14 發光的城市 A R O U N D T O W N FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2008 • TIMES

Left: Saxophonist Jeff Chang of the US. Photo courtesy of Sizhukong

Last week Carina Lau Song Hsin-ni is taking a route well-traveled (劉嘉玲) and Tony Leung Chiu from page to screen. photo: taipei times 梁朝偉 Wai ( ) exchanged marriage “friend,” and, according to her vows in Bhutan. A wedding on favorite fortune-teller, this has the following day, which one everything to do with the color of might have expected to upstage her hair, Next Magazine reports. an event taking place thousands Tsai’s tresses recently went from of kilometers away, didn’t. brown to black, and while this 郭台銘 Above: Jazz ensemble Sizhukong brings a Terry Gou’s ( ) marriage hasn’t done anything for her love 曾馨瑩 uniquely Chinese sound to its jazz music. From to dancer Delia Tseng ( ) life, it may, or may not, have managed to totally underwhelm left to right: Alex Wu, Chen Chih-ling, Toshi helped bag her a lucrative contract Fujii, Huang Chih-ping, Martijn Vanbuel, and the media. Perhaps that was for promoting hair care products, intentional, for the event at the Peng Yu-wen. Photo courtesy of Sizhukong reportedly worth NT$24 million. Janelle Chang, who plays the violin and the satar, Left: Mogauwane Mahloelo of South Africa Grand Hyatt Taipei was billed as Lower down on the celebrity “environmentally friendly and of joins jazz ensemble Sizhukong for several shows plays the djembe and sings with Sizhukong as a food chain, model Song Hsin-ni the common people.” It may come as a special guest. Photo courtesy of Sizhukong special guest this weekend. Photo courtesy of Sizhukong (宋新妮) has found that the most as something of a surprise to Gou effective way of moving from page ake the beauty and grace of to learn that most people don’t to screen is to get her kit off, and spend upwards of NT$20 million traditional Chinese melodies, has achieved a victory of sorts in Performance notes: on their wedding, but compared put them to jazz grooves, and squeezing out rival Lee Yan-jin (李 T to the NT$220 million that the you have the music of Sizhukong (絲竹 妍瑾) as the celebrity spokesperson Sizhukong creates What: Samba Paradise (2008夏日狂歡音 Lau-Leung nuptials cost, it is, as 空). The group, whose name reads “silk, for Ankh Clinic Beauty Therapy 樂派對) featuring jazz ensemble Sizhukong they say, small potatoes. bamboo and emptiness,” is a six-piece (安蔻美容醫學中心), where she had When and Where: Tomorrow at Unfortunately, Gou simply jazz ensemble formed by pianist and become a regular client. 9:30pm, Witch House, 7, Ln 56, Xinsheng comes across as being a tad composer Peng Yu-wen (彭郁雯) who Still further down the food S Road Sec 3, Taipei City (女巫店台北市 cheap, which reflects badly on aims to create “a new kind of Chinese new Chinese music chain, Sung Chien-chang (宋健彰), 新生南路三段56巷7號), admission at the him after his unsuccessful pursuit music” with “a soul of jazz.” better known as band Nanchuan door is NT$300; Sunday at 5pm, Da-an of A-listers like Lau. But the most Sizhukong will present new Mama’s (南拳媽媽) Tantou (彈 Forest Park (大安森林公園), free admission; notable aspect of Gou’s wedding material in a run of shows this month, 頭), may be faced with a shotgun Aug. 10 at 3pm, Hsinchu County Cultural was not the guests, who included starting tomorrow night at Witch 皮皮 with a jazzy soul 新竹縣文化局 wedding as girlfriend Pipi ( ) Affairs Bureau ( ), 146, local celebrities Chang Fei (張 House and on Sunday at Da-an Forest has, reportedly, got a little Tantou Xianzheng 9th Rd, Chubei City, Hsinchu 菲), Chang Hsiao-yen (張小燕) and Park (大安森林公園) in Taipei. in her tummy. The pretty boy’s Peng took an indirect path to Province. Chen’s performance skills left County (新竹縣竹北市縣政九路146號), Kevin Tsai (蔡康永), but those who The performances are billed as rather short career as a man about admission is NT$300 to NT$500 were not invited. First among the Samba Paradise, and audiences can conceiving this uniquely Chinese form a deep impression: “I never thought that town seems to be drawing rapidly Tickets: Available through NTCH omissions was supermodel and expect to hear Latin