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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 (法国 France)
自从十三年前成立以来，发布了七张专辑，五张Maxi唱片以及全世界范围内数百场演唱会——别以为你了解他们的一切。从法国翁热时期就追随他们的忠实歌迷们知道这个事实：在正式发行之前，没有人知道下一张专辑会是什么样的。他们没有精确地、年复一年地复制自己的音乐，反而，这个五人乐队永远关注于他们标志性而丰富多变的声音特性、令人晕眩的贝斯以及震荡的吉他。从成立开始，Zenzile就一直混合各种不同的风格——Post Punk，Dub，Folk，Soft Rock, Soul Jazz Soul等——并聪明地再把他们排除，并制作出永远有着独特风格专辑。在Pawn Shop中，这群翁热人以一种谦虚而正式的态度流行了一把。只有两首纯器乐乐曲，作为对自身历史的回顾；其他八首曲目都由他们的老朋友们献唱：Jamika Ajalon，David K. Alderman（Warehouse），展示出了他们才华不为人知的一面。这第八张专辑显得柔和，而又比没有主音吉他的Living In Monochrome更加自信。现在，Zenzile似乎找到了他们保持简单同时不失追求的平衡。弦乐器与风琴也更大量地被使用，也使这张专辑显得更勇敢。而显然因为他们解开了过去的束缚，乐队现在摒弃了大量经典唱片。阴暗的风琴，消瘦的吉他，涌动的贝斯——Bela Lugosi的魂灵笼罩着Pawn Shop。另外，对ESG，Pink Floyd，Nick Cave或是PIL的回忆也萦绕在每首歌之中，但所有元素都被很好地消化并升华，以达到一个更高的高度。整张专辑很好地统一在一起，除了声音的不同之外，你不会有突然“脱线”的感觉。每首歌都有它自己的空间。从由Serge Gainsbourg获得灵感的Mind Over Matter到生动的FireEater，再到Histoire de Papiers的尊贵，或是Crooked Man的纷乱，你总将感受到对主题的严肃关注。专辑的最后数首歌也非常动听：在Caution Horses中，演唱者坠入了一个悠长而炫耀式的渐进Post Folk唱段中；Alderman在Thursday Night Rover Disco中的演唱则让人想起他在Welsh的朋友J.Cale（The Velvet Underground）。通过Pawn Shop，Zenzile以散尽千金的姿态走远。
www.zenzile.com
Pm 9 // Rmb 130/100 (预售)
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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