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Megaport Music Festival
The Megaport Music Festival () has been held in Kaohsiung every year since 2006, with five exceptions. History The music festival, founded in 2006 by Taiwan Rock Alliance, was co-organized from 2010 to 2012 by The Wall, a live house owned by Freddy Lim and based in Taipei, with branches in Yilan and Kaohsiung. The festival was planned with fans of rock music located in southern Taiwan in mind and has traditionally taken place in March, but has been held in other months throughout the year. Over time, Megaport grew in size and came to dominate the southern Taiwan music scene, no longer considered an "offshoot" of the older Formoz Festival. The Megaport Music Festival was not held in 2014, due to a disputed takeover bid. The Wall's CEO bought out the other founders, one of whom was Freddy Lim, who claimed that the rights to the Formoz and Megaport Festivals had not changed hands. Lim managed to retain the rights to both music festivals, and both returned in 2015. The originally sche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 (band)
1976 is a Taiwanese band formed in the summer of 1996. The band has published several albums and performed at festivals such as Formoz Festival, Spring Scream, and Urban Simple Life. Biography 1976 was formed in 1996, named "1976" because the original members were born mostly in 1976: Zac Chang, Raykai Chen, U-Zen Wang, Shi-Chon Tsai. They were students at that time. The members of 1976 now are Zac Chang (guitar, 張崇偉, nickname 大麻), Raykai Chen (vocal & acoustic guitar, 陳瑞凱, nickname 阿凱), Warren Lin (drums, 林雨霖, nickname 大師兄), and Chouc Lin (bass, 林子喬, nickname 子喬). The first album of 1976 "1976-1" was published by themselves in 1999. Then their second album ”Sense of direction”(2000) and third album “Encourage with love” (2001) received awards from The Association of Music Workers in Taiwan. The albums were released on Taiwanese indie label Crystal Records. Band members changed over time due to various circumstances such as nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deserts Chang
Deserts Chang (; born 30 May 1981) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. Early life Deserts Chang was born as Chiao An-p'u () on 30 May 1981 to a high socio-economic status family. Her father, Chiao Jen-ho (), is a former secretary-general of the Straits Exchange Foundation. However, Chang has been quoted by the media as saying that she does not want to ride on the success of her father. Her stage name ''Deserts'' represents something "mysterious and suggests something hanging in limbo," a representation of her personality. Chang started composing when she was 13 and began to perform on stage at 16. By the age of 19, Chang had written over 100 songs and got her first contract with Sony BMG., However, after recording, photo shooting and several campus performances, nothing happened. The young singer had waited for 5 years for the release of her debut album "'' My Life Will...''” Though she released her first album in 2006, Chang was well known among live houses, pubs and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Establishments In Taiwan
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Music Festivals Established In 2006
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Rock Festivals In Taiwan
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Grizzly Bear (band)
Grizzly Bear is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002. For most of its tenure, the band has consisted of Edward Droste (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Daniel Rossen (vocals, guitar, banjo, keyboards), Chris Taylor (bass, backing vocals, woodwinds, production), and Christopher Bear (drums, percussion, backing vocals). The band employs both traditional and electronic instruments, and their sound has been categorized as psychedelic pop, folk rock, and experimental. The band is known for their use of vocal harmony, with all four members contributing vocals and lead vocals alternating between Rossen and Droste. Initially a solo project for Droste, the first Grizzly Bear album, '' Horn of Plenty'' (2004), was a lo-fi studio project released on Kanine Records. The album featured drumming contributions from Bear, who would go on to join the project full-time in 2004, alongside Taylor and Rossen for live performances. Performing as a four-piece, the resulting chemistry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
65daysofstatic
65daysofstatic (often abbreviated as 65dos, 65days, or simply 65) are a post-rock band from Sheffield, England. Formed in 2001, the band is composed of instrumentalists Paul Wolinski, Joe Shrewsbury, Rob Jones and Simon Wright. The band's music has been described as noisy, electronic, guitar-driven instrumentals, interspersed with live drums and Beat (music)#On-beat and off-beat, off-beat sampling (music), sampled drums akin to those of Intelligent dance music, IDM artists, although they have continued to evolve their sound by incorporating electronic music, drum and bass and Glitch (music), glitch music. They have been described as, "a soundtrack to a new dimension, where Rock music, rock, Dance music, dance and electronic music, electronica are equals." The band's first album, ''The Fall of Math'', was released in September 2004, to critical acclaim, described as "an album that can retain the dynamics, fraught tension and climactic explosiveness of its peers and influences, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Rollercoaster
