This live improvisation by Nelson Hiu & Hakgwai took place on the ferry to celebrate the Inter-island Festival 2021 opening ceremony.
Audio recording by Vanessa Lai
Courtesy of Inter-island Festival
Photo credit: Mark Li
Nelson Hiu
Born and raised in Hawaii, Nelson studied ethnomusicology at the University of Hawaii. He has worked as a dance accompanist and participated in a wide variety of sound making situations from free improvisation to noise punk reggae jazz post folk and structured academic chance happenings.
陳柏達
在聲音之林中尋尋覓覓。
放眼望去盡是未走之途。
Nelson Hiu
夏威夷土生土長，並於夏威夷大學修讀民族音樂學。曾任伴奏演出者，及參與不同類型音樂演出，自由即興噪音搖滾雷鬼爵士等等等等。Nelson最近開展了新的一章……
Lau Chun-Ho, Hakgwai is a musician from Hong Kong who engages in various cross-media music performances, music educational programmes, meditative workshops and street performances. Playing a wide range of international musical instruments, such as the Australian Didgeridoo, Handpan, Mongolian Throat Singing, Erhu, Pipa, Guzheng, Qin Xiao, Flute, Matouqin, Asalato, Djembe, Guitar, Mouth Harp, as well as beatboxing, he digs into the ancient culture heritages of the world. Combining instruments in an electronic style with the looper effect, he plays solo performances around the world.
Hakgwai是來自香港的音樂人，定居於南丫島，從事各類跨媒體舞台音樂演出、音樂教育、禪修推廣及街頭表演。涉獵Handpan、Didgeridoo、二胡、琵琶、古箏、琴簫、笛子、葫蘆絲、馬頭琴、Asalato、Djembe、結他、頌缽、口弦和Beatboxing等多種古老文化傳承以及世界傳統民族樂器，擅長配合looper效果器結合以上各種樂器作獨奏演出。黑鬼經常在世界各地表演，多年經驗累積令他更能以獨奏或街頭表演的方式遊走世界各地。
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