“Time Machine pinkwork™” video and a few Photos of human ~ G.E.M. Tang 鄧紫棋 by my HOLGA toy camera, shot in 2008 when this talented and award-winning HK singer-song writer was still a newcomer. Her name G.E.M. stands for “Get Everyone Moving”, it seems this little girl deserves this title. Now she’s already been a star, not only in pop music genre. Last month she also performed in Clockenflap music & arts festival HK. Her appearance on《I am a Singer》 singing competition on Hunan TV China few days ago also earned her 170,000 more Weibo (China’s Twitter equivalent) fans overnight, go to pinkwork™ city (* I’ve said many times this virtual city is not a news portal but my “research project” on interesting humans, so of course you could find “visual & sound record” of GEM there.).
just shot a short video of singer-song-writer Jing Wong whose debut English album “Last breath of youthful melancholy” is finally OUT this month. Jing is an artist of People Mountain People Sea, an alternative indie label founded by renowned HK musician Anthony Wong Yiu-ming. Jing earned this record deal three years ago by self-introducing himself and playing his self-written song “You are in everything I do” in front of Ming Gor (Anthony Wong). Though Jing had to wait for nearly 4 hrs in a photo studio till this music star finished his shooting job, Jing’s determination paid off. He and Ming Gor become friends since then.
Jing graduated with 1st Honours in Theatre Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. In 2006 he joined his elder sister Kay to found the fashion brand Daydream Nation. “I’ve never considered myself as a fashion designer, for me, fashion design is just a media to express my concept … and few months ago I decided to focus more on my another passion, that ‘s music.” said Jing during the interview. Want to sEE/hEAR Jing talking more about his debut album and upcoming projects, click/touch the sound buttons below.
又拍攝了一個「人類」，香港創作歌手黃靖，他的首張專輯《Last breath of youthful melancholy》剛剛面世。這位屬黃耀明創立的獨立廠牌「人山人海」旗下一員的創作歌手，原來三年前是靠向明哥﹝黃耀明﹞自薦及即埸自彈自唱自己作品《You are in everything I do》而獲得賞識。雖然當年他要在影樓等了足足四小時，待明哥完成拍攝的工作。不過黃靖的堅持最終都獲得回報。如今他和明哥更成了好朋友。
黃靖是英國Central Saint Martins學院舞台設計系一級榮譽畢業，2006年他和家姐黃琪創立時裝品牌Daydream Nation。「我從不當自己是時裝設計師，對於我來說，時裝不過是一種表達意念的媒介 … 兩三個月前，我已決定了未來會專注我的另一個喜好，就是音樂。」黃靖在訪問中說。想聽/看看黃靖親自講講自己的首唱片及未來計劃，可點/按下面的聲音按鈕。:idea:
*Location: Full Cup Cafe, Mongkok.
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MEOW, want to hEAR/sEE Abella Leung, a hard-working and determined HK pop singer talking more about herself and her third album, click/touch the buttons below.
MEOW …. pinkcat met this talented female human for the first time, a nice girl though not so good at posing (of course she is a musician, not a model ). Wendyz Zheng Ka Ka comes from a music family whose father is a violist. She reached “level 10″ in Piano at age 16. Before she released her debut album “W” this month, she has written songs and worked as demo singer/backing vocalist for many star singers in HK and Taiwan. Want to sEE/hEAR Wendyz talking more about HOW she started her music career and her new album, click/touch the relevant links below.
MEOW …. Congratulate HK pop singer Stephanie Cheng on her new release “EVO” this month which is her 9th album! Stephanie is known for her upbeat music and dance moves, so in this album there are several dance beat songs and each has different style. For example, her new song “The Fifth Category” has mixed modern dance beats with ballet, Spain and Chinese dance music elements … Want to sEE/hEAR Stephanie talking more about her new alum, click/touch the video and sound buttons below.
喵，恭喜「人類」鄭融剛推出她的新EP專輯《EVO》，此名字是來自Evolution﹝進化﹞一詞。新碟除收錄了《I Just Wanna Dance》、《我想唱歌》、《失蹤人口》、《第五類》及《危險品》﹝國語版﹞等快歌外，亦有《漸漸》及《斷片》兩首慢歌。Stephanie表示未來的發展方向，主力也會放在跳舞快歌方面，因為覺得是自己的強項。今張唱片內的快歌也作了很多新嘗試，例如《第五類》便將現代舞曲，融入了芭蕾舞、中國舞及西班牙舞曲元素 … 想知聽/看鄭融親自講解自己的新專輯，可點/按下面的聲音及短片連結。
說回來，「人類」鄭融好像也很久沒有見粉紅貓了 。大家想看回以前鄭融的一些pinkwork訪問，可到 pinkwork™ city 下方的搜尋方格，輸入「鄭融 news」便可找到 …
MEOW … one day I flipped through a newspaper and came across a small article saying this singer-song-writer shot her new song MV by herself … funny.
