Music

German musician David Kuckhermann plays a wide range of percussion instruments. When he’s not touring or recording, he’s often teaching, running a course called Handpan Dojo as well as recording tutorials for several other percussion instruments. See this remarkable artist at Yue Space on September 6th.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hX63zZ9lRNMqZqvxoN93hA

Xing Yi Fan has studied with many fine bass teachers including Da Zhong, Daniel Callaghan and Zhang Ke as well as other musicians including trumpeter Li Xiao Chuan and guitarist Liu Wen Xiang. During his years in school Xing Yi Fan was the recipient of the 8th Pei Li Zha Luo scholarship award, the highest scholarship award at the Contemporary Music Academy. He has been a member of the CMA Big Band and Ah-Q Jazz Ensemble and is an active member of the Beijing jazz scene, frequently appearing at venues like East Shore, Jianghu, DDC, etc. Xing Yi Fan often performs with some of the finest musicians in Beijing including Moreno Donadel, Nathaniel Gao, Xia Jia, Liu Yue, Izumi Koga, Xiao Dou, Luo Ning, etc.

The Rebel 5 is formed by Deliah on vocals, Fan Zhai on guitar, Joel on bass, Roy Sun on keyboards, and Fareed "Dojo Shaolin" on drums. Together, they get you some of the most explosive soul, r&b, pop and funk music you can find in town, covering some of the greatest songs of all times. Join us for one of the best soul dancing experiences in the city this Saturday at Modernista!

Jesters and Jokers of medieval times were required to bring levity to the court and to meet the Kings requests. One Jester was required to entertain and amuse his King on demand, and if he failed, he was killed. The Jester lived - we call it "Jokers Belief” - 5 nationalities with 5 influences bringing you a fusion of funk, rock and Neo soul.

line up: STRING, XUEFENG

String, instrumental performer and composer.

He shares his life journey through his music.

His compositions is a combination of world music, Chinese traditional melodies and spiritual/religious themes,

Focuses on elements such as: what is love?

Who are we? Where are we from? Where are we going?

His music is the exploration of nature, the world and his inner self.

Like Stings name suggests, his music is like ripples and waves,

A vibration that echos within human nature,

Somehow translate beyond the boundaries of words.

XUEFENG:

飞椒乐队主唱 二把刀吉他手 合成器玩家（初段）职业非盈利唱作人

Vocalist of Peppercorn band

Boogie Man, Eric Allen, and a Jam Session

Eric Allen

Singer / songwriter Eric Allen brings the soulful sounds of America's heartland to the China stage. In the spirit of southern blues and cowboy / outlaw, Eric Allen played to audiences in New York's Greenwich Village for years. Now he performs in China in the traditions of Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, and Steve Earle. Eric Allen has been featured as both a soloist and as the lead singer of his WOODSHED band at many of China's most well-known venues & festivals.

General Huge is a Ragga, Reggae, Dancehall singer, songwriter and beat maker. During the early years of his career, the General previously recorded two albums in France, one with the French singer Matt and a solo album. He was part of a band in Beijing: Ultimate Band Crew (UBC). He toured the whole China with UBC between June and September 2016. UBC also brought Perfect Giddimani for a China tour with them on November 2015.

He is also the co-founder and Director of DB Bros Records, the first and exclusively dedicated to reggae, record label ever built in China.

He exported the concept of “One Riddim Album” in China by having different famous reggae artists singing on his label productions such as Perfect Giddimani, Chuck Fendah, Naptali, Elijah Prophet, Aima Moses, Mikey Wild and many more.

On stage, General Huge made several cooperation during his career, either alongside his band UBC or solo, opening for the Chinese reggae band 龙神道 (Long Sheng Dao), the jamaican artists Anthony B and Perfect Giddimani, but also for the UK dancehall stars Tippa Irie and Ras Demo as well as Nancy and Phoebe from Congo Natty, or Lady Chann, the UK dancehall queen. He also worked with the one and only Heavy HK, the old raggamuffin veteran U-Brown as well as the French reggae singers Don Camilo and Taiwan MC.

Rawhx Van Marley

Rawhx van Marley is a dancehall reggea hiphop artist/writer coming from Zambia his stage presence is like no other.mixing reggae dancehall RnB and hiphop to capture his audience.the energy he gives out when he is performing is unforgettable this has gotten him recognition in beijing and beyond he is shared the stage with some of the best beijing local musician And also international artists from different parts of the work.his talent is now appropriated more then ever because of his unique twist he incorporates to his music..

Fila Killa

he is a dancehall reggae artist with his own unique sound incorporating both English and his mother language to his music giving it its own sound.

