about the album

If there exists a creative method led by reasoning, then the outcome of Brian Chu’s sound experiments are guided by the body’s movements. Any object capable of making a sound can be taken into his hands, transformed instantly into an extension of his body. He dances, hands, feet and head — the movements are the intent, the shifts in pitch and rhythm are but alluring after-tone.

In Year Two UN.TOMORROW continues to unearth Hong Kong’s alternative sounds, starting with Brian Chu’s third solo album, MANNAKA. Brian extends his study of the relationship between bodily movements and sounds of objects, alongside his trusted drumsticks and cassette recorder feedback, while casually picking up stones and cowbells. The sonic testing ground was moved into rural sewers, where, a man in the wild, accidents were allowed to unfold organically. Deliberate (bell chimes, drum rhythms) vs unintentional (feedback noise), the tangible (electronic sounds) vs the intangible (ambient noise), the man-made (helicopter hum) vs Nature (birdsong). Letting go of control and certainty, the music enters the soul, a sonnet of randomisation composed in moments of quiet reflection.

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