WANGBA RECORDS

Alternative

Beijing, China

Shows(8)

Projects

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NEWS
2009.07.20 The album of THEE, STRANDED HORSE is sold out in China (500 CD).
2009.09.25 The TROY VON BALTHAZAR China Tour (September) is postponed to April.
2009.10.20 PAPIER TIGRE will come back in China on December.
2009.11.13 PAPIER TIGRE's second album 'The Beginning and End of Now' is available in China now (BLACKCD edtion).
2009.11.15 Rick Parker (young jazz man from NYC) will play solo trombone performance at JZ Club in Hangzhou next weekend.

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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES >>>wangbarecords@gmail.com
>>>RICK PARKER | Solo Trombone Performance at Jazz Club Hangzhou | 2009.11.20
“Young trombonist Rick Parker is yet another powerful young jazz musician to be reckoned with.” (Mark Meyers, All About Jazz) Since relocating to New York in August of 2001, Rick Parker has performed at several of the city’s major jazz clubs including Blue Note, Birdland, the Jazz Standard and the Jazz Gallery. His primary musical project, the Rick Parker Collective, is a critically acclaimed quintet/sextet that has been called “the best kept secret in New York right now.” (All About Jazz) The group performs all original music at venues including Williamsburg Jazz Festival, Blues Alley, Somers Point Jazz Festival, Chris’s Jazz Café, Kavehaz, Knitting Factory, Cornelia Street Café. The Rick Parker Collective recently released their second CD, Finding Space, in September of 2006, which has been widely acclaimed in the short time it has been available, even being included in the All About Jazz Publisher’s Top CD Picks for 2006. Their first CD, New York Gravity, was released on the Fresh Sound New Talent record label in 2004. Parker also leads an improvised electronic music group called Ambient Assault which consists of electric trombone, keyboards and two drummers. His other musical endeavors include the world renowned trombonist/composer Ku-umba Frank Lacy’s 14 piece Vibe Tribe, legendary drummer Charlie Persip’s big band, Miki Hirose Quintet and the popular hip-hop group The Square Egg. Parker is also the Co-Producer of the Williamsburg Jazz Festival. A prolific composer, Parker was named a winner of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards for 2004/2005. In April of 2002 and 2003, he participated in the Kennedy Center’s “Betty Carter Jazz Ahead” invitation only workshop for composers/soloists where he studied under jazz icons such as Curtis Fuller, Eric Reid and John Clayton. In March 2002 he was named runner up in the Eastern Trombone Workshop National Solo Competition. Born in 1978, Parker has already performed with such jazz greats as George Benson, Grady Tate, Eddie Henderson, Conrad Herwig, Steve Turre, Cecil Bridgewater, Frank Lacy, Greg Tardy, Mingus Big Band and Andrew White in venues around the world including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Berkshire Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Blue Note, Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, Jazz Gallery, Blues Alley (DC), Chris’ Jazz Café (PA), Jazz Club (Argentina) and Oliveria Always (Argentina). He has studied with Conrad Herwig, Frank Lacy, Steve Davis, Mike Holober and Thad Wilson.

>>>PAPIER TIGRE 老虎纸 | 2nd Chinese Tour | December 2009
《Papier Tigre 老虎纸（第二个中国巡演2009年12月）》
老虎纸(法语念成“Papyeah Teegrr”)，3位法国职业摇滚艺术家，深知贴切而优秀的词曲和摇滚乐的强大爆发力一样难能可贵，必不可少！他们以Fugazi或The Ex这样的优秀乐团的音质探索为榜样，音乐深刻而亲密地根植于创造性的传统朋克。Papier Tigre音乐之新颖来源于其非洲部落的特色气氛与吉他手兼主唱于一身的Eric Pasquereau彰显的节奏的相得益彰，浑然一色。
无论怎样去形容，老虎纸都是一支在舞台上不知疲惫的乐队，他们从未停止过全球巡演，其中还包括2008年1月在中国的第一次巡演之行。他们已经在欧洲，南美洲，北美洲巡回演出超过200多场，其中不乏机会与Battles, Sleeping People, Why ?, Dalëk, The Buzzcocks, Radio 4这样的知名乐队同台献艺甚至一同巡演，去年老虎纸参加了由Explosions in the Sky在英国组织的ATP音乐节上的闭幕演出。
今年他们将带来他们的第二张新专辑“The Beginning And End Of Now”（王八唱片中国发行）在日本和中国巡回演出。他们让人不禁随之摇摆的音乐及舞台魅力与聪明的作曲相结合，使老虎纸成为毋庸置疑的绝对不能错过的乐队之一！这是关于艺术的朋克，但源于人类自然的呐喊……
Papier Tigre (pronouce “Papyeah Teegrr”), a 3 piece rock band from France, understands that a relevant song need not exclude it from having a raw power : their music is firmly entrenched in the tradition of inventive, challenging punk bands like Fugazi or The Ex. Papier Tigre’s sound is built around pounding tribal drums that propel each song forward with ruthless efficiency. But above all, Papier Tigre is a somehow tireless touring band. Since their first tour in China (January 2008), they already played a commanding total of more than 200 shows (and counting) in Europe, South America and United-States. The band has also had the opportunity to share stages and internationals tours with Battles, Sleeping People, Why?, Dalëk, The Buzzcocks, Radio 4 including an outstanding performance at the ATP festival curated by Explosions in The Sky in the UK. They will touring this winter in Japan and China to present their second album ‘The Beginning And End Of Now’ (released by Wangba Records in China). The danceable energy and intelligent song writing have evolved into making Papier Tigre one of the most significant new rock acts to discover. This is art punk, but at it’s most primal.