DIO

迪扬尼兹被他的艺名“DIO迪欧”所被人熟知。来自坦桑尼亚，他是一位年轻的嘻哈说唱歌手。深受来自家乡和世界各地的各路说唱歌手们的影响，他试图令自己的说唱音乐进入另一层境界。发布了混音专辑“Footprints”之后，目前他正在筹备下一张，名为“SCARS”

SOLGI

Solgi is one of the hottest younger Performers coming out of the Bahamas. Not one to be a prisoner to any one genre, his live sets show no bounds by including genres such as Reggae, Dancehall, Hip Hop, Rap, and Tropical House that attracts crowds from far and wide. He has been blessed to have the opportunity to have his music spun all over the Bahamas and China.Solgi has played in several very popular areas in Beijing such as Gongti, Wudaokou, as well as Gulou where he became the resident DJ for Samans Bar.Additionally, in 2016 he toured China with Ultimate Band Crew performing in places such as Xian, Lanzhou, and Yinchuan. Solgi has a passion for music and his career. He is determined to become successful.

LUCKY ROOTS

它来自遥远的牙买加，伴随着令人轻松愉悦的节奏，飞越万里来到古老的东方。Reggae音乐有着传统根源音乐的律动，让人不觉随之起舞。中华民乐又如山间浮云穿梭其中，让乐曲在旋律上更上一层楼。两者在不经意间完相辅相成，相倚而强，正是各种文化一次次的碰撞与融合造就了独一无二的LuckyRoots。

JahJahBless~One Love!

It comes from the distant Jamaica, with a relaxing and pleasant rhythm, flying over the ancient oriental.Reggae music has a traditional origin of the rhythm of the music, let people dance with it. Chinese folk music is like the mountain clouds shuttle which make music in the melody strive for further improvement. The two are not inadvertently finished complement each other, lean and strong. It is a variety of culture and time of collision and fusion created a unique Lucky Roots.

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Yangming,Representing the top level of trombone musicians of China,is also a professor, a composer, graduated from Royal Conservatory of Netherlands and Conservatory of Manhattan. Founder of NME jazz band of US, Sabro-Son latino jazz,F.O.S Jazz Union and DNV U-15 . now knows more as the artistic director of DNV group.

杨明，中国青年一代最具实力和代表性的现代音乐作曲家、爵士乐作曲家和爵士长号演奏家。获得荷兰皇家音乐学院爵士长号演奏、世界音乐教育以及曼哈顿音乐学院作曲三个学位。美国NME爵士乐队创始人，荷兰Sabro-Son拉丁爵士大乐队创始人，中央音乐学院客座教授。目前担任 DNV 音乐集团旗下爵士乐厂牌 Flow Fluence 艺术总监，发起人及主策划人。

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F.O.S Jazz Union （Family of Slides Jazz Union），成立于2017年，是⼀个全长号并覆盖爵⼠乐节奏组的⼤型乐队，由爵士乐作曲家和爵士长号演奏家杨明发起并担任主策划人，由刘洋教授（中央音乐学院长号教授、铜管教研室主任、中国国家交响乐团首席长号）与杨明共同担任乐队的音乐总监。目前成员包括中国职业长号演奏家和长号爱好者。

乐队仅用长号来完整地体现交响肢体，通过长号极具歌唱性的演奏⼿法、音色包容性和宽阔的音域，为音乐添加浓郁的色彩。乐队作品均为杨明的原创或改编，演奏形式包括长号独奏、2至22重奏（配合节奏组）等。乐队隶属DNV音乐集团旗下的爵士乐厂牌Flow Fluence。成立 Flow Fluence 的初衷，是希望把爵士乐传播到主流群体和严肃音乐群体，通过爵士乐的开创精神和思维方式，去探索、尝试音乐的无限可能，继而影响中国年轻一代的音乐爱好者和音乐人，传承自由、美好、包容的价值观和审美。爵士乐不是狭义的某种音乐风格或流派，也不拘泥于某种形式，而是一种自由和不断尝试的精神。在当代音乐领域中，所有的音乐类型都受到了爵士乐的影响。Flow Fluence 会让大众从更生活、更人性的角度近距离接触音乐，超脱音乐外在的形式和色彩，摆脱教条思维和单向评判标准。同时，注重音乐人想象力和包容度的培养，为大众呈现既高规格又通俗易懂的音乐内容。

从音乐理念上来讲，F.O.S Jazz Union 并不仅仅是一个爵士乐队，而是致力于在扎实的古典音乐构架基础之上，帮助大家深入了解爵士乐在世界音乐范围内的应用，并提高长号在更多职业领域的适应性，如综艺、录音、现场、主流音乐植入、作曲编曲等。通过演绎古典音乐和爵士乐大融合的风貌，帮助推动中国铜管乐的发展。

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Singer: Wen-Hui Tsai 蔡雯慧 (Taiwan)

