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“[His music] has more vocal and instrumental hooks than the average Top 40 song, but also the immediately recognizable stamp of an impressive young talent” – Pitchfork
“A lesson in how to execute electronic music properly…hang on for the ride.” – NME
Put on your best flamboyant mirror shades and brace to party like it’s 1983. Split Works presents heart-warped synth wizard Neon Indian, playing two dates in Beijing and Shanghai on 19-20 November.
Neon Indian plays China off the back his new album, VEGA INTL. Night School (out October 16). Developed over a four-year period, the album brims with funk-centric guitar lines, pronounced Balearic rhythms, and the most elaborate songwriting of his career. VEGA INTL. Night School was composed and recorded in a variety of locations including, but not limited to, a cabin aboard a cruise ship, DFA’s Plantain Studios in New York, and Pure X’s practice space in Austin, Texas. Upon its completion, Alan noted “most of what I’ve learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark. People are just kind of more honest then. More deliberate. I like to call the places I go to Night Schools.”
Neon Indian first became popular around the turn of the ’00s as one of the standard-bearers for “chillwave”. His specific strain of electro-pop heartache sounded like it’d been recovered from half-melted cassette tapes, tending towards the druggy, groggy, and reflective (while nodding just slightly toward dance music). His critically acclaimed debut album Psychic Chasms was released in 2009 on a wave of praise from Fader, Pitchfork, Spin and Rolling Stone among others.
He then took on US Late Night television playing the Jimmy Fallon show, remixed Grizzly Bear and Au Revoir Simone, made festival appearances at Pitchfork Music Festival and Bonnaroo, as well as supporting Massive Attack on their first shows in America in 4 years. His second album, Era Extraña, was released in 2011. Darker and more serious than Psychic Chasms, the album reached 74 on the Billboard 200 charts, and appeared on a number of end-of-year best music lists.
In August 2015, Neon Indian announced his long-awaited third album, VEGA INTL. Night School while simultaneously dropping the album’s second single “Slumlord.” Pitchfork described it as “like dancing faces glimpsed for one flash in an otherwise darkened nightclub, suggesting one last gasp of the ecstatic before the hard reality of life returns the morning after.”
Join us in our very own Night School for a glimpse of the ecstatic with Neon Indian, live in Beijing and Shanghai.
NEON INDIAN China Tour Information
【BEIJING】
Date: November 19, Thursday
Venue: Yugong Yishan
Address: 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng district
Time: 9pm
Tickets: 150RMB (Door) / 120RMB (Presale)
Presale Link: https://yoopay.cn/event/NeonIndianBJ
【SHANGHAI】
Date: November 20, Friday
Venue: Q House (QSW 2nd Floor)
Address: QSW Culture Center, 179 Yichang Lu, near Jiangning Lu
Time: 9pm
Tickets: 150RMB (Door) / 120RMB (Presale)
Presale Link: https://yoopay.cn/event/NeonIndianSH
Links
Split Works Official Website：www.spli-t.com
Neon Indian Official Website: www.neonindian.com
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]
Neon Indian的音乐比起那些排行榜前40的流行金曲来，不仅更上耳而且还更容易让人上瘾，只需要听一下你就知道他确实是个值得关注的青年才俊。 – Pitchfork
Neon Indian完美示范了电子音乐究竟该怎么做，赶快踏上他的音乐旅程吧！ – NME
每当谈及Chillwave音乐（怀旧感电子乐），就会不得不提Neon Indian这组界内大咖。作为近年来最具代表性和开创性的Chillwave乐团之一，Neon Indian素以生机勃勃、趣味盎然、又神秘迷幻的作品风格在圈内独树一帜、与众不同。今年11月19、20日，Split Works开功力邀Neon Indian展开京沪巡演，中国乐迷终有机会一睹这支Coachella、Pitchfork Music Festival等音乐节争相邀约，并与Washed Out、Toro y Moi同列潮流指标乐团的现场演出！
Neon Indian成立于美国德州，乐团主脑Alan Palomo是一位出生于墨西哥的音乐人兼制作人，包揽了乐团的全部创作。Neon Indian于2008年在Myspace网站上崭露头角，从而获得“欧美新音乐指标”Pitchfork的赏识。2009年乐队发行首张专辑《Psychic Chasms》即一鸣惊人，简洁有力的电子迷幻作品在欧美再次刮起一波Chillwave风潮，在当年Pitchfork“年度最佳专辑”排行榜中位列十四。次年，Neon Indian入选《滚石》杂志七大“年度人气最高新乐队”之一，从此在欧美人气飙升，成为少有的成功打入主流音乐的Chillwave乐团。2011年，延续前作带有Lo-fi太空科技感的二专《Era Extraña》横空出世，这张风味绝佳、扣人心弦的作品再次收获诸多好评，浓烈复古的电子节拍一波波侵袭听者的神经，令人迷醉。
因重回电影配乐的初衷，之后Alan一度决定分割Neon Indian，专注于影像配乐的创作。但是，他最终还是意识到：“音乐创作的能量一直都在，只是当我开始投入配乐工作与游戏舞曲后，才发现刻意将配乐和为Neon Indian的创作分开是很不必要的事。”于是，就在今年8月，Alan宣布暌违四年的全新专辑《VEGA INTL. Night School》以“夜晚”与“人性”为主题，将于2015年10月16号发行。“我总在夜深人静的时候，对于人性这件事有所体悟，我发现人们在夜愈深的时候愈是坦诚、也愈无所顾忌，对于这种体悟，我称之为”夜晚的教育”。”
那么，Neon Indian携新专辑的中国巡演将会带给我们什么惊喜？让我们拭目以待！
演出信息
【北京站】
日期：2015年11月19日 星期四
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 RMB（预售）/ 150 RMB（现场）
预售链接：https://yoopay.cn/event/NeonIndianBJ
【上海站】
日期：2015年11月20日 星期五
时间：21:00
场馆：浅水湾文化艺术中心二楼小剧场
地址：宜昌路179号，近江宁路
票价：120 RMB（预售）/ 150 RMB（现场）
预售链接：https://yoopay.cn/event/NeonIndianSH
相关链接
Split Works开功官网：www.spli-t.com
Neon Indian官网：www.neonindian.com
关于Split Works
Split Works是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直和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已为Sonic Youth、Diplo、Owl City、Jose Gonzalez、Ghostface Killah、Andrew Bird等众多艺术家举办过中国及亚洲地区的演出，并成功举办了2007年 “十跃”音乐节以及2011年在北京上海跨城上演的黑兔音乐节。从2009年起，Split Works每年春季主办的《觉》音乐+艺术节是一个为期三周的，将国内外的优秀音乐人、创意艺术家和爱好者聚集在一起的开源城市音乐艺术节。[:]