With their debut album release this month, local four-piece rock outfit Unixx are finally getting the attention they deserve.
Vocalist and guitarist Yung Chun-yin (aka Sean Prudent), has been making music with bassist Dickie Chan Kwok-wai since 1994. As members of seminal local band Nameless, they rocked the underground scene until the outfit split in 1996.
Prudent continued to write and collect ideas, and following several lineup changes, Unixx were formed with the addition of drummer Tatsu Yiu On-tat and guitarist Lamb Ng Ka-ho.
'We all enjoy playing music - listening to it is not enough for us,' says Prudent. 'We hope we can create our own unique tunes, release many albums and make history in the local scene.'
The overall result is a fuming amalgam of styles and influences. 'Our sound combines elements of shoegazing, noisenik, post-punk, Brit-pop and grunge. It is somewhere between alternative and noisy pop, though always very easy to listen to,' says Prudent.
Their name comes from a more classically Hong Kong perspective. 'I work in the IT field,' says Prudent. 'Unix is the name of an alternative operating system. Since we are an alternative band, it seemed to work well. I added an X for balance, and it looks cool.'
Released this month, Unixx's debut album, Nasty Fantasy, is the result of 12 months of hard work.