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Split Works独家呈献：Godspeed You! Black Emperor

“Godspeed的现场需要观众全身心的投入。你会被他们音乐最深处的野心所征服，直到今日都颤栗不已”

—— 《旧金山时报》

“距离他们的上一张专辑已经十年，这只蒙特利尔乐队的表现一如既往。美丽，震撼，让人精疲力竭。他们无言地散发出世间真理的独特气质和破坏性的影响力。”

—— 《卫报》“2012年度最佳专辑”

来自加拿大蒙特利尔的后摇乐队Godspeed You！Black Emperor成立于1994年，乐团初创时只有三人，Efrim Menuck（吉他手）, Mike Moya (吉他手)和 Mauro Pezzente (贝斯手)。在成立后的近20年历史中，乐队曾一度有多达15名成员，在03到09年的沉静期也一度被传解散。2010年末乐队成员重新聚集后的巡演给乐迷一个巨大的惊喜，而2012年发行的新专辑 《Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!》更将乐队在后摇乐迷中的人气推上了新的高峰。在卫报评选的2012最佳专辑中《Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!》排第40，Pitchfork则给出了这张专辑9.3/10的高分。

GYBE的音乐是黑暗的。有乐评曾经这样描述“Godspeed You！Black Emperor的音乐，第一个最慑人的印象，往往是那深陷末世边緣的庞大的，以无休止形态扩大笼罩的暗淡、绝望及无助。这是一种悲恸的吶喊，以孤绝的角度，从崩坏的世界边缘，作出既沉郁而又激愤的哀控。仿佛，Godspeed正在编写着一幕长篇的末世文明史诗。”

GYBE的音乐又是光明的。乐团的创始人之一Efrim曾多次表示，Godspeed悲哀孤独的声音里，深锁着一份积极的希望。在悲观无助的世界里，音乐才是庇护所与救赎。

对于乐迷和音乐媒体来讲，Godspeed You！Black Emperor充满了神秘色彩，他们极少接受媒体的访问，甚至在专辑中也不曾附上照片和乐队成员资料。但这决不是故作超脱或是以神秘主义作为噱头。只是因为“言语是误会的根源”，而GYBE倾向用音乐本身去倾诉。

GYBE的现场不该是吵闹的，所有人都该静穆地闭起眼睛来聆听，你眼前也许会浮现出荒野，苦行僧，十八世纪的游牧民族，或是世间最辽远的孤独。八个人，没有灯光，只有投影。来到这样的现场，也许你就会明白为什么NME形容他们是20世纪最后一支伟大的乐团。

后摇王者Godspeed You! Black Emperor内地巡演日程

北京

4月12日，周五

时间：晚8点

场地：糖果雍和店三层

地址：东城区和平西街79号3层（雍和宫桥路北50米）

票价：240元（预售）/ 300元（现场）

演出详情：http://www.spli-t.com/gybe

乐队官网：http://www.brainwashed.com/godspeed/

Split Works官网：http://www.spli-t.com

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            Split Works Proudly Presents: Godspeed You! Black Emperor China Tour

"A decade on from their split, this Montreal collective still sound like nothing else … It's beautiful, thrilling and exhausting. The Godspeed ethos of wordlessly eliciting universal truths is remains as devastatingly effective as ever."

– The Guardian, Best Albums of 2012

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GYBE) began with Efrim Menuck, Mauro Pezzente and Mike Moya in the early 90s, playing a handful of shows and recording a self-released cassette as a trio before deciding to transform the group into a large band. Recruiting numerous Montreal musicians through 1995-1996, GY!BE mounted sense-rattling wall-of-sound performances, featuring as many as 14 musicians and several 16mm film projectors, before recording their debut, limited-edition, vinyl-only album F# A# ∞ on Constellation Records in 1997.

With a lineup that solidified at the end of the last millennium and through tireless touring and extravagant releases, the lush, builds-to-crescendo sounds and anarcho-political bent of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s members seemed uniquely suited to the uncertainty plaguing the turn of the latest century. On early releases F# A# ∞ and Slow Rise for New Zero Kanada the band marry elements of instrumental rock ‘n roll with avant-classical compositional techniques and baroque flourishes, producing minimalist yet Ennio Morricione-esque metal-inflected suites complete with found-sound samples and intricately edited film loops during their live shows. GYBE’s last record before going on hiatus was Yanqui U.X.O. (the letters stand for unexploded ordnance-landmines), both their most overtly political, and most melodic, eschewing the vocal samples prevalent in previous recordings for melodies that can barely be contained by the boundaries of the album.

After nearly ten years apart, GYBE announced they would re-form to curate and play at All Tomorrow’s Parties’ Nightmare Before Christmas festival in December 2010; touring resumed at the band’s former blistering pace throughout the next year. In October of 2012, the band released Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!, their first album since 2002. Critically acclaimed, it landed on year-end best-of lists from London to Los Angeles and was praised for its ability to “find magnificence in destruction and build an aesthetic out of decay and loss” (Pitchfork, Best New Music), “[full of] weight, heft and visceral impact” (Drowned in Sound), and “all heart-bursting beauty” (Stereogum). This spring, Split Works is honored to welcome post-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor for their first shows in China.

SHOW INFORMATION:

Beijing:

Date: Friday April 12, 2013

Time: 8 PM

Venue: Tango 3F

Address: 3/F, No. 79 Heping Xijie (50m north of the Yonghegong Bridge)

Tickets: 240 RMB (Presale) / 300 RMB (Door)

Related Links:

Ticketing Info: http://www.spli-t.com/gybe

Band Official Site: http://www.brainwashed.com/godspeed/

Split Works: http://www.spli-t.com