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LATIN NIGHTS WITH SAVOR LATINO LIVE BAND

Every Monday, Modernista goes latin with the band that stole our hearts. Our early kick to start the anniversary countdown with lots of energy and hot hot love!

Entry RMB 40, includes one mojito, sangria, or non-alcoholic mojito. And RMB 40 mojito happy hour all night.

SERGE TEYSSOT-GAY will perform is very last performance in Beijing. STG is a legendary French musician as the former guitarist & co-founder of the most famous French rock band: NOIR DESIR. As part of this band, he recorded two albums with Nick Sansano (Sonic Youth) / Ted Niceley (Fugazi) and toured all over the world. His solo career receives relatively little mainstream attention outside France/Europe, however the international alternative scene recognizes him as one of the most creative guitarists of our times, his talent comparable to such masters as Marc Ribot, Jim O’Rourke, Nels Cline, Fred Frith, Bill Frisell, etc. At present, he is engaged in eight different projects, including world music, hip-hop, free jazz, avant-garde, improvisation, often combined with art, film and dance. STG is unique and he is coming to China on his « Journey to the East » in Search of New Horizons.

- STG website (use VPN)

- Organizer website

- Kyle Mullin's article (Nov. 2016) : "Serge Teyssot-Gay, Former Guitarist for Hugely Popular French Rockers Noir Désir"

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Satuday, 5 December, 21:00@ModernSky Lab

Bands: DaWei, The Fallacy, Moland, Miss Secret, and The Paramecia.

Miss Secret: She's a shining planet - you can't see her clearly when she appears.

DaWei: Big poet in a tiny body. Violent, complex yet delicate in his art, his music, poetry and films have a unique black humour.

The Paramecia: Ambitious 6-piece progressive folk rock band founded in Nanjing by singer-songwriter and poet Su Zixu.

The Fallacy: 3-piece Beijing-based band heavily influenced by post-punk, noise-rock and new wave.

Moland: Formed in 2012 - unsuspecting artsy band who defy self-definition.

The Jessica Stuart Few "The Passage" China Tour tickets on Musikid:
http://www.musikid.com/tour/6456

MusicDish*China is proud the present Canadian indie jazz-folk trio The Jessica Stuart Few's second tour of mainland China in support of her latest album "The Passage". Kicking off on November 23rd with a live streaming performance and interview at live broadcasting platform Yema Live studios, the tour will cover ten cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei, Jingzhou, Chengdu, Changsha, Wuhan and Shijiazhuang.

2016 “The Passage” China Tour
11.23 / 手机直播 Live Streaming / 野马现场 Yema Live
11.24 / 北京 Beijing / DDC
11.25 / 天津 Tianjin / 后巷现场 Back Alley
11.26 / 上海 Shanghai / Harley’s Underground
12.1 / 合肥 Hefei / On The Way （大摩店）
12.2 / 荆州 Jingzhou / VOX
12.3 / 成都 Chengdu / 小酒馆 Little Bar（芳沁店）
12.4 / 长沙 Changsha / 46live
12.8 / 武汉 Wuhan / VOX（武昌店）
12.9 / 石家庄 Shijiazhuang / 红糖 Brown Sugar
12.10 / 北京 Beijing / 璃墟剧场 La Plantation
12.11 / 北京 / 璃墟剧场 La Plantation

The name of this tour is “The Passage旅程”. It not only represents the Canadian Folk band The Jessica Stuart Few’s newest album “The Passage”, it also represents the band’s wish of visiting more cities in China and making more friends during this tour. They also wish the Chinese music lovers can pause once in a while during their “passage” of finding good music, and listen to The Jessica Stuart Few —— the sound from half a world away.

