# Dirty Beaches

Dirty Beaches est le nom de scène du musicien Alex Zhang Hungtai né à Taipei en 1980 et vivant à Montréal.

## Biographie

Alex Zhang Hungtai est né le 4 septembre 1980 à Taipei (Taïwan). Après avoir passé une partie de sa jeunesse à Hawaï il s'installe à Montréal où il commence, en 2005, à publier des enregistrements sous le nom de Dirty Beaches.
La publication de l'album Badlands en 2011, sur lequel les influences de David Lynch, d'Alan Vega et du rock'n'roll des années 1950 et 1960 se font entendre, lui apporte une plus grande visibilité. Il continue tout de même à publier de nombreux enregistrements dont une collaboration avec la chanteuse Ela Orleans en 2011. Entre-temps, Dirty Beaches devient un groupe avec l'arrivée, tant sur scène qu'en studio, des musiciens Shub Roy, Bernardino Femminielli, Francesco De Gallo et Jesse Locke.
En 2012 il enregistre une reprise de la chanson Tu ne dis rien de Françoise Hardy, chanteuse qu'il avait déjà samplée pour le morceau Lords Know Best sur l'album Badlands.
En 2013 il effectue une tournée en Europe, en Russie et en Asie du Sud-Est. Ensuite il réalise la bande originale du documentaire Water Park. Cette même année il publie un album en deux parties intitulé Drifters / Love Is The Devil, cet album a été enregistré à Berlin dans le studio d'Anton Newcombe le leader de The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

## Discographie
### Albums

* See The World
* Breakfast With Edie
* California
* Death Rail
* Motorcycles And Coconut Trees
* Shangri-La
* Golden Blonde
* Old Fashioned Street
* Lobby
* The Death March
* Night Train Rumble
* Dining Car Chase
* Window Rail Seats
* Sea Drift
* Motels
* Mirrors
* Horror
* Boxcar
* The Desert
* Alone At The Waterfall
* No Letters Home
* Love Is A Fog
* In Dreams
* Night City
* Paris
* Lone Star
* Night Drive
* Black Kawasaki
* Midnight Runner
* Reconstruction Surgery
* Ghost On Highway 13
* Shadows
* Night City Theme
* Speedway King
* Horses
* Sweet 17
* A Hundred Highways
* True Blue
* Lord Knows Best
* Black Nylon
* Hotel

#### Drifters

* Night Walk
* I Dream In Neon
* Belgrade
* Casino Lisboa
* Elli
* Au Revoir Mon Visage
* Mirage Hall
* Landscapes In The Mist

#### Love Is The Devil

* Greyhound At Night
* This Is Not My City
* Woman
* Love Is The Devil
* Alone At The Danube River
* I Don't Know How To Find My Way Back To You
* Like The Ocean We Part
* Berlin
* Water Park Theme
* Floating Under Water Watching Waves
* Phases
* Canadian Prairies
* Like The Wind
* Good Bye Edmonton
* Water Park Theme (Reprise)
* Displaced
* Stateless
* Pacific Ocean
* Time Washes Away Everything

### