Minggu, 09 Januari 2011

sebuah jenis musik posh-rock yang mampu nyambungkan antara seni musik instrumental dengan kecanggihan teknologi




Named by TIME magazine as one of 5 Music Acts To Watch in 2008 alongside Japanese musician Cornelius is Singapore-based
electro-rock chanteuse The Analog Girl. “You’ve heard the hype and it’s true” reveals The Straits Times about the enigmatic performer
who is turning heads with her latest EP Sometime Next Galaxy. Mastered by Mandy Parnell in London who has worked with rock
and pop luminaries like Feist, Sigur Ros and Depeche Mode, the sound on Sometime Next Galaxy is both lush and intergalactic. The
pioneer in the local scene who defined the genre that is laptop rock, The Analog Girl first sprung onto the international spotlight when
American sportswear giant Nike featured a track from her debut self-released, self-produced album The TV Is On on their European
ad campaign Changing The Game in 2005. Since then her unique yet catchy brand of electro pop has caught the ears of many a
pop culture royalty including award-winning graphic novelist Warren Ellis, legendary ‘80s synth pop maestros Orchestral Manoeuvres
in the Dark (OMD), Asia’s music icon Chris Ho and landed her a support slot with New York’s outstanding electronic duo Telepathe.
SomaFM’s radio favourite Motionless has also been featured on NYLON TV for episodes featuring Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) and
Ladytron. Armed with her sexy MacBook Pro and whimsical machines, The Analog Girl headlined The Knitting Factory in New York and
performed at Tonic curated by the noted free jazz/noise maestro Alan Licht - all these during her impressive 6-venue tour in support
of her debut album The TV Is On. Taking her music from clubs to concert halls to art spaces, TAG has performed for famed British
photographer Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio in London, the Cirque Electrique in Paris, Soso Art Cafe in Sapporo, Labella in Shanghai and
the MTV Asia Awards Voting Party in Singapore. Making her debut in Berlin at the 2009 Worldtronics Festival at Haus der Kulturen der
Welt, The Analog Girl is fast becoming one of tomorrow’s brightest stars to rock a different sound at a city near you.
Songs from Sometime Next Galaxy were first performed in London at SHOWstudio’s REVUE, an outrageously hip party produced by
Nick Knight’s creative studio for Sony’s Playstation 3. Dressed in a playful kimono with musical toys in hand, The Analog Girl delivered
tracks from Sometime Next Galaxy, an EP about a love so strong that is however destined for some other time and space - love songs
for the video game generation, electro dance floor sleaze for your Saturday night. All of which also rocked the Notting Hill Arts Club
where The Analog Girl performed for Being Boiled, London’s electro’fying night curated by Emily Strange of electro trio CLIENT fame.
The bill even featured a rare DJ set by Martin Rushent, renown producer for Human League.
Always dreaming up new and innovative ways to showcase her music, The Analog Girl presented an extraordinary live performance at
the Cirque Electrique in Paris with Stella improvising on trapeze and Thom swirling fire. “It was all so very surreal...performing electropop
at an avant-garde circus in Paris out in an open field during summer overlooking the Montmarte...” In 2007, The Analog Girl was
commissioned to write and perform an electronic soundtrack to the screening of the widely celebrated 1926 silent animated German
film The Adventures Of Prince Achmed to a sell-out audience at the National Museum Of Singapore. Marrying vintage animation made
out of silhouettes from paper cut-outs and modern electronic sounds was pure magic. Now catch The Analog Girl’s songs on the very
entertaining, funny but thought provoking documentary film Complaints Choir produced by Denmark’s finest, Fine & Mellow.
A festival favourite, The Analog Girl has played at various international festivals including Resfest which featured live painting by
Japanese graphic artist Imaitoonz of Dead Leaves (Production I.G.) fame. Other festivals include Spring Scream Music Festival
(Taiwan), Ladyfest, ZoukOut (with Astreal) and Baybeats - the region’s largest indie music festival which draws crowds of over 100,000
each year. The Analog Girl has also rocked the runway at the Singapore Fashion Festival with a live showcase for the Versus by
Versace Spring/Summer 2005 Collection. In 2006, Heineken Music presented her highly-anticipated solo show in Kuala Lumpur to a
full-house audience. Then in 2007, she shared the stage with Swedish electronic bossa nova act Koop at Free The Musique.
Over on the airwaves, The Analog Girl first invaded U.S. college radio with the infectious Motionless via the Buzzlighter CD which also
featured music from other striking indie bands like The Fiery Furnaces and Ambulance LTD. She continues to intrigue the American
audience with fresh singles from her latest EP Sometime Next Galaxy made possible by Roji Music, the indie label of love set up by the
good people at Roji Tea Lounge in Syracuse, New York. You can also catch The Analog Girl’s music videos on Pacha TV. A Featured
Artist on Diesel-U-Music and Channel V’s AMP, and music award nominee at the Nike StreetStyle Awards, The Analog Girl is enjoying
a global fan base making The Analog Girl Asia’s indie darling and the world’s rising superstar.


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