Beyond's Musical Career in Taiwan

Wong Ka Kui

From the year of 1997, Beyond actively recorded the Mandarin Chinese record, which showed that they paid much attention on the music market in Taiwan. After the traditional Chinese spring festival of 1998, Beyond again released its new Mandarin Chinese record named Here and There. Although most of the songs in this album were the old songs in the past, Beyond interpreted all those songs in the new way on the aspect of music. In addition, the electronic music became the mainstream of Beyond music. The light cold tune of the song Slow was better than other songs in this album. The publication of Beyond in Taiwan was more since this year.

In March 14th, Beyond held a concert in Taiwan. Besides the fans in Taiwan, there were audience from Hong Kong and South Korean, which made the Taiwan press feel the charm of Beyond. In addition, in April and May, Beyond took part in a few campus concerts, which showed their wish to expanded their music career in the Taiwan market. In April, they released a record of best Beyond songs. The song Leave Me Along was changed into Cantonese edition and the bands from the Hong Kong universities were invited to accompany with Beyond in this song.