>>>TROY VON BALTHAZAR | Chinese Tour | Mars 2010
Troy Von Balthazar（夏威夷）源于Nirvana同一时期的音乐运动。1993至94年， Kurt Cobain曾邀请只有二十出头的TVB的组合Chokebore参与Nirvana史上的美国最后一次巡回演出。Kurt Cobain没有看走眼，TVB确实是难得可贵的词曲作家和演绎者。他与他的组合在世界各地频繁演出并录制了6张大碟直至2003年乐队解散。从此TVB开始他的独奏生涯，包括在著名Elliott Smith录音室录制了他的个人首张专辑的一部分以及直至2006年的长时间世界巡回演出（总数超过200场）。在此后一段时间，他集中精力撰写了他的第一部微型小说《3个女孩子》，但是他从未放弃过对音乐的执着与热爱。与大师Leonard Cohen的邂逅与深厚友谊使他投入更多新的歌词创作。他的两张新独奏专辑于2009年问世（专辑中TVB一人操刀：吉他，唱，鼓，键盘），在他新一轮的世界巡演计划中，这位美国俊朗的老牌音乐家将向中国乐迷们演绎他的新歌曲，按他自己对他新曲的评定是“悲伤-转化剂”。
Expanding on the slow, sad landscapes of CHOKEBORE's later works, TROY VON BALTHAZAR (Hawaïi) is certainly one of the most precious songwriter from the 90's. In the beginning of his career he was the frontman of the hawaiian band CHOKEBORE. In 93 & 94 KURT COBAIN chose his band like warm-up band for severals dates in US. At this time, the leader of NIRVANA thought CHOKEBORE was one of the best band on stage. So, with KURT COBAIN like godfather, CHOKEBORE started to play all around the world ... and from 1993 to 2003 they recorded 6 albums. In 2005, he released his first solo album (a part of it was recorded 2 years before in the studio of his friend: ELLIOTT SMITH). From 2004, he performs himself on stage, more than 200 gigs in Europe and U.S and during his travels he wrote a book about women he met: "3 Girls" (2006). So now, his life is writing & music and in this mood he continues to search inspirations with some songwriters as LEONARD COHEN to prepare his new album (2nd solo album) which will be available in China on June 09.
Troy Von Balthazar Radio
Troy Von Balthazar Website
Rainbow / Live in Paris

>>>LI TIE QIAO 李铁桥 | European Tour 2010 To Be Confirmed
LI TIE QIAO is a Chinese composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. He mostly engages in experimental and free improvisation projects. In his improvisation he bravely experiments in search for a new expression between the boarders of jazz, rock and electronic noise.
As a child, he played bamboo flute. He went to music school learned trombone and played in a military band. He moved to Beijing in 1995. As then he start self-study Alto saxophone and played in some experimental rock bands and connected with a lot of avant-garde artists, poets and musicians. He moved to Oslo, Norway, in 2005 and was warmly welcomed by a number of Norwegian musicians. During his time in Norway he have played with Paal Nilssen-Love,Ingebrigt Harker Flaten, Maja Ratkje, Ketil Gutvik, Rolf-Erik Nystro.

>>>EYAL MAOZ | European Tour 2010 To Be Confirmed
Eyal Maoz is an ensembles leader, solo performer and composer. He currently leads numerous original music ensembles such as Edom, Dimyon, Crazy Slavic Band, co-lead The Maoz-Sirkis Duet and cooperates with top NYC composers and musicans. He is a Tzadik Record artist and a guest member of John Zorn's Cobra. Eyal ensembles performed at major music festival worldwide such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Red Sea International Jazz Festival, NYC 2007 Winter Jazzfest, Brooklyn BAM next Festival, Verizon Jazz Festival, the NY Jewish Music & Heritage Festival, Florida Music Harvest, The Jewzapalooza Festival in NYC and more. He was featured on MTV & NFR.

