SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Electronic Music.ABOUT
26, Chinese, live in Toronto, 10 years band experience (performing/recording/producing) in China and keep continue (https://soundcloud.com/wanderlust-electro-duo & https://wanderlustsynthpopduo.bandcamp.com), released 2 synthpop/electronic mainstream label album in China. Act as recording engineer/assistant for 3 or 4 years, as indie band producer for 2 years. Also have 4 years soundtracks/scores composing/recording/producing/mixing/mastering experience. Works won a best score awards in Los Angeles Film Festival, and had been heard in lots of film festival such as Cannes in last few years.
Also songwriter-singer, multi-instrumentalist and workaholic, used to finish 50mins scores from writing to mastering in two weeks.
Self project links: https://soundcloud.com/wisefake
And scores workshop with bandmate: https://soundcloud.com/wanstudio
Having more than 400 times performances experience, performed with lots of "famous" bands/musicians, such as Max Tundra (Warp), Fred Frith (Tzadik/Ralph), Handsome Furs (Sub Pop), and worked as sound administrator for 2 stop of Kode9's China tour and 1 stop of Kid606's China tour. Usually playing bass (fretless) with pedal, and analog synthesizer, called by Fred Frith, Front 242 and Max Tundra as one of the best favorite performers. Improvise-able.
My workshop: http://victorweizuo.weebly.com
- Screen name:
- silentcat
- Member since:
- Mar 20 2016
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 10
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Have heard more than 50,000 albums, lots of influences. For example, have finished listening to discography of Warp, Ninja Tunes and Tresor records, also discography of Kompakt, DFA, etc. Works as "consultant, advisor and library" for lots of Chinese musicians for years. Entered music from Post-Punk/Industrial at the beginning, listened discography of all "wiki/discogs lists of artists", then got more and more, like funk, motown, soul, stax etc. Playing influences mainly are Mick Karn for bass, BBS Radiophonic Workshop for synthesizer, and Zappa-alike for mind, as totally free, George Martin/Joe Meek for producing, and Debussy/Stravinsky for strings-based scores composing. Genres I'd like to play or produce: Dub, Alternative with dub, IDM, breakcore, ambient house, ambient dub, post-hardcore, post-punk, industrial, psychedelic, and whatever. Genres good at produce: post-rock, post-punk (revival), dreampop, shoegaze etc.
Instrument experience:
- Keyboard:
- Advanced
- Electronic Music:
- Advanced
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Moderate
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
- Accordion:
- Moderate
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Intermediate
- Drums:
- Beginner
- Clarinet:
- Beginner
EQUIPMENT
Got Fender Fretless Jazz Bass and Roland SH-201 here, Akai25 and Squire strat just for recording here, and Korg MS2000, N5ex and Roland Juno-6 in China can be taken to Toronto. Prepare to buy MatrixBrute or some other "live-able" synthesizer here then.
