Rainbow Danger Club

Rainbow Danger Club是 一个扎根于中国上海的四人乐队。他们兼具实验、流行、后摇滚、前卫摇滚和电子这些音乐元素。他们作为独一无二的“实验流行乐”标签被世界各国的混音与播客 所推荐。他们多姿多彩而又夸张的舞台表演使他们成为中国最“噪”的现场。他们以经典流行乐，手指拨片式吉他、重型失真贝斯、充满张力的小号、声乐的和谐、 精妙的歌词、反传统的谱曲与制作凌驾于争议与赞誉之上。 Rainbow Danger Club的第一张完整专辑《Where Maps End》，充满了雄心壮志，与音乐叙事的主旋律结合了点童话色彩。在音乐上，它融合了众多风格、乐器与情绪，同时还保持了乐色上的重心。《Where Maps End》在2011年3月发行以后，获得了包括英国卫报、MTV IGGY和CNNgo在内的众多国内外音乐网站以及博客的好评。其中的先行单曲《Neighbors on the Rooftops》被City Weekend评为“2010年度最佳单曲”。上海最有希望的乐队之一，Rainbow Danger Club（彩虹危险俱乐部），在上周五发行了首张正式专辑。除了传统的三大件，他们充满张力的小号使你很容易想到Arcade Fire或者其他一些正当红的独立摇滚乐队。而专辑中无处不在的灵光闪现，则让你在聆听过程中惊喜不断。
One of Shanghai's most talented new bands, Rainbow Danger Club has been wowing Chinese and foreign music fans since the 2010 release of their debut EP, The New Atlantis. Their theatrical live shows, fantastical lyrics, and lush arrangements have drawn comparisons to the Arcade Fire and the Decemberists as well as David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Berlioz. With the release of 2011’s full-length Where Maps End, Rainbow Danger Club have established themselves at the forefront of a new generation of Chinese rock coming out of Shanghai. Formed in 2009 in Shanghai, Rainbow Danger Club is comprised of Jesse Munson on lead vocals, guitar and keyboard; Dennis Ming Nichols on bass, keyboard and percussion; Michael Corayer on trumpet and Michael Ford on drums. After an inaugural gig in Shanghai’s Harley Bar, the group has played regularly throughout Shanghai, either headlining or with bands such as Boys Climbing Ropes, Duck Fight Goose, Pairs, and X is Y. In the spring and summer of 2011, Rainbow Danger Club toured regionally in China, opening for American prog-rock band Lymbyc System in Hangzhou and organizing and playing in a “Shanghai Invasion” of Wuhan’s Vox Livehouse. Both Where Maps End and The New Atlantis showcase the band’s penchant for epic storytelling in their lyrics and baroque production values. Rainbow Danger Club is unapologically grandiose in their sound and performances. Their album release party was a culmination of the band’s ever-popular live shows, where waistcoats and vintage flying goggles are as common as giddily dancing audience members and rousing, fist-pumping sing-alongs. With limited means (Where Maps End was recorded primarily in lead singer Munson’s apartment and produced by bassist Nichols), Rainbow Danger Club has gathered both a dedicated fan following across China and the world, as well as glowing reviews in the Guardian (UK), CNNGo, and MTVIggy. Their song “Neighbors on the Rooftops” was selected for the Guardian’s Music Alliance Project Global Music Mixtape and voted Best Song of 2010 by City Weekend Shanghai. With fans chiming from as far as the Netherlands, Belgium and South Dakota, Rainbow Danger Club is poised for even more international attention and acclaim in the coming year.