SO WAHT
Shirlye Choi / Keyboard, Bass
Rani / Drums
Evolving from the three regular-gigging local pop'n rock combos, this line up features Shirley Choi on bass, keyboards and sometime kutsang, Jan Lee sings, also she's a dab on the erhu, violin and guitar...and Rani: She bangs the gong. These girls are independent.
Influences: "anything with a good tune really" says Shirley in her 'quite English' accent. Pushed for specifics, we are told Mozart, Chopin and Coldplay, U2, Nat King Cole, Depeche Mode and Sting. Get it on.... Next up it's Jan with, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Suzanne Vega, Stevie Wonder, Nick Drake, Sinead O'Connor and again U2. Rani? Beyond, Queen, Chick Corea, Dave Weckl, Peter Erskine....
We need to know whether this is just another girlie band. What about labels? "Indies or Brands?" comes the reply. We have our answer.
In fact this band is something else. A mix of classic professionalism, contemporary relevance, a can-do-got-done attitude - with a single release plus music video already aired on TV, and all that whilst having been formed for less than a corporate quarter.
"Make sure the bio makes clear we are unique". OK.....So What are from Hong Kong, but uniquely they're not Canto-pop, they're Chinese but their music is a unique fusion of Chinese rock and Western pop. They are not out there to be cutesy pop starlets, they simply want to share their music and message "Its social awareness, the importance of doing what you love and of course, rock and roll!" Image and substance, quite unique, in fact.
What about a record deal? There is no answer, just blank, perhaps quizzical faces, turning to laughter.
So What will follow up with a new song and video whenever they have something to say. And a few things to say, they have.