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Neon City Memoirs: Part One

by metic

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1.
One Beautiful April Morning 02:23
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2.
The Fall to Reason 03:27
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3.
Night Frost 01:20
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4.
Behind Time 03:30
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5.
Moon Trail 02:40
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6.
Neon Once More 01:05
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Stay Together for the Kids 01:23
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The Voice Within 01:53
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The Voice Within (Postscript) 04:26
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10.
Letting Go 04:36
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Hong Kong will always be my Home, but I’ve yet to release anything that is representative of my time there. My journey into recording and production took root in Hong Kong around 2010 and Neon City Memoirs is largely a collection of my work done there from then onwards.

The nature of putting out really old material meant I’ve long battled self-doubt in releasing NCM for fear of the notion that it no longer represents the best of my capabilities, and that it would define my work from here on out. I’ve since made peace with this decision, for having them be available to you all is more meaningful to me than the paralysis of having nothing to share.

As much as I hate to admit it, music has always been a selfish pursuit for me, as only until very recently, I’ve never had to make music for anyone else. What this means is I’ve always made music in accordance with my moods and emotions at a given time. This has led me down a variety of genres ranging from ambient, trip-hop and hip hop instrumentals. What remains constant is the guitar which has always been the de-facto device through which I can fully express my thoughts.

NCM encapsulates a time in my life when I was much more reckless with my emotions, when I allowed my mind to zip to deep corners of happiness, sadness, giddiness, cheesiness and yearning etc. Part of getting older - i mean - maturing meant I can better manage the speed of these transits, but it’d also contributed to the decision paralysis as I mentioned above. For better or worse, Part One mainly consists of my darker and moodier instrumentals from back then. I wish I could’ve brought you all more uplifting ones during these trying times, but I promise they will come in Parts Two and Three.

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released March 27, 2020

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Metic fuses soulful guitar grooves with laid-back hip-hop beats. While his playing is rooted in blues and fingerstyle guitar, his productions are informed by 90s boombap, G-funk and trip-hop. A nomadic soul and frequent collaborator, the Brooklyn-based Hong Kong native continues to draw inspiration from both cities. ... more

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