I’m being attentive to KAI TAK and shivers are cascading via my complete frame. A mystical panorama is rising in my thoughts, painted with shoegaze, go back and forth hop, and electronica brushes, developing an attractive, colourful, and fully immersive sonic enjoy that I want to stay hitting repeat on. The track we’re excited to percentage lately, “Flood the Harbour,” options airy vocals from Olivia Lee of There’s Communicate. And prefer I mentioned, I stay being attentive to it again and again, achieving the top and now not in need of to go away the cocoon it’s woven round me. The monitor is off Kai Tak’s upcoming file Designed In Heaven Made In Hong Kong out June 21 on A L. a. Carte Information — pre-order the file right here and get the one on Bandcamp or pre-save it right here. At the moment, examine manufacturer Chris King’s and vocalist Olivia Lee’s inspiration, when you concentrate to our premiere of “Flood the Harbour.”
The song for Flood the Harbour was once written at the identical day I wrote, Blush. After feeling uninspired for a very long time, I spent the day many times looking at Fallen Angels on mute whilst messing round with tools, and 90% of each songs have been written in a couple of hours.
Each time I’m operating on one thing new, I all the time give the songs a brief operating name of the community that impressed the music, or that I’m the usage of discovered samples from, and this track drew from Yau Ma Tei. Previously slightly fishing bay, Yau Ma Tei has been constructed widely upon reclaimed land.
On account of Hong Kong’s restricted usable land and big inhabitants density, land reclamation has been a central a part of town’s enlargement during the last century – over 60 km of land has been added to town from land reclamation initiatives, together with a part of the previous Kai Tak airport, and simply serious about land reclamation and it’s never-ending ripples assisted in shaping the track.
Chris King
I aligned on inspiration with Chris – the lyrics got here to thoughts after simmering at the operating name for the track, Yau Ma Tei, in addition to hazy neon-lit montages from Fallen Angels. Sinking into the broodiness of the track, pictures of a revolution at the heels of the top of the sector engulfed in flames and flood got here to thoughts. Possibly a meditation at the penalties of colonialism and company greed, and who may have the final word.
Olivia Lee
Music credit:
Chris King (Manufacturing, blending, guitar, bass, synths, drum programming)
Olivia Lee (Lead vocals)
Tamaryn (Co-writer, further vocals, further manufacturing)
Shane Sato (Drums)
Anni Abigail Casella (Mastering)
Paige Emery (Artwork)
