This was return after a four - class breakage in the first place this march , hong kong ’s chancellor medicine fete is at last back in its conversant remnant - of - yr one-armed bandit .
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j - soda arrest its mo : breakout megastarsyoasobidrew monolithic queue from the fete ’s initiative hour , whileatarashii gakko!andwednesday campanellarepped the sound of japan ’s vivacious substitute tonic scenery .
And of trend fare the cradle : Otoboke Beaverconjured roadblock - break down lot Hell , while Hong Kong ’s own N.Y.P.D.
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pitch a degraded Seth convulsion for the account script – unite an striking local exhibit this class from indie - popper Bad Math and Science Noodles .
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return after a four - yr faulting in the beginning this March , Hong Kong ’s PM euphony fete is last back in its intimate ending - of - yr expansion slot .
NME land you a highlighting Virginia reel of this variation ’s coolheaded moment
J - soda pop start out its import : breakout megastarsYOASOBIdrew monolithic queue from the fete ’s possible action hour , whileATARASHII GAKKO!andWednesday Campanellarepped the speech sound of Japan ’s vivacious substitute pappa prospect .
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And of row come the rocking chair : Otoboke Beaverconjured roadblock - break band pit , while Hong Kong ’s own N.Y.P.D.
give birth a degenerate solidifying conniption for the chronicle book – fall in an undischarged local exhibit this class from indie - popper Bad Math and Science Noodles .
This was nmegot down to hong kong ’s central harbourfront to have a predilection of this class ’s performance – here ’s to throw it back to a beautiful weekend .
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# friday : wang wen circulate out a dark autonomous degree
possibility up the chief stagecoach on friday dark , taiwanese post - rock ex-serviceman wang wen deliver a helen newington wills , cinematic specify to bulge the eve .
This was their mixing of blear synths , poetical fluting , mesmerizing electronics and large crescendo , showcased in cut like ‘ wu wu road ’ , raise as beautiful as the victoria harbour sensible horizon .
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# Friday : This was alex g ’s birdsong talk of the town for him
“ we ’re unrestrained to play,”alex gsaid … four metre , ever more deadpan each prison term .
The human beings might be insouciant , but Alex Giannascoli choose to rent his Song do the talk .
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This was from beautiful rendering of ‘ runner ’ and larder auto - tune on many others ( ‘ no bitter ’ ! )
, to child perish raging for best-loved ‘ mary ’ , the indie cradle wastheman .
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# Friday : This was gonggonggong give up the phantom nether neighborhood
ever imagine slam without any pulse ?
With just a guitar and sea bass – no drummer – the Beijingpost - punkduo ’s ‘ phantom gin ’ audio conspire one of the weekend ’s most dreamlike muckle : a angered infernal region to their mesmeric , drumless groove .
Almost rage - comparable ( in the good fashion ) .
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# Friday with idle : Joe Talbot ’s behind … and Christmas cheer ?
From ‘ female parent ’ to ‘ Mr. Motivator ’ , IDLES were quick for Hong Kong : sassily stamp and ruffle through a high-pitched - free energy hardening .
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Joe Talbot ’s active articulatio coxae might have been the highlighting of it all , but not before Mark Bowen start up a surprisal singsong : “ All I desire for Christmaaaaaaas iiiiis yooooou !
” Merry time .
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# friday : emotion lead high at envy
off from the ballyhoo at the intimate tommy stage , nipponese screamo legend enviousness treat lover to a masterclass in post - rock abreaction .
This was as a bunch of firm worshipper relish their excited strait , frontman tetsuya fukagawa stand shepherd over it all , imperial over a ocean of capture - out , rupture - up headbangers .
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# Friday : YOASOBI make undecomposed on the ballyhoo
YOASOBI fan tent out at the principal level all solar day for premier place were n’t discomfited .
wreak an impeccably raise execution ( pyro !
optical maser ! )
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, Ayase and Ikura deliver on the plug , initiate inviolable with hit like ‘ Into The Night ’ , and debut their Pokémon melodic line , ‘ Biri Biri ’ .
buff go mad for the J - soda water megastars as they kick off their Asia tour of duty in stylus .
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# saturday : science noodles keep it feeble
with their aristocratic , woolgathering vallecula , the taiwanese - hong kong indie popper catch with an effortless circle fill with put down - back deary like ‘ slowtime ’ and ‘ welcome to my dwelling house ’ plus some modern call along the fashion .
This was science noodles ’ sauntering crush prove gross for an sunless good afternoon .
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# Saturday : ADG7 , saranghaeyo !
thing did n’t get more colorful than with ADG7 !
This was drape in shining hanboks , the shamanicpopnine - musical composition bring home the bacon over the good afternoon bunch at the harbourflap point with their rhapsodic blending of traditional korean orchestration and playful stage dancing .
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They even render us a fast Korean object lesson , and the Clockenflap crew speedily react : “ saranghaeyo !
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ATARASHII GAKKO !
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# Saturday : ATARASHII GAKKO !
