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Dirty Beaches

Band, *1980 CA
Musician of Rock and Electronic
A.k.a. Alex Zhang Hungtai

Alex Zhang Hungtai (born September 4, 1980 in Taipei), formerly known by his stage name Dirty Beaches is a Taiwanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec.Dirty Beaches released a number of EPs and instrumental-focused albums on cassette-only labels, before releasing the full-length Badlands in March 2011. Badlands was subsequently nominated as a long listed nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. Dirty Beaches has also released singles including "True Blue"/"Sweet 17," "Lord Knows Best" and "Lone Runner," as well as videos, many of them directed by Zhang himself. Zhang has also recorded several original film soundtracks, such as for the documentary Water Park, by Evan Prosofsky.

     
Members
PortraitJesse Locke
dr
PortraitAlex Zhang Hungtai
voc
PortraitFrancesco De Gallo
ep, sax, voc
Popular Tracks   
True Blue on Badlands by Dirty Beaches
Lord Knows Best on Badlands by Dirty Beaches
I Dream in Neon on Drifters / Love Is the Devil by Dirty Beaches
Good Bye Edmonton on Water Park by Dirty Beaches
Night Walk on Drifters / Love Is the Devil by Dirty Beaches
Night Drive on Night City by Dirty Beaches
Sweet 17 on Badlands by Dirty Beaches
A Hundred Highways on Badlands by Dirty Beaches
Horses on Badlands by Dirty Beaches
White Sand on S/T by Dirty Beaches

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Discography

Title Artist Year Type
Hotel EPDirty Beaches2014Album
StatelessDirty Beaches2014Album
Water Park OSTDirty Beaches2013Album
Drifters / Love Is The DevilDirty Beaches2013Album
Dune WalkerDirty Beaches2012Single
TarlabaşıDirty Beaches2012Single
Xiu Xiu / Dirty BeachesXiu Xiu / Dirty Beaches2012Single
Live At WFMU On Scott Williams' Show July 23rd 2012Dirty Beaches2012Album
HRSDVRS033Dirty Beaches2012Single
Elizabeth's ThemeDirty Beaches2012Single
Lone RunnerDirty Beaches2011Single
Double FeatureEla Orleans / Dirty Beaches2011Album
BadlandsDirty Beaches2011Album
Dirty Beaches / Conor PrendergastDirty Beaches / Conor Prendergast2011Single
No FunDirty Beaches2011Single
U.S. Girls / Dirty BeachesU.S. Girls / Dirty Beaches2011Single
Night People Compilation (2008-2010)Dirty Beaches2010Album
Fixture Records Compilation (2005-2008)Dirty Beaches2010Album
True BlueDirty Beaches2010Single
Golden Desert SunDirty Beaches2010Single
B SideDirty Beaches2010Album
Bird EPDirty Beaches2009Album
Old BloodDirty Beaches2008Album
Seaside EPDirty Beaches2008Album
Horror LPDirty Beaches2008Album
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