Live review from The Underground Winter Festival (冬季音樂祭) Day 2 @ The Fringe Club:
1. ai ai
2. 邱比特偷偷寫好劇|Written by Cupid
3. 迷失北京| Lost in Beijing
4. Good morning
5. 3am Road Trip
6. let go
Cyrill Lotion(vocal/ Guitar）
daizy(pianist/vocal)
Jonathan(Bassist)
Brian (drummer)
Though billed as Cyrill Lotion, from what I could gather, it seems the
performance was made up of works between Cyrill and a new collaboration
Daizy Kayan called Cyanist, As Cyrill specifically pointed out a couple
of tracks being from his solo project, which is… Cyrill Lotion.
Anyway, regardless, branding their music as Lo-Fi hip hop, the entire
set was quite a dreamy and pleasant affair – the Cyanist songs seemed to
be more melodic while Cyrill’s ones tend to be more hip-hop oriented,
but both bore the hallmark of being “dreamy and pleasant” – one of the
tracks that particularly stood out for me was “Lost in Beijing“, a song
that was inspired by the movie “Lost in Translation”, which, for want of
a better description, is a masterpiece about… nothing. Those familiar
with the movie could probably get a feel for the set’s feel…
atmospheric and beautifully shot (I guess in a musical context that
would be “composed”). Another track which did it for me was “Good
Morning“, a track about cats, towards which I am quite partial…
visions of my cat jumping on my chest at 5am every morning came to mind
when the song title was announced and what it was about. Overall the
songs were very well crafted, with good arrangements that just work,
particularly the keyboard, which added a lot of electro fills to the
songs, something that I think distinguishes their music from simple
Cantopop music (no death threats please), as well as thoughtful lyrics.
Despite being a blues/rock person, I thoroughly enjoyed Cyrill Lotion’s
set, their music is perfect for a quiet evening in.
–Hazel-Rah
