Choi Sai-ho returns to his electronic beats after Hong Kong Arts Festival stint

Dressed neatly in a button-down shirt and thick-rimmed glasses, Choi Sai-ho looks exactly like the type of person you might imagine who works with computers. And that's exactly what he does, except his work is usually paired with a blaring sound system, strobe lights and a dark room filled with dancing people.

"Some people are surprised when they hear my music because they may think it's usually what you hear at clubs or bars. But for me, it's about the sounds, the process. I can express my ideas through this kind of music," Choi says.

An acclaimed electronic musician and multimedia artist, Choi has spent nearly the past decade single-handedly putting Hong Kong on the map with both his music and visuals. Before finishing up his master of fine arts in creative media at City University in 2008, Choi was the first Chinese Hong Kong artist to be selected for the Red Bull Music Academy in 2006, a premier music institution that gives young artists access to industry stars such as Just Blaze, DJ Premier, Brian Eno and Bob Moog.

Soon after, the global electronic music community came calling with invitations: Electron Festival in Switzerland, Worldtronics in Berlin, and VideoBrazil festival.

In YouTube video recordings of his performances, Choi is often seen moving with fluid yet calculated motions behind his laptop, conducting an orchestra of pulsating breakbeats and synthesiser loops for throngs of exuberant festival goers. His visuals often jitter behind him, flanked by beams of red, blue and green LEDs. In one video, he's playing to screaming fans on the stage of Clockenflap. In the next, letting sound run amok at Museu do Oriente in Portugal.