The Tall Chinese (Serbia)

The Tall Chinese moved from his homeland at the end of last year to work in a sponge factory in rural Serbia. With no hope of finding a decent job back home, and coping with the death of his mother – the only family member he had ever known – nothing was stopping him from moving to a completely unknown country on the other side of the world.

After several months of physical labor and exhausting working hours, thanks to discipline, he managed to get a position in the labor chain that allowed him a few hours of free time every day. He spent those free hours walking around the small town, trying to learn the language and connect with the locals.

During one such walk, he met a beautiful Serbian woman, and they soon discovered that they had some common topics to talk about, and the chemistry between them was enough to start a romantic relationship. This life-important experience for him was interrupted after only a few meetings, when she moved to another city for work, thus ending their newly started relationship forever, leaving him in emotional ruins.

In an attempt to save himself from ruin, he asked a local friend to help him somehow express his feelings. The friend had basic musical equipment and suggested to The Tall Chinese that he write songs, in order to get it all out.  Together, the two have created enough material for an entire album, despite the fact that The Tall Chinese had no prior musical experience.