biography

 

Chet Lam has been living globally, using music as a bridge connecting the world in his unique way of storytelling. He is a story-singer who keeps exploring with music and words, and manifesting on his ever changing shows from with just one guitar to accompanied by a full orchestra.

The veteran Hong Kong singer songwriter, music producer, writer, TV presenter and traveller started his independent label ‘LYFE Music’ in 2003 which has been bringing a handful of music related projects to life: Lam's 18 own studio albums in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, 9 bestselling books, concerts for himself and other independent acts such as Hanjin, Fama. His major accolades include Best Folk Singer at the 2012 and 2016 Top Chinese Music Awards; Album of the Year (Cantonese) for Requiem for Flowers at the 2012 Chinese Music Media Awards; Best Folk Artist at the 2004 and 2005 Chinese Music Media Awards; Song of the Year for Yu Jian at the 2004 Global Chinese Music Awards; and Best Original Film Song at the 2003 Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.

In 2012, Lam started another label ‘Seeing Creative’ continuing to organize shows for independent music acts including Arai Soichiro (Singing Hands), and the ‘Future Sounds of Hong Kong Music Festival’ featuring 5 highly acclaimed bands from Hong Kong including Chokchukmo, ToNick, Supper Moment.

In additional to pending national Pop hits for other artists such as Eason Chan, Stephanie Sun, Dadawa, Gigi Leung, in 2015 Lam founded a crowd funding website www.MusicBee.cc with fellow musicians Vicky Fung, Victor Tse and creative team Why Interactive’s Kevin Wong, dedicated to Chinese independent music artists. In two years nearly 6 million Hong Kong dollars were raised for about 30 music projects.

In 2016 and 2019, Lam collaborated with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) to explore the possibilities of Chinese orchestral music by interpreting songs of different languages. The commercially and artistically acclaimed crossover concerts saw them playing folk songs around the world and Lam’s original tunes, in 6 different languages.


林一峰一直以來四海為家,把旅途上的故事,化成音樂與文字,從一支結他到整隊管弦樂團,在他不斷演變的現場演出中,用音樂跟聽眾深度分享世界觀,在探索音樂的同時也是跟世界的連繫。

林⼀峰是香港⼟⽣土長的唱作人、唱片監製、作者、電視節⽬主持、旅⾏者。從2003  林開設⾃己音樂廠牌「LYFE Music」開始至今,已經推出 18 張錄⾳室專輯以及九本暢銷著作,為⾃己及其他音樂單位舉辦叫好叫座的音樂會。重要獎項包括:音樂風雲榜全國最佳民謠歌手(2012、2016)、華語音樂傳媒大獎年度粵語專輯 —《花訣》(2012)、華語音樂傳媒大獎最佳民謠藝人(2004、2005)、全球華語歌曲排行榜最佳年度作曲 —《遇見》(2004)、金馬獎最佳電影歌曲(2003)等。

2012 年,林開始兼營新工作室「思⼈創作」,繼續籌辦音樂會,包括音樂⼈荒井壯⼀郎的「Singing Hands」,以及「The Future Sounds of Hong Kong」音樂節,為觸執毛、ToNick  與  Supper Moment 等樂隊分別提供專屬舞台。

除了不斷替其他歌⼿如陳奕迅、孫燕姿、朱哲琴、梁詠琪等創作⼤熱歌曲之外,2015年,林連同⾳樂⼈馮頴琪、謝國維,以及香港多媒體創作/製作公司 Why Interactive 推出專為中⽂⾳樂⽽設的眾籌網站《音樂蜂》,兩年間總共為 30 多個音樂計劃籌得接近港幣 600 萬元的資金。

2016 年為林一峰跟香港中樂團的首次合作,將世界各地的民謠跟中樂結合;2019 年的第二度合作,用六種不同語言配上中樂樂器,繼續探索中樂的可能性。