John Carroll

早在1997年出道的John Carroll是來(lái)自愛(ài)爾蘭利默里克的獨(dú)立音樂(lè)人，自2007年以來(lái)，定居于杭州。
在耗時(shí)5年的創(chuàng)作和錄制后，他在2007年獨(dú)立發(fā)行了首張專輯，包括一系列的小樣和實(shí)驗(yàn)作品，命名為《KR729》，僅在家鄉(xiāng)利默里克發(fā)行。
自07年開(kāi)始，John同時(shí)以獨(dú)立音樂(lè)人和與其他樂(lè)隊(duì)合作的身份開(kāi)始了在東亞的密集巡演，特別是韓國(guó)和中國(guó)。
此后，他和杭州本土樂(lè)隊(duì)The Phoenix Prestige合作了3張EP，同時(shí)以獨(dú)立藝術(shù)家的身份在中國(guó)東部沿海地區(qū)演出。
2010年，他受邀參加杭州，上海，香港等地的電臺(tái)采訪，并在上海世博會(huì)中演出。
2011年，在杭州西湖音樂(lè)節(jié)和寧波海豚音樂(lè)節(jié)演出。
2012年，在中國(guó)生活了5年后，新專輯《Let Every Tongue》發(fā)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(李劍鴻), 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.