Fifi Rong's Live Music Series Yi Jing 意境 via https://fifirong.com/yi-jing-live

'Only Man' by Fifi Rong. Release date: 26 March 2021
Streaming platforms: https://orcd.co/onlyman
Song taken from forthcoming album 'There's A Funeral In My Heart, For Every Man I Loved'
Written, produced and performed by Fifi Rong
Mix and master by Oskar Vizan

Lyrics:
I don’t care if it’s one-off
I won’t let them touch me again
you bet I can give you all
the heart don’t pretend
So I’ll keep it clean for you
Even if you’d never know

I don’t even care I’m one of them
you are still my only man
I don’t even care I’m one of them
you are still my only man

You said I’m a one-off
You always know I am
I die just a little more
With loyalty on no man’s land
I don’t want anyone but you
I don’t even need a cure

I don’t even care I’m one of them
you are still my only man
I don’t even care I’m one of them
you are still my only man

I don’t even care
I don’t even care

I don’t even care I’m one of them
you are still my only man
I don’t even care I’m one of them
you are still my only man
I don’t even care I’m one of them
you are still my only man
I don’t even care I’m one of them
you are still my only man

I don’t care I’m one of them
You are still my
You are still my only man

There Is A Funeral In My Heart, For Every Man I Loved

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Continuing a long and fruitful creative relationship, Tindersticks have completed their 6th original film score for renowned director Claire Denis, for her provocative thriller BASTARDS/LES SALAUDS, released in French cinemas on 7th August.

Marking a fundamental stylistic departure for the band, the hypnotic electronic score resonates the darkly sensual and dreamlike rhythms of the film’s revenge narrative, featuring a new twist on the Hot Chocolate classic ‘Put Your Love in Me’.

The soundtrack for Bastards/Les Salauds is released on the Lucky Dog / Naive label and will be available as a digital download on the 7th August from Naive and on CD from 9th September. Pre-orders for the soundtrack will be available in the tindersticks shop soon…details to follow

In the meantime, here’s a track from the film for you to enjoy and download.
http://www.tindersticks.co.uk/tomorrows/

Tindersticks-Put Your Love In Me (Hot Chocolate cover)

Radiohead - Staircase ('From the Basement' session)

YOUR PERSON

I can't feel anything
except this pain in my back
which beckons me to lay down
lay still
in a vacant death
in a paralyzing loneliness. 
 

Atoms For Peace - Amok Live at the Roundhouse

Senga

La Féline - Trophée

David Lynch - The Night Bell With Lightning

From the self-titled debut by Lean Year.  Available October 20, 2017 on Western Vinyl

Pre-Order the album:
Bandcamp https://leanyear.bandcamp.com/album/lean-year
iTunes http://hyperurl.co/q612za
WV http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv152

Lean Year is the debut, self-titled record by Richmond, Virginia based singer Emilie Rex and filmmaker/musician Rick Alverson. What for Rex was a departure from the structured life of academia toward the uncertain contours of a creative field, for Alverson was a return to form. Having released 5 albums with his previous band Spokane, Alverson took a 10-year hiatus from music to write and direct feature films. These departures and approaches bring a transience and listlessness to the album, like a walk interrupted by both curiosity and caution. 

Equally informed by the minimalist folk music of Elizabeth Cotton, Karen Dalton, and Fred Neil; the tenuous, ambient, and orchestral works of Harold Budd, Brian Eno, and John Cale; the quietly pointed but tender songs of Nina Simone and Bessie Smith; and the baroque pop subversions of Love and The Left Banke—the inspirations for Lean Year are as varied as Rex and Alverson’s biographies. Their childhoods—framed respectively by New-Age ideology and antiquated Catholic Catechism; anarchist Montessori and cold, cloistered ice arenas; the chaotic, upheaval of divorce and the strange, obligatory qualities of life-long marriage—provide footing on uneven ground for the record’s dream-like, oblique observations. In the wake of these dynamic histories, the two leaned on music as a kind of secular spirituality. 

