I’m not even sure if our content management system will accept the title of the new album by Hong Kong’s Hyponic. For obvious reasons, I can’t really tell you what it’s called – or even what it means. I reckon it’s in Cantonese, but I’m not certain.<\/p>\n
What I am certain of, however, is that this will not be everyone’s cup of tea. As you know, how you perceive music\u00a0is mostly about subjectivism and\u00a0feelings, where you are in life, the mood you’re in, if your cat died the day before or whatever. Sometimes you can rationally say ‘I like this because the musicians\u00a0do so and so and make\u00a0this song sound like this’, other times there is no rational explanation as to\u00a0why you enjoy a certain\u00a0work of art.<\/p>\n
Like in the case of\u00a0‘\u524d\u884c\u8005’. I can’t say why I like it. Is it metal? Is it even music? I’m tempted to say it’s just plains of sound. Dark sound. Very dark sound, in fact. The last ‘song’ – paradoxically called Intro – is a cover tune, and it’s the track that comes closest to a traditional drums, guitars and some-kind-of-vocal structure. And still it’s not really a song as we know them.<\/p>\n
But the thing is that this album strikes a chord in me. It hits a dark note that resonates within me, and without being sure what exactly it is, I completely take it in. This is perfect music for me to use as a backdrop for work when I need to be focused and shut everything out. There are no vocals to concentrate on, and the darkness in the music simply triggers a determination in me to finish what I’m doing and move on to the next. Atmospheric, yet terribly effective. Great stuff.<\/p>\n
Track listing<\/strong>: Playing time<\/strong>: 34 minutes<\/p>\n Release date<\/strong>: 10th of August, 2016<\/p>\n Label<\/strong>: Weird Truth Productions<\/p>\n Website<\/strong>: www.facebook.com\/HYPONIC.page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n1. \u524d\u884c\u8005
\n2. \u8a85\u6ec5\u96f6\u516b
\n3. \u6700\u5f8c\u9673\u8ff0
\n4. \u5be7\u5288\u4e0d\u56de
\n5. \u98c4\u6d41
\n6. Intro (virus cover)<\/p>\n