Patrick Clarke
, April 21st, 2021 11:26
Howie Lee talks new album Birdy Island, a blend of traditional Chinese folk and club production that strikes a beautiful balance between the human, the artificial, the ancient and the organic
Photos by Ash Lin
For the last five years, Howie Lee has been dreaming up an island. It is inspired by three places. The first is Ko Chang in Thailand, to which the producer travels at least once a year. Known as ‘Elephant Island’ for the way it resembles the shape of the animal when viewed from above, it’s scenic, covered with jungle inland and dotted with sleepy villages and resorts on the coast. The second is Hainan Island, which makes up the majority of China’s smallest and southernmost province and is where Lee makes the most of warm winter weather at his mother’s apartment – she’s one of a number of older people who relocate there in the colder months. The third is Sicily; YouTube algorithms have been sending Lee an unusual amount
Ng Man-tat in Oolong Courtyard: KungFu School.
In a prolific career, Ng was best known for playing Chow s sidekick and starred in hits such as Shaolin Soccer as well as modern blockbusters such as The Wandering Earth.
Ng Man-tat, the Hong Kong actor best known for his comic collaborations with Stephen Chow, has died. He was 70.
The
South China Morning Post reported that Ng died surrounded by family in a Hong Kong hospital on Saturday after a battle with liver cancer.
In a prolific career, Ng, sometimes billed as Richard Ng, starred in more than 160 movies and had major roles in dozens of television shows, but it was his comic collaborations with Chow, which epitomized the mo lei tau slapstick style of Hong Kong humor, in films such
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