Rex and Alverson co-wrote the album over the course of a year at their home in Richmond, VA and recorded it in three sessions at the home studio of Chicago musician/engineer Erik Hall (In Tall Buildings, NOMO), who also performs on the record. Alverson and Hall co-produced the album’s ten tracks, drawing on both Hall's and Elliot Bergman’s (NOMO) arsenal of instruments. For Hall and Rex, this project was a reunion of sorts, the two having met as undergraduates in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan over a decade before. Hall’s extensive vocabulary—ranging from jazz and pop to rock and afrobeat—informs his contributions to the record.

Alverson’s films [Entertainment (2015) and the cult-drama The Comedy (2012)] have premiered at Sundance, Locarno, Rotterdam and the Film Society of Lincoln Center among others venues and festivals worldwide. Rex left academia and her position as Indiana University's Assistant Director of Sustainability in 2014 to focus on music and pursue resilience writing and analysis as a consultant. This is her first record.

Lean Year - "Come and See"

Einsturzende Neubauten Sabrina

http://www.mediafire.com/?z33x0xg13n3tvk9

UNKLE ft. Thom Yorke - Rabbit In Your Headlights (Brass Fergie Remix)

Chinese-British vocalist, songwriter, and producer FiFi Rong uniquely weaves emotional intimacy and vulnerability into her distinctive sonic vision, subtly nuanced with a flair of her Chinese heritage. Through her songs, she effortlessly blends Alt Pop, Alt R&B, Electronica, Trip-hop, IDM, Soundscape, Avant-Garde, and UK Bass Music, enveloping her unmistakable vocals in a mesmerising tapestry. This places her among the elite league of Avant-Pop artists who deftly traverse and integrate diverse cultural influences.

Her impressive collaborations include renowned artists such as Skepta, with her vocals gracing his hugely successful UK No. 2 and Mercury Prize-winning album, Konnichiwa. She has also worked alongside luminaries like Tricky, Yello (on their chart-topping albums Point and Toy), Phaeleh, and the late Lee 'Scratch' Perry. With over 100 million plays in China and many more worldwide, FiFi has garnered acclaim from esteemed publications including The Guardian, The Times, NME, FACT Mag, Dancing Astronaut, Earmilk, Wonderland, CLASH Magazine, Complex, FLAUNT, and XLR8R, to name just a few.

In her creations, FiFi draws upon contemporary music, the richness of her cultural heritage, and the evocative textures that are reminiscent of melancholic arthouse cinema. Resonating with the work of luminaries like Bjork, Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser, FKA Twigs, ANOHNI, and Massive Attack, FiFi's music intertwines contemporary ballads with a uniquely feminine touch, embodying a rare fusion that underscores her distinctive stance and sets new benchmarks in avant-garde production.

FiFi's career is punctuated by spellbinding live appearances at numerous iconic venues and festivals, solidifying her reputation as a world-class performer. Having headlined tours in China, she has enchanted audiences with her alluring stage presence, drawing over 150,000 people in attendance. Her prowess as a captivating performance artist has been showcased during a seven-date arena tour of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria alongside Yello, as well as at renowned stages including the Montreux Jazz Festival, O2 Academy Bristol, and Kraftwerk Berlin, cementing her status as a sought-after act on the live circuit.

Adapting to the challenges of the pandemic, FiFi took her live show online, spearheading the Yi Jing 意境 Live Performance Series—an ambitious arthouse project that seamlessly merges online concerts, short films, and video art. Over the past 2 years, FiFi has embraced the rapidly evolving world of web3 music, establishing herself as a thought leader and proactive innovator in this exciting field.

Her recent single, "Art For Art's Sake" (唯美), heralds a pivotal statement in FiFi's career, underscoring her evolution towards a more refined Avant-Pop and Fine Art Music direction. By intricately weaving her profound exploration of fleeting beauty's abstract concept with a blend of Chinese and British cultural elements, this significant release offers an intriguing glimpse into her ongoing artistic evolution and foreshadows exciting new directions on the horizon.

Currently immersed in her ambitious 7 EP Series, "Qi:7," FiFi Rong is on a transcendental journey through seven stages of spiritual awakening. The 'Hopium' EP, the series' initial instalment, plunges deeply into her personal narrative. It navigates through past traumas, human conditions, and cultural obligations, all the while maintaining a hopeful spark for transformative change.

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