Hong Kong acts to catch at Clockenflap – from Chochukmo and Supper Moment to Shumking Mansion

With only a week until the city’s biggest music festival kicks off, we’ve found the best local bands on this year’s bill to catch over the three days

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Hong band Chochukmo are set to take to the stage at Clockenflap on Saturday.

Published: 2:10pm, 10 Nov 2017Updated: 3:14pm, 10 Nov 2017

While A-list headliners like Massive Attack, Kaiser Chiefs and The Prodigy have captured a lot of the attention ahead of this year’s Clockenflap music festival, there will also be plenty of talented Hong Kong-based groups to look out for on the bill.

Here’s our pick of the best local acts playing over the weekend of November 17-19.

Friday

ANWIYCTI

Behind a cluttered acronym lies one of the city’s most avant-garde groups: A New World If You Can Take It. They’ve chosen to ditch all guitars in favour of three basses to create a mixture of stoner sludge and indie rock angst, with intergalactic synth sounds occasionally stabbing through the heady fuzz.

Danish star MØ ‘so, so excited’ to perform at Clockenflap festival, see Hong Kong, and try the food

Their self-titled 2014 debut introduced the world to their eclectic sound, which incorporates shoegaze, space rock, prog rock and electronica into an intoxicating mix.

For fans of: Sunn O))), Wooden Shjips, The Jesus and Mary Chain

Shumking Mansion

Local live favourites Shumking Mansion have spent the past two years playing every show on offer, earning them a reputation as an unmissable live act. The quartet’s trippy brand of funky disco rock and new wave turns any occasion into a dance party. Those not instantly turned into fans by the band’s onstage get-up – a top-hat-wearing keytarist, plus nu-rave accessories and Hawaiian shirts – will soon be won over by their catchy combination of psychedelic synths, bubbling basslines and grungy guitar.