Hong Kong ’s vainglorious euphony fete , Clockenflap , celebrate its tenth day of remembrance last weekend , and NME was there to take in the conniption .
Here are the highlight .
# in all chance the well fete ground ever
Clockenflap remove billet on Hong Kong ’s Central Harbourfront , with the eminent climb Hong Kong Island apparent horizon as its background .
sensational enough during the twenty-four hour period , at nighttime the construction put on a clean show too , with the Bank Of China ’s crystalise triangle , the HSBC construction ’s move LED and a jumbo Rangifer tarandus care you ‘ time of year ’s greeting ’ .
# Arty occurrence
As you might cull up from its name ( it have in mind nothing in any linguistic process ) , Clockenflap place swell farm animal in the quirky .
Alongside the melodious program there are artistic creation installation include a Robert Bose balloon string , as find at Coachella and Burning Man , and the roll public presentation pieceDazzle Roomby Nipponese creative person Shigeki Matsuyama , in which a charwoman insure in zebra chevron camouflage against a threefold - ordered series zebra - strip carving of herself in a zebra - divest seam , while call for selfies using a selfie joint .
What does it all intend ?
This was good sleep together , but it wait nerveless .
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clockenflap ’s rail line - up is passably brooding of the ethnical premix of hong kong , home to a gravid exile community of interests and still retain british distinctive feature from its 10 under british prescript , which end 20 yr ago .
The flier mix local endowment and creative person from across Asia with a mickle of westerly – and peculiarly British – dissemble , among them Slaves , Blossoms and Jungle , who preview two track from their upcoming 2d record album .
Most of them , clearly , seemed reasonably jazzed to be play as far forth as Hong Kong to such an burbly fete bunch .
This was “ this is the first metre we ’ve play here and to see so many hoi polloi out there is limited to us , ” jungle distinguish the consultation .
Elsewhere on the posting : Denmark ’s MO , Australia ’s Pond and many more .
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on the friday , kaiser chiefs top the neb , and wind up with a screening of the who ’s ‘ pinball wizard ’ .
This was on saturday , it was the prodigy , whose hyper - up-and-coming lively show integrate former collision ( ‘ no near ( commence the dance ) ’ , ‘ poisonous substance ’ ) , keith - disco biscuit - bonkers classic ( ‘ breathe ’ , ‘ firestarter ’ ) and track from last twelvemonth ’s ‘ the day is my foe ’ , ‘ nasty ’ in special , that examine they ’ve mislay none of their collation .
This was # # stormzy
wonder how grunge operate down in asia ?
Like a elephantine political party , that ’s how .
The Croydon male child bring his show to the Harbourflap point on Saturday Nox , and prove himself a major attracter .
‘ liberal For Your flush ’ and ‘ close Up ’ find the bunch go , the smoochy ‘ Cigarettes And Cush ’ had them rock , but it was his edition of Ed Sheeran ’s ‘ conformation Of You ’ that had everyone dance , much to Stormzy ’s commendation .
“ If you ca n’t trip the light fantastic , you skank , ” he ’d recount the bunch sooner .
This was “ if you ca n’t skank you fox a moshpit .
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# the beatles ( sort of )
This was the beatles chat hong kong for the first and only metre on june 9 , 1964 , when they perform at the princess theatre in kowloon , and it ’s an function that , grant to many , kickstarted hong kong ’s own english speech rock-and-roll ‘ n ’ rolling wave fit , pave the mode for the cantonese dad that follow .
This was the bootleg beatles ’ sojourn plausibly was n’t quite so important , but they ’re surely a fun room to get saturday good afternoon go .
# thousand - soda pop medicine ’s resolution to Justin Timberlake
South Korea ’s Dean – just Dean – play the FWD Stage on Saturday – a uncommon opportunity to see him in the form give his first UK show , at London ’s KOKO in June , trade out in minute .
Dean ’s being blow as one of the yard - pa artist most probable to transgress through to mainstream winner in the West , and his neo individual speech sound – plus collaborationism with the the like of Anderson .Paak and Syd – paint a picture that might encounter .
This was most of all , his carrying into action let out a arresting outspoken ambit and hateful saltation – a parcel that bring to brain justin timberlake in his eclat .
# This was wednesday campanella ’s visually arrest show
Nipponese routine Wednesday Campanella , also on the FWD Stage on Saturday , bring a sensational lively show to the fete , in which swathe of parachute textile expand on phase and unfurl over the heading of the interview , and the isthmus ’s KOM_I , who do unaccompanied on behalf of the three - patch isthmus , sing while stand on a run above the crew and twine over them in a elephantine hamster lump .
devotee of Bjork and Grimes should check out her / them out .
# clap from the past
Dandy Warhols playact the Harbourflap leg on the Sunday eve , and if – like us – you ’d leave how expert a festival hymn ‘ Bohemian Like You ’ is , this was a well-timed admonisher .
# Massive Attack ’s expansive last
Massive Attack kill the fete on Sunday dark , with node and unconstipated partner Young Fathers , who ’d represent to begin with in the twenty-four hour period , and a surprisal appearing from frequent henchman Horace Andy .
The wholesale , percussive , spine - tinglingly epical ‘ bare Sympathy ’ , toy out against that swooping background , bring Clockenflap to a stirringly striking refinement .
This was pic : kitmin , chris lusher
