BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1544@https://flypost.ie SUMMARY:Alex Zhang Hungtai (Taiwan/Dirty Beaches) DTSTAMP:20260810T164808Z DTSTART:20270227T200000Z DTEND:20270227T223000Z DESCRIPTION:Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents\n\n\n\n\n\nALEX ZHANG HUNGTAI (DIR TY BEACHES)\n\nwith special guest\n\nMantua (Elaine Malone)\n\nSaturday 27 th February 2027\n\nUpstairs At Whelan’s\n\nDoors 8pm\n\nTickets €22 + boo king via Whelan’s Box Office\n[https://www.whelanslive.com/event/alex-zhan g-hungtai] or\nhttps://billetto.ie/e/alex-zhang-hungtai-tickets-1977781\n[ https://billetto.ie/e/alex-zhang-hungtai-tickets-1977781]\n\n\n\n“Expansiv e epics heavy on spiritual saxophone.” - Bandcamp Daily\n\n“Barking cries that humanized the composition within a timeless atmosphere.” -\nParklife DC\n\n“A prayer spoken from another world\; the image of luminous specks o f life seen\nin the neon lights of Hong Kong\, of a god formed in cracked concrete.” - Tiny\nMix Tapes\n\n\n\nAlex Zhang Hungtai released several EP s and three albums as Dirty Beaches on\ncassette-only labels before releas ing his fourth full-length\, Badlands\, in March\n2011. Badlands\, unlike Zhang’s earlier work\, included his vocals on most songs.\nThe album was l ong listed as a nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.\nDrifters/Love I s The Devil followed in 2013\, pushing further into no wave\,\nelectronic music\, jazz and ambient territory.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfL rWN2Un2E\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfLrWN2Un2E]\n\nAfter retiring his project Dirty Beaches\, he has been focusing on explorations\nof impro vised music\, experimental jazz\, and his new role as a composer. His\nnew er compositions predominantly works with saxophone\, synthesizers\, percus sion\nand piano\, furthering his research on ritualistic music of liminali ty. Besides\nhis solo work\, he is also a member of a jazz/experimental tr io with Portugese\nminimalist/architect David Maranha\, and jazz Drummer G abriel Ferrandini in\nLisbon. Zhang currently works as a composer for film soundtracks\, along with\nacting in independent films.\n\nhttps://www.you tube.com/watch?v=ryiUDFkoixY&list=RDryiUDFkoixY\n[https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ryiUDFkoixY&list=RDryiUDFkoixY]\n\nOn June 4\, 2017\, Zhang appear ed in the fifth\, David Lynch-directed episode of\nthe revived third seaso n of Twin Peaks. Playing with Dean Hurley and Riley Lynch\nas part of the group Trouble\, Zhang played sax in the scene. The song\, Snake\nEyes\, wa s issued as a single by Sacred Bones Records.\n\nZhang has also recorded o riginal film soundtracks for several documentaries\,\nincluding Water Park (2012) and Who Is Arthur Chu? (2017)\, in addition to\ndirecting music vi deos for himself and others. In 2018\, the film August at\nAkiko’s had its premiere at film festivals. Directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi\nand set in Zhang’s childhood home of Hawai’i\, the film features Zhang in a\nleadi ng role\, and it also features Zhang’s sax based original score\, which wa s\nreleased as a soundtrack album. In 2020\, Zhang collaborated on two ful l length\ninstrumental albums\, Longone with Tseng Kuo-Hung and Styx with Pavel Milyakov.\n\n\n\nMANTUA is a music project from Elaine Malone (pôt-p ot\,\n\nGéis)). Influenced by environmental decline\, symbolism in the for ms of Virgin\nMary holograms and the decay of nature. Other influences inc lude the work of\nJodorowsky\, bogs and death.\n\nhttps://mantua1.bandcamp .com/ [https://mantua1.bandcamp.com/]\n\n\n URL:https://flypost.ie/event/alex-zhang-hungtai-taiwandirty-beaches LOCATION:Whelan's Upstairs - 25 Wexford Street Dublin 2 D02 H527 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dublin,live music,music,enthusiastic eunuch,experimental music,w helans X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents


Alex Zhang Hungtai (Dirty Beaches)

with specia l guest

Mantua (Elaine Malone)

Saturday 27th February 2027

Upstairs At Whelan’s

Doors 8pm

Tickets €22 + booking via Whelan’s Box Office or https://billetto.i e/e/alex-zhang-hungtai-tickets-1977781

“Expansive epi cs heavy on spiritual saxophone.” - Bandcamp Daily

“Barking cries that humanized the composition within a timeless a tmosphere.” - Parklife DC

“A prayer spoken from another world; the image of luminous specks of life seen in the neon lights of Hong Kong, of a god formed in cracked concrete.” - Tiny Mix Tapes

Alex Zhang Hungtai released several EPs and three albums as Dirty Beaches on cassette-only labels before relea sing his fourth full-length, Badlands, in March 2011. Badlands, unlike Zha ng’s earlier work, included his vocals on most songs. The album was long l isted as a nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. Drifters/Love Is The Devil followed in 2013, pushing further into no wave, electronic music, ja zz and ambient territory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfLrWN2Un2E

After retiring his project Dirty Beaches, he has been focusing on explorations of improvised music, experimental jazz, and his new role as a composer. His newer compositions predominantly works with saxophone, synt hesizers, percussion and piano, furthering his research on ritualistic mus ic of liminality. Besides his solo work, he is also a member of a jazz/exp erimental trio with Portugese minimalist/architect David Maranha, and jazz Drummer Gabriel Ferrandini in Lisbon. Zhang currently works as a composer for film soundtracks, along with acting in independent films.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryiUDFkoixY&list=RDryiUD FkoixY

On June 4, 2017, Zhang appeared in the fifth, David Lynch -directed episode of the revived third season of Twin Peaks. Playing with Dean Hurley and Riley Lynch as part of the group Trouble, Zhang played sax in the scene. The song, Snake Eyes, was issued as a single by Sacred Bone s Records.

Zhang has also recorded original film soundtracks for sev eral documentaries, including Water Park (2012) and Who Is Arthur Chu? (20 17), in addition to directing music videos for himself and others. In 2018 , the film August at Akiko’s had its premiere at film festivals. Directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi and set in Zhang’s childhood home of Hawai’i, t he film features Zhang in a leading role, and it also features Zhang’s sax based original score, which was released as a soundtrack album. In 2020, Zhang collaborated on two full length instrumental albums, Longone with Ts eng Kuo-Hung and Styx with Pavel Milyakov.

MANTUA is a music project from Elaine Malone (pôt-pot,

Géis)). Influe nced by environmental decline, symbolism in the forms of Virgin Mary holog rams and the decay of nature. Other influences include the work of Jodorow sky, bogs and death.

https://mantua1.bandcamp.com/


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