Emilie Simon

Aside from meeting Chow Yun Fat today, the most exciting part of my day was going to the Emilie Simon concert. I have never heard of her up until today but the performance was so great. She is often regarded as the French Bjork, and she wrote Emperor’s Journey which is in the March of the Penguins soundtrack. Every May in Hong Kong is the French festival which I think is really great because throughout the week there are many different performances that allow everyone to experience French culture. I would assume that there is large French population here. Simon’s style is a “unique brand of ‘electro-chanson’ mixing subtle compositions, real-life samples and aerial, child-like vocals.” Her voice is very sweet yet at the same time very strong and powerful. I loved the performance. The drummer made sounds from a large glass bowl of water, and beats from banging the inside of the piano, as well as plucking the piano strings. It was really cool. There was also another guy in a top hat that specialized in the electronic aspect of the music. He took care of all the echoes and made music out of instruments that weren’t even really instruments. At one point he was just blowing out of a tube while the other guy was swinging around some kind of rope that all made its own unique sounds. I ended up taking the Ferry home except this time there weren’t any cockroaches :)