Orange Moon

Frankly i normally have a distaste for certain kind of mandopop esp those cutesy cum no substance ones. But recently i favored one despite Khalil Fong 方大同.

The only song i used to be familiar was "Love, Love, Love" which was broadcasted on tv once in a while. But then i really took to him when i was on my way back home in SG on the plane from my Taiwan holiday. I was like browsing thru the mandopop music collection on the flight. Too many those lullabic tunes until i was listening to Khalil fong's music collection titled "Wonderland".

I was drawn to his musicality and his soulful vocals which was so near to those Western R&B and soul musicians like Stevie Wonder. It's amazing how he could sing those genres in Mandarin and not make them sound like chinked out/watered down like LH & JC. He even sounded better than David Tao as i felt that DT had lost his unique R&B style over the years.

No wonder ppl says that Khalil Fong is the next best singer beside Eason Chan in HK where Cantopop is dwindling or sucky. Yes, he have a fan in me and the next thing i knew is that... i bought up 3 albums of his - Wonderland, His live concert DVD and the latest offering "Orange Moon" - which i think is the best of his 3 albums so far.

See "Orange Moon" review and hear tracks ~ http://aznplay.com/2008/12/21/review-khalil-fong-orange-moon