Porque esta foto para presentarles a Alex Zhang Hungtai ?
Alex Zhang Hungtai , cerebro de Dirty Beaches nacio en Taiwan y hoy vive en Quebec , Montreal, lugar al que llego luego de atravesar California , Hawai y China , por lo que podria decirse que fue practicamente un nomade durante casi toda su vida , o un constante inmigrante al que como el mismo dice, su concepto de hogar es ” a collage of all these fractured landscapes that I try to piece together.” una definicion determinante para comprender su obra.
Abrazo su gusto por la musica recien a los 20 ( no hace tanto ya que hoy cuenta con 30 años ), cuando decidio aprender a tocar la guitarra despues de que lo expulsaran de una banda Metal por querer cantar como Bowie.
Alimentada por sus gustos en el sonido del cine misterioso de Lynch, Jamusch y Tarantino, sumado a la musica de los 50`s que solia escuchar su padre, su musica tiene una estetica y una sensibilidad de una nostalgia implacable y con un torrente inagotable de misterio, ha logrado un estilo peculiar fuera de los Margenes de “normalidad ” a los que muchos estan acostumbrados, por lo que seguramente su primera escucha ahuyentara a unos cuantos.
Simplemente espero que puedan adivinar la genialidad de Hungtai , sus guños al garage mas primitivo, al rock de los 50`s como un intento de reconectarse con sus padres a traves de la musica que ellos escuchaban, genialidad representada en escencia por un Lo Fi tan crudo como iresistible, como alaridos acurrucados que se desprenden de un pantano como una daga y se clavan en nuestros oidos y nuestros corazones de una manera extraña e inexplicable. Simplemente espero que puedan disfutar la belleza en lo extraño y diferente como pude hacerlo estos dos dias que estuve enfermo y con la compañia Dirty Beaches.
Por eso la foto de arriba , los padres de Alex Zhang Hungtai ,una forma de homenaje, porque lo que sea que ellos le hayan dado mientras crecia, o lo que le hayan hecho faltar, dio como resultado final lo que van a encontrar a continuacion . Espero que les guste, saludos…
Dirty Beaches – Seaside EP
Label:Fixture Records
Format:7 × File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Country:Canada
Released:2008
Tracklist
1 Goodbye, Honolulu 3:46
2 On The Streets Of Shibuya 3:50
3 Sud Dud Bud Mud 3:32
4 Michael, I’ll Come See You When I Cross The Border 4:06
5 A Hundred Languages 2:18
6 Blue Birds 3:02
7 La Barca 2:45
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Dirty Beaches – Horror LP
Label:Fixture Records
Format:CD, Album
Country:Canada
Released:2008
Recorded Live at 5135 Du Parc, Montreal
Tracklist
1 The Death March 6:47
2 Night Train Rumble 2:58
3 Dining Car Chase 2:26
4 Window Rail Seats 2:57
5 Sea Drift 2:38
6 Motels 1:28
7 Mirrors 1:52
8 Horror 2:13
9 Boxcar 4:24
10 The Desert 1:23
11 Alone At The Waterfall 1:24
12 No Letters Home 1:35
13 Love Is A Fog 1:20
14 In Dreams 3:18
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Dirty Beaches – Dirty Beaches
Label:Night People
Format:CD, Cassette, Limited Edition
Country:US
Released:2009
Tracklist
1 Coast To Coast
2 The Road
3 Low Rider
4 Shangri-La
5 Like Dreamers Do
6 White Sand
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Dirty Beaches – Bird EP
Label:Fixture Records
Format: 7 × File, MP3, EP
Country:Canada
Released:2009
Tracklist
1 West Coast Bird 2:59
2 Europa Auto Body 2:34
3 O’ Farrell 2:22
4 Dusty’s Diner 1:59
5 Grandpa Patrolling The Harbor 1:57
6 Tango Tango 1:01
7 North East Station 2:49
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Dirty Beaches – Night City!
Label:Night People
Format:CD, Cassette, Limited Edition, C36
Country US
Released:2009
Tracklist
1 Coast To Coast 2:27
2 The Road 4:14
3 Low Rider 3:15
4 Shangri-La 2:48
5 Like Dreamers Do 1:50
6 Midnight Runner 2:28
7 Reconstruction Surgery 2:50
8 Ghost On Highway 13 1:45
9 Shadows 2:22
10 Night City Theme 3:23
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Dirty Beaches – Solid State Gold
Label:Rose Mansion Analog
Format:Cassette, Album
Country:China
Released:2010
Tracklist
1 Coast To Coast
2 The Road
3 Low Rider
4 Shangri-La
5 Forever In Gold
6 Golden Desert Sun
7 The Dead March
8 In Dreams
9 West Coast Bird
10 O’ Farrell
11 Grandpa Patrolling The Harbour
12 North East Station
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Dirty Beaches / Generic Shit – Decadent
Label:Campaign For Infinity
Format:Cassette, Limited Edition
Country:Canada
Released:15 Oct 2010
Limited 100 red tapes. Artwork by Hobo Cubes
Dirty beaches: Mellotron samples, kyboards, Stylophone, Drum machine, vocals
Hobo Cubes: Keyboards, Oscillator, Flute, Harmonica
Street Gnar: Electric Guitar, Drum machine, Keyboards
Generic Shit:
Philip T – guitar, drums, vocals, noise, bass.