The Jessica Stuart Few "The Passage" China Tour tickets on Musikid:
http://www.musikid.com/tour/6456

Many are called, but the chosen are The Jessica Stuart Few. Simply put, when you’re the only koto-playing indie soul-jazz singer-songwriter in the west (the koto is a traditional Japanese 13-stringed instrument) whose trademark red hair and genre-bending dancefloor grooves have taken you on multiple tours throughout Asia and Australia, despite being Vancouver born and a Toronto native, you’re bound to raise an eyebrow (or 2000?) with your new album, The Passage. As an inventive genre-bending triple threat composer, guitarist, vocalist and contributor to the works of fellow nouveau musical innovators (e.g. Stuart sings back-up vocals on the forthcoming album by Polaris Prize and Juno Award-winning throat singer Tanya Tagaq featuring The Element Choir), shape shifting almost becomes necessary. Over the last three years Stuart has won Best Album award designations at the international IMA's (Independent Music Awards) and was the runner up in Harbourfront Centre's Soundclash Awards, among other accolades.

Every Sunday night BLUES JAM SESSION hosted by Mojo Hand musicians.
Bring your instrument, your voice, your family, or a few friends to Jianghu Bar!
It's FREE!!

Meridian Space welcomes two multifaceted sound artists and musicians: Nicolás Melmann and Qu Qiufan. Both artists’ works are characterized by intertwined experimental/melodic compositions, soft vocals, electronic glitch beats, effects and the inclusion of a wide variety of musical instruments’ sound.

Melmann will be debuting in Beijing as part of his tour through Asia. So save the date for a hypnotic plethora of dream-inducing sound.

About the artists

Melmann

Melmann is the solo project of Nicolas Melmann, a Buenos Aires based artist, graduate in Electro Acoustic Composition (Quilmes University). He combines different musical dimensions -as sound artist- by using electronics with acoustic instruments, always innovating in his compositions, making test formats, exploring different sounds, resources and instruments.

Walking between experimentation and melody his music is nocturnal and introspective. On his live performances, he is one man orchestra, playing electronics (beat box, kaoss pad, loop station and computers) with acoustic instruments (ukulele, melódica, hang drum, harp, tiny percussion etc.) mixing them with live process, field recordings and text, all at the same time.

Since 2006 he has been developing a media project combining sounds with images and textworking with VJS, generating a mix between these elements, looking for a conceptual and discursive unity between them.

In the field of sound art, he has undertaken several projects, working as a curator in the series of concerts "Lenguajes Sonoros", which focus in different languages and expressions through sound, held at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Mar del Plata MAR during the 2015, just to mention one of his several projects.

Melmann has performed a great number of solo shows on local stages in Buenos Aires as well as in International festivals such as roBOT Festival (Italy - Usina del Arte), Panoramica, among others. He has also shared the stage with international artists such as Neon Indian (US), Function (DE), and Robert Lippok (DE) Matias Aguayo (DE) Lydia Lunch (NY), among others.

Melmann also works producing music for television, film, theater and installations.

Webpage

WWW.MELMANN.COM.AR

Online videos (it might require a VPN connection)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEsNfntQ2iA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foJ0e3ZB4yM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLFS1bymRM0
https://vimeo.com/75349786
https://vimeo.com/22377480

Qu Qiufan (瞿秋繁)

Qiufan has always been interested in artistic expression and communication. Making art is the ultimate way to achieve the two goals. He started his experience in related to music and arts seriously in 2009. While studying philosophy at the college, he also took private lessons in harmony and composition with Aya Nishina. After studying at Berklee, he shifted from solely composing classical music to electronic music productions and multi-disciplinary works in which he explores the texture of the sound and the relation of the sound and space. These elements are also embodied in his independent music production works.

​Qiufan's inspirations are the aesthetic of plain, simple but elegant; eastern philosophical disposition expressed through the chaotic, fragmented and noisy contemporary context. The subjects include nostalgia,serenity, irony, cynical and mischievous matters. His main works are acoustic-electronic music that employs female vocal ensemble and synthetic sounds.

His works include soundscapes, sound installations, indie music productions, and scorings for motion pictures.

