On Tuesday, March 26th @ 11am, Velvet Einstein airs a recent interview with Beijing based band, Re-TROS, ahead of their show at The Regency Ballroom in SF on April 3rd.
Tune in to hear about the band’s evolving musical style, the impact of music competition TV shows on the Chinese Underground, and the trio’s history of working with the band Liars.
Re-TROS (Rebuilding the Rights of Statues) began in the underground music scene of Nanjing, China in 2004. Lead singer/guitar/keys Hua Dong had just returned from studying abroad in Germany when he formed the band with bassist Liu Min. The band quickly caught the attention of Beijing’s Modern Sky Records and were signed to the label in 2005. Shortly thereafter, they recorded their first EP Cut Off! in Modern Sky’s then basement studio, with keyboard contributions by a visiting Brian Eno. The record received critical praise in China, and soon the band was playing sold-out shows to a growing legion of die-hard fans.
Their most recent full-length Before The Applause was recorded and mixed by Hector Castillo (Philipp Glass, David Bowie, Björk) in Beijing and Brooklyn, and features remixes by Liars, Xiu Xiu and Fujiya and Miyagi.
