Full line-up for November 11 PyC Mix2

Here it is! The complete schedule, presenters and special events for PitchYrCulture Mix#2 at Videotage on November 11 at 8pm. You can also note that we have San Miguel as a beer sponsor to make it a proper Friday night event.

This event is free and open to the public!

The theme for the November event is: Into-It-All

Once you knew it all and you’d worked through a few different styles, you went your own way – you rebelled! Your musical choices made a conscious statement about who you were and who you wanted to be posted to your parents, teachers, friends and peers, your statement was subtly or overtly against the world!

全情投入 -- 多次涉獵各種迥異的音樂風格之後，你走上了自己的道路 – 你開始反抗。你的音樂選擇正是你對你是誰，你想要成為誰的清醒聲明。你向你的父母和老師聲明，向你的朋友和夥伴聲明，你向整個世界婉轉但也激昂聲明!

Scheduled presenters for PitchYrCulture Mix #2:

Arnault Castel was born in France, moved to Hong Kong in 1996 in part because he was fascinated with Wong Kar Wai’s Chungking Express. He started the multi-faceted store Kapok in 2006 in order to showcase young talented designers as he was bored by the mega-brands that define the Hong Kong retail scene (Kapok also stocks music CDs).

Ellen Pau is a video and new media artist and  the co-founder and artistic director for the media art organization, Videotage, and a member and curator of the organizing committee for the Microwave International Media Art Festival.

Giorgio Biancorosso is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Music. He studied music history and film studies at the University of Rome and King's College, London, before moving to Princeton University, where he obtained a Ph.D. in musicology in 2002. He is currently working on the book,  Musical Aesthetics Through Cinema.

Kacey Wong is one of Hong Kong’s best-known artists/sculptors/curators who has exhibited extensively, including at the Venice (Italy) Architectural Biennale in 2008 and at the Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi City Biennale of Urbanism Architecture in 2010. He is also an Assistant Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Lynette Chiu works primarily as a creative copywriter and web content strategist while also reporting and blogging about music, art and design. She was raised in San Francisco and moved to Hong Kong after a long stint in New York. Inbetween planning (and sometimes executing) her own writing projects, she champions the offbeat and schedules vacations around her favorite bands' tour dates.

Vickie Chan was born and raised in the UK before fleeing to warmer weather and an entirely different music scene. As an artist, she’s influenced by music, often quoting song lyrics in her paintings or referencing album covers to make her own artistic point. In Hong Kong, she is also known for singing and playing keys in Six Pack of Wolves.

Extra Special Events for PitchYrCulture Mix#2:

A performance by Choi Sai Ho, an electronic musician and audio-visual artist. Selected as the Hong Kong's Top 20 Musicians in 2008, the Best of Hong Kong Indie 2009 Number One by Hong Kong Time Out Magazine for the title track "Weird Mind" from S.T. his first audio-visual album.

A solo set by Yanyan Pang, a presenter at PitchYrCulture first event and a local indie musician who formed the all girl experimental band Hard Candy in 2002. She is currently performing in a singer-songwriter project named Tyger Feb and playing bass for the psychedelic trio Logo. 

 A solo set by Heather Lowe, an acoustic female singer, who has been a strong supporter of the Hong Kong music scene for a number of years. Heather plays guitar and writes her own original music which has a folk/pop sound.

A table of products and paraphernalia from the legendary Paul’s Records (Flat D, 5/F, Wai Hong Building, 239 Cheung Sha Wan Rd., Sham Shui Po. Telephone 9841-7136) featuring Paul himself with an eclectic selection of used vinyl records including (but not limited to) vintage HK Rock/Pop.

Special Performance at PitchYrCulture Mix #2

 

On November 11 2001 at Videotage we are very excited to present Choi Sai Ho, electronic musician and audio-visual artist, who will give an special live performance before our six presenters explain, critique and/or enthuse about their chosen song. Choi Sai Ho has also been selected to perform at this year's Clockenflap music festival.

PitchYrCulture wants your mix tape on 11/11

Please make and bring a CD mixtape  

of your favorite music to PitchYrCulture Mix 2
November 11 at 8pm at Videotage. 

