Arrows Made of Desir

Arrows Made of Desire的艺人档案

欲望之箭（Arrows Made of Desire）是一支来自中国北京的乐队，和我们之前已经介绍过的RandomK(e)相同，乐队主创是生活在中国的外国人。在欲望之箭，这个人是年轻帅气的中伟（Joewi）。


成　　员：Vocal&Guitar:中伟(Joewi) / Drum:达子 / Keyboard:雨黎(Yuli)
唱片公司：泰格唱片(Tag Team Records)
流　　派：摇滚/Rock
风　　格： Indie Rock Jazz Folk

官方网址：
豆瓣小组
http://www.douban.com/group/Desirarrow/
Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/arrowsmadeofdesire
泰格唱片Tag Team Records
http://www.tagteamrecords.com/
演出联系电话：15901088120
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Bio


The singer/songwriter/DIY engineer of Arrows Made of Desire is Joewi Verhoeven. The son of a Dutch food-supplier father and a Chinese writer mother, Joewi (pronounced "Joo-ee" for those English speakers) began writing songs on piano and guitar at the ripe old age of 15 while growing up in the small Dutch town of Zeeland. Upon graduating high school he packed up and caught the first flight to Beijing, China to study Mandarin and film directing at the Beijing Film Academy. In his free time he manages to record infectiously peculiar lo-fi indie-pop. Since his story is awfully similar to Tag Team Records founders, it's no wonder they felt a kinship to young Joewi right off the bat. Tag Team Records signed Arrows Made of Desire in 2006 and have since released Arrows' debut full-length album "Songs That Sell Fish". Coming up: "Songs That Sell Out"


About Songs That Sell Out:


Less than a year after the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, Songs That Sell Fish, Arrows Made of Desire have positioned themselves as one of the more highly regarded bands in Beijing with a live show that consistently turns heads, blows minds and, ahem, eardrums. With a sound that can only be descried as pure, unadulterated independent rock and influences that no one seems to be able to put their finger on, Joewi Verhoeven and Co. are currently knee deep into recording their second long player, Songs That Sell Out at Sweet Factory Studios in the heart of Beijing’s Chaoyang District. Legendary BBC dj/ On The Wire guru, Steve Barker, is on hand to co-produce this 12 song effort and Tag Team Records are tentatively set to release the result of said sessions upon the Chinese masses in Spring ’08. If Songs That Sell Fish was the genius chronicle of lo-fi bedroom recording that press described it to be, then Songs That Sell Out can only be pitched as an album which sees an already talented band graduate to a more, erm…’mid-fi’ sound (look Ma, I think I just made up a whole musical genre) thanks to excellent production on behalf of Mr. Barker/ Verhoeven and a whole mess of analogue equipment that would make even the geekiest audiophile mess their pants. Yuck! Look for Arrows Made of Desire to tour China extensively in support of the record’s release and prepare yourself for a life changing, sonic conversion at the hands of a 21 year old kid from rural Holland with a penchant for odd chord structures, out of print blues/ jazz records and a completely fresh take on what modern indie rock in The People’s Republic of China can aspire to embody!


About Songs That Sell Fish:


A debut album hailing from the heart and bedroom of 19 year old Joewi Verhoeven, Songs That Sell Fish hits us with 10 shots of lo-fi melodicism truer and rawer than anything heard in quite some time. A Dutchman studying film in Beijing, Verhoeven self-recorded this collection of songs before even assembling a band. The album manages to be wildly eclectic, veering from the lo-fi folk of "Lady Nutshell” to the gritty indie rock of "Truism" and all points in between, whilst at the same time being undeniably consistent. Verhoeven wails, croons and shouts like a young man with something to say - about passion, pain, joy, or even cigarettes. While Verhoeven’s music is absolutely lo-fi indie rock, it is also laced with an underlying pop sensibility and a sense of musical history - blues and jazz motifs are conspicuous in their presence.

Distinctly different from other indie solo artists, both melodic and noisy, soft and edgy, sweeping yet focused, Verhoeven and Arrows Made of Desire strike with considerable force, subverting rock clichés to write astonishing and original music. Songs That Sell Fish may well be the start of something beautiful for indie-rock.


“All instruments for this impressive debut were recorded on a simple 8-track, adding to the DIY, unpredictable nature of the music, with subtle production complementing strong song-writing… accessible, melodic, experimental, diverse; check, check, check, check." - Time Out Beijing


"What is most impressive about tracks such as "King of Lonedom" and "Consider it Done" is that the tempo accentuates the melodies perfectly - pop alchemy in its natural state and sweet as can be." - That's Beijing


City Weekend (feature article) http://www.tagteamrecords.com/cityweekend_200712.pdf