Category: JUE | Music + Art Festival

[:en]Hangzhou New Noise is a platform that showcases Hangzhou’s local creative talent, including everything from music to theatre, art, literature and design. The initiative was first conceived in Beijing back in 1997. Beijing New Noise helped to bring together a bundle of local musicians, who eventually laid the foundation of what is now the center of the country’s music scene. In 2007 Post-Beijing New Noise hosted another musical pilgrimage re-affirming Beijing’s position as the hub of China’s edgiest musical movements (though other cities now are certainly competing). [:zh]“杭州新声”里都是这些年来一直活跃在杭州本地的年轻人，这些年轻人根植于这座美丽的城市，用包含音乐、戏剧、艺术、文学、设计等不同形式努力发声。 1997年，“北京新声”被第一次提出，那个时代造就的音乐人我们已耳熟能详，2007年，“后北京新声”携着青春的破碎与美好，来势汹汹，北京，成为外地追梦者的心灵朝圣地。 [:]

[:en]Paul Collins’ Beat has an impressive lineage. Originally called The Beat, the band was founded by Paul Collins of The Nerves fame (1974). The Nerves were one of the pioneers of the burgeoning US punk-rock scene, independently releasing their own 4-song EP, which included that classic tune "Hanging on the Telephone" (which later became a hit for Blondie).[:zh]The Beat乐队由Paul Collins组建。他年少时在希腊、越南、和欧洲多国居住，之后才回到老家纽约。他曾在名声赫赫的朱丽亚音乐学院学习。后又搬去旧金山，并于1974年 同作曲Jack Lee 以及贝斯手Peter Case一起组建了The Nerves乐队。The Nerves后来成为美国蒸蒸日上的朋克摇滚乐先驱之一。他们独立发行了四首单曲，其中就包括后来被Blondie翻唱而大热的经典"Hanging on the Telephone"。[:]

[:en]MONSTER CAT has shaken Singapore up with the delicate instrumentation and intense imagery that belies their releases. Layered harmonies evoke the supernatural, as fractured love songs cradle listeners between the depths of intimacy and menace. [:zh]来自新加坡独立民谣摇滚乐队－MONSTER CAT继2011年出道以来，一直受到乐评人以及来自世界各地歌迷的青睐。他们曾上过MTV全球独立音乐榜、与知名制作人Steve Lillywhite （U2、The Killer、 The Rolling Stones）合作，甚至还受到业界知名人士Bob Ezrin（Pink Floyd、Nine Inch Nails、Deftones）的称赞… 当然这一切都不能说明MONSTER CAT作为亚洲新生摇滚力量的潜力。时髦的节拍、动感十足的吉他效果以及引人入胜的和声，才是他们最有说服力的武器！[:]

[:en]Three years ago, Baths dropped his startlingly beautiful debut, Cerulean. Released on Anticon, the record blurred the line between post-modern pop and the LA beat scene with devastating emotional clarity. Its tone was as celestial as its album title, taken from a shade of blue typically used to describe the sky.[:zh]三年之前，洛杉矶摇头族: Baths aka Will Wiesenfeld在Anticon厂牌发表了他美仑美奂的首张专辑《Cerulean》，在LABeat节拍和后现代流行音乐之间，展现出了令人惊叹的情感张力。在这之后，Baths也通过频繁的巡演吸引了更多的观众，并以Goetic的名义出版了一张Ambient作品。[:]

[:en]Acid Mothers Temple is made up of social renegades of every description – musicians, dancers, artists, farmers, channellers, ex-yakuza, mermaid researchers and professional vagrants. Centered around Kawabata Makoto’s original quartet (featuring Koizumi Hajime, Suhara Keizo and Cotton Casino) the group expanded into a collective of souls with one unified mission: to jam freely and take their unique brand of psychedelia around the globe. The group has been going since 1995, releasing prolifically through their own Acid Mothers Temple Family Record Label. [:zh]Acid Mothers Temple 中国巡演取消通告 我们在这里很遗憾的向大家宣布：因为不可抗力，Acid Mothers Temple 酸母寺乐队2014中国巡演正式取消。与此同时，Acid Mothers Temple 酸母寺乐队为本次巡演所准备的全球限量版中国巡演纪念专辑《马上中国，Now China！》，目前暂无销售渠道。[:]

[:en]You’d be forgiven for thinking a band with such a long name was of the post-rock variety. In the case of the Irish rockers that make up And So I Watch You From Afar [ASIWYFA] their songs pack a raw punk-rock punch. The band members - joining forces in 2005 - have come a long way since departing their seaside resort town in Portrush, Northern Ireland. They’ve been touring all over the world and yes, they’re back for another whirlwind China experience. Expect driving rhythms and soaring guitar-driven melody lines.[:zh]2014年3月，这支因杰出的现场表现而被乐界所熟知的乐队将又一次来到中国，带来神奇的音乐，充满张力的节奏和由和令人沉醉的吉他旋律，必将再一次带给中国乐迷深深的震撼。[:]