Nico, 1988

The “original goth girl”, Nico lived a second life after Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground. Hers is the story of a fallen star, and a quest for redemption. (Susanna Nicchiarelli / 2017 / Italy, Belgium / Taiwan premier)

Bunch of Kunst

British punk duo Sleaford Mods have been called “the voice of Britain” by their fans, “Britain’s angriest band” by the Guardian and “The world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band” by Iggy Pop. (Christine Franz / 2017 / Germany)

Parallel Planes

A video mix-tape that journeys across the American indie music landscape, paying homage to the DIY spirit and asking basic questions about the nature of independence and music. (Nicole Wegner / 2017 / Germany / Taiwan premier / Q&A)

TXAKO (JP)

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Artist InfoFB: https://www.facebook.com/djtxako/ Blog: http://djtxako.jugem.jp/ TXAKO Txako is the first female DJ of mestizo music in Japan and member of the legendary DJ`s collective Caribbean Dandy. DJ Txako has worked and toured with international artists such as: Rico Rodriguez, The Beat, DJ Scratchy, Fermin Muguruza, Manu Chao, etc.…

Omni Sight (JP)

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoWebsite: http://omnisight.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/omnisightjp FB: https://www.facebook.com/omnisightjp/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/omnisightjp omni sight feat. Hiraku Yamamoto(Nabowa) “omni sight” is a Kyoto based electronic music band since 2013. The band itself consisted of Motohiko Sato, a leader of a cinematic instrumental band L.E.D. (http://led-net.com/), and Naoki Hirai, a drummer of BOOM BOOM SATELLITES (http://www.bbs-net.com/), Original…

SexyBaby Mimi

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/SexyBabyMiMi666/?locale2=zh_TW#!/SexyBabyMiMi666/?locale2=zh_TW Youtube:https://youtu.be/y8NCT5-emxM SexyBaby Mimi 口米口米 小 米青 靈🦄 喜 雚欠 口乎 口及、口乞 米唐 果、親 辶斤 人 类頁 以及 小 重力 牛勿 !(≧∇≦) 陰 樂 类頁 型:口米 口米電 ㄗ 樂 Listen

Dawang Huang

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackwolf.dawang/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yingfan_psalmanazar Dawang Huang yingfan a.k.a. Dawang Huang (b.1975, Taipei, Taiwan) Under strong influences of Japanese cult anime Akira’s soundtrack(by Japan’s largest amateur chorus Geinoh Yamashirogumi) and Einstuerzende Neubauten, yingfan starts making bedroom recordings since 1991, and performs under various aliases and forms since 2002,…

THE WAiiT

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewaiit/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3c8mV-LaINDv5hDVnABpkg THE WAiiT The WAiiT is a neo psychedelic/ grunge band that consists of two vocalist at the same time bassist and guitarist. Their music sounds like living a independent movie with cute shoots but twist plots. Listen

Laurent Coulondre(FR)

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurentcoulondre Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LaurentCoulondre Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/laurent-coulondre Wangyi: http://music.163.com/#/artist?id=961194 Xiami: http://i.xiami.com/l-coulondre?spm=a1z1s.6639561.350708669.1 QQ: https://y.qq.com/n/yqq/singer/002bui4R1KnRgm.html Laurent Coulondre The touching thing about Laurent Coulondre is that this (young) man is true to himself. His music is driven by nothing but his desires. He is a brilliant boy, if a tad hyperactive.…

Uppity

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band Infofacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theuppitys/ Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/scott-lelievre-ihm/low-noise/ Uppity Uppity has been playing his own productions mixed with jakin’ funky deep techy House tunes for longer than most people have been legal to drink. He moves feet by playing the music he is passionate about. Getting uppity is now a verb.…

Byron Duvel

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band Infofacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDiamondTigerz/ https://www.facebook.com/byronduvel/ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thediamondtigerz Byron Duvel A gender ambiguous (indie) pop music group from Taipei, Taiwan. Listen

Yo Hey Li

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Artist InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/oli.hurez Yo Hey Li Yo Hey Li is a record collector/DJ specializing in percussive tropical music, mainly African and Afro-Caribbean music from the 70s.

