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6月9日 Wednesday 星期三
FakeLoveMusic Present:
Jeans Team &Pitchtuner: Berlin Electro Monsters Invade Beijing
Last year, we were awed by these two bands when they played with Pet Conspiracy in Beijing. Now they come back to the capital for an epic double bill representing some of the best of Berlin Electro.
Jeans Team: The old owners of Berlin Tokyo, a crazy 90’s Berlin art gallery collective that fostered artists the likes of Peaches (who covered their song “Keine Melodien”) Jeans Team delivers fast paced dance ready songs with pitch perfect production and an eccentric energetic show featuring lead singer Reimo Herfort (ex member of Stereototal) dancing in spasmic glory decked out in fantasy costumes.
Pitchtuner: Describing their music as Basement Jaxx Gone J-Pop Pitchtuner has a singularly unique sound. Part musican, part inventor genius, Johannes Marx fronts Pitchtuner with a myriad of self-invented instruments. By his side Miki Yoshimura brings the J-Pop to their musical aesthetic, thumping out bouncing bass lines while belting catchy hooks one after the other. The sound is made for the dancefloor, and has caught the eyesof numerous collaborators including Soulwax and LCD Soundsystem. His stunning first show in Beijing, resulted in post show crowd surfing that eventually started the electro crowd surf tradition in Beijing.
Part of the MADE IN BERLIN China Music Series organized by FakeLoveMusic in cooperation with Berlin Music Week and Create Berlin.
INFO:
Location: Yu Gong Yi Shan,
Date: Wednesday June 9, 2010
Time: Starts 9:00 p.m.
Door: 80 RMB Advanced/ Student: 50 RMB
Advanced Ticket Locations: Café Zarah (Gu Lou Dong Da Jie) &Yu Gong Yi Shan
6月11日 Friday 星期五
ZENZILE (法國 France)
自從十三年前成立以來，發佈了七張專輯，五張Maxi唱片以及全世界範圍內數百場演唱會——別以為你了解他們的一切。從法國翁熱時期就追隨他們的忠實歌迷們知道這個事實：在正式發行之前，沒有人知道下一張專輯會是什麼樣的。他們沒有精確地、年復一年地複製自己的音樂，反而，這個五人樂隊永遠關注于他們標誌性而豐富多變的聲音特性、令人暈眩的貝斯以及震蕩的吉他。從成立開始，Zenzile就一直混合各種不同的風格——Post Punk，Dub，Folk，Soft Rock, Soul Jazz Soul等——並聰明地再把他們排除，並製作出永遠有著獨特風格專輯。在Pawn Shop中，這群翁熱人以一種謙虛而正式的態度流行了一把。只有兩首純器樂樂曲，作為對自身歷史的回顧；其他八首曲目都由他們的老朋友們獻唱：Jamika Ajalon，David K. Alderman（Warehouse），展示出了他們才華不為人知的一面。這第八張專輯顯得柔和，而又比沒有主音吉他的Living In Monochrome更加自信。現在，Zenzile似乎找到了他們保持簡單同時不失追求的平衡。弦樂器與風琴也更大量地被使用，也使這張專輯顯得更勇敢。而顯然因為他們解開了過去的束縛，樂隊現在摒棄了大量經典唱片。陰暗的風琴，消瘦的吉他，涌動的貝斯——Bela Lugosi的魂靈籠罩著Pawn Shop。另外，對ESG，Pink Floyd，Nick Cave或是PIL的回憶也縈繞在每首歌之中，但所有元素都被很好地消化並昇華，以達到一個更高的高度。整張專輯很好地統一在一起，除了聲音的不同之外，你不會有突然“脫線”的感覺。每首歌都有它自己的空間。從由Serge Gainsbourg獲得靈感的Mind Over Matter到生動的FireEater，再到Histoire de Papiers的尊貴，或是Crooked Man的紛亂，你總將感受到對主題的嚴肅關注。專輯的最後數首歌也非常動聽：在Caution Horses中，演唱者墜入了一個悠長而炫耀式的漸進Post Folk唱段中；Alderman在Thursday Night Rover Disco中的演唱則讓人想起他在Welsh的朋友J.Cale（The Velvet Underground）。通過Pawn Shop，Zenzile以散盡千金的姿態走遠。
www.zenzile.com
Pm 9 // Rmb 130/100 (預售)
After a thirteen years old career, including: seven albums, five Maxi LP's and hundreds of live concerts throughout the world, you would think you knew all about ZENZILE. However, those who have following this band since their beginnings in Angers, France, know well that: No one knows what will resemble a new album of Zenzile before it gets out.?Instead of cloning their music precisely year after year, the quintet has always chosen to focus on their trade mark sound which is rich and various, thanks to a dazzling bass and whooping guitars.?From the start, Zenzile is having fun mixing the same influences (post punk, Dub,folk,soft rock,soul jazz) with a savvy sense of measuring them all out, in order to produce a unique album every time.?For Pawn Shop, the Angevins (from Angers) have deliberately let their POP spirit opened up, in an humble and formal way of course.Only two tracks are exclusively instrumental and are welcome signs of a previous life. All eight other tracks are carried by the voices of olds partners: Jamika Ajalon et David K. Alderman (Warehouse), demonstrating some new and unexpected sides of their talent.This eighth studio album is less angular and more confident than the previous Living in Monochrome in which the band had let the guitar lead out.Today Zenzile seems to have found the right balance between staying simple while being demanding.Strings and organs are more present than ever to form melodies never dared before.Evidently freed from any past inhibitions, the band now sweats out many old legendary Vinyl albums, reminiscent of their teen age years. Shadowy organs, bony guitars, ramping bass, Bela Lugosi spirit glides above Pawn Shop.?There are also lingering feverish memories of ESG, Pink Floyd, Nick Cave or PIL but everything is digested and sublimated only to be more accomplished.?With a real consistency throughout the entire album, despite the variety of sounds, you never feel like you are loosing tracks.Each song has its own space and there is space for each song.From the very Serge Gainsbourg inspired Mind Over Matter to the lively Fire Eater, you will feel the majestic of Histoire de Papiers or the disturbance of Crooked Man, always sensing a serious focus on the subject.?Remarkable finish from Zenzile with Thursday Night Rover Disco where Alderman's voice reminds the one of his Welsh fellow J. Cale (The Velvet Underground) before the last Caution Horses where the singer throws himself out in a long, progressive and flamboyant post folk rise. With Pawn Shop, Zenzile leaves all the cash on the table and walks out with style...at least for now..
www.zenzile.com
Pm 9 // Rmb 130/100 (presale)
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