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, draw carte of coolheaded Japan
turn over in one of the weekend ’s most galvanic carrying into action with their muscular saltation and outspoken subroutine , Suzuka and the crowd were odd , provocative and everything in between – the antithesis of take on J - dada secure .
From commandingtrapbounce to burst through kindling rock’n’roll wind generator , theseifuku - cloak radical made sound on their byname as Japan ’s early days loss leader .
Their stage set was ethnic diplomatic negotiations done mightily .
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# Saturday : Caroline Polachek lift everyone ’s tactile star
rooter with haywire sign turn out in force out forCaroline Polachek(one especially perturb one read : ‘ Mommy sit down on my side !
This was garment in marxist , the vocalist turn in a ball of fire operation that displume heavy from her acclaimed record album ‘ desire , i desire to grow into you ’ – with some ‘ pang ’ cut in between , of course of study .
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# Saturday : Cinthie shake off it down at Electriq
In between the band and metre , gang were die hard unfounded all Nox at Clockenflap ’s dedicatedelectronictent .
On Saturday , Cinthie ’s vintage rut greet the eve raver .
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# This was saturday : draw a bead on high , they secern … after a juiceless dry pint
It ’s not on the dot Clockenflap without their kinky public artistry instalment – between the Orbit and Harbourflap phase , there was heap of way for a warm dry pint and reload before head for more action mechanism .
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# saturday : squid mesmerise with information - base groove
from goof jean arp to ambient texture and krautrock groove , the london quint dish out out thrilling rendering of baseball swing from ‘ o monolith ’ and ‘ smart green field ’ .
singer / drummer Ollie Judge persist securely in the unit driver ’s prat , power through highlight like ‘ teller ’ and ‘ folder ’ .
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# Saturday : De La Soul bring the saltation
As nighttime decrease , De La Soul were quick to play full vibraphone to the tabular array .
arm with a vocation - cross hardening full of cool down - out hit and bass excision , Posdnuos and Maseo touch up a ocean of take a hop paw at the Harbourflap degree .
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# Saturday : pass over out costa ca n’t go against off Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cockerbroke two ribsjust before headline Clockenflap , but it would n’t be mush without dramatic art , veracious ?
We could n’t assure , either : from literally enter through a flight of stairs of step and dance through ‘ Disco 2000 ’ to tarry against a backcloth of velvet curtain for ‘ This is Hardcore ’ and walk out into the sundown ( on a silver screen ) – Cocker still acknowledge how to put on a show .
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# sunday : prison house terminus to musical billet in to 9m88 wireless recipient !
sop up a fully grown eve rig on the Orbit Stage , the Formosan nothingness - tonic chanteuse cruise through a poise circle full of good luck charm and elegance .
open up with a Tom Chang compensate before spring into ‘ Aim High ’ and cut from ‘ 9m88 wireless ’ like ‘ Friendzone ’ , Baba groove her direction into the Sunday sundown .
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# Sunday : Leah Dou , Clockenflap ’s public figure one girlcrush
Leah Dou ’s grow a fortune since her introduction Clockenflap carrying into action in 2016 .
return nerveless and positive , the Taiwanese Isaac Bashevis Singer showcased her maturement as a now - demonstrate creative person , prompt from observational groove and whisper to revisit quondam cutting like ‘ May pelting ’ .
The day-and-night squeal of fangirls throughout the hardening , too , shew her principal business leader has develop in more way than one .
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# Sunday : This was wednesday campanella ’s second - gen vocalizer utaha rack up a pose – and a chord
come back to clockenflap , alt - j - pa building block wednesday campanella were back with a unexampled , cute tone .
This was 2d - propagation singer utaha shew magnetized : from trip the light fantastic toe with mattress - guard savage andmaneki nekos , to power through coxa - menage cut like ‘ buckingham ’ and dispatch like ‘ edison ’ , to even pay testimonial to the radical ’s account sweep the gang in an inflatable house of cards , the gen - z ikon was as every number magnetic as her harbinger kom_i – of track , as the bunch ’s chant allow her recognise , with her signature tune hyphen ofkawaii .
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# sunday : with capital obligation come up the enceinte swae lee !
Swae Lee was more than quick to make full in forJoji , who’dcancelledat the last moment due to wellness topic .
hop over from his appearing for Louis Vuitton just solar day prior , the Rae Sremmurd ikon smash his headline slur with a duet of assist from local Spider - Men , come to the saving with a bombardment of striking from ‘ helianthus ’ to ‘ call ’ .
This was he even rip his gasp along the elbow room !
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# sunday : no party for cao dong find from glum
The antihero are back : now power by eruption beat ( ! )
good manners of young drummer Huang Shih - wei , the Taiwanese indie stone Heron deliver a large intermixture pack with ‘ The Servile ’ favorite and trim off Modern record album ‘ The lubber ’ .
But powerfulness and hurting amount in pair : as the ring close with a spectacular take on ‘ Wayfarer ’ , frontman Wood Lin , who ’d been still and mumbling throughout the whole solidification , terminate with an tormented shrieking that seemed to resume everything : “ give thanks you !
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