Recorded in 2010 while shooting up pills, inhaling insolation and fucking around with a four track in a dirty basement.
Tracklist
1 Dirty Beaches – Cactus Featuring – Hobo Cubes
2 Dirty Beaches – Stye Eye Featuring – Hobo Cubes, Street Gnar
3 Dirty Beaches – Folding Landscapes Featuring – Hobo Cubes
4 Dirty Beaches – Old World Ends Featuring – Hobo Cubes
5 Dirty Beaches – Exit Theme Featuring – Hobo Cubes
6 Generic Shit – Songs About Shooting Up Prescription Pills
7 Generic Shit – Black Stocking Jam
8 Generic Shit – I Wanna Eat Your Skin
9 Generic Shit – Garbage World
10 Generic Shit – Rock And Roll Is Dead
11 Generic Shit – Rock And Roll Is A Joke!
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Omon Ra II / Dirty Beaches – Split
Label:Campaign For Infinity
Format:Cassette, C-30
Country:Canada
Released:2010
Limited to 100 copies
Tracklist
1 Omon Ra II – Talking Asshole
2 Omon Ra II – Gimme/Drunk-Walk
3 Omon Ra II – America Is My Zoo
4 Omon Ra II – Jimmy Melvin
5 Omon Ra II – National Anthem
6 Dirty Beaches – Black Horses
7 Dirty Beaches – Teenage Queen
8 Dirty Beaches – Motorcycle Rumble
9 Dirty Beaches – Golden Desert Sun
10 Dirty Beaches – Rituals
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Dirty Beaches / Conor Prendergast – Dirty Beaches / Conor Prendergast
Label:Soft Power Records
Format:Vinyl, 7″, EP, Limited Edition, 45 RPM
Country:UK
Released:Mar 2011
Limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies.
Tracklist
A1 Dirty Beaches – The Singer Written-By – Johnny Cash
A2 Dirty Beaches – Gone To Hell Come Friday
B1 Conor Prendergast – Piranha
B2 Conor Prendergast – Great To Be Here
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Dirty Beaches – No Fun
Label:Italian Beach Babes
Format:Vinyl, 7″, Single, Limited Edition
Country:UK
Released:2011
Edition of 500.
Tracklist
A No Fun Written-By – Stooges, The
B No Where Fast
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Dirty Beaches – Badlands
Label:Zoo Music
Format:Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Repress, White
Country:US
Released:29 Mar 2011
Tracklist
1 Speedway King 3:29
2 Horses 4:07
3 Sweet 17 3:25
4 A Hundred Highways 4:43
5 True Blue 2:51
6 Lord Knows Best 3:24
7 Black Nylon 2:50
8 Hotel 2:02
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Ela Orleans / Dirty Beaches – Double Feature
Label:Atelier Ciseaux, La Station Radar, Night People
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Clear
Country:France
Released:21 Jun 2011
Artwork By – Shawn Reed
Guitar, Sampler, Violin, Keyboards, Vocals – Ela Orleans (tracks: A1 to A6)
Lyrics By [Juxtaposition Of Poems / Short Stories] – Adolfo Bioy Casares (tracks: A1 to A6), Edward Lear (2) (tracks: A1 to A6), Ela Orleans (tracks: A1 to A6), Elizabeth Browning (tracks: A1 to A6), Sarah Teasdale (tracks: A1 to A6), Simon Hayward (tracks: A1 to A6)
Performer – Alex Zhang Hungtai (tracks: B1 to B6)
Limited edition of 300 copies. Silkscreened covers on recycled paper. Comes with download code.
Tracklist
1 Ela Orleans – Tides And Shadows
2 Ela Orleans – Neverend Written-By – Simon Hayward
3 Ela Orleans – Somewhere
4 Ela Orleans – Vertigo
5 Ela Orleans – In The Night Guitar – Wende K. Blass Written-By – Simon Hayward
6 Ela Orleans – I Know
7 Dirty Beaches – God Speed
8 Dirty Beaches – Crosses
9 Dirty Beaches – Death Valley
10 Dirty Beaches – Don’t Let The Devil Find You
11 Dirty Beaches – L Train
12 Dirty Beaches – A Train
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