Back to basics at Yue Space as Maybe Mars hosted an evening of menacing and alluring sounds from the flagship label’s deep trove of talent. Coming down from Shanghai, Golden Shower is the newest project from industrial post-punk musician Hei Mu (Nonplus of Color) and Nick (formerly of Hong Kong trailblazers The Yours/Ex-Punishment) – and while their set never quite meshed for me – it felt more like a jumbled mess of ideas and sounds rather than something cohesive and compelling – I appreciate the intent and ambition. Kicking off the night was indie darlings Future Orients, whose melodic and foot tapping sounds has made them a hit with the youngins. They played some new tracks and I dug what I heard – they know how to write a good hook. There will always be apart of me that wishes the band would have taken the grittier path by ramping up everything to overdrive and plowing through song after song with reckless abandon and precision, but there’s no denying their pop sensibilities. Nevertheless, the night belonged to Deadly Cradle Death, whose toxic, anti-club music – a bombastic assault on the senses that gloriously veers off into the deep end and revels in gutter of hip-hop, drum n bass, and experimental music – is truly one of a kind and something that feels tailored made for Beijing. The duo seems to have beefed up their catalogue since I last saw them and they’re sounding better than ever. Cathartic punk music filtered through one distortion after another and various forms of electronic deviance – can we seriously get these guys on a bill at Zhao Dai or Lantern please?
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