Hong Kong In The 60s are Mei Yau Kan (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Christopher Greenberg (keyboards, vocals, guitar) and Tim Scullion (guitar, keyboards, vocals), a multilingual three-piece who formed in London in 2007.
They are influenced by early electronic pop, 1960s Chinese music and Italian film soundtracks. Using their collection of old Casio keyboards, the group combine bittersweet pop melodies and atmospheric electronics to create what Sean O’Hagan of The High Llamas describes as a “lovely, understated and quite beautiful sound”.
Their music has been played on BBC Radio 1 & 6music [UK], Resonance FM [UK], WFMU [USA], Triple R [Aus], RTE [Ireland] and other radio stations throughout the world.
Hong Kong In The 60s released their debut EP Willow Pattern Songs on the Proper Songs label in Autumn 2009, available as a digital download and limited CD. It was followed by a single edit and Last Skeptik remix of EP opener Footsteps.
July 2010 saw the release of Seasons and Cycles, a collaborative 7? single with The Advisory Circle on the Ghost Box label. Future releases in this series of collaborations will feature The Focus Group, Seeland, Mordant Music and Broadcast.
