“从先锋派到南方灵魂、Funk与所有音符之间的跳跃,MonoNeon惊人的音乐广度、音色与品味始终如一”
— Fender
“这位多乐器演奏者兼贝斯奇才,正用他的‘存在主义Funk’吹响自己的号角”
— Rolling Stone
"From avant-garde to southern soul, funk and all notes in-between, MonoNeon’s astounding musical range, tone and taste are always on full display."
— Fender
"…the multi-instrumentalist and bass virtuoso releases his own blast of existential funk."
— Rolling Stone
当先锋艺术与街头灵魂邂逅,会诞生怎样的声音?MonoNeon,就是那个用左手弹奏倒置贝斯,用右手创造潮流世界的音乐奇才。他是当代音乐圈最无法定义的存在,是先锋音乐实验的专家,更是低音世界的未来主义者——如今,他即将来到上海,进行国内首演!
What do you get when you combine avant-garde experimentations with street soul? MonoNeon is a musical wizard, hammering out inverted rhythms with his left hand and catchy hooks with his right. In the contemporary music scene, he is an undefinable pioneer of musical experimentation, and in the world of bass, he’s living in the future—but he’s coming to Shanghai for his first show in China!
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演出详情
美国新生代潮流贝斯鬼才
“袜子哥” MonoNeon 上海专场
|日期· DATE|
2025年6月16日(周一)
|时间· TIME|
19:30(开场)/ 20:30(开演)
|地点· ADD|
万代南梦宫上海文化中心·未来剧场
Bandai Nanco-Future House
(上海市普陀区宜昌路179号2F)
票务详情
预售票:280元
全价票:380元
现已开售!
音乐是他的颜色
低音是他的语言
MonoNeon,本名Dywane Thomas Jr.,1990年出生于美国田纳西州孟菲斯,是一位格莱美奖获奖贝斯手、作曲家与多乐器演奏者。MonoNeon成长于音乐世家,父亲是Bar-Kays乐队的贝斯手,祖父是爵士钢琴家,母亲在车上放的惠特尼·休斯顿也成了他童年音乐灵魂启蒙的一部分。
MonoNeon四岁起就开始自学贝斯,十几岁开始在教堂演奏并与Bar-Kays同台演出。他曾短暂就读于伯克利音乐学院,期间与David Fiuczynski同台演出。尽管在专业音乐学院待过一段时间,但MonoNeon的音乐从来不属于任何学院派传统。他用行为艺术般的手法解构音乐与现实之间的边界——他用袜子裹住琴头、用五彩胶带装饰琴身,他演奏的不是音符,而是一种对世界本质的质疑。
MonoNeon, whose real name is Dwayne Thomas, Jr., was born in 1990 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Raised in a musical family, he’s now a Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. His grandfather was a jazz pianist, his father was the bassist for the Bar-Kays, and his mother blasted Whitney Houston in the car, which he says initiated him into the soul music world.
MonoNeon has been a self-taught bassist since the age of four. As a child, he played in churches and began playing with the Bar-Kays in his teens. He had a short stint at Berklee College of Music, where he developed a relationship with David Fiuczynski. Despite spending time in professional conservatories, his music has never belonged to any academic tradition. By deconstructing the boundaries between music and reality through performance art, he wraps songs around the bass's headstock and decorates the body with multi-colored tape. He doesn’t play notes, he plays question marks to the world’s biggest quandaries.
他曾这样说:“不是为了与众不同,而是我想做什么就做什么。”——这就是MonoNeon的全部灵魂。
MonoNeon once put it this way: “It’s not about being different, it’s about doing what I want to do.”
他的音乐混合了南部灵魂、即兴爵士、放克、迷幻与前卫实验,打破传统风格边界,带来一场又一场感官盛宴。他以逆向持琴、左手弹奏右手琴的独特方式为人熟知,更因其鲜明的视觉风格与非凡创作而成为网络现象——他的视频、演出片段屡屡在社交媒体掀起狂潮。
Pitchfork称他的作品“将社交媒体的荒诞与Funkadelic的先锋精神熔于一炉”,滚石盛赞他“缔造出只属于自己的未来放克语言”,而BASS Player更直言:“他是低音领域的狂野革新者”。
His music mixes southern soul, improvisational jazz, funk, and psychedelia into experimentation that pushes the boundaries of traditional styles and delivers a feast for the senses.
Pitchfork called his work “a fusion of social media absurdity and pioneering funkadelia”. Rolling Stone praised him for “creating a new grammar for future funk,” and BASS Player wrote frankly, “He is a wild innovator of the bass guitar.”