jazz rhythms of jazz. She studied Western classical Chinese music could be this beautiful,” to a close. music at a young age, but grew bored Peng said. And Chen turned out to be ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw former Gou inamorata Lin Chih-lin backing the distinctive voices of And so as Pop Stop bottoms On the Net: www.sizhukong.com 林志玲 traditional Chinese instruments such as with it and eventually gave up. But after a natural with jazz. “The rhythm and ( ), who is regarded by many out, the only way to go is up. Well, as the matchmaker behind the Tel the liuqin (柳琴), a four-stringed lute, hearing swing jazz for the first time syncopation — she caught on easily.” perhaps not. (蕭敬騰), in “exploring different kinds of music. and Delia pairing. Gou, it seems, and dizi (笛子), a kind of Chinese flute. during university, Peng was inspired to The pair built on their collaboration, whose self-titled debut album My feel for music is changing, and my does not like to be reminded “I want to bring the dance and groove return to music and earned a degree in and recorded Sizhukong’s first album, remains unremittingly at the top composing goes along with that.” of his failures — another mark [elements of jazz] to Chinese music,” jazz composition at the Berklee College which was released last year. of the music charts despite no Sizhukong’s lineup includes Toshi against someone who tries to said Peng. “Chinese music doesn’t of Music in Boston. Just as Peng has expanded her evidence of originality or talent, is Fujii (藤井俊充) on drums and percussion, come across as debonair. always have to be calm or elegant.” After returning to Taipei, Peng helped notion of jazz music by bringing in hereby formally admitted into Pop Huang Chih-ping (黃治評) on dizi and And all may not be rosy in Sizhukong embraces the ethos of jazz form a small jazz combo, Metamorphosis, Chinese elements, she finds that the Stop’s Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame dongxiao (洞簫, bamboo flute), Alex Wu the house of Gou. The tycoon’s fusion: its music takes established forms which is known for recasting Taiwanese same has been true for classical Chinese after he was charged with burning folk songs in modern jazz styles, including musicians. Peng cites the example of (吳政君) on erhu and percussion, Chen younger brother Gou — jazz and classical Chinese styles — a piano in a conservation area. Latin jazz, be-bop and post-bop. one of her past students, a guzheng (古 Chih-ling on liuqin and zhongruan (中阮) Tai-chiang (郭台強) and gives them a new twist. In songs like Alas, this is no Jimi Hendrix at 箏 and Belgian Martijn Vanbuel on bass. missed his sibling’s Bathing in the Stream, the ensemble Seeking new directions in her , Chinese zither) player who studied the Monterrey Pop Festival during 南管 They will be joined by special guests wedding, preferring plays a joyful melody originating from music, Peng studied nanguan ( ) the instrument for 20 years but didn’t the Summer of Love, and without 北管 Mogauwane Mahloelo of South Africa to holiday in Kyoto Guangdong Province, but adds a modern and beiguan ( ), two traditional enjoy it until she started playing jazz. any regard for the saccharine on djembe and vocals, and Janelle instead. groove with upright bass and drums. music forms with roots in southern And she has opened doors for jazz music video that resulted from Chang (張宜蓁) on violin and satar (薩塔 Meanwhile, Soon enough, the song expands into China and . Her collaboration musicians as well. Saxophonist Jeff this publicity stunt, the with renowned liuqing player Chen Chang (張哲嘉) of the US, who is playing 琴), a traditional Uygur instrument. Jolin Tsai (蔡依 more abstract territory, with extended County Environmental Protection 陳怡蒨 The group is currently working on 林) is without improvisations on piano, liuqin and Yi-chien ( ) set the stage for with the group as a special guest this Agency slapped a NT$100,000 a new album expected for release at a clearly erhu (二胡). As the song returns to the Sizhukong’s formation. weekend, said that Peng’s music was fine on Hsiao’s production the end of the year, with