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Two bands of Macau - the Whyoceans and Evade - go to tomorrow participate in the festival of music “Hong Kong Flash”. The event has place in Sheung Wan with the first chords to sound to 21h00. It has of everything a little: experimental, acoustic, classic, alternative, rock, indie, psicadélico, after-punk, electrónico and, essentially, fusing of styles. They are the nine bands who go to actuar until 2h00, in this second edition of the event, that started in the RAEM. Wilson Tang, deriving of the neighboring region, goes to inaugurate palco with its mixture of classic music, experimental acoustics and, counting on the participation of Kung Chi Sing. Hungry Ghosts is the group that if follows with a noise that roça the alternative one, the rock and the psicadélico. The same music style touches the Whyoceans. The third band of the poster arrives of the RAEM, being already known of other local events as the “Hush - Maratona of the Rock”, organized annually for the Cultural Center of Macau. To follow to the Innisfallen, another set of the RAEM enters in palco. Evade touches electrónica, alternative music and of environment. The Born You the Hula introduces a different noise to the previous ones with an alternative style, indie and after-punk, following the Modern Children, a band surprise and the Chochukmo. The price of the entrance is of 100 dollars of Hong Kong, with an enclosed drink. The concerts elapse in the “Sammi Kitchen”, in the building San Tou, the Connaught Road, of the opposing side to the maritime terminal of the Shun Tak.

Organization lusa The organizador of “Hong Kong Flash”, David Valentim, Portuguese young with linkings the Macau, is confident in the success of the festival, expecting about 250 people. The idea after appeared to have organized the “Macau Flash”, in August of the passed year, that had an auditorium with 180 people. “It had a great adhesion on the part of the residents and this gave to me alento to try to organize something it género in Hong Kong. About the deep one, I think that I risked more in Macau of what I go to risk here in Hong Kong. I have the certainty that the event goes to be a success”, defended, in declaration to Today the Macau. As much confidence seats in the differences between the state of development of the organization of concerts of music to the living creature in the two administrative regions special. According to David Valentim, Macau and Hong Kong are differentiated for the receptividade of the public. “In the RAEHK, the people more they are opened, they respect more the musicians, the artists and who tries to make something of different running away to marasmo where the society can fall”, it supported. In the RAEM, music she is another one. “In Macau, it is different. The artists come support themselves more of are of what the places. It is a more destructive vision”, says David Valentim. However, the hope is always the last one to die: “Happily, it has much people who try to row against the tide in the most varied areas. I believe that, in a next future, the territory goes to have a sufficiently strong base of resident artists and to show that has art stops beyond the casinos”.