“If Dan Deacon comes your way, go. If you’re the type of person afraid of being called on or afraid of being a participant, go anyway! It will change your life forever. Oh, and the music is insanely good. It was the best party I’ve ever witnessed, with the best music ever.” – NPR
Dan Deacon hits Chinese streets this December, courtesy of your friends at Split Works. Dan Deacon, the man, the legend, comes to us celebrated for his wild and insanely fun performances, He brings the energy and genius of his genre-bending electronica for a multi-city tour de China. This winter, take a pause from the frigidity of the elements and dance till you wish you hadn’t worn those toasty warm thermals.
Hailing from Baltimore, Dan Deacon is now legendary in grassroots electronic circles. What started as a one-man-danceathon at house parties and small clubs in 2003 has stretched beyond traditional dance music by including numerous other atypical electronica instrumentation: the piano, real drums, glockenspiel amongst others. He brings an intellectual quality to dance music that is refreshing in the era of big beat EDMz.
Proving both his left and right brain are alive and kicking, Dan Deacon has collaborated with a number of great artists along the way including Chester Gwazda and Kate Levitt, plus a debut at Carnegie Hall alongside So Percussion and Matmos. Suddenly, he had grown from a one-man band to being accompanied by a 27-member percussion ensemble. In 2011, Dan also composed the musical score for Francis Ford Coppola’s film, Twixt.
Although he was kept busy as the contemporary classical scene’s newest darling, Deacon managed to squeeze in a full album release, “America” in August 2012. America was recorded using both electric sounds and live recordings and the critics – as well as the public – loved it.
Come have some winter fun with Split Works as we bring Dan Deacon to a city near you!
Dan Deacon Performance Details
【HANGZHOU】
Date: Tuesday, December 2 2014
Time: 8.30pm
Presale Ticket: 40RMB
Door Ticket: 60RMB
Venue: Lonely Planet Club
Address: South Exit, Xiang Shan Road Tunnel（China Academy of Art，Xiangshan Campus）
Presale Link: http://wd.koudai.com/item.html?itemID=373222974
【SHANGHAI】
Date: Thursday, December 4 2014
Time: 9pm
Presale Ticket: 120RMB
Door Ticket: 140RMB
Venue: Yuyintang
Address: 851 Kaixuan Road near West Yan’an Road (Entrance behind the Metro Station) 凯旋路851号, 近延安西路口
Special Guest: GOOOOOSE
Presale Link: https://yoopay.cn/event/DanDeaconSH
【WUHAN】
Date: Friday, December 5 2014
Time: 9pm
Ticket: 60RMB
Venue: VOX
Address: Guoguan Plaza, 118 Lumo Lu (Caojiawan Bus Station),Hongshan District 武汉鲁磨路118号国光大厦
【BEIJING】
Date: Saturday, December 6 014
Time: 9pm
Presale Ticket: 120RMB
Door Ticket: 140RMB
Venue: MAO Livehouse
Address: 111 Gulou Dongdajie, Dongcheng District (西城区鼓楼东大街111号 (近南锣鼓巷)
Special Guest: White +
Presale Link: https://yoopay.cn/event/DanDeaconBJ
Links
Split Works official website：www.spli-t.com
Dan Deacon official website: www.dandeacon.com
Dan Deacon official press site: www.windishagency.com/artists/dan_deacon
The Guardian review of America: www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/26/dan-deacon-america-review
About Split Works:
Split Works has been rocking in the free (ish) world since 2006. Working with inspirational artists from across the globe, the good people at Split Works HQ have been a key contributor to the continued rise of China’s music scene.
Split Works has launched four music festivals (with a 5th in the works) and promoted over 400 tours to 30 Chinese cities, always striving to stay true to a familiar refrain: the music has to be special, every single time. From Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Sonic Youth, from Thee Oh Sees to Mac Demarco and Shabazz Palaces, from Black Rabbit to JUE and Wooozy to More Music, we love music, we love China and we love you.
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