BEIJING,
Dec. 7 -- 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.
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
