Music

Wednesday night at Temple see Beijing’s only live disco band The Flip Side performing iconic, upbeat classics from ABBA, Chic, The Bee Gees and more! Bring your disco shoes and come freak out, shake your booty and celebrate good times!

Better Off Alive:

Trashy attitude with thrashy talk is what these guys bring to the show. Sexy grooves and middle finger moves if ya wish it so. Say your prayers for a tin whistle bit and head bang even if ya got man tits. Rock, scream, dive, welcome to Better Off Alive.

White Boys Included:

Micah- Depressed Kurt Cobain wannabe

Ian- CCR reject

Dom- The Pogues reject

Artur- psycho of the Glenn

Colin Stalin- The 18 year old

悲恸剧院(Mournful Theater)

风格:哥特摇滚、另类摇滚。

成员: 主唱:徐佳琪

键盘:一米(Mystery)

鼓手:詹利利

贝斯:赵金涵

吉他:玉芙蓉

乐队介绍:悲恸跟悲痛同音，在汉语里的含义都差不多，叫悲恸的目的也是增加氛围的渲染，紧扣哥特的主题，增加美学的传递，这里可以理解成悲伤的回忆。剧院这里的含义不单单是指演出的场地，更多的是指我们生活中的方方面面，如同身处一个剧院之中，每天不断在扮演不同角色。所以我们希望我们的音乐能够带大家来到剧院之中，通过聆听与观赏后带来的反省，让自己从痛苦中解脱出来，不要一味的停留在过往的伤痕中。剧院里充满了欢笑也充满了悲伤，如果欢笑过头了就容易惊醒悲伤，让我们一起来开启人文之美，所以故事才刚刚开始……

Three folk singers come together for a night of original sets for absolutely no charge to you. Come and take in the vibe of these young singer-songwriters.

Neo-soul legend, vibraphonist and vocalist Roy Ayers comes to Blue Note Beijing on October 6 & 7th. In his early years, he collaborated with Chico Hamilton, Teddy Edwards, Jack Wilson, Phineas Newborn and Gerald Wilson. Today, he’s regarded as the godfather of his genre and works with everyone from Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, 50 Cent, A Tribe Called Quest, Tupac and Ice Cube.

See him at Blue Note with an all-star backing band. For more information or for tickets, visit: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ZxNAYwXFxWm7CdzgLc8ZHA

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

We've been here for over 10 years now since June of 2008. This was the special spot of local rock'n roll scene where people who liked the place called it "Utopia", and one of the important land marks of subcultures，and without a doubt the spiritual home to most of its fans.

Every Wednesday of the week, here comes all types of artists who are local or international to gather here and share the stage. They are musicians, singers, poets, comedians, instrumentalists, freestyle rappers, b-boxers, dancers and sometimes DJs, not only to share the joys but also make friends.

Starts from 9 pm and onwards, for all the people who love stage,

And there's more, that if we spot some very potential talents who are better to meet more audience, we'd like to invite them to our weekend shows and parties, and help them to build up their fan base and ready for bigger stage in the future.

The host's bio：

Thierry Trotignon has been in Beijing for 3 years. He has been playing with a multitude of bands of all genres but likes jazz the most.

Formed and graduated from the music conservatory of Toulouse, he was brought from classical music toward jazz by Gregor Villefranque and has since then enjoyed playing jazz from Toulouse to Paris, and now Beijing

Brought up by many teachers and many encounters, he evolved from classical to jazz with a passion he can only show put on a piano

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JAMES:

James has been carrying some old songs around with him for some time. He’ll open them up , air them out . Come have a sniff

HER AND HER WALK

The duo Hietrev and Peter play a sentimental and expressive music that weaves pain, loss and love. The music is sometimes improvised as the mood of the musicians or crowd dictates. This is all reinforced with flourishes of major lifting choruses banded together with flamenco rhythms.