請自備一張雜錦CD, 載有你喜歡的音樂, 於11月11日晚上8時攜帶到Videotage 的 PitchYrCulture Mix 2與我們碰面.

The first ten people to bring a CD mixtape 
will receive free  MC Andrew Guthrie’s Broken Records: 1960-1969
a text and image account of the decade,
compiling ten 45rpms,
one for each year.

頭10位攜帶雜錦樂曲CD的人士將會免費獲得 PitchYrCulture 主持 Andrew Guthrie 的Broken Records: 1960-1969 

該書圖文並茂的介紹了產於六十年代的十張黑膠唱片，每年一張.

During the event we will give away your CD mixtape
to any audience member that holds their hand up high!

活動中，我們將把你的雜錦CD分派給高舉雙手、示意深感興趣的在場觀眾

Once somebody has filled their music-loving hands (and ears) with your mixtape, they will be invited to submit a review to be posted on the PitchYrCulture’s blog

如果有人聽你的CD聽出耳油, 他們將會受邀撰寫一篇樂評發表在PitchYrCulture的網誌

And if they/you do that, they/you will also be invited to present at the next PitchYrCulture event!

而如果你/他們真的完成如此互動，則會受邀請、在下次PitchYrCulture中分享你的音樂故事.

 How long does the review have to be? Don’t ask! This isn’t school – but it may be an entertaining education!  而樂評應有幾多長? 無須問! 此處非學堂 -- 、樂評亦可成為趣味教育!

The next PitchYrCulture:
November 11th, 2011 at 8pm, Videotage,
Cattle Depot Artist Village, To Kwa Wan

Our Next Program on November 11 2011

Thanks to everyone who made PitchYrCulture Mix #1 so successful with Culture Club's large, appreciative audience and fantastic presentations by our 7 presenters. 

And now . . . ! We'd like to announce our next program at Videotage on November 11(with more details to follow),  with (at this time) opening acts and side events including musician Yanyan Pang and a mini-store of vintage vinyl records organized by the legendary Paul of Paul's Records in Sham Shui Po.

Here's how PitchYrCulture works - at each event we have a theme. Of course the presenter is free to interpret the theme as they see fit (we all have our own, highly personalized musical histories). Listed below is the thematic format for the first three PitchYrCultures:

Before-it-All – Friday, September 16, 8pm, at Culture Club

Do you remember the first song that made an impression on you or meant something to you, when you were really young, before you started to care what other people liked, what other people thought of you? Before you needed to be cool or fit in and before you knew where ‘in’ was?

Into-It-All – Friday, November 11, 8pm, at Videotage

After you had worked through a few different styles, you went your own way – you rebelled. Your musical choices made a conscious statement about who you were and who you wanted to be. Posted to your parents, teachers, friends and peers, your statement was subtly or overtly against the world!

Over-It-All – venue/date to be announced

And finally, you’d either seen it all (or you thought you had) and you started to become disillusioned with what was ‘out there’. You might have even dug out some of your old favourites and felt disbelief at your old tastes! Or did that journey through your archives make you embrace the past – over the present – taking you further away from current musical trends?

Hope to see you on November 11 

and feel free to send us feedback, suggestions, fan mail

8 slides from 7 presentions - PyC mix #1

Here are 8 slides from our September 16, 2011 event, 1 slide per presenter until you get to the end.

"1966 Batman TV Theme" song presented by MC Andrew Guthrie

"我係小忌廉"  or "Magical Angel Creamy Mami" presented by Clara Cheung

"Star" by Anita Mui presented by Arthur Wong

"Sesame's Treet" by the Smart E's presented by Oliver Holtaway

"How Much is that Doggie . . ." by Patti Page presented by Alice Chik

"Comin' Through" by The Pastels presented by Mike Middleton

"Trouble" by Shampoo presented by Yanyan Pang

Please Tune In

On Wednesday, September 14 at 11am, PitchYrCulture’s MC Andrew Guthrie will be a guest on RTHK’s Morning Brew program with Caroline Chan.

