Monday February 20, 2006 hong kong HONG KONG (AP) - Taiwanese singer-songwriter David Tao said Monday his new album, due out in the middle of the year, will contain less rock and won't explore such heavy topics as his earlier work. "I don't have an overwhelming desire to produce something too serious,'' Tao told reporters in Hong Kong, where he is promoting his upcoming concerts. "It will be a lighter album.'' But he denied he was adjusting his sound to cater to tastes in a Chinese-language market saturated by sappy love songs. "It's my state of mind now,'' Tao said. "I know the albums I produce burden some audiences. They are too serious.'' On Tao's last album, "The Great Leap 2005,'' he explored the oppressiveness of city living in the track "Ghost.'' An earlier song, "Black Tangerine,'' deals with depression. Still, Tao said he is driven to produce non-conventional music. "The whole environment prompts me to want to challenge the market, challenge listeners, apart from challenging myself,'' he said. Tao said his upcoming concerts in Hong Kong will be rain forest-themed and feature a used helicopter. He said a depressed concert tour market puts pressure on singers to put on high quality shows.-AP Source: www.thestar.com.my
This might be interesting, I've yet to really sit down and listen to his songs. This new album may give me the drive to do that.
