Find us on Instagram www.instagram.com/kong.indie , also available wherever you get your podcasts: https://linktr.ee/kongindie Another English episode, this time a special reunion of the few of us that attended KISMIF - an academic and arts conference based in Portugal focused on DIY culture and democratic participation. We presented as a panel together on indie music in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, and Changbo who attended our panel also came for this reunion as our host! Big thanks to Chung Chi Photography who let us use their darkroom to record this episode. Please like, comment, subscribe, all that good stuff and if you have any comments or questions we’d love to chat with you here or on our other socials! Chapters 00:00:00 Start / Chung Chi Photography / KISMIF 00:01:30 Introductions 00:04:42 Miaoju has her first Hong Kong egg tart 00:08:20 What indie means to us 00:16:50 What does indie mean in East Asia? 00:46:30 Survival vs independence for indie in East Asia 01:10:20 ‘Indie’ vs ‘DIY’ 01:16:00 Indie, DIY and society 01:18:20 Will indie still be relevant? -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Our first English episode! Hopefully one of many more to come, in this episode we discuss what it means to be a scene and “indie” in Hong Kong. We’d also like to specially thank Drover's Thirst for supplying us with fresh Australian beer for the episode, which made it all the merrier! As always, please feel free to reach out to us on Instagram for any question or comments, we love hearing from you! We'd also like to thank @grooooooooooooooooooooovy for giving us his space to record this episode, what a legend. Bands mentioned: Hard Candy Innisfallen Erik Piece A New World If You Can Take It HUH!? R.O.O.T Chochukmo Diane Squat Other notable mentions: Music Surveillance @musicsurveillance Timestamps: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:00 Introductions 00:05:35 Hong Kong’s music background 00:24:18 “Scene”? 00:35:30 Pre/post pandemic Hong Kong scene 00:38:08 Hong Kong “Indie” and “scene” 00:47:05 Post-pandemic shift of the scene 00:58:00 The Coliseum’s Significance 01:08:00 Imperial Mango Cheesecake Sour Review 01:10:08 Language and production in indie music 01:18:18 Boundaries between indie and mainstream 01:27:55 Does defining the “scene” even matter? -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

今集我哋同Rocky坐低一齊傾紀錄indie歷史嘅重要性，難處同埋方法。我哋討論關於indie 90年代歷史同埋現有唔同種類嘅「非正式」歷史，包括fans之間喺網上嘅討論，唔同嘅樂評等等。 非常多謝西灣河手工啤酒舖醺(IG: @funbeerhk)送啤酒俾我哋一路傾一路飲，下次去蒲吧睇show記得去佢哋舖買啤酒！亦都特別多謝鼓肥(IG: @groooooooooooooooooooovy)俾我哋用佢嘅studio去錄podcast，如果想學鼓要揾佢學！ Bands mentioned: Wellsaid Lo4 Nerve AMK Chaos The Lovesong 意色樓 Arches 有提及嘅90年代嘅雜誌: Multiform Records 助聽器 Chapters 00:04:20 - Rocky+Gigi音樂背景 00:08:45 - Rocky嘅文章 00:14:18 - 文章點研究? 00:18:30 - 90年代雜誌, 音樂分享方式 00:21:10 - 記載, “非正式歷史” 00:27:10 - 紀錄場景歷史嘅價值 00:32:33 - Callous Lurkers的傳承 00:40:00 - 音樂功能性 VS 藝術性 00:45:30 - 消逝的，可會重生？ 00:51:45 - 點樣記載? Zine? 00:58:15 - Scene內缺乏評論feedback? 01:10:43 - 啤酒review

EP#002 Part 2 Jon同KVYLE嘅Elly同Underdog討論佢哋2022年喺歐洲tour嘅經歷 今日嘅主持係: Jonathan Chan - 中大音樂人類學研究博士生 今日嘅嘉賓係: KVYLE成員Elly (Kelsey), Underdog 00:00 睇show文化唔同 00:06:40 Logistics/設備 00:14:20 平唔平到手? 00:17:30 Tour做得好同唔好嘅嘢 00:23:00 我哋係白老鼠 00:27:20 香港band想去要點 00:35:00 第二次tour先會成功? 00:39:00 香港band要出香港 00:45:55 去完tour會唔會喺香港再多咗人識 提及嘅樂隊: Wellsaid Lucid Express Presented by the Society of Hong Kong Indie Studies

EP#002 Jon同KVYLE嘅Elly同Underdog討論佢哋2022年喺歐洲tour嘅經歷 今日嘅主持係: Jonathan Chan - 中大音樂人類學研究博士生 今日嘅嘉賓係: KVYLE成員Elly (Kelsey), Underdog 00:00:00 intro 00:02:26 點解玩音樂？ 00:06:25 KVYLE band介紹 00:12:28 搶耳project 00:14:20 拍live片嘅重要 00:16:24 2人band/其他band不同之處 00:21:10 有錢咩都得 00:22:21 點解搞呢個tour? 00:23:35 Translocal scene?? 00:27:10 UK Tour 00:32:16 好多唔同種類嘅場地 00:34:25 好多band友都開餐廳 00:35:40 tour schedule嘅密度 00:38:45 語言/場地 00:47:00 英國tour點plan 00:54:00 friend搭friend/facebook揾show 00:57:50 資料分享/互助network 01:04:00 即日揾show 提及嘅樂隊: Wellsaid Lucid Express ANWIYCTI GDJYB Presented by the Society of Hong Kong Indie Studies

EP#001我哋同Sonic Zeppelin Crew嘅Tam同傑討論返佢哋搞show嘅經歷, scene嘅生態同埋點樣先可以持續落去. 今日嘅主持係: Jonathan Chan - 中大音樂人類學研究博士生 今日嘅嘉賓係: Tam, 傑 - Sonic Zeppelin Crew搞手 Intro 0:00:00 Indie先定熱狗先 0:00:46 點樣接觸本地indie? 0:02:02 睇show變搞show? 0:05:30 喺舖頭痴poster嘅效𠅋 07:32:00 搞show嘅過程 0:09:44 搞show困難嘅位 0:12:10 揀lineup嘅考慮 0:15:36 搞show嘅成本 0:17:22 合法/唔合法場地 0:18:30 公司名義搞show嘅困難 0:21:45 麥花臣搞show過程 0:22:25 搞手都可以有fans? 0:27:17 之前/依家搞show嘅唔同 0:30:53 Indie同主流嘅分界 0:35:32 雜錦show嘅困難 0:39:30 對唔識嘅樂隊嘅禮儀 0:41:37 點樣定義indie? 0:48:22 搞show點樣定票價/其他考慮 0:53:26 公司名義搞show嘅考慮 1:00:48 蝕住搞show/想搞戶外show 1:07:16 Scene點樣可以持續 01:09:40 提及嘅樂隊: Smoke In Half Note 逆流 Just A Broken Machine Topsy Wave CODE Presented by the Society of Hong Kong Indie Studies

第一集我哋傾下做香港indie研究嘅經歷同埋音樂生涯, 問一個簡單嘅問題: How did we get here? 今日嘅主持係: Jonathan Chan - 中大音樂人類學研究博士生 Eric Cheung/Erik Piece - Language Scientist, College Lecturer Elly Wan - 音樂人, 搞手, Music Business Masters Presented by the Society of Hong Kong Indie Studies