He is a Paiwan tribesman of the Wenle tribe at the Wenle Village, Laiyi Township, Pingtung County, and one of the two lead singers of the BOXING band, whose real name is Kexiong Huang. He uses the Paiwan language to sing in a rap genre the courage to brave adversity, bringing the mother tongue music to a new realm.
假日貞操 Virgin Vacation is an four piece instrumental band based in Hong Kong. Formed in 2018 by Step Ip, Wing Chan, Jimmy Hedges and Chan Chin Ho. Virgin Vacation is a music experiment in exploring new sounding through combining both structural and non-structural music forms. Virgin Vacation combines math rock, improvisational free jazz, krautrock, spoken words and electronic beats to create spiralling hypnotic soundscapes that are unique in their own right. They are known for their collaborations with artists in different genre, filmmakers and other musicians and their experimental approach in music composition in creating new music. They play frequently in different venues in Hong Kong and participated in music festivals such as Clockenflap 2023, PopFest 2023, EarUp Fest 2023 & 2020, LucFest 2021 & Focus Wales 2020. They released their debut EP in 2021 and recently released two new singles ‘RED’ and ‘Forest’ in collaboration with rapper Gold Mountain, folk musician singer-songwriter Tomii Chan, and the Romer String Quartet for the upcoming album release in late 2023.
CHANKA is an independent singer-songwriter. She started self-learning the guitar and participating in the busking scene since 2015. In 2017, she started focusing on songwriting and organised her first concert. Her music is deeply influenced by British musicians. Her trademark as a singer-songwriter has been her airy vocal that goes along with a vintage, dark, indie folk sound, often with a slight touch of psychedelic electronic elements. Her debut album “Shades of Blue” is released in 2019. In 2022, she started releasing singles for her upcoming concept album “Human Heart”. In 2023, she performed at Clockenflap Music Festival, Hong Kong’s largest outdoor festival, and HKT Popfest, a music festival at newly developed West Kowloon.
One of Australian music’s most important voices, Jaguar Jonze has blazed new trails with her visionary blend of art and pop as featured on debut album, BUNNY MODE. Combining art, music and her own multicultural experience, Jaguar Jonze shows a love letter to music and her rallying cry for change.
Valentina Ploy is a thai-italian, singer songwriter. Her music is orbitating between synths and organic pop. Valentina now gained over 20 millions streams globally. She released her first EP in 2020 and this included her most streamed songs “See you in life” and “Love you better”. Her debut album “PLOY” is out now!
OHAN is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and producer. He released the debut studio album “Sinclair’s Youth” (2022), which featured OHAN’s multi-language and multi-culture influences in Mandarin, Korean, and English. He joined I Mean Us as a guitarist and vocalist in March 2022.
Yu-Tung has an elegant and intellectual musical touch. He has been invited by Shanghai, Nanjing, and Japan music festival. His pure and beautiful music touched countless music fans at the scene.
MANAGONA holds as its core concept the intersection of music, sound art and visual technology; the focus is on creating a unique contemporary musical experience through inter-disciplinary collaboration.
The founding members of MANAGONA are Lee Mao-Sung and Cheng Wan-Yi, who are both graduates of Conservatoire de Versailles, France. Upon their return to Taiwan, the duo began exploring the possibilities of amalgamating percussion with electronic music while augmenting their compositions with electronically-generated visuals.
The end result creates an intriguing multi-sensory experience that entices and entrances the listener; the purity of these creations expand the boundaries of one’s perception of music and art.
French chanteuse Ferielle hails from the country’s capital, and has been finding her feet as a young artist with the freshly released “L’eau Qui Dort”, her debut EP. All sung in French, her velvety voice is transportive, rich and warm. She likes her music pop-filled, fresh and surprising: Maggie Rogers, Elton John, Sigrid or King Princess. Like the lead in a teen-movie from the 90s, she knows a magic trick: she will make your feet dance and your heart beat!
The Rodeo has played all over the world (Europe, USA, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Taïwan) and shared the stage with many artists (Salif Keita, Stereophonics, Villagers, Nada Surf, The Do, Kazu…). She’s involved in the european program Keychange for more parity in the music industry.