Hugo Yap

A desperately romantic Malaysian singer-songwriter based in Sydney. On good days, he carries himself with a warm gentlemanly air and has a mischievous glint in his eyes. This contrasts sharply with his gift for writing dark, melodramatic songs. On bad days he looks like a shabby, fallen aristocrat trying to scrape his mess of a life together. But all in all, he is a talented, interesting character who is helping to define a new generation of musicians and the character of Sydney as a whole.

His songs are characterized by contemporary concerns such as the post-colonial condition, urban alienation and gender identity – articulated by the growls and wails of his Epiphone Dot Studio and his oddly cigarette-burnt, yet innocent voice.