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他是Prince的
最后一位贝斯手
也是这个时代
最有趣的声音
2015年,MonoNeon曾与流行传奇Prince合作,在Paisley Park的录音棚里共同打造音乐,是Prince生前最后一位现场合作的贝斯手。在他眼中,Prince不仅是偶像,更是“真正听懂了我音乐里怪异元素的人”。
In 2015, MonoNeon worked with pop legend Prince in the Paisley Park studio and was the last bassist to work with him live. In his eyes, Prince was not only an icon, but “someone who really listened to the weird elements of my music.”
Prince之后,他继续以个人名义发表大量作品,包括2020年的《Toxic Wasteland 2: The Hills》、2021年的《Banana Peel on Capitol Hill》以及2024年发行、深受好评的《Quilted Stereo》,一张融合爵士、嘻哈、实验放克与人声采样的先锋之作,生猛又幽默,怪诞又迷人。
After Prince, MonoNeon continued to release a wealth of work as a solo artist, including 2020’s “Toxic Wasteland 2: The Hills”, 2021’s “Banana Peel on Capitol Hill”, and the critically acclaimed “Quilted Stereo”, released in 2024, and was described as a trailblazing blend of jazz, hip-hop, experimental funk and vocal samples that is raw and humorous, quirky and captivating.
他还参与了Nas的《King's Disease》,并因此获得格莱美奖;他和Ne-Yo、Mavis Staples、George Clinton、Mac Miller、Georgia Anne Muldrow等艺术家均有深度合作;Red Hot Chili Peppers 乐队的传奇贝斯手Flea更毫不掩饰地称赞他为“the greatest electric bass player”。
而在舞台上,MonoNeon则是一场视觉与听觉共同爆裂的表演——他曾征服蒙特利尔爵士音乐节、Newport爵士音乐节、Blue Note音乐节、New Orleans音乐节和Melbourne International Jazz Festival等全球顶尖舞台。
MonoNeon contributed to Nas’ “King’s Disease”, which won a Grammy, and has worked extensively with artists such as Ne-Yo, Mavis Staples, George Clinton, Mac Miller, Georgia Anne Muldrow and many others. Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers unabashedly praised him as “the greatest electric bass player”.
On stage, MonoNeon is an explosion of sights and sounds. He’s performed at some of the most legendary festivals like the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Music Festival and the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.
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他是潮流先锋
网络行为艺术家
他的声音仿佛
不属于这个维度
MonoNeon的音乐根基是Funk——但他并不止于Funk。他将灵魂乐的质感、布鲁斯的哀愁、嘻哈的语汇、爵士的即兴、微分音的游离以及达达主义的荒诞混合在一起,创造出一种独特的“Funktronica”“Psychedelic Soul”
他的视频中,经常用贝斯即兴为网红视频、人类日常行为或搞笑片段配乐,把低音变成对荒谬现实的评论。他的演奏中,也不避讳“错误”——甚至将演奏中的偶然与失误转化为新段落,正如John Cage所倡导的“随机即秩序”。
他的音乐,是当代迷幻与社会观察的混合体;是耳朵里的毕加索,是琴弦上的巴斯奎特。
MonoNeon’s musical roots are funky, but he doesn’t stop there. He mixes soulful textures, bluesy melancholy, hip-hop poetry, jazz improvisation in subtly contrasting sonic excursions into dadaist absurdity to create a unique “Funktronica” and “Psychedelic Soul”.
In his videos, he often improvises on the bass to create the background music for what he’s watching on the Internet, funny clips, everyday human behavior and the absurdity of reality. He doesn’t shy away from “mistakes”; he transforms them into new paths just as John Cage advocated, “Randomness is order!”
His music, a mixture of contemporary psychedelia and social observation, is a Picasso for the ears and a Basquiat on the bass strings.
MonoNeon - "Quilted!"
(feat. George Clinton)
除了音乐造诣,MonoNeon也以其极具辨识度的个人形象为人称道——霓虹色织物包裹的贝斯琴、贴着香蕉皮的琴头、五彩头巾与口罩——这些都是他对身份、文化、声音与视觉关系的大胆挑战。他擅长将网络迷因与抽象幽默引入音乐之中,创作出令人捧腹又深思的歌曲。
他的贝斯上常常贴着一些怪诞短语,这既是玩笑,也是文化评论,是嘲弄、是符号、是发问。他的音乐是对现实的一种玩世不恭式的审视,也是对传统美学的拆解重组。正如他所说:“我不想成为什么伟大的音乐家。我想成为我自己。”
他的存在,是对音乐如何被听、被看、被感知的彻底重塑。
MonoNeon has an instantly recognizable persona—a neon fabric-covered bass, banana peel headstock and colorful mask—all of which boldly represent the challenging relationship between identity, culture, sound and vision. He intertwines internet fetishism and abstract humor into his music, creating hilarious and thought-provoking songs.
