice. Listening to 播放 atm, they sound GREAT!  Song written by guitarist 有點燃 Fish Chang, and vocals by new singer 秋口 Choco (秋口 勒!)  =D

Vast & Hazy rehearse a full band for 黑市音樂 Black Market Music Production showcases 2017 Feb. 10th at Legacy & Feb. 11th at Hidden Agenda in HK; February 26th in Guangzhou with 椰子!! Coconuts; and the last show of their tour at Legacy on March 10th.   Take a look at the Black Market links to see all the other bands it’s an excellent lineup!   =D

Slightly early warning for a triple bill at *SOUND Live House in Taichung: Cat in the case., Ruby Fatale 鹿比 ∞ 吠陀, THE WAiiT 等等樂團. (*you can see the SOUND show calendar thru April at the link)

Remember the other day when I told you about Elephant Gym 大象體操 planning to cover a Cheer Chen ‘country’ song?  You can watch a partial rehearsal clip at Kaiting 張凱婷’s fb.  The Mercury 水星酒館 in Kaohsiung tomorrow night (Sat.)

Pilots In The Sky And On The Sea 旅人 posted a very brief clip with the message: “今天我們也跟著大家開工了，新年快樂.” (Today, we have also started work, and happy new year.)  Go check it out, I really want them to feel encouraged!  And then go to either iNDIEVOX or Bandcamp and listen to their epic 2014 ep. So much beauty for a measly $3 bucks!  =D

P!SCO season 7 launch show is at Legacy on March 4th, and as usual for their big events, they have bus/tix/merch packages available for P!SCOers. And regular tix on sale at iNDIEVOX.

Shortwave have a new song to hear at iNDIEVOX, and they’ll be at The Wall on the 15th with 阿克曼樂團 Arkmenband.  

吳蓓雅 PiA posted more shows for February.  She has 2 shows in Tokyo tomorrow, the evening show is sold out, but tix still available for the afternoon gig.

Finally, 安妮朵拉 anniedora will announce a new ep and release tour very soon!