Chingyi

Chingyi’s musical expression has been emerging as one of Hong Kong’s original voices who purposefully stand in a lane of their own. Born in this harbour, and grew up in the mountains of Szechuan and then Shanghai, transfixed by singing and dancing in animistic processions of Yi people - Chingyi has been going from land to water and back for as long as she remembers. This translates into a life of resilience research, and it inevitably echoes back in her music; Bass-driven firm grip and meandering waterscapes aiming to submerge.

Now being well known for her hands-on community approach, her previous efforts in sustainability and labour rights within a corporate and startup environment left her somewhat disillusioned.Doubts that patching up the problems only kept the machine alive, proved to be a turning point in her pursuing a DJ career path that had music and underground community - but also holistic health and lush Hong Kong natural environment at its core.

In mycelium like spread of influences, with IDM, Deep Tekno, Post Tribe and Experimental Breaks reaching out to deeper iterations of techno, downtempo, ambient— it is still the hypnosis, the narration, and the dancer’s body that’s at the forefront of Chingyi’s thought, understanding that to play music is to evoke rituals.

Not necessarily responding to demands of the time, Chingyi has still managed to garner a place and a following only by severe seductive qualities of her selection, an open invitation, and a stamp of approval that for some of us, it’s not always a night out as much as it is a night in.