Bang Gang at Tango

Date: Aug 5 — 10:30 am

Venue: Tango 3F / Hit FM Live, Beijing

Bardi Johannsson, a tall Icelandic man, has been playing under the name Bang Gang since 1996. First came the very atmospheric You (2000), with surprisingly soft, vaporous outlines for someone with such a violent stage name. 2003 confirmed Bardi’s talent as a composer, performer and producer. Two simultaneous albums made him a major figure of musical melancholy: Something Wrong, Bang Gang’s second album, where the softness of the acoustic songs meets adventurous electronic explorations; and Lady&Bird, a side-project for an androgynous duo with the talented artist Keren Ann. Nevertheless, and for our greatest pleasure, Bardi has returned to his first love: songwriting. For, once again, that is what this third album is: a collection of songs. Extremely well-written songs, full of melodic outbursts, the likes of which are rarely seen these days; with careful arrangements and coherence, but still diverse. Bardi Johannsson loves mysteries and eclecticism; he is always ready to take the least expected detours. Like

the specters evoked in this third album, Ghosts from the Past, he sometimes disappears and reappears, but his music never ceases to haunt us.