April 21st, 2007
The Golden Rock song of the day - 4/21/07
Today’s song of the day comes from Juno Mak, the once-hated pop star that was criticized of being only in the business because of his family connection and for singing crappy Karaoke-friendly pop songs, much like Edison Chen when he first joined the business. Since his contract was up with Universal (where he sang said crappy Karaoke-friendly pop song), he remained in the business because of his family connection. His brother, the publisher of Hong Kong fashion magazine Milk, formed his own record company, and of course Juno would become the first one to join.
However, he actually used his money to do good - his music since then has gradually improved, starting with first Silly Thing album Proto. I haven’t heard his latest album, the three-year effort Chapel of Dawn, yet, but I know that his 2005 EP Otherside was among one of the best of 2005. That’s where today’s song of the day comes from, it’s “Androgyny.”
Why? Because it’s the best track out of that EP. It’s a trippy and atmospheric piece that uses vocals to create the mood set by the title. Hell, it showed that this Juno guy might have some talent.
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:47 am
Hi there –
Hope you don’t mind but I’ve tagged you for a meme; details of which you can find out about on your next visit to my blog. (And yes, if you’re wondering, I do think that more than one of your blog readers would be interested in finding out more about you…)