Date: 11/29/2014 from 7-10pm (Free admission from 6-7pm: come early to EAT, DRINK and MINGLE!)
Address: Taiwan Center (137-44 Northern Blvd, Flushing, New York 11354)

5th Annual Hello Taiwan Rock Concert feat. Space Meow, Trabajo, the Chef Brian Tsao Band and Generator Ohm.

Last few years, many local Taiwanese communities held the annual Hello Taiwan! concert and raised over $20,000 to support different non-profit organizations. This year, the organizers are donating and fundraising for Garden of Hope Foundation.

Organizers: AsianInNY.com, TAANY/Passport to Taiwan, and Tai-Ke New York.

Participating groups: North America Taiwanese Women’s Association of New York, Taiwanese American Association of Greater New York, Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York, Taiwanese American Professionals of New York, Formosan Association for Public Affairs Young Professionals Group, Federation of Taiwanese Student Associations in New York, NYC Taiwanese & Taiwanese Friends Network, Association of Taiwanese Alumni in Greater New York and Taiwan Center.

Sponsors: Amerasia Bank, ByeJoe, Crystal Window & Door Systems, Happy Lemon NYC, Jhentea, Taiwan Beer, North America Taiwanese Women’s Association of New York, Queens Crossing, Taipei Culture Center of TECO in New York，Taiwan Center, Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York, Taiwanese American Association of Greater New York, ROC (Taiwan) Overseas Community Affairs Council.

This year, we have added more performing groups as well as some Taiwan’s most iconic snacks while enjoy the performance at the same time!

Live bands:

Generator Ohm
https://www.facebook.com/generatorohm
Http://generatorohm.tumblr.com/
http://generatorohm.bandcamp.com/

Generator Ohm is a quartet for rock and roll. Big on guitars. Friend of the low end. And we never miss a beat. Got them all. Ernest D’amaso, and Willie Chen created Generator Ohm in 2010. We play with dirt and find creatures of life between our fingers. We jump the tires and see with closed eyes what is on top of that summit beside us. We forget to bring our cameras, and settle for focusing on the things we want to remember. We take the day on our backs, and unpack the burdens at night to seek the fruits of a bard’s labor. We do it the way we heard our heroes do it; with guitars, drums, and our voices. We have a new set of sounds to express, and a new set of tools to use, produced by electricity from within the human heart.
Generator Ohm is first heart, then comes resistance.

Space Meow
https://www.facebook.com/spacemeow
https://soundcloud.com/space_meow
https://spacemeaw.bandcamp.com/

Space Meow is an international art and music group created by experimental filmmaker Dooll Chao, with photographer Walter Wlodarczyk and actor / producer Adeline Thery. The band combines electronic loops, live instruments and visuals in a fusion of Asian, European and American styles to create songs that have been described as dark, yet danceable. Their work is inspired by punk rock, hip-hop, New York City, the relationship between Eastern and Western cultures, space, and cats.

Trabajo
http://trabajoband.tumblr.com/press

“Trabajo, an electronic duo from Ridgewood, Queens played a set of industrial-tinged dance music that featured gamelan samples, culled from Nonesuch albums, Indonesian tape blogs, and live performances from YouTube. Their energy was infectious as the room approached half-full, and they fused heavy bass beats with bell and gong sounds.”

The Chef Brian Tsao Band
Mira Sushi & Izakaya’s executive chef and the only challenger to win on Food Network’s “Beat Bobby Flay” season one, Chef Brian Tsao grew up with dreams of becoming a musician. Though musical ambitions were put aside for nearly 10 years as he pursued his other passion, the culinary arts, music had always been a part of Chef Brian Tsao’s life. The music brought to life by the Chef Brian Tsao Band is like his cooking… furious, hard rocking and loud!
With influences from 80’s hair metal, classic rock & stoner rock, Chef Brian Tsao, together with drummer Joe Robinson and bassist Eric Chong, are going to FRY your senses… literally.

Links:

http://www.briantsao.com/
http://www.mirasushi.com/