JUE | Music + Art 2011 presents
Deftly danceable Scandinavian efficiency—The Whitest Boy Alive China Tour
with support from the Embassy of Norway in Beijing www.norway.org.cn
“Irrepressibly and lustily alive.”—Dusted
Sounds that “immediately transport the listener to some oasis of wide blue skies and free, ice-cool beer.”–Clash Music
Event Photos (by 毛振宇; Click to enlarge)
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Shanghai, Mar 14, Mon
@ Dream Factory
Door Time: 19:30
Address: 4/F, Building B, 28 Yuyao Lu , near Xikang Lu, Tong Le Fang
Support: TBD
Price: 130 RMB(presale) / 180 RMB(door)
Tel: 021-52135086
Official Shanghai Ticketing Partner: Source
Presale tickets available in March on shop62103895.taobao.com
and at Source (everyday 11am – 10pm)
158 Xinle Lu, Xuhui
021-54044708
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Beijing, Mar 15, Tues
@ Tango 3rd Floor
Door Time: 19:30
Address: 3F, No.79, Hepingli Xijie, Dongcheng District (formerly known as the Star Live)
Support: Mr. Graceless
Price: 130 RMB(presale) / 180 RMB(door)
Tel: 15201665539
Official Beijing Ticketing Partner:Plastered T-Shirts
Presale tickets on sale in March on shop62103895.taobao.com
and at Plastered T-Shirts (every day 10am – 10pm)
61 Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng
010 – 64078425
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The Whitest Boy Alive is a Germa-Norwegian musical group based in Berlin, where they create deftly danceable, soothing pop songs. The band comprises singer/guitarist Erlend Øye, (who is also a member of the band Kings of Convenience, and whom indie music nerd bible Consequence of Sound deemed “one of the most known and respected indie/alternative profiles in both pop/rock and electronic spheres”) bassist Marcin Öz, drummer Sebastian Maschat, and Daniel Nentwig.
Formed in Berlin in 2003, TWBA was initially an electronic dance music project, but has slowly evolved into a band with no programmed elements. Even so, the band’s restrained, almost computerized levels of precision continue to earn them comparisons to those teutonic electronic music icons Kraftwerk. Signed to Modular Records, TWBA released their first album, Dreams, in 2006, followed by their latest album, Rules, in 2009.
TBWA’s songs are unique juxtapositions of subdued, Xanaxed-out lyrical narrative and seductive-as-a-shag-carpet funk rhythms, a sound that Dusted magazine described as equally apt to “get the bookish kids to get up and dance, or to get the club kids to curl up and brood.”
