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Split Works开功 呈现：

“他的作品弥足珍贵，赋予听者满满的力量与智慧。”——Pitchfork

由西雅图唱作人Mike Hadreas化身的香水天才Perfume Genius，有着“融化每一块石头”般纤细善感的嗓音（Pitchfork），歌曲的字里行间散发着“深邃之美”（The New Yorker）。他将过去的晦暗岁月转化为音乐，用钢琴谱写出一曲曲扣人心弦的忧伤情诗。在奇诡的迷离梦境中，看似柔弱无助的歌者，实则蕴含自省、叛逆的坚定意志，慰藉着每一颗孤独的心。Split Works开功非常荣幸地将这位受各大欧美音乐指标（Pitchfork、NME等）力荐、拥有独特气质的创作歌手带到中国，于12月11、12日在京沪两地展开巡演。

早在2010年，我们邂逅了Perfume Genius获得Pitchfork（8.2/10）、NME(9/10)等众媒压倒性好评的首张专辑《Learning》，从中闻到了些许如Sigur Ros的迷离空间感，和媲美Antony & the Johnsons那般令人心碎的坦诚气质，。两年过去，《Put Your Back N 2 It》依旧伤痕累累，在气若游丝的吟唱和悠缓的钢琴中，Perfume Genius诉说着同志身份的认同、少年自杀的寓言、与药物纠葛的经历，以及对亲密爱人的表白。即便是如此边缘沉重的“异类“主题，在这个事故的世界里却显得越加弥足珍贵。

而得到Portishead乐队成员Adrian Utley与PJ Harvey的创作搭档John Parish助阵的新作《Too Bright》（2014年），正如他形容自己“自10岁开始便慢慢滋长的愤怒开始爆发”，Perfume Genius从音乐及造型方面都得到了惊艳的蜕变——青涩忧伤的男孩已成长为妖娆自信的“女王”；相比先前惯以钢琴为基调的幽静氛围，新专辑的编曲更加奇幻华丽、复杂密实，层次分明。而歌者铺展的超现实的荒诞梦境，也许比你双眼所见的世界更加真实。

夜幕降临，让我们和香水天才Perfume Genius一起，沉溺于疯狂、无尽的黑暗梦境之中！

演出信息 

【北京站】

日期：12月12日 周六

场馆：Mao Livehouse

地址：东城区鼓楼东大街111号

时间：21:00

嘉宾：16mins

票价：140元（预售）/180元（现场）

*预售将于2015年12月12日，中午12点结束！

相关链接

Split Works官网：www.spli-t.com

Perfume Genius官网: http://perfumegenius.net/

关于Split Works
Split Works是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直和诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works已为Sonic Youth、Diplo、Owl City、Jose Gonzalez、Ghostface Killah、Andrew Bird等众多艺术家举办过中国及亚洲地区的演出，并成功举办了2007年 “十跃”音乐节以及2011年在北京上海跨城上演的黑兔音乐节。从2009年起，Split Works每年春季主办的《觉》音乐+艺术节是一个为期三周的，将国内外的优秀音乐人、创意艺术家和爱好者聚集在一起的开源城市音乐艺术节。

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 SPLIT WORKS presents:

Perfume Genius 2015 China Tour 

“[His] songs feel like treasures, ones that fill you with power and wisdom.” – Pitchfork

“A breakthrough artist…he doesn’t just hold your attention — he demands it.” – Time Magazine

The enigma. The Queen.

Perfume Genius is Seattle’s Mike Hadreas, with “a voice that melts every stone” (Pitchfork) and lyrics that bleed with “profound beauty” (The New Yorker). He’s a singer-songwriter who writes both fragile heartbreaking ballads and steely, menacing songs about personal struggles. His music is a quiet triumph, and Split Works is proud to present Perfume Genius’ 2015 China Tour. He’s playing two dates in December, including Shanghai on December 11 (Q House), Beijing on December 12 (Mao Livehouse). 

Most listeners know his 2014 single ‘Queen’, a swaggering, confrontational underground classic that topped the music charts and was hailed as one of the ‘Songs of the Year’ (Slate). And there’s so much more to Perfume Genius.     

Over the course of two astonishing albums, he’s cemented his place as a singer-songwriter of rare frankness, creating songs that, while achingly emotional, offer empathy and hope, rather than judgment or cynicism. Sparse, gorgeous and with Hadreas’ quavering vocals often only accompanied by piano, 2010’s Learning and 2012’s Put Yr Back N 2 It tell uncommonly beautiful tales of a life lived on the dark side.  

His third album, 2014’s Too Bright, was something else altogether. Powerful and raw, visceral and even angry. Less self-conscious, and less concerned with storytelling and easily-digested melodies, it is a bold and unpredictably creative exploration of what Hadreas calls “an underlying rage that has slowly been growing since age ten and has just begun to bubble up”.

It’s a spectacular transformation; the sign of a performer at the peak of his craft. The resultant album is a stunning evolution of his music, walking the tightrope between pure songwriting and overt experimentation. Portishead’s Adrian Utley produced the album, using both synths and organic instrumentation to push the tracks to darker and more unreal heights. The album was released to worldwide critical acclaim.  

Perfume Genius is also quite something to see live. His mischievous sense of defiance runs rampant on stage, completed with surreal imagery and one of the most stunning voices in contemporary indie.

In an interview about his recent work, he says he felt “like I had woken some ancient beast which began to rattle and threaten to rise.” With this upcoming 2015 China Tour, consider the demon awoken.

Join Perfume Genius, live in Beijing and Shanghai, for an entrée into his dark, intimate mind.  

Perfume Genius China Tour Information

【BEIJING】

Date: December 12, Saturday

Venue: Mao Livehouse

Address: 111 Gulou E St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China

Time: 9pm

Support: 16mins

Tickets: 180 (Door) / 140 (Presale)

* Pre-sales end on 12 noon, Dec. 12th, 2015

Tickets once sold cannot be refunded!

Links

About Split Works:

Split Works has been rocking in the free (ish) world since 2006. Working with inspirational artists from across the globe, the good people at Split Works HQ have been a key contributor to the continued rise of China’s music scene.

Split Works has launched five music festivals and promoted over 400 tours to 30 Chinese cities, always striving to stay true to a familiar refrain: the music has to be special, every single time. From Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Sonic Youth, from Thee Oh Sees to Mac Demarco and Shabazz Palaces, from Black Rabbit to JUE and Wooozy to Echo Park and More Music. We love music, we love China and we love you.

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