Just realised that I haven't been keeping up with the chinese pop scene, I've decided to scour the charts to see what's new in the charts. I was pleasantly surprised with this newcomer who is so multi-talented that it defy beliefs. Apparently, he wrote the songs, rhythm and lyrics everything, arranged the songs and played the keyboard for all of his songs. Technically speaking, he is like a one man band, handling almost everything by himself. I guess what is more surprising is that the record company has confidence in letting him do his way, which is pretty unheard of in the chinese pop industry.
If you want to know more about him and you know Chinese characters, feel free to check out his official website here or his personal blog at here.
What I liked about his songs is the variety that you can find. It's hard to pin point the genre of his songs because he does not fall into any category. [我喜欢，不我爱] has a Jason Mraz feel which uses just a wooden guitar and acoustic drums to bring out the feelings of a guy express his puppy love. [爱就是咖哩] has a jazz arrangement instead, using an old jazz number as the base and yet fusing mandarin, english and the local taiwanese dialect into the song, making it extremely infectious. [困在台北] is a more angst number telling about his life story and the struggles he faced before he finally produced this album.
You can sample the songs below:
Another song from Yen-J, but I thought this song is more commercial.
If you want to know more about him and you know Chinese characters, feel free to check out his official website here or his personal blog at here.
What I liked about his songs is the variety that you can find. It's hard to pin point the genre of his songs because he does not fall into any category. [我喜欢，不我爱] has a Jason Mraz feel which uses just a wooden guitar and acoustic drums to bring out the feelings of a guy express his puppy love. [爱就是咖哩] has a jazz arrangement instead, using an old jazz number as the base and yet fusing mandarin, english and the local taiwanese dialect into the song, making it extremely infectious. [困在台北] is a more angst number telling about his life story and the struggles he faced before he finally produced this album.
You can sample the songs below:
Another song from Yen-J, but I thought this song is more commercial.
