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Placid Places

by Alok Leung

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Alok, the founder of Lona Records, is a composer and sound artist from Hong Kong. In 2005, he start experimenting with his old notebook computer, circuit noise generators/processors and various guitar effect pedals. This sonic excursion of his has never stopped since. Three years of experimentation and live performances have not only fuelled and consolidated his minimalist expedition in music, but have also established his unique sound. More introspective and esoteric than ever, Alok confidently returns with his fourth album Placid Places. "Purlieu: Dawn" is the live recording from a show at Mooka Space (Shenzhen) in January 2007. "Pool Weakness", another live recording, features sound fragments from an a cappella group RLIOMA (Richard Curtis, Josh Levi, Magdalen Wong). Embodying a seamless mix of mircosound, avant garde, clicks & glitch, droning and abstract soundscape, Placid Places is a provocative tribute to silence and space.

Alok的第四張個人專輯,走出了以往的Shoegazer與Post-Rock音樂姿態,Placid Places猶如他過往幾年來的Sound Art電聲學創作之總結。五首現場錄音的長篇樂章,闇黑的電音Soundscape,Placid Places不獨是一段靜謐幽暗的Ambient之旅程,而且滿布匪夷所思的Mircosound與Click ‘n’ Glitch聲響層次。Pool-Weakness尾段蟄伏著的Free-Jazz肌理,Pocket-Temptation紊亂CD跳線效果,都還不及Plain-Night裡Joey Chu的Avant-Garde / John Cage式鋼琴演奏令人印刻不已。而Purlieu-Dawn的破曉氛圍亦意境甚濃。 Review by 袁智聰

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released June 4, 2008

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Alok Leung Hong Kong

A sound artist, music composer and DJ, also a demanded producer within the field with a variety of styles. He participated shows & events such as Clockenflap, Sonar, Outlook Festival, HK & GZ Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/ Architecture, T(h)ree (o primeiro) Portgual, Kago Shintaro Unsanitary HK Exhibition & opening for acts like M83, !!!, Stabil Elite, Asobi Seksu, AGF ... more

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