Candy sweet sounds of success Ex-buskers katncandix2 say they will be starstruck when they perform at a Mandarin singer-songwriter festival Pic:http://goo.gl/S7pvq Taiwanese duo katncandix2 have come a long way from the days when they used to busk on the streets of Taipei. On Aug 30, the duo, made up of singer-songwriter Chuang Chuan-ying and composer-producer Shen Sheng-je, will share the stage with fellow Taiwanese musicians Peggy Hsu and Crowd Lu at Under The Stars 2011, Singapore’s first Mandarin singer-songwriter festival. Other performers at the event at The Coliseum at the Hard Rock Hotel Singapore include Taiwan’s Lala Hsu and Hong Kong’s Hocc and Ellen Loo. They will perform a range of genres such as indie rock and pop tunes to an estimated crowd of 3,000 in a three hour-long concert. As katncandix2 (pronounced cat-n-candix-two) do not often perform at such large-scale concerts, Shen, 29, tells Life! in Mandarin over the telephone from Taipei that he feels “a little nervous” to be performing at the upcoming concert. He and Chuang, 26, who is better known as Hsiao Chiu, also confess to being a little starstruck at the prospect of appearing alongside the other artists. Shen says that the duo will be bringing along their copies of those artists’albums for them to sign. Chuang adds: “It’s rare for us to meet them when we are performing, so we're very happy to be going to Singapore for this concert.” In spite of having two full-length albums under their belt – Little Flight (2009) and Goodbye Prince (2010) – the duo are still getting used to their fame, such as being recognised on the streets. Chuang says: “We are so not used to it, perhaps it has something to do with our characters? “We were recently recognised in Taiwan and I was so shocked. “I asked the fan, ‘Are you sure you know who we are?’ and I thought they got the wrong person.” The duo met at a singing competition and started busking in 2007 as katncandix2. The name is a play on the term cotton candy, which is the translation of the Chinese version of their name, Mian Hua Tang. They sold their first self-produced EP, 2375, in 2008 on the streets while busking, and after that through the Internet, Chuang says. It was so well-received that the duo, whose songs are often about dreams and inspiration, were signed on by Taiwanese label AsiaMuse Entertainment in 2009. -- ─┬═ 王 子 ＼﹨ ┌┼╕ ┌─┐ ◢ _==_e v" 'ν ├┼╡ ├─┤ ▏ ▉ \◢◢◢/ ┼┴┼ ├─┤ 十白十十 ▲*' '*▲ @ ' ' @ ．．．╯ └─┘ 小巾＊匕糖 . /▆) 【≡●=卅ψ黑静 ▲▲▲ ╯╰╯κατησαηδιχ２ˍ▂▄▆ ▇▆▇ ▇▆▄▂▁ --

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