biography

Mike has first established himself as the guitarist and keyboardist of the Hong Kong indie rock band Chochukmo since 2008. He has then released 2 albums with the band, namely "The King Lost His Pink" and "A Tragedy Your Majesty", and has started touring with the band in Taiwan, Mainland China and South East Asia, performing in festivals such as Formoz Festival (Taiwan), Megaport Festival (Taiwan), Strawberry Music Festival (China), Clockenflap (Hong Kong) etc.

Mike has also been active in the pop music scene since 2011, as arranger and producer for various music projects.

Mike has his first trial of stepping into the field of music curatorial in 2014, while being invited by the West Kowloon Freespace Fest as one of the music curators. Instead of simply putting together a line-up of bands and musicians, he has compiled a list of music programs which have been challenging the comfort zone of both the musicians and the audience. With programs like "Supper Moment goes instrumental" and "When classical meets beatboxing", the curatorial has been receiving very good reviews. (http://www.westkowloon.hk/en/FreespaceFest2014/music-763)

Mike has started working with different theatre productions as a composer and music director since 2015, and has one of his musical works in “No Place Like Home” being nominated for “Best Original Music (Musical)” in The 28th Hong Kong Drama Awards.

Mike has kicked off his solo project "Mike Orange & the Universe Travellers" in late 2016.

In 2017, Mike has been invited by Hong Kong Ballet to be the composer of the remake of "Carmen", with the compositions being nominated for "outstanding composition / Sound Designs" for Hong Kong Dance Awards 2018.

Mike has been selected as one of the candidates for the New York Fellowship hosted and funded by Asian Cultural Council in 2019, for a 6-month New York exploration in local arts, theatre and music.

In 2020, Mike has been invited to score for the TV Drama “The Gutter” （歎息橋）which has been broadcasted on Viu TV (Hong Kong) and Youku (China).