【專訪】認真胡鬧！快樂最高！怪奇音樂祭主視覺插畫家馬晨瀚

(中文) 這次音樂祭的主視覺中有兩個宇宙山神的形象，他們手上各拿了兩個簡單的樂器，我就覺得玩音樂其實不需要很複雜的樂器也可以很有趣。過去沒有參加過怪奇音樂祭的經驗，所以想像的音樂祭是在山上很難到達的地方，像外星人必須坐幽浮才到的了，參加的也都是一些酷的人，所以主視覺就是我想像中的怪奇音樂祭。

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Bluesman DC Rapier and 6 more acts join Urban Nomad lineup

New additions to the 2019 Urban Nomad Freakout lineup include vinyl DJs and several bands playing retro styles, including blues, swing, 50s rock, 60s garage and psychedelia, Afro-Caribbean sounds and other vintage styles. Performers include: DC Rapier, The Flat Fives, Yufu Chen, Radio Rose, Yo Hey Li, DJ Fumie, DJ Luu.

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Urban Nomad Music Video Award Sees Most Submissions Ever

Top names in Taiwan indie music will all compete for the 2019 Urban Nomad Music Video Award, with a record 105 entries in the competition including some of the hottest names in Taiwan’s music scene. Entries to the competition include mandarin hip hop and R’n’B acts MJ116, Leo Wang and 9m88, veteran indie bands and pop stars Wonfu, Quarterback, Ma Nien Hsien, and Lara Veronin, metal band Flesh Juicer, and popular young indie bands Deca Joins, Manic Sheep and Elephant Gym. For a full list of entries, click the link.

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372 Submissions from 20 Countries to Urban Nomad in 2019

If you’ve submitted a film, you can confirm your submission in this post.

As of the February 25 deadline for submissions to the 2019 Urban Nomad Film Fest, the festival received a total of 372 submission in three major submission categories: film competition, out of competition, and music video competition. Total film submissions totaled 267 films, including 19 “feature films” of 60 minutes or more and 248 “short films”, defined as 60 minutes or less. Aside from a large volume of Taiwanese film submissions, filmmakers from at least 19 other countries and territories submitted works. To see the more info on submitted films or to confirm your submission, please follow the link.

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Japan ska-punk marching band Asakusa Jinta and others added to lineup

New additions to the Urban Nomad Freakout lineup include Tokyo street minstrels and ska-punk marching band Asakusa Jinta as well as Taiwan bands Inhuman, pop punkers Go Go Rise, psychedelic stoner rockers Dope Purple and more. Early bird tickets go on sale on 2/14 Valentines Day at noon. See the full list of confirmed performers at the link.

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mouse on the keys, METALCHICKS, Buckman Coe to play 2019 Urban Nomad Freakout

Back for the fifth straight year, Urban Nomad’s two-day music festival, the Urban Nomad Freakout, will bring its carnival of fun and weirdness back to Taipei’s Tiger Mountain on April 13-14. Headliners include Japan’s piano post-rockers Mouse on the Keys, fresh off North American tours and releases of a new album and EP, and the female duo METALCHICKS, featuring guitarist suGar Yoshinaga (Buffalo Daughter) and drummer Yuka Yoshimura (OOIOO, DMBQ). Canadian recording artist Buckman Coe will bring his soulful R&B and rootsy world rhythms.

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