SOLE:

Sole , sings songs reminiscent of a bygone era . His music and passion answer your questions about art and life

and very special guests

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BAND'S BIO:

OCTOPUSS is an Italian power trio of mind-blowing impact, with international relevance; the group's musical style, influenced by bands such as The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Red Hot Chili Peppers and TheBeatles, consists of rock with an emphasis on funk. “Octopuss’ show is a High-voltage music party!”(Mojo).

The band, formed in 2007 and composed of three well-known artists in the country: Reepo (guitar and vocal), Garrincha (bass - founder ofthe 6-times platinum band “Le Vibrazioni”, and member of the Italian X-Factor"Superband”) and Luca Capasso (drums, now replaced by Nick Turri) sinceits debut has been characterized by an energetic and steamy-hot performance onstage, getting known for its over the top live acts. “The combination of Octopuss' vintage and yet powerful sound with the energetic determination of the musicians, who are always warmly rewarded by the audience at every gig, makes their live performances unique”.

Live shows activity is primary for Octopuss: the band has performed at countless gigs at an array of venues and festivals all over Italy, plus tours in the U.S.,U.K., Europe, and recently 5 tours in China (including some of the world's most famous music venues and festivals in cities as Los Angeles, New York, SanFrancisco, Hollywood, Las Vegas, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Xiamen, Tianjin, …). The band opened for big international acts (Deep Purple @Mirabello Stadium, Italy; Scorpions @ChanjinagInternational Music Festival 2015, China; Planet Funk @Sant’Arsenio, Italy; XieTianxiao @Lanzhou International Music Festival, China; ...) in front several thousands of fans. They also received various awards and recognitions (among them, winners of the Italian edition of the Jack Daniel’s Challenge for Rock TV as "the Best Rock Band of the year", the trio was invited to perform at the “Global Music Event” at Lynchburg, Tennessee, to represent the Italian rock scene in the U.S.).

Always excited about new ideas, Octopuss produced and performed during the Olympics ‘12 in a huge and humorous “flash mob” event,shot in London, and called “Shake It Off – The Octopus flash mob experience, with the help of the British film company “Focal Rhythm Production”; the band conceived and played a joint tour with the UK band Hot Head Show (the trio chosen by Les Claypool to open for Primus’ 2011 European tour), whose frontman is Jordan Copeland, son of the legendary drummer of The Police; Octopuss are also involved in the REZOPHONIC charity to raise money for the African Medical and Research Foundation.

After having self-produced a live DVD and their first self-titled EP, Octopuss have rapidly gained a world class production and top studio recording just with the help of “buzzing” around their hot performances held in California during their first and second US tours: so moved to Los Angeles again, Octopuss were invited to The Band's legendary Shangri-La Studios in Malibu by the owner Beej Chaney for the recording sessions of their highly anticipated new upcoming album ('A Nut For A Jar of Tuna‘), produced and mixed by the famous British producer Gary Miller (David Bowie, Simply Red,Slash & Fergie, Andrea Bocelli, Lionel Ritchie, Donna Summer, Cheyenne,Bananarama, Kylie Minogue and many others) with the collaboration of Eric Lynn(sound engineer: Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2's, Metallica's “St.Anger”, …).

While busy pitching the US recorded album 'A Nut For A Jar of Tuna‘ to international labels, Octopuss released internationally the “Run Run Run” digital single: the music video, which includes a stop-motion sequence with miniatures of Octopuss handy made by the band itself, was selected as “video of the day” by Corriere della Sera, Italy’s most popular newspaper. Meanwhile the song "Miami Airport",still from the upcoming album 'A Nut For A Jar of Tuna‘, was used as jingle of all the 3D broadcasts of the Soccer Major League – “SERIE A” - matches on Sky Italy. After the “Run Run Run” US and international radio airplay, with the help of the prestigious US company Big Noise, two Octopuss’ songs were placed by The Recording Academy on the Official Ballot for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in the following categories: Best Rock Performance - “Octopuss - Run Run Run” and“Octopuss - Miami Airport”; Best Rock Song - “Octopuss - Miami Airport”.

