[:en]In 2010, we took our friends Handsome Furs on an Asia Tour, including a stop in Myanmar/Burma. To our knowledge, it was the first time that an international rock band has performed off of Embassy grounds in Myanmar.
The major players in actually making this happen were a dude who wishes to remain anonymous (big love DG) and a local band called Side Effect(www.facebook.com/5ide3ffect). They risked a lot to make sure the Furs could come to Yangon and play one of the most amazing shows we’re ever been a part of.
And now, the Handsome Furs have responded in kind. It was proposed when we were in Yangon that Alexei and Dan from the Handsome Furs would try to get a friend of theirs, Harris Newman, to master Side Effect’s forthcoming album.
Well, it’s only gone and happened. Nearly a year after the Yangon show, the mastering is complete. No money changed hands at any point in this whole operation. Dan and Alexei paid their own way to Myanmar. A hat was passed around that raised nearly US$ 500 for the Side Effect dudes. And now they have a Harris Newman-mastered album as the next step on the way to global stardom :-).
You can check out footage of the Yangon show HERE.[:zh]
在2010年，我们的好朋友们Handsome Furs在我们的陪伴下进行了一场亚洲巡演。其中在缅甸也演出了一场。 据我们了解，那是首次有国外的摇滚乐队被缅甸的当局许可在非大使馆的场地演出。
这场演出之所以能成功, 完全取决于一位不愿意留名的哥们儿 (DG, 太感谢了!) 以及当地的乐队,名为 Side Effect (www.facebook.com/5ide3ffect) 所付出的努力. 为了给Handsome Furs 一个机会到缅甸的首都仰光去演出, Side Effect 实在是甘冒风险。 有了他们的帮助，Handsome Furs 当天晚上才能有无比精彩的演出, 令我们和所有的观众终身难忘!
最近, Handsome Furs 用同样的方法给了我们一个适当的回复。 当时在我们前往缅甸巡演的时候, 有某人提倡让Handsome Furs 的朋友 Harris Newman 给Side Effects 的未来的专辑做主记录。
现在, 这些事情都已经过去了，而且已实现了以上这些愿望。 在Handsome Furs 跟 Side Effect在仰光演出后没过一年的时间, 主盘录声的过程已结束了。值得骄傲的是，在以上的巡演、录音的过程当中谁也没有给谁付钱。它这个过程一直以友谊关系为基础进行的．Dan 与Alexei 俩是自己出钱前往缅甸的。为了给Side Effect 将要铺平的道路作出一点贡献，当时到场的人传了一只帽子，然后大家都把能给的款放进去了，结果最后给他们捐齐了500美元。因为他们的专辑都已经被Harris Newman 给主盘录下来了， 所以Side Effect的家伙们目前算是陷入了一个新的阶段，开始准备环游地球、奠定明星地位!
若想观看Handsome Furs 与 Side Effect 在仰光的演出，请点上这里。
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