South Street

Mamer (China)

Thursday 25th March 2010, 8pm

Mamer is one of China’s most original and influential young artists and the father of Chinagrass, simple, honest, direct music with one foot in the past and another in the future.  A cult figure of Beijing’s underground music scene, Mamer was born and raised in Qitai County in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Province. He grew up on horseback, steeped in the strong musical tradition of Kazakh nomadic culture.

Mamer’s debut album ‘Eagle’ features songs of the grasslands that are deeply rooted in traditional Kazakh folk song and dombra music.  The music combines these traditional elements with Western folk, rock and virtuosic performances on guitar, dombra and other traditional instruments.  Haunting, lyrical, ambient and subtle, ‘Eagle’ is a modern soundtrack to the open grasslands, breathing life into the ancient songs and instruments of this magical landscape.

Tickets £8, Concessions £5

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