Along with promoting PitchYrCulture’s first and second events (on September 16 at Culture Club and November 4 at Videotage), Andrew has been invited to play a few selections from his 45 rpm collection.

If time allows this will include an obscure Kenyan Kikuyu folk song found at the Sham Shui Po New Year street market, along with the classic American folk song “500 Miles” being interpreted by British Duo Peter and Gordon and local entertainer Nancy Sit 薛家燕.

Here's the link to the Radio 3 website to listen live (9.30am-1pm)

Here's the link to the archived show of Morning Brew

Here’s RTHK over the air:

Hong Kong-wide: AM567

Hong Kong-South: AM1584/FM106.8

Happy Valley, Jardine's Lookout, Parkview Corner: FM97.9

Tseung Kwan O, Tin Shui Wai: FM107.8

On September 16th, 2011, at Culture Club in Central HK, PitchYrCulture will launch a series of public-presentation forums titled PitchYrCulture. Each forum is dedicated to the exploration and explanation of recorded music in all its varieties. At each event, five to ten guest presenters will each explain a song that they have chosen, in relation to the event’s theme (see below). Each presentation will delve into the song’s history, cultural impact, and artistic ambitions and/or include personal anecdotes or aimless digressions. Presentations must not exceed the length of the chosen song. After the presentation, the chosen song will be played for the audience’s pleasure.

PitchYrCulture是個公開演講論壇，旨在探索和闡述各種類型的灌錄音樂。每次活動將會有五至十位嘉賓根據當日音樂主題選取一首樂曲（詳見下列）與觀眾細味品嘗。每位分享者會與觀眾探索所選樂曲的歷史，文化影響，藝術追求(比如與之有關的個人軼事或是天馬行空的瑣屑思緒)。不過個人分享時間不可超過所選歌曲的實際長度。講演之後，我們會再為觀眾播放一次該首歌曲。

PitchYrCulture Playlist (Mix #1): Before-It-All

Friday, September 16, 8pm

Culture Club, Lower Elgin St, Central, Hong Kong

Before-it-all: Do you remember the first song that made an impression on you or meant something to you, when you were really young, before you started to care what other people liked, what other people thought of you, before you needed to be cool or fit in, before you cared what was ‘in’?

那時那刻  -  你還否記得， 當你在年少輕狂、 無所顧忌的歲月裏，在你尚未畏懼世俗眼光、我行我素之時，  第一首令你難忘或是別有意義的樂曲?

This program is Free and Open to the Public

This program is mostly in English with some Cantonese

節目以英語為主，輔以廣東話

Individuals  presenting  at:
PitchYrCulture Playlist #1: Before-It-All
Friday, September 16, 8pm
Culture Club, Central HK

Alice Chik is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at City U of HK, is currently co-authoring the book, 'English pop, Hong Kong style”.

Andrew Guthrie is founder and organizer of PitchYrCulture Playlist. He is also the creator of the artist edition Broken Records: 1960 -1969, an image and text chronicle of ten 45rpms spanning the 1960s.

Arthur Wong was born in Malaysia and lives in Singapore and Hong Kong. He studied as a Contemporary Dancer and Visual Artist at LaSalle College of the Arts. His artwork is a result of training in both the performing and the visual arts.

Clara Cheung is an artist, educator, curator and co-director of the innovative exhibition space, C&G Artpartment, in Prince Edward, Kowloon

Mike Middleton is a Senior Art Director in advertising and branding, and Head of Propaganda for Songs For Children, an indie-music promotion group based in Hong Kong.

Oliver Holtaway was in the art rock band Awful Sparks in London in the mid-00s before moving to Hong Kong and becoming an indie DJ, playing at IN2IND and Songs For Children under the name of "Perfect Pete".

Yanyan Pang is a local indie musician who formed the all girl experimental band Hard Candy in 2002. She is currently performing in a singer-songwriter project named Tyger Feb and playing bass for the psychedelic trio Logo.

And special opening act: 

85 years young Liu King Yung is a bubbly, smart and sociable grandma who has super good memory of songs from her growing up Liu King Yung. She will sing Wai Tau songs dating back to around the Second World War.