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Immaculate Machine China Tour
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Canada. Throughout recorded history, this mystical chunk of frozen tundra has gifted humanity with an impressive array of cultural contributions. From voluminous reserves of maple syrup and Molson beer to Broken Social Scene, Celine Dion and Terrance & Phillip, The Great White North continues to dazzle the world with its ability to redefine the boundaries of creativity.
This December, the boundaries will inevitably be pushed once again with the arrival of Canada’s Immaculate Machine. Hailing from Victoria, BC – the same town that brought us Hot Hot Heat and No Means No – Immaculate Machine released their first studio album, The View, in 2003. After signing with Mint Records in early 2005, the band released Ones and Zeros (2005) and went on tour supporting The New Pornographers. Two years and two albums later, Immaculate’s single Jarhand from their album Fables (2007) was featured as iTunes’ single of the week.
Much has made of Immaculate Machine’s connection with The New Pornographers. Though Immaculate’s Kathryn Calder has played with those Pornographers since 2005, seeing Immaculate as part and parcel of the Pornographers would be a gross underestimation of the creative vitality ingrained in their sound.
Speaking of sound, NME described Immaculate Machine as “what Arcade Fire would sound like if they were injected with liquidized Jelly Tots and worried more about the monotony of living in a desolate town than world terrorism and death.” We don’t know what that means, so let’s just try to envision an elegant symbiosis of punk, pop, and folk sensibilities muddied up with a heap of that good ol’ Northwestern indie grunge. Pleasing to the ears indeed.
Split Works will loose this Canadian Machina on no less than 12 Chinese cities, from Hong Kong to Beijing, supporting their newest release High on Jackson Hill (2009).
Come see what all the liquidized Jelly Tot fuss is about!
Shenzhen
Thursday, Dec. 3
RMB 30
Enping Rd. Huaqiao Creative Arts Garden (oct-loft) F3
Left of the Modern Arts Center
Nanshan District
0755-8609-5352
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Hong Kong
Presented by The People’s Party
Friday, Dec. 4
HKD 150
2 Lower Albert Rd., Central
852-2521-7251
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Guangzhou
Saturday, Dec. 5
RMB 40
@ 191space
191 Guangzhou Ave. (Middle)
020-8737-9375
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Guangzhou
Sunday, Dec. 6
@ Hooley’s Bar
2 Tian He Bei Lu, Ground Floor of the Bing Hua Hotel, Tian He District
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Nanning
Tuesday, Dec. 8
RMB 40
@ Love Drinking Bar
62 Taoyuan Rd.
0771-4805-555
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Changsha
Thursday, Dec. 10
with Hollerado
RMB 40
@4698
163 Cai-e Rd. (Middle)
3rd floor Fuxin Center
138 0847 9728
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Wuhan
Friday, Dec. 11
RMB 30
@ Vox Livehouse
118 Lumo Rd., Guoguang Tower Bldg. B
Luxiang, Wuchang
027-5076-1020
Shanghai
Saturday, Dec. 12
RMB 50
1731 Yan’an Rd. (West )
Changning district
021-5237-8662
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Hangzhou
Sunday, Dec. 13
RMB 30
@ Traveller Bar
176 Shuguang Rd.
Xihu district
0571-8796-8846
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Nanjing
Tuesday, Dec. 15
RMB 30
@ Castle Bar
6 Zhongyang Rd.
Next to the Gulou McDonalds
Gulou district
025-83619190
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Qingdao
Wednesday, Dec. 16
RMB 50 (Discount Card 40 RMB Students 30 RMB)
@ RedStar
100 Nanjing Rd.
Chuangyi 100 bldg.
