电台：中国国际广播电台CRI
栏目：China Beat
播出时间：2006.09.18
专题：China Post-rock Fest
Grace Latecomer接受国际广播电台China Beat专访，作品在9月18日中作为China Post-Rock Fest专题播出，Rock!Suzhou摇滚苏州的名字也出现在节目中，成为CRI有史以来在节目中现身的第一个区域型摇滚音乐网站。
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音频下载：http://www.rocksuzhou.net/upload/GraceLatecomerCRIprogram.wma
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Hello and welcome to this edition of China Beat on China Radio International. Our show always tries to introduce you to the most interesting and promising music scenes now developing in China. And, today is no exception, as we'll focus on several post-rock bands from across the country.
We've already introduced three Chinese post-rock veteran bands in one of our shows. They were Godot from Shanghai, The Unknown Band, or simply Wang Wen from the coastal city of Dalian, and Taiwan post-rock pioneer Sugar Plant Ferry. Today let's continue with more stories of this musical circuit making its way throughout China. But before that, let's take a quick look at the post-rock genre itself.
The term post-rock refers to the dominant form of experimental rock found in the 1990s. It mainly describes music that uses rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes. Guitars are facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and power chords. In other words, post-rock musicians make use of old instruments along with electronic devices to achieve brand new sounds and arrangements. Another distinguished characteristic of post-rock music is that it is usually instrumental. Even if it does employ vocals, the vocals are often incidental to the overall effect.
Anyways, definitions can only describe the sound. They can never be as powerful as hearing the music itself.
Welcome back. And now, the last post-rock band we'll cover today is Grace Latecomer, from Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. Here, a young man named Tian Xin has tried to make a one-man-band legend by starting his own personal post-rock band Grace Latecomer. He alone is responsible for all of the instruments and electronic sound effects found in the band's music. Now, let's check out one of the songs from his self-released EP. This song's entitled "82 Umbrellas."
This is the song "82 Umbrellas" from the previous noise maniac Tian Xin's one-man-band Grace Latecomer. About one year ago, Grace Latecomer released its first EP. It was available in both a limited CD-R format, and via free download at the band's official website, that is, www.rocksuzhou.com. One thing that must give Tian Xin inspiration to keep doing what he's doing is that the website Wikipedia has included Grace Latecomer in its list of post-rock bands, making them the first post-rock band from China on the list. In March of this year, Tian Xin already started to write new songs for his next collection of works. He wishes to cooperate with other musicians and create a relatively full lineup for his band. In this way, he hopes to be able to play his music for live audiences who enjoy Grace Latecomer's specific blend of post-rock.
Well, we've now come to the end of today's China Beat on China Radio International. If you have any comments about today's post-rock fest, please mail us a letter to: English Service, China Radio International, Beijing, China, with the postal code 100040. You're also welcome to visit our website at www.crienglish.com. Go to the "audio" page and check out the China Beat column, where you can find out more information about this week's China Beat, and listen to past editions online.
Thanks for listening. I'm your host Xu Jue leaving you with the song "Neither Here Nor There." Hope you'll come here and listen to our show next time. Good luck! See ya!
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