As part of the performance, artist Tian Sicong’s —田思聪—video piece Simulacra will be screened.

Web page

http://www.quqiufan.com/

Anoraak first appeared in 2008 with the underground classic Nightdrive With You. Two albums and a whole bunch of remixes later (Neon Indian, Mika, College, Metronomy, Pacific!...) he is today a reference in the synthwave and indie-dance genres.

After years on the road behind the DJ desks or front stage singing and playing his music live, he's back with a new EP FIGURE, including the acclaimed track We Lost featuring LA's Slow Shiver suave vocals, premiered on major music media Dancing Astronaut.

"The perfect balance between the unique melodic sense of Anoraak and the beautiful voice of Slow Shiver, a beautiful romantic hit" College

The cover is an artwork by renowned director Jesse Salto, and the track We Lost has been remixed by Brooklyn's producer LEFTI.

"A memorable ballad that yearns to be listened to over and over again" Dancing Astronaut

His new live show is a solo act, surfing smartly between a vocal / instrumental performance and a modern eletronic live set built for the dancefloor.

时间/Time: 2016年11月18日 22:00
门票/Ticket: 60(presale)/80(door)
地点/Venue: 黄昏黎明俱乐部 (DDC)
地址/ADD: 北京市东城区美术馆后街山老胡同14号
Shanlao Hutong NO. 14, Dongcheng District
电话/Tel: 010-64078969
邮箱/Mail: DuskDawnClub@gmail.com

Moreno Donadel is an Italian classical and Jazz pianist, composer, arranger, educator.

In his early age, Obtained Orthodox Academy of Music Education, and has studied with the world's well known musicians, for example Ms. Christine Meyr, Fred Hersch, David Kikoski, Ted Rosenthal, Roberta Piket, Barry Harris, Jeb Patton. He played music with world famous musicians such as Lee Konitz, Rufus Reid, Mark Murphy, Bob Mover, Antonio Hart, Enrico Granafei to name a few and he collaborated with famous chinese musicians such as Langlang, Cuijian, A-mei to name a few. Moreno's performance covers broad range of styles from classic, jazz, Latin, pop to other fields. He has been performing Classical music recital and Jazz all around the world participated in numerous master classes and International Music Festivals. He started playing piano in bands at the early age of 9. So far, he has successfully held several classical piano concerts, all over the world. He has come to China's Poly Theatre yearly, since 2009, for his classical piano solo tour. He was invited to perform at the 29th Beijing Olympic Games. He worked as an arranger for BMG and PolyGram Recording Company and produced a lot of music compositions. He has been living in Beijing since the 1998, teaching Jazz piano, performing and recording. In the last decades, he has trained large number of talents whom partially became excellent professional performers and educators. He is vice chairman of Chinese contemporary music and Adviser of the Chinese Jazz Association. In his music career, he won several national and international music awards as "Concorso Internazionale Città di Montesilvano", "Concorso Musicale Città di Treviso".

In 2013 He participated in recording album Wanderlust (as an arranger and performer), and won three big prizes and 6 nominations at AWIT Grammy. In 2015 Moreno won the Best Original Score at Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards by the music he created with Liu Yuan for the movie “The Blue Bone” directed by Chinese rock star and movie director Cuijian.

line-up:
Piano: Moreno Donadel
Bass: 张柯 Zhang Ke
Drums: Anthony Vanacore

时间/Time: 2016年11月17日 21:00
门票/Ticket: 40(presale)/50(door)
地点/Venue: 黄昏黎明俱乐部 (DDC)
地址/ADD: 北京市东城区美术馆后街山老胡同14号
Shanlao Hutong NO. 14, Dongcheng District
电话/Tel: 010-64078969
邮箱/Mail: DuskDawnClub@gmail.com

时间/Time: 2016年11月15日 21:00
门票/Ticket: 30(presale)/40(door)
地点/Venue: 黄昏黎明俱乐部 (DDC)
地址/ADD: 北京市东城区美术馆后街山老胡同14号
Shanlao Hutong NO. 14, Dongcheng District
电话/Tel: 010-64078969
邮箱/Mail: DuskDawnClub@gmail.com

DDC invites you to an evening of blues, country, roots music and rock from Sneaky & Son, Randy Abel and Moor Hick on November 15, 2016.

