MV Monday: Life Journey, Perpetual Motion Machine, Djang San, Converse

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Smog smog smog, what’s new Beijing? At least whenever Beijing is filmed in these videos the sky is relatively clean – and what better way to keep your head out of the sky then bask in some spankin new Monday videos, including a new concert video series highlighting a rooftop performance from Life Journey, a kickstarter previewing the return of indie rockers Perpetual Motion Machine. Also, we take a look at the latest slice of weirdness from Djang San and finally, a look to see who Converse has been setting their corporate eyes on.

That’s the first in a new series presented by the hotshot film crew Geek Shoot Jack. The set up – grab a well-known band and have them give a rooftop show somewhere in the city. For their first outing they snagged Life Journey and it’s as every bit romantic and heart-warming as it sounds. Love when the neighbors across the way send their regards after ‘Summer Holiday’ – yeah, Life Journey still wins points in my book. Sue me.

Converse has always been in on the action with music in China – but recently, they are all over the place, and while my weak-ass anti-establishment, ‘down with capitalism’ radar usually would be going off right now – I’m digging what they’ve cooked up thus far. They recently launched the first-ever Converse Rubber Tracks Shanghai pop-up studio where some lucky musicians will have the opportunity to record for free from Oct. 17-23 – the seven selected artist included Bedstars, Forget and Forgive, RunningBlue, Rolling Bowling, Lone, Purple Soul, and Dive in Velvet – quite the array of styles here. During the month of November, the company will host a free concert series in four cities that features a line-up of local emerging opening acts, a Converse Rubber Tracks pop-up Shanghai band, popular American hardcore punk band, Trash Talk and a surprise Chinese headliner band in every city. I’m in – check out the collection of videos on their youku channel.

The mad Frenchmen, Djang San, is back with another lo-fi abstract music video this time for ‘Give Me Soma’, off of his early 2014 release Love Is A Detention Center For Lonely People – there’s an after school TV production house quality to each of Djang San’s video-related that absolutely adorable. The creep factor gets pretty high on this one – pixelated damaged selfies anyone. Props to Guillaume Bog for the ‘moshing’ work here.

Last, if any of you have been wondering where new wave indie rock trio Perpetual Motion Machine well good news – the band is in the finishing stages of their third album, Battle.Song which you can still pre order here. The release will be on November 21st at Mao Livehouse at which point the band will head off for the next month on tour. I’ve always enjoyed the bands combination of new wave rock with traditional Chinese flourishes and it seems they’ll be pushing that clash even further this time around. Check out their tour video and give them support come November.

 

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