Sunset Rollercoaster ( ''Luòrì fēichē'') is a 5-piece jazz-influenced synth-pop band from Taipei, Taiwan, consisting of Kuo-Hung Tseng (vocals, guitar), Hung-Li Chen (bass), Shao-Hsuan Wang (keyboard), Tsun-Lung Lo (drums), and Hao-Ting Huang (saxophone)—previously with Shih-Wei Huang (percussion). The name originated from a Photo Booth picture the group had taken for their MySpace profile in 2009, which had a rollercoaster in front of a sunset as the background. The band mostly sings in English, despite being based in a Mandarin-speaking country, which, according to lead singer Kuo Kuo, is to allow them to speak indirectly and allow audiences to discern their own meaning. History The idea for the band was inspired by Velvet Underground videos that lead singer Kuo found on the internet. The band formed in 2009 as a trio composed of Tseng Kuo Hung, Kevin Lee, and Lo Zun Long; they released their debut album ''Bossa Nova'' in 2011, but then disbanded shortly afterward. Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Fei
Huang Fei (; born 13 July 1974) is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer. She is known for folk music, and has won the Golden Melody Award for best Taiwanese female singer twice, in 2011 and 2016. Selected filmography Film References 1974 births Living people Taiwanese singer-songwriters Taiwanese Hokkien pop singers Musicians from Kaohsiung 20th-century Taiwanese women singers 21st-century Taiwanese women singers {{Taiwan-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enno Cheng
Enno Cheng () is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter who is also an author and a film actress. She is currently part of the band Chocolate Tiger (猛虎巧克力) in addition to performing and releasing albums solo. She is the daughter of film director Cheng Wen-tang, who she often collaborates with by writing screenplays and film scores as well as performing in his films. Career She attended Tamkang University and majored in Chinese, but took a leave of absence in 2007. She first appeared in the film industry in 2007 in the film '' Summer's Tail'', where she portrayed the main character Yvette Chang. She also composed and wrote for the film. Her performance was praised in ''The Hollywood Reporter'' although the film itself was panned. She was also nominated for the Best New Performer award at the 44th Golden Horse Awards for her role. She was cast as Wen, a betel nut beauty, in the 2009 film ''Tears''. Her debut album "Neptune" (海王星) was released by White Wabbit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire EX
Fire Ex. () is a punk rock band from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, founded in 2000, which sings in both Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese. The group consists of Sam (vocals), Orio (guitar), Pipi (bass), and KG (drums). The band is known for their social activism supporting Taiwanese independence and same-sex marriage. During the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014, student activists occupying the Legislative Yuan frequently played their song "Goodnight, Taiwan" and asked them to write a new song for the movement. This led to the writing of "Island's Sunrise" (島嶼天光; ), which became the unofficial anthem of the movement. The band will play at SXSW South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Te ... in 2020. Awards * Winner of the Song of the Year Award at the 26th Golden Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9m88
9m88 is a jazz, R&B, and pop musician from Taiwan. Early life 9m88 was born in 1990. She majored in fashion design at Shih Chien University. At age 25, she went to The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Music style 9m88 aka. Baba is a Taiwan-raised, New York-based musician. After arriving in New York as a Jazz voice major, she has broadened her interest in various genres of music, including Jazz, R&B, Pop, and Free Improvisation. Baba is also known for infusing her music with vivid and retro visuals. Her lyrics usually deal with personal bitter-sweet stories on a daily basis. The release of her 7-inch vinyl “Nine Head Hinano”, including a cover of City Pop classic “Plastic Love”, has helped her increase followers over the world. 9m88 released her debut album “Beyond Mediocrity” independently in August 2019. In October 2021, 9m88 performed with the Cloud Gate Dance Theater. Activism 9m88 recorded a track for the album ''T-POP: No Fear In Love'', a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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