John Carroll

早在1997年出道的John Carroll是来自爱尔兰利默里克的独立音乐人，自2007年以来，定居于杭州。
在耗时5年的创作和录制后，他在2007年独立发行了首张专辑，包括一系列的小样和实验作品，命名为《KR729》，仅在家乡利默里克发行。
自07年开始，John同时以独立音乐人和与其他乐队合作的身份开始了在东亚的密集巡演，特别是韩国和中国。
此后，他和杭州本土乐队The Phoenix Prestige合作了3张EP，同时以独立艺术家的身份在中国东部沿海地区演出。
2010年，他受邀参加杭州，上海，香港等地的电台采访，并在上海世博会中演出。
2011年，在杭州西湖音乐节和宁波海豚音乐节演出。
2012年，在中国生活了5年后，新专辑《Let Every Tongue》发布。
John Carroll is an artist from Limerick, Ireland who has been living in Hangzhou, China since 2007. He has been an active independent musician since 1997.
 
His first solo recordings were written and recorded over a period of 5 years (2002-2007) in Scotland, Ireland and USA. In August 2007, he self-released his debut album; a collection of demos, collaborative and experimental lo-fi work, called ‘KR729’ in his hometown of Limerick, Ireland.
 
Since 2007, he has toured extensively around Far-East Asia, particularly South Korea and China both as a solo musician and also with various bands and artists. 
 
He collaborated on 3 EP's with indie rockers, 'The Phoenix Prestige' (local Hangzhou band: 2008-2011) as well as touring as a solo artist all over China’s east coast.
 
In 2010, he was invited to perform live radio interviews in Hangzhou, Shanghai and Hong Kong and also performed at the US pavilion of the World Expo in Shanghai. 
 
He has opened for LiJianHong(李剑鸿), Concrete Blonde, These-New-Puritans, Crippled Black Phoenix and Dominic Aitchison (Mogwai). In 2011, he was invited to appear on stage at the Xihu Music Festival, Hangzhou and at the Dolphin Music Festival, Ningbo.
 
Carroll's new album 'Let Every Tongue' is a result of 5 years living in China; emigrating, adapting and adjusting to the culture, language and all the personal changes. 
 
It was recorded in Hangzhou, China in Spring + Summer 2012. It is available to download and buy from iTunes and Bandcamp from November 1st 2012 with a single release from 1st December 2012. 
 
‘Let every Tongue’ also featured on the list of albums for the Meteor Choice Irish Album of the Year 2012.