Rannes Man started her music career from a song she wrote 10 years ago which was actually just a piece of her University homework. She posted this song online and immediately drew the attention of several record labels. Rannes was then invited to come back to HK to develop her music career, started off as a song writer, backing vocalist or accompanist for pop singers’ concerts and TV/radio guest host. In 2008 she finally earned a record deal and released her well-received debut album. Unfortunately, her record label decided to close its music department the same year, so Rannes had to go “backstage” again …
“I feel a bit disappointed at the time, but since most of the jobs I was doing, such as song writing, being an accompanist, etc., all were still related to music. I enjoy my past few years very much.” said Rannes. At the same time, she has never given up and keep writing new songs for herself and other singers, posting new songs and videos online. This year she signed to a new label and will release her new album soon … WANT to sEE/hEAR this talented singer-song-writer talking more about her “not so straight” career path, cLICK/tOUCH the video and sound buttons below.
HOW I meet these 2 talented human beings? I was accidentally directed to their facebook while “googling” something one day, firstly get impressed by their food snaps. After digging out more about them, including their wine background, magazine columns, casual homemade recipes and etc. … You know “curious” pinkcat like to make friends with creative and interesting human beings, so I send them an email to ask for a meeting (didn’t know whether they like cat or not … =^.^= ). The very nice twins replied shortly and invited me to come to their office /studio/private kitchen …
MEOW …these twin brothers(Caleb and Joshua) are a rising talent in HK food, drink & lifestyle circles recently. Graduated from UCLA in 2009 with business degrees, these two young men aka Twins Kitchen did not go to find a high-salary job. Instead they went back to HK, set up a small company and became a Wine Merchant. “Yes, food and wine are our interest since we were young. We also love cooking and successfully made our first pancake at age 7.” said Joshua.
They’ve also extended this interest beyond business. In their spare time, they like to organize some private dining gatherings with their friends. Not just booking a michelin starred restaurant, they would search for the hidden gems in the city, maybe at a one-table upstairs private kitchen. They would also invite talented chefs to do the catering or cook on their own using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Of course, one of the highlights of each of this gathering is food-wine pairings, their speciality.
Since participants were all so satisfied with this kind of dining experience, spread by word of mouth, more and more “friends of friends” would like to join, among them include celebrities, famed lifestyle journalists, food writers and etc.. Their names quickly made a stir in the food and culture circles.
Now the Twins have column in lifestyle magazine in HK. Their “Twins Kitchen’ youtube videos are popular. They’ve published a Wine Journal with notebook brand Moleskine and hold a “Taste” exhibition at Kapok. We could expect more funny crossover projects by them is coming ….
This new coming HK girl dance group named “As One” has undergone intensive training for nearly one year by Sunny Wong (hk pop star Aaron Kwok ‘s choreographer) and will probably release their new album at the end of this year. Unlike other typical girl groups in HK which are usually formed by several pseudo models or pretty girls. All four members of As One have a music and dance background, among them has a former HK rhythmic gymnastics team member (yes, she is Nata) … Want to sEE/hEAR these four girls (Shin, Oli, Nata & Elfa) talking more about themselves, their music (1st song “Catch Me Up” will be out soon) and harsh training, click/touch the video below.
這隊接受郭富城排舞師Sunny Wong密集訓練了近一年的四人女子組合As One，將會在今個月的動漫節首次演出，預計年底會推出首張唱片。跟香港一般由靚模組成的女子組合不同，他們四位成員都有跳舞及音樂的背景，當中Nata更是前香港韻律體操代表隊成員。不講那麼多了，按/點下面的連結就會聽/看到她們親自介紹自己及她們的音樂。她們的第一首歌《Catch Me Up》快將面世了 …
*Hair: Mad Ho & Linfa@ IL COLPO TST / Make up: Irene / Location: Palco
HotCha used to be a 3-girl hk pop dance group. Last summer one of its members Regen left the group. Many people thought this group will break up, but it’s NOT. The other two members Crystal and Winkie still continue their music career. Crystal also participated in some theater performances during the past one year. This summer the 2-girl HotCha will release their new album “O1O3” and not only an album, they will release two new books separately. Crystal ‘s new book is a novel and Winkie ‘s one is a fashion/travel book. Want to hEAR/sEE them talking more about their latest creations, click/touch the links below.
