AI-CHING, by Jerry Li

AI-CHING

by Jerry Li

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3.	Häagen-Dazs World 03:40	info	buy track
4.	Trans Babe 03:01	info	buy track
5.	Blue Monday 02:26	info	buy track
6.	Comin' 03:10	info	buy track
7.	Lonely Girl 04:34	info	buy track
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9.	Typhoon's Coming 02:52	info	buy track
10.	The One 04:22	info	buy track

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AI-CHING=Love

1. Theme of a Record Called "AI-CHING"

Love. Youth. You say: Yeah, OK, whatever. But know this: beyond that, there is something real happening here. Something more than just hormones and "impure" thoughts. There is a true vibe beneath the smooth, sugar-coated shell of these songs, a vibe that cuts to the deepest of all human joys and insecurities.

Love's like a gust of wind…it has no shadow, it leaves no mark
It makes me smile, it makes me sad, it make me sigh
with blame in my heart

2. "AI-CHING." The (Likely) Motivation Behind a Record.

Or…let's put it this way. There's always the latest young, hip singer. Sees all the cool films, reads all the cool books, and writes all the "clever" lyrics that no one undertstands. Yeah, this is it, say hipster fans. This is our story.

(Please.)

This is just a guess on my part, but I think with AI-CHING, Jerry Li wanted to make something more than empty BS. To me, this is his take on music: we make it to make ourselves feel. A good love song should throw you into ecstasy – or despair. No need to name-check Roland Barthes, or the latest cookie-cutter film or book that "defines a generation." No need for fancy platitudes for people to regurgitate as slogans. A good love song is about that hard-to-define true vibe, where scenes and images – not words – drive the story.

Action, motion…emotion. That's Jerry Li's game, to serve it up straight. No twisted metaphors to dig through. No obscure lyrics murmured in half-embarrassment.

The jaded will probably say we don't need another record about love. Whatever…Jerry Li ain't listening. He's just doing what Bruce Lee tells us: "Don't Think, Feeeeel!"

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released December 29, 2021

Distributed by: KAO!INC.
Publisher: Dela Chang
Executive Director: Dela Chang
Producer: Jerry Li
Co-Producer: YuChain Wang, kvn
Recording Studio: Live 97 Studio, Mori Sound Studio
Recording Engineer: Jerry Li, YuChain Wang, Yee-Cher Kuo
Mixing Studio: Mori Sound Studio
Mixing Engineer: YuChain Wang
Mastering Studio: Mori Sound Studio, Seed Studio, AIR Studio
Mastering Engineer: YuChain Wang (track 01, 02, 08&10), Napat Khaopaisarn (track 03&04), Barry Grint (track 05-07&09)
Artist Agency: mumu@kao-inc.com

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Jerry Li Taipei City, Taiwan

Producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jerry Li hit the ground running in 2017 with his debut album "Stay Sober," which earned him a Golden Melody Award nomination for best new artist. Just 19 years old at the time, Jerry had already proven himself as a mature composer and producer with an impressive grasp of 1960s/70s soul, R&B, and funk – his primary musical passions. ... more

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