In 1997, Chan met Kwok for the first time when the former returned to Hong Kong after graduating from university. In 1999, they formed Snowman under the label
EEI, which was owned by
EMI. In the same year they released the first album,
Snowman. The songs were composed and arranged by Snowman, with vocal production by
Chung Ting Yat, Danny. Meanwhile, they made songs for singers such as
Gigi Leung Wing-Kei. EEI closed in 2000. During the period when the group was searching for another record company, Kwok continued composing songs for singers such as
Eason Chan,
Jacky Cheung and
Cass Phang. Notable works made during this period include
The Lucky Ferris Wheel (幸福摩天輪) and
To The Boys I Loved (給我愛過的男孩們). In the same year, Snowman joined EEG as the company was searching for composers to produce songs for Lillian Ho Ka-Lei. In the same year, they transferred to EEG's subsidiary Music Plus and changed their name to "Swing". During the years in EEG, they released four albums:
Swing,
On Fire and
For Sale and
Swing Swang Swung. In
Commercial Radio Hong Kong Ultimate Song Chart Awards of 2001, Swing received the best group award. Kwok and Chan also collaborated with radio DJs. They produced
Yiu Wing Entertainment (耀榮娛樂) and
Little Meteor (小流星) for a musical by
Commercial Radio DJs
Sammy Leung and
Kitty Yuen. Also, they composed
Sing Sung (惺忪) and
Fate, Luck and Feng Shui (一命、二運、三風水) for two
RTHK programmes. In 2002, Swing was disbanded after releasing the "best-of" album
Swing Swang Swung. Between 2002 and 2009, Eric made songs for singers including
Sally Yeh,
Eason Chan and
Hacken Lee. His 2008 work for
Kay Tse,
Wedding Card Street (囍帖街), swept local music awards. At the same time, Chan mainly produced for artists of
Silly Thing, such as
Juno Mak and
Yan Ng. He was also the co-producer to
Prudence Liew's comeback compilation album,
Opening the Sexual Boundaries (大開色界). In 2009, Swing returned in
Eason Chan's
SAME WRONG SIN concert. They performed with
Eason Chan and Mr. In September 2009, Swing released their album
Wu Dang (武當). They performed two concerts in Hong Kong International Trade and Exhibition Centre and Stanley Plaza for their own group. The album received three awards for album items in the year. In August 2010, Swing launched
EP Electro (電) and held the new CD release outside World Trade Center in
Causeway Bay. ==Albums==