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节目播出时间是06年9月11日

　　这是一次在“中国后摇滚”主题下的介绍，提及乐队依次为大连的Spiral Cow，大连的梵高（Vangogh），上海的21 Grams和苏州的Grace Latecomer（关于该队的本站链接）。

　　介绍有点长，四十多分钟。不过主要是播放四队的部分作品。除了音频外也有文字。这次一并拷贝过来。如果有兴趣也可以去该电台的源页面浏览。链接

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Hello and welcome to this edition of China Beat on China Radio International. Our show always tries to introduce you to the most interesting and promising music scenes now developing in China. And, today is no exception, as we'll focus on several post-rock bands from across the country.

We've already introduced three Chinese post-rock veteran bands in one of our shows. They were Godot from Shanghai, The Unknown Band, or simply Wang Wen from the coastal city of Dalian, and Taiwan post-rock pioneer Sugar Plant Ferry. Today let's continue with more stories of this musical circuit making its way throughout China. But before that, let's take a quick look at the post-rock genre itself.

The term post-rock refers to the dominant form of experimental rock found in the 1990s. It mainly describes music that uses rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes. Guitars are facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and power chords. In other words, post-rock musicians make use of old instruments along with electronic devices to achieve brand new sounds and arrangements. Another distinguished characteristic of post-rock music is that it is usually instrumental. Even if it does employ vocals, the vocals are often incidental to the overall effect.

Anyways, definitions can only describe the sound. They can never be as powerful as hearing the music itself. So now let's welcome today's first post-rock band, Spiral Cow, with their song "Your Words Were the Trigger."

The first song of today's China Beat is "Your Words Were the Trigger," triggering our entry into the world of post-rock sound. The band Spiral Cow is from Dalian. It's actually a side project of rocker Xie Yugang, the lead man from the band Wang Wen we mentioned before. It's said that the band was started by a complete maniac for music, American Derrick Fore, who came to China and began his musical pursuits in Dalian. The band Spiral Cow puts a lot of force and variations into their music, which gives them a unique edge. Here is their song "Urgent Endeavor."

Now, after Spiral Cow, let's welcome another post-rock band from Dalian. It's Van Gogh, named since most of the band members do art or design as their day jobs. But, compared with the passion contained in the real Van Gogh's paintings, the band Van Gogh's music aims to present the beauty more implicit to traditional China. Coming up now is one of their songs "Kaffir Lily." This song's name more or less reveals the band's inextricable fascination with Chinese culture.

When I first heard that the band's lead man Liu Peng started making music in the grunge style, I was pretty surprised, since the songs of his current band are so soothing and serene. Some might say that Van Gogh's songs are not typical post-rock. The band itself says it doesn't want to be branded a post-rock band. What they enjoy most about making music in this genre is that they can paint pictures with musical notes, and get lost in the imaginary world they can create themselves.

The band Van Gogh has almost quit playing live shows now because of its current lack of members. Most of the band's songs are composed and arranged by its headman Liu Peng.

Here comes the song "Ke Zhou Qiu Jian," which literally means "to make a notch on the side of a moving boat to indicate where one's sword has dropped." It really means that a pig-headed person won't react differently to altered circumstances. And here goes the song.

That's the song Ke Zhou Qiu Jian. And with that, we travel to Shanghai to listen to an up-and-coming post-rock band now gaining momentum in the city, 21 Grams. The band's name is the same as the title of the film 21 Grams by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. As film lovers, 21 Grams endeavors to apply visual layers onto their music. According to them, with a figure and its measurement as their name, 21 Grams seeks to be both emotional and practical in writing their music.

Formed in the summer of 2004 with five band members, 21 Grams makes use of both instruments and electronic effects for their sound. Here comes their song, of the same name as the band itself.

That piece is the namesake of the post-rock band 21 Grams. The band says some of their songs still reveal their references to the current post-rock giants. Rather than striving to become giants themselves, to them making music as a hobby is already a really great experience.

Welcome back. And now, the last post-rock band we'll cover today is Grace Latecomer, from Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. Here, a young man named Tian Xin has tried to make a one-man-band legend by starting his own personal post-rock band Grace Latecomer. He alone is responsible for all of the instruments and electronic sound effects found in the band's music. Now, let's check out one of the songs from his self-released EP. This song's entitled "82 Umbrellas."

This is the song "82 Umbrellas" from the previous noise maniac Tian Xin's one-man-band Grace Latecomer. About one year ago, Grace Latecomer released its first EP. It was available in both a limited CD-R format, and via free download at the band's official website, that is, www.rocksuzhou.com. One thing that must give Tian Xin inspiration to keep doing what he's doing is that the website Wikipedia has included Grace Latecomer in its list of post-rock bands, making them the first post-rock band from China on the list. In March of this year, Tian Xin already started to write new songs for his next collection of works. He wishes to cooperate with other musicians and create a relatively full lineup for his band. In this way, he hopes to be able to play his music for live audiences who enjoy Grace Latecomer's specific blend of post-rock.

Well, we've now come to the end of today's China Beat on China Radio International. If you have any comments about today's post-rock fest, please write us an email to Chinabeat@crifm.com, or mail us a letter to: English Service, China Radio International, Beijing, China, with the postal code 100040. You're also welcome to visit our website at www.crienglish.com. Go to the "audio" page and check out the China Beat column, where you can find out more information about this week's China Beat, and listen to past editions online.

Thanks for listening. I'm your host Xu Jue leaving you with the song "Neither Here Nor There." Hope you'll come here and listen to our show next time. Good luck! See ya!