Karen Mok [sina.com]

Hong Kong singer & actress Karen Mok held a press conference for the release of her first digital album in Beijing on Tuesday.

It's the first full-length album from the singer after she took the Best Album award with her 2007 LP "Live Is...Karen Mok" last year at the 19th Taiwan Golden Melody awards, the most influential event in the mando-pop scene.

Titled "Aftertaste" (or "Hui Wei" in Chinese), the new album is a reprise project including 11 pieces of re-created classics selected from both the household folk melodies and the time-tested pop songs.

Mok said it's been a challenge to add her personal style in these old tracks while keeping their original characteristics. By collaborating with longtime music partner, lyricist Francis Lee and top pop producer Zhang Yadong, the songstress finally made the whole package with the breakthrough she planned for the new album. Breaking the boundaries bebween old and new, the trio managed to match the trendy pop and electro elements with the orthodox tinge of the old-time music.

Not just in the music itself, the singer also chose the newcome digital platform to publish her new tracks instead of the traditional disc sale. "I have to catch up with the new trend of digital music, the old ways will not work one day," the singer said of the digital release of her new album.

Karen Mok is recognized in the mando-pop scene for her easygoing-freestyle personal mark in music.