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“Destroyer is indie rock’s most rewarding intellectual project.” – Pitchfork
Welcome to Destroyer. It’s the quirkiest zip code in indie rock land. It’s the gloriously vintage town that changes itself completely every few years.
Come on in. Stay a while and listen. Don’t be fooled by the grumpiness, because there’s plenty of insight hidden between the sumptuous melancholy.
Dan Bejar’s Destroyer are one of the smartest bands around.
A restless, oddball bunch who write “heady, intoxicating songs” (NOW). Songs with strings and horns and piano, like Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band reborn on the Internet. An artist in “complete control of the strange chaos around him” (AV Club).
They’re playing a very special gig at Beijing’s Yugong Yishan on April 16, before playing the fourth in our Contemporale series, co-presented with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, in Shanghai on April 17.
Dan Bejar started Destroyer as a solo home-recording project in the early to mid-nineties. Exploring and overturning genres such as glam, MIDI, yacht rock, and even underground Spanish independent artists, Bejar was proclaimed “Rock’s Exiled King” by The Fader. His is a body of work that consistently flouts convention in favor of musical leaps of faith, statements of purpose cloaked in subterfuge, and the joyous refrain of an optimist’s heart cloaked in cynicism.
As Destroyer, Bejar has released 11 studio albums and 4 EPs to date, with the critically acclaimed Poison Season, released in August 2015, topping a number of year-end lists.
No two records sound the same, but they’re always uniquely Destroyer. Consistently displaying a chameleonic instinct for change, yet maintaining a unified aesthetic. Where 2011’s Kapputt was drenched in the sounds of early 80s progressive pop, Destroyer’s latest incarnation often appears to take sonic cues from a distinctly British (usually Scottish, to be precise) strain of late 80s sophisti-pop: you might hear traces of Aztec Camera, Prefab Sprout, Orange Juice, or The Blow Monkeys. These songs merge a casual literary brilliance with intense melodic verve, nimble arrangements, and a certain blue-eyed-soul sadness.
Beijing on Saturday, April 16. Expect droll travelogues full of wonder and cynicism, and subversive love songs both tender and sarcastic.
Welcome to Destroyer. They’ve been waiting for you.
Destroyer Beijing Show Information
Date: April 16, Saturday
Venue: 愚公移山Yugong Yishan
Address: 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng district (北京市东城区张自忠路3-2号)
Doors: 9pm
Tickets: 120 (Presale) 150 (Door)
Pre-sale tickets will only be able to be purchased directly at the venue (open daily from 5.30pm)
Address: 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng District
Contact: 010 – 64042711
* Pre-sales end on 12 mid-night, Apr.15th, 2016
Links
Split Works Official Website：www.spli-t.com
Destroyer Official Website: https://www.mergerecords.com/destroyer
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 five music festivals 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 Echo Park and More Music. We love music, we love China and we love you.[:zh]
“没有人的声音能像Dan Bejar那样，音乐素质综合性如此之强，凌驾于任何流行之上，他的作品是这15年来独立摇滚乐里最独特奇妙的声音之一，十足的个人化。” ——Pitchfork
2016年4月16日，加拿大杰出唱作人Dan Bejar携自家乐队Destroyer将在北京开启中国巡演第一站。主唱略带神经质的沙哑嗓音配合颇具巧妙的旋律编排，散发出的迷人气质总令人意犹未尽。演出结束后的第二天，Destroyer将前往上海参加“当代变奏”系列演出。
1995年成立于加拿大温哥华的Destroyer，早期只是Dan Bejar的个人项目，在首张专辑《We’ll Build Them a Golden Bridge》推出之后，Destroyer开始加入乐手成员，并成为一个正式的团体。虽然团员几经更替，但是Dan Bejar一直是乐团的灵魂人物。
Bejar从九十年代中早期就开始探索并颠覆了包括Glam Rock、MIDI、Yacht Rock等在内的许多音乐流派，并被《The Fader》公开赞誉为“流浪摇滚之父”。作为Destroyer的核心，Bejar迄今为止已经发行10张正式专辑和4张EP，而众人翘首以盼的第11张专辑《Poison Season》也于2015年8月正式发行。Destroyer为我们带来了多种不同种类和曲风的音乐，同时主创Bejar本身不惮于打破音乐教条及传统的音乐形式，以及厌恶虚假的词句；取而代之的，他总是以乐观主义的内核填补玩世不恭的态度。
作为北京站的开场嘉宾，独立音乐人Uncle Hu将献上暖心又略带怀旧的吉他弹唱，而后主角Destroyer的柔美声线和动人歌词必将在这个春天彻底融化你的心田。
演出信息
北京站
日期：2016年4月16日 星期六
时间：21:00
场馆：愚公移山
地址：东城区张自忠路3-2号
票价：120元（预售）/150元（现场）
预售票请于每晚17:30后至愚公移山吧台处购买
截止时间：2016年4月15日24点
联系电话：010 – 64042711
*原先通过网络购买的门票依然有效。
相关链接：
Split Works开功官网：www.spli-t.com
Destroyer官网：https://www.mergerecords.com/destroyer
关于Split Works：
Split Works开功 是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直与诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works共推出了5个音乐节品牌、覆盖30座城市的400多场巡演，并一直坚信并实践着：每一次音乐都必须是独特的。从Godspeed You! Black Emperor 到Sonic Youth，从Thee Oh Sees到Mac Demarco和Shabazz Palaces，从“黑兔”到《觉》音乐+艺术节，从“无解周末”到回声公园音乐节。我们热爱音乐，我们热爱中国，我们爱你。[:]