Hang In The Air

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band Infoindievox: https://www.indievox.com/hangintheair bandcamp: https://hangintheair.bandcamp.com/album/a-vast-scenery Hang In The Air Hang In The Air is a Taiwan unique indie band whose music combines ska, reggae and rock with Taiwanese lyrics. Hang In The Air are Q-guitar and vox How-guitar DJ @llenblow-bass Long-drum Live Performance

Outlet Drift

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outletdrift/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBHDc5JLZO7MDKuwi4BcRKQ Outlet Drift Blends traditional Indigenous tunes with Rock Music. Jump so high, touch too deep. Giving life the greatest praise. Music Video

Sonia Calico

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/soniacalico/ Street Voice: https://tw.streetvoice.com/Sonia_Calico/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/soniacalico Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/sonia-lai/ Sonia Calico Born and raised in Taipei, the core member of Taiwanese band “Go Chic” and one half of DJ duo Bounce Girlz (BxxG), Sonia has been playing various events around the world. She also organized underground parties,…

FunkyBrothers

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FunkyBrothersTW/ Funky Brothers Formed in 2007, the Funky Brothers get their inspiration from the 70~80’s, the golden age of Funk, Soul and Disco. Add some Blues, R&B, Acid Jazz or Reggae and that will give you a taste of what the Brothers mix to have the…

Fumie (JP)

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoOfficial Site: www.bangthenoise.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bangthenoise/ Fumie Bang The noise is an artist booking agency/ tour manager/ event organiser/ DJ unit run by Fumie and Saki. Started in 2013, they’ve been organising Japan tours of international bands and worldwide tours of Japanese bands. They have done their Taiwan…

COSiMOZ

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoWebsite: http://cosimoz.tumblr.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/cosimoz0528 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cosimoz0528/ Bandcamp: https://reusedprod.bandcamp.com/ COSiMOZ An old skool dude, mixing anything and everything from old Taiwanese pop tunes to classic hip hop to weird new beats. He is also the person behind ReUsed Hostel, a shop for used records and assorted cultural relics,…

No-nonsense Collective

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nononsense.collective/ Streetvoice: https://streetvoice.com/nononsensecollective/albums/ YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/3oWf4a No-nonsense Collective This is a band of four lazy and completely unproductive dudes. Since forming, they’ve made music in Taipei, Keelung and Taidong, taking inspiration from cigarettes, walkabouts in the forest and urban smog. The band name is taken from…

Twangover

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Twangover/ YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/UvTUyf Twangover Twangover is an original Southern Rock and Country band based in Taipei featuring the talent of Bryan Kunkel (vocalist/shit talker), Rose Goossen (harmonies/gumption), Martin Maloney (lead twanger), Tim Mulligan (buckets and pans), Sam Silverman (bass and trout). They write songs that…

Destroyers

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/destroyersband/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/destroyerstw 擊沈女孩 DESTROYERS Destroyers (擊沈女孩) is a punk rock band from Taipei, Taiwan. They consist of four members; Jon (lead singer, guitar), Dawei (guitar), Lee (drums), and Sasha (bass). Although the band only started at the beginning of 2012, they have already released 3…

Ape Apocalypse

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoBand Camp: http://theapeshavelanded.bandcamp.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apeapocalypse/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ape-apocalypse YouTube playlist: https://goo.gl/e9nJpE Ape Apocalypse 末日之猩 The Apes came from a parallel universe where simians rule and humans run wild in the jungle. While on a deep-space mission, their ship fell through a crack in the fabric of reality, leaving…