Sneaky & Son consists of British blues singer/harp player Trevor Gaymer, guitarist Dann Gaymer (GUIGUISUISUI), bassist Dan Lenk (The Death Narcissist, Comp Collider) and drummer Dario Cacciatore (Gou Shen, Hugh Reed and the Electric Shadows). For decades Trevor Gaymer has been the leader of the British R&B band Sneaky, playing the music of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, The Rolling Stones and many more across London and the south east of England. In 2012 he joined his son for the second ever GUIGUISUISUI gig in Shanghai and now four years later father and son will be reunited for a gig in Beijing.

Randy Abel is an American musician based in Beijing who is a fixture of the live music scene, as a solo artist and as the leader of the Randy Abel Stable (马厩乐队). Drawing on likes of Hank Williams Sr. and Son House, Randy is a roots musician to the core and presents the music of his homeland with a passion second to none. With the Stable he has graced live house and festival stages across China, sharing bills with the likes of Jorma Kaukonen, Franz Nicolay , Jeff Lang, and Shun Kikuta.

Moor Hick describe themselves as Beijing's newest and weirdest band, fusing the sounds of North Africa and the old American south to create an entirely unique musical experience. Moor Hick consists of Micah McCauley on guitar/vocals, and Badr Benjelloun on percussions and vocals. While having performed at their home base of Caravan in Beijing’s embassy district they also hold the honor of playing the last show at legendary venue Old What? in Tiananmen before it closed earlier this year.

The Hunters are one of Beijing’s best expatriate music groups and their talent on stage will blow you away. This explosive five-piece continues to receive the accolades of the music scene by combing old school Funk, Soul, and Rock classics with modern hits, all mixed and served in an intoxicating and action packed delivery.

Stevie Mac & the Mac Daddies is the "Best Beijing Band" from 2016 Beijinger Bar & Club Awards!
Inspired by all things classic, Beijing Pop/Jazz band, Stevie Mac & The Mac Daddies, bring a vintage approach to contemporary music. The band is led by Steven McKinney (Stevie Mac), who is the voice of the group. He is supported by 10 wonderfully talented musicians, the Mac Daddies, a band comprised of guitar, bass, keys, drums, secondary vocals, and a horn section. Together they create a musical sound that is both fresh and classic at the same time. Stevie Mac & The Mac Daddies are fueled on their talent, passion, hard work and true love for all things music, and it pours out in their memorable live performance. Join them as they bring a vintage spin on the music of today!

The Game Gurus
Back in action after they lost their percussive player 4, The Game Gurus have been given an extra life as the beat master Conor Watson joins the musical foray!
Inspired by the composers of video game classics, The Game Gurus play an organic mix of the best, bit-tastic songs from the games of yesteryear. Powered by Chris's mighty synth, the booming bass of Ryan, Jake's guitar of sonic soul, and the kickass beats of Conor, the Gurus will get your groovin' in no time!

Line-up:
The Hunters, ft. special guest singer: Stevie Mac/MIRS/Devin (Jing Sing)/More…
the Stevie Mac & The Mac Daddies
and very special guest: the Game Gurus

时间/Time: 2016年11月11日 21:00
门票/Ticket: 40(presale)/50(door)
地点/Venue: 黄昏黎明俱乐部 (DDC)
地址/ADD: 北京市东城区美术馆后街山老胡同14号
Shanlao Hutong NO. 14, Dongcheng District
电话/Tel: 010-64078969
邮箱/Mail: DuskDawnClub@gmail.com