His bass is often labeled with peculiar phrases, with undertones of cultural commentary, mockery and symbolism. His music is a critical examination of reality through the dismantling and reorganization of traditional aesthetics. As he says, “I don’t want to become one of the greats, I want to be myself.”
His presence is a radical reinvention of how music is heard, seen and perceived.
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MonoNeon签名款
Fender Jazz Bass V
一把琴,也是
一件艺术品
从新浪潮到南方灵魂乐,再到放克风格以及介于两者之间的所有音乐元素,MonoNeon以惊人的音乐广度、音色掌控和艺术品味征服听众。这位曾与Prince合作、为Ne-Yo录制电影配乐制作、并凭借与Nas的合作斩获格莱美最佳说唱专辑奖的传奇乐手,在其YouTube频道持续展示着他对Fender贝斯的极致演绎,呈现令人目眩的即兴演奏与音乐杰作。
From new wave to southern soul to funk and everything in between, MonoNeon’s incredible musical breadth, sonic mastery and aesthetic sensibilities dazzle viewers on his YouTube channel with breathtaking improvisations.
2022年11月,Fender与他联名推出了MonoNeon Signature Jazz Bass V。这把琴本身就是一件先锋艺术作品:MonoNeon Jazz Bass V特别版搭载桤木琴身,饰以炫目霓虹黄聚氨酯漆面,琴头与护板点缀霓虹橙色涂装。一体式烤枫木琴颈配置22品复合弧度(10"-14")指板,镶嵌典雅的白色珍珠品位标记。定制的Fireball 5弦双线圈拾音器带来浑厚强劲音色,搭配18V主动式前级与三段均衡系统,为多元音乐风格提供灵活的调音能力。Fender HiMass穿体式琴桥增强共振与延音表现,镀金硬件为这款视觉冲击力十足的贝斯增添奢华质感。随琴附赠MonoNeon专属贴纸包与定制琴头保护套。MonoNeon Jazz Bass V完美诠释张扬个性与专业态度的融合——既是舞台焦点,亦是严肃创作利器。
In November of 2022, Fender co-branded the MonoNeon Signature Jazz Bass V. A work of art in its own right, it features an alder body with a dazzling neon yellow urethane finish, with the headstock and guards adorned with a neon orange paint job. The one-piece maple neck has a 22-pin curvature (10” by 14”) fingerboard with elegant inlaid pearl markers. It features custom Fireball 5-string humbucker pickups that deliver a rich, powerful tone, along with an 18-volt active preamp and a three-band EQ, providing flexible tuning capabilities for a wide range of musical styles. The Fender HiMass through-body bridge enhances resonance and sustain, and the gold-plated hardware adds luxurious texture to this visually stunning bass guitar. It includes a MonoNeone sticker pack and a custom headstock protector. The MonoNeon Jazz Bass V is the perfect fusion of flair and professionalism—a focal point for the stage and a serious creative tool.
Fender产品执行副总裁Justin Norvell表示:“MonoNeon是当代最具创意的贝斯手之一,为他打造一把能展现其独特风格与非凡才华的签名款贝斯,是一种荣耀。我们与他紧密合作,设计出既代表他线上形象、也体现其Funk灵感、抽象与微分音演奏风格的乐器。自定义的Fireball™五弦双线圈拾音器与HiMass®琴桥,让演奏者拥有无限的音色可能性与饱满厚实的低频。”
“MonoNeon is one the most creative bassists of our time, and it was an honor to create a signature bass for him that showcases his unique style and extraordinary talent”, said Justin Norvell, Fender’s Executive Vice President of Product. We worked closely with him to design an instrument that accurately represents his online presence and his funk-inspired style. The custom Fireball five-string humbucking pickups and HiMass bridge give players unlimited tonal possibilities and a full, thick low end.
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MonoNeon上海专场
即将上演
这位先锋潮流贝斯手即将踏上中国的土地,为乐迷带来一次打破既定规则、充满想象力的现场体验!届时,他将携带原创新曲、强力现场乐队与一如既往的视听狂欢,用低音、即兴与怪诞,征服所有敢于打开心灵的听众!
MonoNeon is about to embark on his First Shanghai Show, giving fans an imaginative live experience that breaks all the rules! He’ll be performing new original tunes with a powerful live band and his trademark audio-visual extravaganza. He will conquer all who dare to open their minds!
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