press : release is a zine about the various music scenes of Hong Kong. It’s highly personal and biased in favour of its authors’ tastes, and it seeks to share lesser known musical happenings in Hong Kong with you, the reader.
Founded by Nick, Blair and Joshua, a little digging round the fringes of the HK music scene has unearthed a stream of exciting topics for us to write about. Our goal is to publish as often as we can fill an issue with labels, albums, concerts and people we want to share with you, the reader. Despite all you hear or might think you know, the Hong Kong music scene is on the boil; whether your dish is avant-garde jazz, experimental, electronica, a City Hall philharmonic concerto, post-punk, shoegaze or good old rock and roll - Hong Kong can serve it up. press : release speaks of now - we hope you will find it just as informative and precious in another twenty years.
In our first issue we had an interview with Alex Lau of Empty Gallery, a comprehensive guide to the best vinyl digging in Hong Kong, an in-depth look at local label Vintage Vinyl HK’s first LP release “Mothra”, an interview with Hong Kong band NYPD along with a review of their recent gig at the Empty Gallery, ending with short reviews of the complete Empty Editions vinyl catalogue. Subsequently we have covered Hong Kong’s jazz scene and chatted with the the artists putting the wind in the sail of the experimental and noise performances in the SAR.
Enjoy. Pass around. Share. And thank you for supporting.
December 10, 2018. (edited 20.1.20)
Nick, Blair and Joshua