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RELEASES >>>wangbarecords@gmail.com
PAPIER TIGRE'The Beginning And End Of Now' WAN06-2009 (BLACKCD edition)
Released in China under exclusive licence from Collectif-Effervescence. Printed in China
This is art punk, but at it’s most primal. Papier Tigre (pronouce Papyeah Teegrr), a 3 piece rock band from France, understands that a relevant song need not exclude it from having a raw power: their music is firmly entrenched in the tradition of inventive, challenging punk bands like Fugazi. They will touring this winter in Japan and China to present their second album ‘The Beginning And End Of Now’ (released by Wangba Records in China). The danceable energy and intelligent song writing have evolved into making PT one of the most significant new rock acts to discover.
这是关于艺术的朋克，但源于人类自然的呐喊。Papier Tigre 老虎纸(法语念成Papyeah Teegrr)，3位法国职业摇滚艺术家，深知贴切而优秀的词曲和摇滚乐的强大爆发力一样难能可贵，必不可少！他们以Fugazi这样的优秀乐团的音质探索为榜样，音乐深刻而亲密地根植于创造性的传统朋克。今年他们将带来他们的第二张新专辑The Beginning And End Of Now（王八唱片中国发行）在日本和中国巡回演出。他们让人不禁随之摇摆的音乐及舞台魅力与聪明的作曲相结合，使老虎纸成为毋庸置疑的绝对不能错过的乐队之一！
淘宝网 TAO BAO

TROY VON BALTHAZAR'8 Songs For Chinese Girls' WAN05-2009 (CDR)
Copyright 2009 Wangba Records. All Rights Reserved. Printed in China
Since 2003, the year of the last album of CHOKEBORE, Troy Von Balthazar (ex-frontman of this legendary hawaiin emo-post punk band who played with NIRVANA) continues to explore sad landscape with his solo projects recorded in Los Angeles, Paris and Berlin.
淘宝网 TAO BAO

10'nomad' WAN04-2008 (CD AUDIO)
Copyright 2008 Wangba Records. All Rights Reserved. Printed in China
10's 'one' and 'zero' cannot meet, but they can include each other. 10's music started from this unlikely connexion to create sounds. Itta is the Korean word for 'exist' (1) while for Marukido, 'maru' means in Japanese 'eternity' and (0), 'ki' means 'delight' and 'do' means 'angry'. 淘宝网 TAO BAO

THEE, STRANDED HORSE 你，搁浅的马儿 (SOLD OUT)'churning strides' WAN03-2008 (CDR)
Released in China under exclusive licence from Blank Tapes. Printed in China
The music of sub-Saharan Africa - Delta blues - French chanson - the lyrical anarchism of Leo Ferré - the cosmic folk of Marc Bolan's Tyrannosaurus Rex. All of these may come to mind but none are the key to THEE, STRANDED HORSE: the key is his voice and lyrics - written in fluent english - their stops, starts and restless shifts from idea to idea.
淘宝网 TAO BAO

HOPPER'deergirl' WAN02-2008 (CDR)
Released in China under exclusive licence from MVS Records. Printed in China
Hopper, a cornerstone of local Parisian rock, recently set out to record their second album with the legendary Ryan Hadlock (producer of Blonde Redhead, Foo Fighters, The Gossip, The Strokes, Soundgarden).

PAPIER TIGRE '老虎纸' WAN01-2008 (CDR)
Released in China under exclusive licence from Effervescence. Printed in China
PAPIER TIGRE (pronouce "Papyeah Teegrr") are a 3 pieces rock band from Nantes, France. PAPIER TIGRE is an impressive live act and a somehow tireless touring band. In less than 2 years after they started from scratch, they already played a commanding total of more than 200 shows (and counting) in 15 different countries ranging from some fairly obvious European territories to less common countries like China. The band has also had the opportunity to share stages and tours with some of the top indie acts of the day (BATTLES, SLEEPING PEOPLE...) including an outstanding performance at the ATP festival curated by Explosions in The Sky in the UK.
淘宝网 TAO BAO

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TOURS in China >>>wangbarecords@gmail.com
PAPIER TIGRE January 08 / HOPPER May 08 / THEE, STRANDED HORSE July 08 / 10 October 08 / L'OCELLE MARE June 09

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PERFORMANCES in China and Europe >>>wangbarecords@gmail.com
THE PATRIOTIC SUNDAY Beijing / THE RODEO Beijing / LI JIAN HONG Beijing / LI TIE QIAO Beijing / VAVABOND Beijing / IOIOI Beijing / WANG WEN Berlin - Brussel - Glasgow / GONG GONG Beijing / OPRA HASHIMO Beijing - Nanjing - Changsha - Guangzhou / GANG ZI Beijing / XIAO HE Croisements Festival - Beijing / WU FEI Beijing / EYAL MAOZ Beijing / XIAO HE Paris - Bordeaux - Lyon - Strasbourg - Dijon - Linz - Pescara - Terni - Macerata - Arezzo

Links

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Performances 2009

Performances 2008