Just visited (or disturbed?) FireFire, Otto and Sita Chan ‘s theater “THE CHEAPY DOGS” rehearsal … FireFire (or Double Fire) is a multi-talented human beings who is a theater director/actor/radio host/ lyricist/columnist in HK… Last time I met him was two years ago, also during his theater rehearsal (I’m surprised they could still remember my phone no. and called me to take a visit this time).
FireFire partnered with Otto, a member of pop dance group EO2 to form “61 Production” in 2006. “The Cheapy Dogs” is just one of their latest self-invested theater plays.
In the short video below, you would sEE/hEAR them talking more about why they’re so into theater performance, that they would even invest their own money and time to produce a play.
Came across this 2-girl INDIE group in a Shopping Mall where they held their first mini Solo concert. You know pinkcat is interested in everything related to pink color (actually their group name is inspired by “Ultravox“)… When back home, I googled them and found more and more about them and their record label. I finally know why they use the word “subversive” to describe themselves (well, anti-christian and pro homosexual equity). Though not all human would agree with all of their messages, I think human beings should respect each other.:lol:
Ultrapink, an electronic pop indie girl group comprised of two young and sexy girls, namely Naomi and Sadie. Formed in 2010, they’ve released two songs to date titled “Tong Zhi” and “Sex Bible” . The term “Tong Zhi” is a Chinese slang refers to sexual minorities, such as Lesbian and Gay.
“Reading the lyrics carefully, you’ll find our song is not about homosexuality, but about human beings.” said Chan Sau Pok (aka Ah Pok), the creator of Ultrapink. Pok together with several veteran indie / mainstream musicians formed the indie record label Animal Kouncil.
Ah Pok wrote clearly on his label ‘s official website that, one of the goals of setting up this small-sized but very innovative label is, through music to promote his liberal view of sexuality and anti-Christian message.
“Looking back the several-thousand years history of China, only until the recent few hundred years ( maybe since Qing Dynasty﹞, we would hold a conservative view on sex. On the contrary, according to our ancient Taoism (Daoism) philosophy, sexual energy is part of our life energy. Also in the old days we never had any laws that ban or restrict homosexuality … I hate some of the local Christian groups which deliberately misinterpret our history / tradition to support their views … ” Ah Pok wrote in his magazine ‘s column. WANT to know more about Ultrapink, and the creative team “Animal Kouncil” behind this project, click/ touch the links below. ( pinkwork™ city is a piece of artwork about a bunch of interesting human beings. Of course they will become my target )
I’m not a BIG fan of Olympus PEN, though many of my human friends are (especially those young girls). It’s the “Weekend Weekly” magazine editor told me she borrowed a Lite PEN (E-PL3) from Olympus and asked whether I was interested to take it for a 1-week trail. Why Not? Almost at the same time, one of my friends who runs a vintage Store in Central said, the lovely tiger-striped cat at his store just born 4 new babies. So I suddenly came across a funny topic for my column, that is “Using lite PEN to shot little baby kitten” !
I was not writing a camera review article, but I have to say here the “tilt screen” function of E-PL3 is very useful when I used it to shoot cats at very low angle (close to the ground). Its light weight and small size also made me be able to shoot photo or video with one hand. See, below are photos and two very short “art“ movies starring cats using this little camera. WOULD I buy a PEN? Sorry, don’t get the money …
SiuFay started off as a “demo” singer. He also formed a music group “C-Plus” and had performed in the Macau pub circuit for many years. In 2007 he signed with a big Label and released his debut album The First Album Of Siufay. During the recent years, he also appeared in many movies and theater performances. However, it has been nearly two years since his second album in Festival Traveler in 2009. He said his third album will be OUT very soon. Why he took so long to make an Album? Click the sound buttons below could sEE/hEAR he talking about the details.
). Wendyz Zheng Ka Ka comes from a music family whose father is a violist. She reached “level 10″ in Piano at age 16. Before she released her debut album “W” this month, she has written songs and worked as demo singer/backing vocalist for many star singers in HK and Taiwan. Want to sEE/hEAR Wendyz talking more about HOW she started her music career and her new album, click/touch the relevant links below. 