each musician designated melodic theme, the jazz and Chinese With Chen in mind, Peng created a something he had “always been looking company for, first and “voices” intermingle to create a sound samba jazz arrangement of Fengyang for” as a musician with Taiwanese roots. contributing their own compositions. foremost, transporting the both familiar and new. (鳳陽), a folk song from China’s Anhui Ultimately, for Peng the jazz spirit lies — David Chen piano to the Kaomei Wildlife Conservation Area (高美野 生動物保護區) and, quite literally, Burn, baby, burn. frightening the animals, and then  photo: taipei times for burning it in an area in which fires are prohibited. Taiwan Beer bash — Ian Bartholomew he Money Shot Horns can make Its aim is to promote the nightlife Hard-rock band Reload plays on T even grandma dance. That’s why scene in the area around the Taiwan the main stage at 6:30pm, while funk July 18 to July 24 they’ve been chosen as one of the Beer Factory (烏日啤酒廠行政大樓前廣 supergroup the Money Shot Horns Top Five Mandarin AlbumS headliners for tomorrow’s 2008 Taiwan 場) in Wujih, which is less than one takes to the stage at 7:45pm. Then 台灣啤酒節 Jam Hsiao (蕭敬騰) and Jam Hsiao (蕭敬騰) Beer Festival (2008 ) in Wujih kilometer from the Taiwan High Speed it’s a triple bill of talented singers: (烏日), Taichung County. Rail Co’s Wujih Station and a 20-minute Golden Melody Award-winning Puyuma 1 with 16.61 percent of sales The event kicks off at 10:30am and drive from downtown Taichung. Two songstress Jiajia (家家); Alin, who was features an appearance by the Taiwan restaurants have opened in the beer recently discovered by an agent at Wilber Pan (潘瑋柏) and Future Tense (未來式) Beer basketball team, food stalls, factory and several restaurants and the EZ5 club in Taitung; and, finally, 2 with 11.4% percent DJs, bartender shows, professional nightspots will open soon nearby. The Jeannie Hsieh (謝金燕), winner of the dancers, two Golden Melody Award- area is accessible from Taichung via the Best Taiwanese Female gong at 范瑋琪 Fan Wei-chi ( ) and Faces of FanFan with 6.38% winning singers, and a massive graffiti THSRC’s shuttle bus. the 2007 . 3 installation that took two artists weeks The main party starts at 5:30pm The Taiwan Beer Factory in Wujih Ring (丁噹) and Decisively Loved (我愛上的) with 4.44% to complete. The festival has already tomorrow with a bartender show, (烏日啤酒廠行政大樓前廣場) is located at 1 4 made stops in Tainan and Zhunan followed by music from DJ Edify, who Guanghua Rd, Wujih, Taichung County 台中縣烏日鄉光華街一號 (林宥嘉) and Mystery Guest (神秘嘉賓) with 3.68% and will hit Taipei on Aug. 19, but the spins funky house. A few dozen dancers ( ). The festival Alin, 23, looks like Jolin Tsai and has the voice of 5 Taichung event is the largest and most will be on hand to create atmosphere runs from 10:30am to 9:30pm. A-mei, according to her agent. heavily promoted. and encourage the crowd to get down. — Ron Brownlow Album chart compiled from G-Music (www.g-music.com.tw), based on retail sales photo courtesy of taiwan beer festival

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story of forbidden love between a Classical Lounge Bar — A Appearing tomorrow night at Center Peppermint (薄荷葉) and Japanese brother and sister. Summer Fantasy (夏日綺想 Stage (formerly the Living Room) are bands Tonic, Six O’Minus and Theater National Theater, Taipei City 曲—古典Lounge Bar) has the Abandoned Machines, punk band Ground Cover appear tonight Windmill Fantasia (紙風車幻想曲) Thursday, Aug. 8, and Aug. 9, at chamber quartet of Hung Yun-yao Angry Young Men (生氣的年輕人) at Underworld (地下室). Indie- is an entertaining children’s perfor- 7:30pm; Aug. 10, at 2:30pm (洪韻堯) and Hung Ju-chiang (洪如 and Nevermore. electronica band Telephone Booth mance by Paper Windmill Theater Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,400, 薇) on violin, Chen Yung-chan (陳永 3F, 8, Nanjing E Rd Sec 5, Taipei City (電話亭) and low-key indie-rock duo (紙風車劇團) that uses float-sized available through NTCH ticketing 展) on viola and cellist Tseng Chia-yi (台北市南京東路五段8號3樓). Zag Lope (柴可洛噗) take to the stage puppets, black lighting, music and (曾加宜) performing Mozart’s String Call (02) 8787-4154 or visit tomorrow. US DJ Jef Stott mans the acting to enthrall and delight audiences. Quartet in C Major, K.465, “Dissonance”, www.myspace.com/taipeicenterstage decks on Sunday. [See highlight on National Theater, Taipei City Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 59, No. for more information Page 15.] On Wednesday it’s Space Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30pm, Classical music 1 ‘Razumovsky’ in F Major and Borodin’s Shows start at 10pm Cake (太空蛋糕), which recently played tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm and 8th Taipei International Choral String Quartet in D Major Op. 77, No. 2. Free tonight; NT$200 cover tomorrow at the Formoz Rock Festival and the Sunday at 10:30am Festival (2008第八屆台北國際合唱 Sunday, 2:30pm Shine and Shine and Shine and Tickets are NT$350 to NT$1,000, 音樂節) ends tomorrow with a Final Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and Tonight Dafu Jazz Trio takes to the Shine (閃閃閃閃). available through NTCH ticketing Concert that includes sets by The Maestro Henry Mazer Music and stage at Sappho de Base. There B1, 45 Shida Rd, Taipei City (台北市師 Chanters Group of the Church of St Culture Hall (台北愛樂暨梅哲音樂文化 is no show scheduled for tomorrow. 大路45號B1). Call (02) 2369-0103 Heart of Ocean (海洋之心) Panteleimon the Healer, Georgia, St 館) at B1, 7 Jinan Rd Sec 1, Taipei City High Tide plays at the Wall as part of the On Tuesday night the Grace Jazz or visit www.upsaid.com/underworld is a diabolo dance production by John’s College Choir, South Africa, (台北市濟南路一段7號B1) Highlight late-night Roots Dub Session party. Trio plays a set, with an open jam for more information Diabolo Dance Theater (舞鈴劇場) The Idea of North, Australia, in ad- Tickets are NT$350, available through  Photo courtesy of High Tide afterwards. The Accidentals appear Live shows go from 9:30pm to that portrays life underwater. dition to a performance of Handel’s NTCH ticketing The Wall (這牆) hosts an evening of foremost homegrown reggae and on Wednesday, and on Thursday it’s 11:30pm. The bar is open from 8pm Hsinchu City Performance Hall (新竹 Israel in Egypt by the Festival Choir live reggae and dub tomorrow night dub outfits. The group prides itself the Phase-in Jazz Quartet, featuring daily, closed Mondays. Before midnight 市立演藝廳) 17, Tungtah Rd Sec 2, (節慶合唱團), the Taipei Philharmonic with Roots Dub Session, a late-night on representing a diversity of musical original compositions by group leader on Tuesdays and Thursdays, drinks are Hsinchu City (新竹市東大路二段17號) Chorus (台北愛樂合唱團), and the party featuring two bands and two dance styles; its nine members play Michael Haack. buy-one-get-one-free Today at 7:30pm Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Contemporary DJs. Organized by DJ Taili, the party electronic instruments and the B1, 1, Ln 102, Anhe Rd Sec 1, Taipei Entrance is NT$400 tonight and Tickets are NT$200 to NT$900, (台北愛樂青年管弦樂團) with Gabor Tomorrow night the Cosmopolitan is dedicated to promoting live reggae standard guitar, bass and drum kit. City (台北市安和路一段102巷1號B1). NT$300 tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday available through NTCH ticketing Hollerung conducting. Grill hosts David Chen and the and dub music in Taipei. After the bands, DJs Taili and Katzu Call (02) 2700-5411 (after 9pm) or with one drink; NT$100 on Wednesday Tomorrow, 7:30pm Muddy Basin Ramblers, who play Kicking off the evening is High Tide, of the Jamaican sound system Black visit www.sappho102.biz for more Every Breath You Take (你的每 National Concert Hall, Taipei City vintage blues, swing jazz and jug band the roots, rocksteady and dub band of Reign International will keep people information Tonight Witch House (女巫店) 一次呼吸...) is a dance performance Tickets are NT$300 to NT$2,000, music. They will be joined by country Public Radio singer and guitarist Moshe dancing the rest of the evening, Performances begin at 10:30pm hosts Bai Ronghe (白融合), a group by Big Knowledge Tree Theater (大知 available through NTCH ticketing act 2 Acres Plowed. Every Wednesday Foster, who also writes original material spinning classic and modern roots. No