X Music Festival | ST.LO.EN: Install an "Oriental Fragment" with creativity and destruction

On 5th January 2019, Stolen has performed at Fanmate Creative Art Area Hall 6 Yue Space in 2018 X Music Festival.

The ‘X Music Festival’ navigates between the inherited algorithms of longstanding local musical traditions and an ‘X’ quality that emerges in the circulations of contemporary music. Each of the concerts in the curated program has a distinct local style, but also breaks boundaries of genres. In today's world of information, art has long transgressed established classifications. The ‘identity’ of local tradition is always already hybridised and transformed by other sounds, as each new creative transformation moves the ground from under our feet.

ST.OL.EN秘密行动, from Chengdu, consists of five musicians from Sichuan and a VJ from France, a live band with visual elements. Their music combines traditional rock music with the Synthesizer pop of the early ages, and the hot electronic elements in modern electronic music scenes of Techno, Trip-hop, Coldwave, etc. Their fusion of music makes ST.OL.EN creates a unique sound of depth and explosiveness at their lives.

X Music Festival

Civilization evolves, music is its memory.

In today’s world saturated with information, art has long broken the boundaries of genres, class, nation and race. As we seek original expressions in the discourse of indigeneity and tradition, ‘the other sound’ has already been active and stimulating. Since the previous century, music has undergone drastic transformations. Creations of unique creativity have emerged, and genres such as rock ‘n’ roll, free jazz and electronica have led generations of youth into a world rich in sound and thinking. Since the 80s, music in China has been freed from its previous constraints. To this day, musical works of diverse genres proliferate both in the field of academia and popular music. Though progressing slowly and not without difficulties, the exploration of new sounds will not stop. During the programme’s limited time and space, X-Contemporary Musical Festival strives to showcase from multiple perspectives contemporary music practices in China, breaking the biases of genres and encouraging more trans-genre creations. The series of live performances encompasses Chinese modern music, synth-pop as well as a variety of new music (fusions of different genres and forms). X-Contemporary Musical Festival will present a multifaceted, intriguing and enriching aural experience for its Chinese audiences.