Alex Zhang Hungtai, a Taiwanese-born Canadian lo-fi musician based in Lisbo… Read Full Bio ↴Alex Zhang Hungtai, a Taiwanese-born Canadian lo-fi musician based in Lisbon, Portugal created the project Dirty Beaches in 2005.
Like Bo Diddley or minimalist synth provocateurs Suicide, Dirty Beaches’ compositions were not so much stripped down as refined to their essence. Drum loops, Hungtai’s croon, and the yearning melodies draped overtop belie as much a sense of haunting mystery as they do romanticism and wry humour.
In November, 2014 Alex Zhang Hungtai announced the end of Dirty Beaches. He performed one of his last concerts in GNRation, in Braga, Portugal.
Since 2016 he is releasing music again, under his birth name. He most notably released a tape – Knave of Hearts – on Ascetic House and a highly-acclaimed album, Divine Weight on NON Worldwide.
Like Bo Diddley or minimalist synth provocateurs Suicide, Dirty Beaches’ compositions were not so much stripped down as refined to their essence. Drum loops, Hungtai’s croon, and the yearning melodies draped overtop belie as much a sense of haunting mystery as they do romanticism and wry humour.
In November, 2014 Alex Zhang Hungtai announced the end of Dirty Beaches. He performed one of his last concerts in GNRation, in Braga, Portugal.
Since 2016 he is releasing music again, under his birth name. He most notably released a tape – Knave of Hearts – on Ascetic House and a highly-acclaimed album, Divine Weight on NON Worldwide.
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Dirty Beaches Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Dirty Beaches:
Casino Lisboa Lisboa, with your neon lights and your neon streets walking…
I Dream In Neon Let the sound of the city run Let the sound of…
Lord Knows Best The lord knows best When it comes to you, And you know…
Speedway King Speedway Speedway Speedway Speedway It's taking over me …
True Blue I walk along these streets until I Have you in…
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ninethreefivesix
I can't stop listening to this. Straight out of a David Lynch movie...love it.
Erik Keating
i feel like im in post ww2 soviet russia.cool.
seankain
@Neighborhoodbordness I think his new album is going to be pretty sweet.
seankain
@Neighborhoodbordness The bassline portion sounds like it is from the bar scene from Fire Walk With Me. Also it kind of just sounds like David Lynch's more recent musical ventures.
Neighborhoodbordness
@seankain I certainly see the comparison... Thats a really cool song... havent heard that one before
Deadlydanish
@ninethreefivesix I was just going to say that. This music is great.
seankain
@Neighborhoodbordness Dirty Beaches does more textural guitar work and David Lynch is a bit more into the audio fidelity but I could still draw some comparisons to this: /watch?v=koWW-J2fhJU
Neighborhoodbordness
@seankain I think lynch's music is quite different!
Samuel Liotta
@chrisg848 Do you happen to know which one? Thanks for making me discover Alan Vega, though. ;)
Neighborhoodbordness
@ninethreefivesix is it from A david lynch film?