entrance fee playing jazzy compositions led by 樹排練場) that uses breathing as a key night at the Cosmopolitan Grill for the group. The band is a patchwork Roots Dub Session with Taimaica singer Jyotsna Peng (彭靖惠). Tango element to explore the eternal themes Double Bass Works of 20th there’s a blues open mic held by the of other musicians from Taipei’s expat Sound System, High Tide, and DJs Amis Aboriginal pop singer Van Fan Negro takes to the stage afterwards, of dreams, jealousy and love. Century Vienna (維也納二十世紀 Blues Society on Taiwan and hosted music scene: Mike Tennant of the Taili and Katzu (范逸臣) performs at The Wall playing accordion music inspired by Y17 (台北市青少年育樂中心), 17 Renai 低音提琴作品) is a concert that will by Torch Pratt. All are welcome to bring Bopomofo Blues Band (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) on Tomorrow, 11:30pm, The Wall (這牆) tonight. Tomorrow it’s noise Argentinean tango composer Astor Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市仁愛路一段 see cellist Chou Chun-hsiang (周春 their instruments and sit in on guitar, bass, Andy Francis of the Money Shot (這牆), B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, band Black Faith With Sonic Pace Piazzolla. Tomorrow night it’s the 17號) 祥) and pianist Lin Hui-ying (林慧英) bass or drums. Horns on trombone, guitarist and Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號 (黑色信念跟隨著音速腳步) and Chinese jazz fusion band Sizhukong Tomorrow and Sunday at 7:30pm in a number of works composed as a 1F, 218 Changchun Rd, Taipei City singer Jesse Morden-Green of Johnny B1). Call (02) 2930-0162 for more acoustic rockers All Become F, (絲竹空). [See story above.] Tickets are NT$500, available through dedication to bassist Ludwig Streicher. (台北市長春路218號1樓). Fatstacks and Consider the Meek information followed by a late night reggae show, 7, Ln 56, Xinsheng S Rd Sec 3, Taipei NTCH ticketing The program includes Rudolf Jettel’s Call (02) 2508-0304 or visit www. drummer Greg Russell. NT$350 cover includes one free Roots Dub Session. City (台北市新生南路三段56巷7號). Sonate fur Kontrabas und Klavier, Paul cosmo.com.tw for more information Taking the stage next is Taimaica drink [See Highlight for details.] For more information, call Visionary director Robert Wilson Furst’s Ars Bassi fur Kontrabas und Tomorrow, 9pm to 11pm; every Sound System, one of Taiwan’s On the Net: www.the-wall.com.tw B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei (02) 2362-5494 or visit returns to Taiwan with I La Galigo, a Klavier Op.41, Fritz Leitermeyer’s 12 Wednesday, 8pm to 11pm City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). www.witchhouse.org performance based on an Indonesian Essays fur Kontrabas und Klavier Op.33 NT$250 minimum charge tomorrow; Call (02) 2930-0162 or log on at www. Performances start at 9:30pm. creation myth, Sureq Galigo, that fuses and Paul Angerer’s Quicquam fur free admission on Wednesday. Happy Random (隨性) appear tonight at B1, 77 Wuchang St, Taipei City the-wall.com.tw for more information Restaurant/bar with queer/feminist theater, dance, music and poetry. The Streichers Kontrabas und Streicher. Hour from 7pm to 9pm with specials VU Live House. Tomorrow it’s (台北市武昌街二段77號B1). 8pm tonight, tomorrow and Sunday bookstore and large collection of three-hour epic production includes Thursday, 7:30pm on Jack Daniels drinks Japanese new wave punk band Six Call (02) 2314-1868 for more NT$450 tonight and tomorrow for board games open 11am to midnight 50 actors, dancers and musicians from National Recital Hall, Taipei City O’Minus and indie-electronica outfit information the first show; NT$350 for second Sundays through Wednesdays; 11am Indonesia who use the traditions and Tickets are NT$500, available through Auto da Fe, garage rockers Rabbit The Shine and Shine and Shine Starts at 10pm show tomorrow night and Sunday. to 1am Thursdays through Saturdays folklore of the Bugis people to tell the NTCH ticketing Is Rich (兔子很有錢) and punk band and Shine (閃閃閃閃). NT$300 entrance includes one drink Admission includes one drink NT$300 entrance includes one drink

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