‘Hakkaoke: Hakkanese Songs of Chuen Lung Village, Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong!’ is a Hakkanese album compilation performed by villagers of Chuen Lung Village, a Hakkanese village on Tai Mo Shan, the highest mountain in Hong Kong. The 21 songs include Hakkanese folk songs, originals written and composed by villagers, adaptations from famous Cantonese and Mandarin pop songs, and stories in Hakka culture. 

The album stems from the Hong Kong based artist YIP Kai-chun’s Hakkanese karaoke installation ‘Hakkaoke’ in the public art programme ‘Hi! Hill’ in 2018. Hakkanese in Hong Kong is in quick decline, and the youngest Hakkanese speaker in Chuen Lung is already in his 50s. The album does not only tell the stories of the village, but also reflects the contemporary condition of the language in Hong Kong.  

The album includes a music CD and a booklet containing lyrics, a map of Chuen Lung Village and anecdotes about the village and the projects.

〈山旮旯OK：大帽山川龍村村民同友好嘅客家歌呀喂！〉是張客語歌曲合輯，所有歌曲均由香港大帽山川龍村村民演繹，部分歌曲的曲詞由村民創作。除了客家山歌之外，還有：

:D  原創歌曲，部分由村民創作；

:D  將國語、粵語流行曲改編為客家話的歌曲，包括鄭伊健的〈極速〉、羅大佑的〈童年〉和聖詩〈歡欣〉等；

:D 「牛仔牌」 、「熊家麻」等客家文化、傳說。

專輯源於香港藝術家葉啟俊在2018年參與「邂逅！山川人」公共藝術計劃製作的客家話卡拉OK裝置〈山旮旯OK〉。香港客家話正迅速沒落，川龍村內最年輕會說客語的人已年過五十。專輯內的歌曲除了是川龍村和村民的故事外，也是香港客家話現況的紀錄。

合輯附有歌詞、川龍村地圖，以及計劃和歌曲迭事。

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