December 13, 2008 10:00 pm

This Saturday LOgO rocks some live punk music with the Dropkicks, they play high energy punk rock’n'roll

1) The Dropkicks
(Power trio)
Style : high energy punk rock’n'roll
Bio : The Dropkicks has been founded in june 2006 when Joris (French singer-guitarist) and Toshi (Japanese bassist), ex-classmates in the Fudan University of Shanghai, decided to play a special kind of punk rock’n'roll : the one invented by the Stooges, the MC5 and the Dead Boys, and renewed by the Scandinavian underground scene. A couple of month later, Chen Song, drummer of Crystal Butterfly, one of the best Shanghainese bands, joined the line-up. At the beginning, The Dropkicks used to play on a regular basis in 4 Live untill its closure. Since then, the rocked the scene of the best underground venues in Shanghai, from Live Bar to Yuyintang. They’re not newcomers in Logo where they performed last August. Labeled as a cover band for a long time, The Dropkicks now perform original songs. They prepare to record their first LP before spring 09.

2) Benjamin
(singer-guitarist solo)
Style : acoustic pop
Bio : Benjamin has been listening to, feeling and peforming music for as long as he can remember. “However, the Beatles, Eliott Smith, Wilco, Weezer, Rilo Kiley and Guster are all muchfamous than I am”, he says. He played many times in Shanghai with the Dropkicks. He’s gonna rock the Logo scene for the third time this year.

The after party would be banged by Liam O’Sullivan with an eclectic sound of House music and more.

“For the last ten years DJ Liam O’Sullivan has been one of the busiest DJ’s across the house and techno scene. From his early years supporting artists such as Jeff Mills and Adam Beyer to his modern incarnation as a house DJ supporting acts like Felix Da House Cat and Woody McBride, he has been a DJ always focused on how to fill dance floors. DJ Liam hosted the most successful Thursday night dance music program on KissFM for the last five years with an envious list of guest DJ’s. He has had his finger on the pulse of the dance music scene and been an innovator in pushing new sounds. Over the years he has graced the shores of Japan, England and Thailand and now he moves to China for his ‘Sino Experiment‘. We all get a chance to farewell Liam at ‘161’ this Saturday night when he reflects on his last ten years at the decks. Come down to farewell one of Melbourne’s favourite sons.”

Inpress, August 2008

free entrance

August 2, 2008 10:00 pm

Founded as a trio in June 2006, The Dropkicks are French, Japanese and Chinese. Influenced by the Stooges, Dead Boys and the Scandinavian underground scene, they play high energy punk rock’n'roll

1st part of the night will be played by Benjamin, solo acoustic guitar and vocal.
his style was influenced by the Beatles, Eliott Smith, Wilco, Weezer, Rilo Kiley and Guster.

the after party is rocked by a newcomer dj in Shanghai: dj dieter
Following co-production with Sympathy7 of Convenience of Modern Culture’s debut album Merchandise in 2006 , DJ Dieter (aka Brent Leighton) took another direction. Living in Melbourne, Australia (some would argue the music capital of Australia) enabled him to see an amazing variety of world class acts virtually every weekend. He cites acts such as Zen Paradox, Amon Tobin, Klute, Luomo and Monolake along with the giants of House (Sasha, Deep Dish) as strong influences. Djing around Melbourne at underground parties, he was a very early adopter of digital technologies and their potential for live sound manipulation – further blurring the line between Djing and live re-mixing. His micro/tech/progressive house sets are melody driven where he often looks to experiment with textures and samples. His characteristic long-mix style lends itself to the creation of some very unique sounds.
Dj Dieter comments on Shanghai’s music scene as “being very vibrant and having incredible pulling power for such a small base” - nearly every weekend one of the worlds top Dj’s can be seen playing somewhere.
Since relocating to Shanghai in mid 2007, DJ Dieter has played Club DD’s in Jingan, and Music Matters – a monthly Shanghai music festival, where musos from all over the globe come together to do what they love – play music.

NO COVER !