Lim Hyung-Joo

Lim Hyung-Joo

Salley Garden

(DGN/Sony)

Lim Hyung-Joo is a 17-year-old Korean who calls his style of music Popera - that is, pop meets opera.

The pop part is obvious, but it's tough to make a case for the other genre, especially when this androgynous boy who looks like Bjork has chosen material such as Don't Cry for Me Argentina, Over the Rainbow and The Beatles' Here, There and Everywhere.

Admittedly, Lim sings like an angel, but it his voice is more suited to a boy's choir than, say, tackling Rigoletto. Salley Garden consists of more than a dozen popular western and Asian melodies, over melancholic synthesised orchestration with the occasional acoustic guitar, violin or cello solo.