Kai Tak – Designed In Heaven, Made In Hong Kong | Clear Checkerboard Hill Splatter 12" Vinyl

Kai Tak – Designed In Heaven, Made In Hong Kong | Clear Checkerboard Hill Splatter 12" VinylCatalog #: ALC-121-LP-1  “Part cultural elegy, part nocturnal electro-pop anthem—Kai Tak’s debut LP is both deeply personal and sharply post-punk.” Named after the legendary decommissioned airport in Kowloon, Kai Tak’s Designed In Heaven, Made In Hong Kong takes flight as one of the 2024's most distinctive and culturally resonant releases. Out now on A La Carte Records, the album is pressed on a striking clear ‘Checkerboard Hill’ splatter 12” vinyl, a nod to the iconic hill near the airport that once served as a visual anchor for pilots—and now, metaphorically, for listeners navigating the blurred skyline of memory, identity, and alienating dislocation. The sound? Post-punk industrial meets synth-laced dream-pop, but filtered through a global lens: fractured rhythms, icy melodies, and densely layered atmospheres that feel both grounded in place and transcendent of it. There’s a haunted beauty