Christopher Lai is the product of modern day eclecticism: he is a composer, songwriter, producer, arranger, disc jockey, and co-founder of Zepa Records.
As a film composer, he has scored multiple award winning short films by upcoming directors in Hong Kong. In 2021, he scored 3 films (Ateh, Entrance and The Lamp) that competed in the 2021 Freshwave International Short Film Festival - one of which, Ateh, was awarded the prestigious ‘Special Mention Award’ and ‘Audience Award’. Ateh and Entrance were both screened at the 2021 Kaohsiung Film Festival, and Ateh was specially invited to participate in the 2021 Golden Harvest Awards in Taiwan.
Christopher is the winner of the ‘UCompose 2021’ competition hosted by Universal Production Music, whereby his composition will be included in an album release with the world’s largest production library. He is now officially part of the roster of composers in the Universal family.
With the Sun Eskimos (signed to Untitled Entertainment Asia) - in which he was the guitarist and co-composer, the band's single reached #1 on the RTHK 903 charts, and together they have performed at venues such as Clockenflap, the Fringe Club and the RTHK 903 Music Festival in Hong Kong.
As a DJ, he is represented by FuFu Creative and has performed at various leading radio stations, venues and festivals including Fauve Radio, Hong Kong Community Radio, Potato Head, the Art of the Wild Festival and the Shi Fu Miz Autumn Edition in 2019. To get a flavour of Christopher’s groovy selections, click here.
Christopher is currently working on an EP for another side project, Pora. Stay tuned.
