A shared appreciation of touch-screen electronic devices, hermetic Chinese learning and pretentious rhythmic patterns brought The Song Dynasty hurtling together in early 2009 - in the midst of post-post-colonialist Shanghai, a land of simmering artistic potential.
Guitar, voice, keyboard, melodica, electronic gadgetry, vocal trumpet and a poorly (and thankfully infrequently) played tambourine fit snugly in the hands of three musicians dedicated to producing bilingual odd-time signature music that grooves hard.
Lyrically, The Song Dynasty carefully document such life-defining events as being insulted repeatedly by brazen 8-year-old Chinese girls, the profound perspective changes required to live meaningfully in China and painfully personal contact with sleazebag French tennis instructors.
The band can be found undulating wildly in the smoky corners of jazz cafes, sprawled thoughtfully on park benches, and blissfully enveloped in the collective energy of Shanghai’s many welcoming jam nights.
2009年，三位来自西方的年轻人，不约而同来到了上海，这个旧日受西洋文化洗礼的远东之都，如今因中西再度交汇而活力四射的大都市。他们志同道合，对高科技触屏电子产品爱不释手，对古老深奥的汉语孜孜以求，对灵动优美的节奏痴迷沉醉，在这块孕育无限艺术生机的土地上建立了他们的“曲代乐队”（The Song Dynasty)。
吉他、人声演唱、键盘、口风琴、电子伴奏乐器、人声小号以及偶尔为之的手鼓，“曲代乐队”三名成员熟练采用不同变拍节奏、巧妙把多种元素糅合成洋溢律动的中英双语音乐作品。
在歌词中，“曲代乐队”细心记录了他们的生活点滴及所思所想。 如被一名淘气8岁中国小女孩挑衅的趣事、被一个猥琐法国网球教练骚扰的懊恼、及对如何在中国这块陌生之地寻找生活意义的思忖。
不时大家可在上海各大爵士酒吧发现他们在烟圈缭绕的角落里手舞足蹈，在某个绿地公园长椅上懒散伸展，又或在上海一些酒吧举行的著名随性即兴夜(jam night)中快乐地释放他们创作表演的能量。