After signing Spanish band D-Man and Miss Chan, Chinese indie
record label Modern Sky Entertainment has added another foreign
presence to its roster: an American musician, Arms and Legs, from
the United States.
This is the first time a Chinese record company has signed an
American artist to a recording and agent contract.
Vocalist Scott Daly, who is also responsible for most of the
instruments, is the one-man band behind Arms and Legs.
He formed his first band, "Ebbtide," with friends when he was
13. Later, he went to New York and formed the band "Arms and Legs"
with a drummer and a pianist from "Ebbtide," along with a bass
player. However, they all quit the band, leaving Scott behind to
continue on his own.
At a gig in New York, he was accepted by SpinART Records and
given more opportunities to perform. A year later, he received an
email from Michael, who left SpinART Records for China's Modern Sky
Entertainment. He invited Scott to join. After two days'
consideration, Scott flew to Beijing.
His new album will be released globally by Modern Sky next
March.
Modern Sky's boss Shen Lihui said, "Scott's single Let's
Go on his MySpace page kept me listening for an entire whole
morning, giving me many visions."
Arms and Legs will be the guest opener at British band Maximo
Park's gigs at Beijing's live venue Star Live tomorrow night.
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(CRI December 6, 2006)