The Brilliant Gia

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Contents 1 History 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 3 Further Information 3.1 Official pages 3.2 Other pages 3.3 Videos 3.4 References

History

Aside of her Girl Kill Girl, Gia also started to write songs for her solo project in 2008 which shall lean slightly in direction Bossa Nova and a bit of eletro elements. The following year she got a record deal at Modern Sky and the quite experimental album was released in November 2009. Silently standing by her side during the creative process, a young man originally from Province Xinjiang, Huang Wei is a skilled song writer and producer, he also works on film music productions.

Taken from her Douban.com page:

MS China punk-gia

Whatever you think of gia's music,the former Hang on the box frontwomen is the one who brought Beijing punk to the world. When Hang on the box formed in 1998,few outside China had any idea of Beiing's thriving punk scene.A year later,gia and her band were pouting on the cover of Newsweek,the only Chinese band ever to do so,and the secret was out.Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins,Marilyn Manson and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs all pronounced themselves fans, and soon no one could get enough of the band's brash bitch-pop.Ten years on,gia's still going strong,DJing and playing with new band gilr kill girl.If some would argue that her music hasnot moved on much,she's still a joy to watch in a city where a lot of band seem to be make up of uni-versity geeks trying to be Joy Division.And while she's fond of giving regular one-finger salutes,she was extraordinarily sweet and patient when our shoot was delayed.

On May 3rd, 2010, she performed at the Strawberry Music Festival 2010. According to Beijing Gig Guide: As expected of an ex-Hang on the Box mem­ber, she did not dis­ap­point, and rocked out in her pink tights and baby blue skirt even though the crowd was sur­pris­ingly sparse for the per­for­mance. She def­i­nitely proved wor­thy of her punk rock cre­den­tials, and I would sug­gest get­ting out to see her if you can.^[1]

Discography

Albums

The Brilliant Gia (Gia) - November 2009

Further Information

Official pages

• Gia's Blog
• MySpace Page
• Gia on Douban.com

Other pages

• Artist page at Modern Sky

Videos

• The Brilliant Gia (王悦） - Leaving in the Cafe (Yugong Yishan, Beijing Dec 23rd, 2009)

References

1. ↑ Beijing Gig Guide (2010-05-04). "Strawberry Festival Highlights!". Retrieved on 2010-05-04.

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