The Pancakes


The Pancakes is a Hong Kong–based one-girl band consisting of independent singer-songwriter Dejay Choi. The music of the Pancakes is characterised by Dejay's very innocent, almost childlike voice with bright and catchy melodies. Most of the Pancakes' songs have English lyrics, unlike the majority of Hong Kong pop music, where Cantonese is the norm.

History

Dejay Choi, the sole member of the band, graduated from the University of Hong Kong, and Lee Hysan Hall, majoring in translation and German. She worked in the library of the Goethe-Institut Hong Kong prior taking up the profession as a singer-songwriter. Choi participated in several independent bands before founding the Pancakes, such as the Postcard, Ginger Biscuits and Tricycle Rider.
Her real Chinese name is unknown to the public, although appears as 蔡明麗 on her 2011 Cantonese album 腦殘遊記.
Choi handles almost everything by herself in the production of her albums, from musical composition, lyrics writing, instruments performance, singing, recording to production, etc. Dejay plays the guitar and keyboard. Furthermore, Dejay has also founded her own record label, Rewind Records, which handles the management and promotion for the Pancakes.
Her song, gum gum gum, written for the film McDull, Prince de la Bun won "Best Original Film Song" at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Discography

Albums
Single
Collaborated album
Album released under Elefant Records
Hong Kong
Europe

As director