Piano: Sejin BAE (Korea)

Bass: Nicola Lancerotti (Italy)

Drums: Fiach O'Brian (Ireland)

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蔡雯慧第一次彈鋼琴的時候就已經可以彈出她會唱的所有歌曲，並且還有簡單的和聲，她在教會裡面自學鋼琴及至18歲才有機會上第一堂正式的鋼琴課，她第一首彈奏給初見面的鋼琴老師聽的曲目是她自學的貝多芬的悲愴奏鳴曲。雯慧的母親看見她在音樂上的天份以及專注，於是讓她去上了一年的音樂課，她也在同年以聲樂全國前五名的優異成績考上台灣藝術大學。2006年蔡雯慧以聲樂第一名的優異成績畢業自台灣藝術大學並贏得協奏曲比賽獲選為台藝大新秀。 畢業後投入爵士樂演唱，與知名爵士樂手彭郁雯、潘恆健組團駐唱，並與不同樂手嘗試新的聲音，在女巫店、河岸留言等各大知名live house演出，在台灣獲得豐富的演出經驗後，受到歐洲知名爵士大師David Linx的啟發，前往比利時布魯塞爾皇家音樂學院進修，就讀爵士音樂系，現已取得爵士演唱碩士學位並以作曲主修完成了碩士後研究。

現在的蔡雯慧是一個在歐洲與亞洲巡迴演出的職業歌手與作曲家, 她在比利時的三個樂團已經引起比利時樂壇的一陣注目, 尤其是由他帶領擔任作詞作曲編曲跟人聲的角色的無和聲樂器六重奏vesitge, 這個實驗性很高的樂隊在比利時引起了很大的迴響。蔡雯慧也不斷受邀參與不同專案, 目前在歐洲演出足跡比利時, 荷蘭, 德國, 義大利, 斯洛伐克, 波蘭, 愛爾蘭..。"。蔡雯慧也是一個音樂教育家, 她的工作坊與學生遍佈在義大利, 比利時, 香港, 臺灣..。等國家

Wen Hui Tsai is a Taiwanese talented and versatile jazz singer. She didn’t have a chance to study music when she was little, she learned basic music theory at school, just like all the children in Taiwan. But the first time when she had a chance to play piano, she could already play songs with easy bass lines by ear. Afterwards she started going to church to sing and there she practiced and self-taught piano. On the age 18, she started real music classes, and played a Beethoven Sonata that she learned by herself to her teacher in the first piano lesson.

After one year following private lessons, she was accepted to study in the classical music department of National Taiwan University of Arts, her major instrument was opera singing and she chose piano as a second instrument. At 2006, she graduated with the honor in opera singing and was chose to be one of best young musicians.

Wen Hui went to her first jazz concert when she was 21 years old and decided to pursue a career as a professional jazz singer. She took up studies in jazz and started gigging on the Taipei jazz scene, working with o.a. Sizukong. In 2009 she came to Belgium and studied in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where she studied with David Linx. She graduated in 2015 and did her post graduate in composition with Diederik Wissels in 2016.

Over these years living in Belgium, she has developed an unique style and has sung in different projects, performing in Taiwan, Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Poland. She co-lead “Yuan Quintet” with Belgian bassist, Martijn Vanbuel, this quintet has become a promising, well-known jazz quintet in Belgium. After Wen Hui discover her passion in composing, she founded a very special band, “vestige sextet”. Vestige sextet is an unique band which there’s no harmonic instruments but Wen Hui use her voice to form the harmony together with 3 other horn players. Vestige sextet has performed in Belgium and successfully got a big attention to the Belgian jazz scene.

Ladies night benefits: Ladies second drink half price before 10pm

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Singer: Lena, dashing jazz singer in Beijing, win plenty recgnition with her smooth and powerful voice. 雷娜 活跃在北京爵士舞台的资深歌者 她的声线细腻独特 即兴句法丰富深邃 并能跨越风格演唱反差很大的作品 十数年的演出活动中 雷娜以个人或乐队的形式参加过众多交流活动和赛事 获得了广泛的听众群和业界的认可。

Piano:Xiao Anxiang, promising millennium pianist, frequently appears in Beijing music events. the rising star . 就读于北京现代音乐学院，师从意大利钢琴家MorenoDonadel先生学习爵士钢琴.师从著名爵士长号演奏家、世界音乐教育家、爵士作曲家杨明学习爵士理论。2015年当任苟乃鹏现场乐队键盘手。范冰冰电影《王朝的女人》北京首映发布会当任现场钢琴手。北京威斯丁大酒店酒吧驻场钢琴手。2016年作为钢琴手加入The Faith Ensemble爵士九人乐团、杨明爵士乐团。在北京各大爵士酒吧演出。