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Find Familiarity and Reso- beans and pouring water, and metro
nance in Disorder trains going into the station which you
could hear in many other countries.
Of course, the 8T hardware is Hometown “Everyone has a home,
enough to contain all the album ele- and many of them have led a wandering
ments, but not to hold the efforts from life.” Homesickness is the power infused
48 professional musicians and video into No. 5 Coffee by Lawrence. As home
creators. To compose six songs of dif- sounds like Hunan, the province where
ferent styles with just one lyric was no Saturnbird stems from, Lawrence invit-
easy task. Lawrence told us some stories ed Mimi, his girlfriend also from the
behind the scene of selected songs, province, to sing a local nursery rhyme
which all highlight resonance: Moon Papa. When they tried to find
Intro In the early morning, Law- harmony between local dialects and
rence and his partners visited Lumicang flute, Mimi suddenly felt homesick and
Hutong (lanes) and Zhihua Temple, missed her nanny and mom. The final
wishing to record some nostalgic sounds. work uses a recorded melody from
Luckily, they met two old men playing Mimi’s mum, and mixed the children’s
Chinese chess, and when the game went voice with Mimi’s singing. It also in-
into the final checkmate, the winner said cludes stringed music played by 24 in-
“I told you, it’s impossible for you to win ternational Philharmonia Orchestra
if I use even a bit of my smarts.” When musicians. The video uses aerial footage
he replayed the recorded sound, the of Qiantong Town, Ningbo in the rain,
amusing Peking accent instantly assured which Lawrence visited with actor Yang
him to use it as intro. Apart from this, Le, deyhouse in Yunnan, and weaving
the song also contains many other city machines in fashion designer Ma Ke’s
sounds, like that of a busy bus station in studio in Zhuhai, taking the audiences
morning peak time, a barista grinding back to nature.

To compose six songs of different styles
with just one lyric was no easy task.
Lawrence told us some stories behind the
scenes of selected songs.

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