EVENT INFO
EMBER SWIFT
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS
WESTERN & CHINESE FUSION
子玉
原创音乐专场
FRI, AUG 18TH
FROM 10 PM
8月18号周五
晚上10点
Modernista is open back this weekend starting with an amazing performance by musician and composer Ember Swift. Combining different genres and a mixture of eastern and western sounds, her solid, consistent shows are always full of surprises, offering glimpses of what's behind a true creative mind through her music.
Come back to enjoy Friday night at Modernista!
THE BAND
乐队成员
*EMBER SWIFT (Canada / 加拿大)
guitar, vocals, songwriting / 吉他, 主唱, 词作
* ANTHONY VANACORE (USA / 美国) – drums / 鼓手
* JEFFREY GILLMAN (USA / 英国) – bass / 贝司
* YOAV VOLANSKY (Israel / 以色列) – keys / 键盘
* WANG YAQI (China / 中国) – erhu, backing vocals / 二胡, 和声
MORE ABOUT
介绍
EMBER SWIFT
Ember Swift is a Canadian musician and songwriter who has released 12 albums and 1 DVD project since 1996 through her own independent label “Few’ll Ignite Sound.”
Her most recent album "Sticks & Stones" (2017) is a collection of work in three categories: Songs for Adults; Songs for Kids; and finally Songs for Adults w/ Kids, a community she feels deserves some separate recognition! This new body of work culminated over the past five years since becoming a mother of two in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
This is Ember's third release since moving to Beijing in 2008 and it demonstrates how music can serve as a bridge between the two divergent cultures: East and West. Fluent in Mandarin and French, Ember sings in all three languages (including English).
加拿大艺术家子玉(Ember Swift)现居中国北京。自1996年起,她已经发行了11张专辑,并在很多国家拥有 忠实的粉丝。她的上一张专辑是她的第11张专辑,正好又发行在2011年,所以命名为”11:11”。目前子玉正在 录制新的作品并计划于2016年发行。
子玉讲一口流利的中文,丈夫又是中国人,对中国文化有着较深的理解,她的音乐也凸显出这种文化的交融 碰撞。比如歌词有中文、有英文、有法文(这两个都是加拿大的官方语言),在编配上除了常规的西方乐器也 用到了中国的传统乐器二胡。个人方面,子玉有着充满张力的嗓音,弹得一手好琴,她爵士风格的吉他演奏 独具一格,不仅如此,舞台上的她更有着迷人的气质。
With the inclusion of the Chinese traditional instrument (erhu) alongside of Western contemporary instruments, the performance and sound are both entertaining and unique. Couple this with Ember's signature elastickjazz vocals, eclectic music styles, and poignant, astute lyrics, and this "folk" artist becomes hard to categorize but impossible to forget.
Styles on this album include jazz, folk, gypsy, rock, R&B, electronic, pop, folk and even Klezmer. The band, assembled in Beijing, includes America’s Anthony Vanacore on the drums and Jeffery Gillman on bass, Israel’s Yoav Volansky on keys, and China’s Wang Ya Qi on the erhu.
风格包括爵士,吉普赛,摇滚,放克,流行,民谣,和蓝调。乐队组建于北京,成员有美国的鼓手Anthony Vanacore, 法国的贝司手Peter Billiard,以色列的键盘手Yoav Volansky,以及中国的二胡手王雅琪。
DISCOGRAPHY:
11:11 (2011)
LENTIC (2009)
THE DIRTY PULSE (2006)
WITNESS: LIVE IN AUSTRALIA (2005)
DISARMING (2004)
STILTWALKING (2002)
THE WAGE IS THE STAGE (2000)
SNAPSHOTS (EP) (2000)
PERMANENT MARKER (1999)
CAN’T CORNER ME (1998)
INSECTINSIDE (1997)
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