Crocodelia

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/crocodelia.crocodelia/ Crocodelia 鱷魚迷幻 CROCODELIA (鱷魚迷幻)is a FUZZ psychedelic band of sonic explorers who seek the unique and also at the same time harvest the world’s musical traditions. The ominous fuzzy guitar psychedelia is straight out of the late 60s at the moment when acid jams were…

Walkings (JP)

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoOfficial Site: http://walkings.wixsite.com/walkings Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/walkingsband/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/fu-takada Walkings The Tokyo trio Walkings play viciously hard funk rock. The group formed in Tokyo in 2012 as a blues rock band inspired by the Jimi Hendrix acid guitar sound, then developed this into a powerful raw sound, something like…

The Minnesota Voodoo Men (JP)

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoOfficial Site: https://theminnesotavoodoomen.jimdo.com Facebook: https://theminnesotavoodoomen.jimdo.com/facebook/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-816441870 The Minnesota Voodoo Men The Minnesota Voodoo Men are a wild three-piece Tokyo garage band known for hair-raising performances of wild 60s beat music. Over the last two decades, they’ve toured the world and released 4 albums and several EPs,…

PeopleJam (JP)

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoOfficial Site: http://peoplejamweb.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeopleJam-BAND-155620364482722/ Soundcloud: http://m.soundcloud.com/peoplejam PeopleJam PeopleJam have been rocking the Japanese underground since 2005, bringing high energy, electronic beats played with the power of a live bands, pumping out a party sound in the same league with Boom Boom Satellites, Mop of Head and…

Cross Cutz

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoMIXCLOUD: www.mixcloud.com/crosscutz/ SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/crosscutz Cross Cutz CROSS CUTZ is an open format DJ, turntablist & remixer based in Taiwan and spinning around the world. Resident DJ at Triangle, Marquee & W Hotel Taipei.  Genres you may find him playing include breaks, Hip Hop, Funk, Bass, Ghetto Funk, Glitch Hop,…

Balkazar

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoFB: https://www.facebook.com/Balkazarband/ Videos: https://www.facebook.com/Balkazarband/videos/ Balkazar Balkazar is born in Taiwan thanks to a group of foreign nomad musicians united by their interest in Balkan music. Balkan is a peninsula in the South-Eastern European region of Europe, and for centuries it has been a melting pot of different…

Marcus Aurelius

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info LinksFB: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DJMarcusA1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djmarcusa/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DJMarcusA Marcus Aurelius Two-Time Red Bull Thre3style Finalist All of life is in need of the right rhythm. For more than a decade, I have been a curator in search of impeccable music played at the right times to squeeze the most enjoyment…

Sonia Calico

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info LinksFB: https://www.facebook.com/pg/soniacalico/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/soniacalico Street Voice: http://tw.streetvoice.com/Sonia_Calico/ Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/sonia-lai/ Sonia Calico Born and raised in Taipei, DJ/Producer Sonia Calico has been at the forefront of Taiwan’s dance music scene, bringing a sharp ear for music that brings fun and unique grooves . She is always striving to find…

Skaraoke

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band Infowww.facebook.com/skaraoke www.indievox.com/skaraoke www.streetvoice.com/skaraoke Skaraoke Taiwan’s very own unique Ska Orchestra Since: 2007 From: Taipei, Taiwan Music Type: Ska, Rock Steady, Reggae and Latin, Swing, Jazz, Lounge …etc In the rough ‘n tumble world of Taiwanese ska, Skaraoke have emerged as undisputed champs.  Formed in 2007 by trombonist…

Angelo Moore & The Brand New Step (US)

Back to Music Fest Main PageArtist Info Band InfoOfficial Site http://www.brandnewstep.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Angelomooreandthebrandnewstep/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/angelomoorebrandnewstep Angelo Moore & The Brand New Step Angelo Moore is the legendary frontman of ska-punk band Fishbone and known for his explosive on-stage presence, amazing vocal talents, and mad musical skills on saxophone, horns and many other instruments. Though Angelo…

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