In the meantime OCTOPUSS’ “China invasion” has begun, including their three outstanding Chinese tours on the end of ’14 and‘15, lasted about one month each. During these recent tours in China (more than 50 shows held in China in the last year), Octopuss played at some of Chinese most famous livehouses (including “Yugongyishan” in Beijing, “Mao Livehouse” inBeijing and Shanghai, “TU Space” in Guangzhou, …) and big festivals, performing also their very own version of some Chinese popular rock songs, with an outstanding feedback from audience and media. The band was also invited to perform and awarded by prestigious Beijing’s “University of Science and Technology” for its cultural exchange activities between Europe and China.

During its second China tour (including cities as Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Jinan, …) the band played at “Chanjiang International Music Festival 2015”, in front of 50.000people, before the legendary band Scorpions, and performed again with the Chinese rock idol Xie Tianxiao guesting him in a couple of shows (they had already guested him for a secret show in Milan to perform with him some of his most famous songs for the first time in Italy).

In September 2015, the band completed its “China tour 2015” with a tight schedule of performances at festivals (i.e. “Lanzhou International Music and Culture Festival 2015” and “MOMA” festival in Shanghai)and other Chinese famous livehouses (i.e. “7 Livehouse” in Zhengzhou, and “MaoLivehouse” in Beijing - which show has been coproduced and sponsored by Embassy of Italy in Beijing -, …).

Now Octopuss are actively busy promoting cooperation and cultural exchange between the European and the Chinese rock scenes. Meanwhile the tour is still going on bringing the band across Italy, Europe and China again during this summer, to perform the songs from the upcoming album “A Nut For A Jar Of Tuna”, whose worldwide release is expected in Autumn of 2016. On May 2016 the band has performed, among the others, at ones of the most huge and prestigious Chinese Music Festivals (Strawberry Beijing and Strawberry Shanghai, both performances broadcasted on TV) and at “Lai Fu Theatre” in Beijing; ; in July/August 2016 the band has been busy again in touring China for the fifth time, performing more than 20 shows at other prestigious Chinese Music Festivals and livehouses,and guesting on stage icons of Chinese rock scene (such as Xie Tianxiao, Zuoxiao Zuzhou, …). On July 7th, the band has also been invited to perform live on huge Chinese TV Channel CCTV5 its original cover of one of the most famous Chinese rock song (Beyond’ “Hai Kuo Tian Kong”); the performance, broadcasted worldwide, has been seen by more than 50 million people in the Big China.

Not only will OCTOPUSS put on an awesome rock show for y'all..but also will there be a dance after party with Nick the drummer DJing for us.So don't miss out

The MaybeMars label celebrates their 10th anniversary at Yue Space on Friday, October 5th. See Alpine Decline and Chui Wan.

Alpine Decline is a guitar + drums duo that locates in Los Angeles from 2010, attracted by the city’s brimming underground music scene. The band’s sound touches the nostalgic sweet spot for fans of psych, shoegaze, noise rock and ‘90s indie, without sounding too much like any of those.

Chui Wan is a four-piece experimental psychedelic rock band from Beijing, China. They get their name from Daoist philosopher Chuang Tse’s “Qi Wu Lun” (齐物论), a mystical work on the relationship between nature and human life. The spirit of Chuang Tse’s thought is reflected in the modern Chinese idiom: “谓风吹万窍，发出各种音响。” – “When the wind blows, every sound may be heard therein.”

For more information or for tickets, visit: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TCBK-jZPAg-LmMJqhFa5lA

Roundabout hosts a charity concert this Sunday. The proceeds of the concert will be donated to cover the medical expenses of a child named Kong Weize, who has suffered severe burns. Scan the QR code in the image and add your name and phone number to purchase tickets.