3rd Floor, Rm. 401
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Tianjin
Friday, Dec. 18
RMB 40
@ Nic Club
143 Munan Rd.
Huaguoren Chuangyi Space
Underground Floor 1
Heping district
13702126415
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Beijing
Saturday, Dec. 19
RMB 50
Support Act: Smart Kin
West Courtyard, former site of Duan Qirui Government
3-2 Zhangzizhong Rd., Gulou
Dongcheng district
010-6404-2711[:zh]
Immaculate Machine 中国巡演
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来自独立音乐王国加拿大的五人Indie Pop团体Immaculate Machine即将在2009年的冬天做一件极不平凡的壮举，他们将在12月初到中旬在广阔的中国大地上进行一次包含13个城市的巡演。完美的机器？没错，他们的名字就取自于保罗·西蒙的那首名曲——《One-trick Pony》。
乐队至今为止已经发行了4张专辑。5个成员中键盘手Kathryn Calder是加拿大独立名团The New Pornographers的核心A.C. Newman的侄女。你也许不知道Kathryn Calder这个名字，但你一定在某个时刻听过她的声音。乐队曾经和Franz Ferdinand、The Cribs、The New Pornographers等多个乐队的乐手一起合作过。2007年发行的《Immaculate Machine’s Fables》广受好评，简约的轻柔和声，淡淡学院气质，没有华丽的伴奏,温暖的吉他推弦却抛洒光斑点点,仿佛有一个不一样的世界出现在眼前，多姿多彩。
这是一支会让人欲罢不能的乐队，虽然它没有那么刺激，不会在你听到节奏的那刻就会兴奋地晕过去。但是一定会有某些旋律一直在你耳边回旋，一遍又一遍。他们丰富地运用了简单的和声，打击乐和器乐，就像你在傍晚走在山间的感觉，你希望那种气味永远地留在心中。这不是简单的民谣或者独立音乐，Immaculate Machine一定会让你觉得，有种精神有种血脉延伸在他们可爱的创作中——那是种你从来没有听过的音乐。五个人合成一气，每个声音每个人都会在曲作中起到独特的作用。那会让人的生理都起反应。最近他们刚刚尝试演唱了一首中文歌叫《我想坦白》，一贯的有趣。
他们在今年刚发行第四张专辑《High on Jackson Hill》。你可以在官网上看到他们历来的专辑封面，图片风格统一，带有抽象意味的浪漫，就像他们的音乐一样，浪漫悠长，却绝不浮夸。
深圳
12月3日, 星期四
30元
一渡堂
南山区恩平街华侨城创意文化园(OCT-LOFT)F3栋墨客空间(OCT当代艺术中心左侧)
0755-86095352
香港
12月4日, 星期五
港币150
下亞厘畢道2号
怡和大廈，中环，康乐广场1 号
852-2521-7251
广州
12月5日, 星期六
40元
191 Space
广州广州大道中路191号
020-87379375
广州
12月6日, 星期日
Hooley’s爱尔兰酒吧
天河区天河北路2号冰花酒店内
南宁
12月8日, 星期二
40元（学生票35元）
爱喝吧
桃源路62号
长沙
12月10日, 星期四
40元
46酒吧
蔡锷中路163号裕心中心三楼
武汉
12月11日, 星期五
30元
Vox Livehouse
洪山区鲁磨路118号国光大厦B座
027-8759-6030
上海
12月12日, 星期六
50元
嘉宾乐队：The Rank
育音堂
长宁区延安西路1731号
021-5237-8662
杭州
12月13日, 星期日
30元
旅行者酒吧
杭州市西湖区曙光路176号
0571-879-68846
南京
12月15日, 星期二
30元
古堡
中央路6号，鼓楼麦当劳旁，鼓楼大钟亭附近
025-8361-9190
青岛
12月16日, 星期三
50元（会员卡40，学生票30元）
Redstar
南京路100号创意100的3号楼401室
天津
12月18日, 星期五
40元
Nic Club
和平区睦南道143号 画国人创意空间地下一层
13702126415
北京
12月19日, 星期六
嘉宾：漂亮亲戚
50元
愚公移山
东城区张自忠路3-2号段祺瑞执政府旧址西院
010-64042711
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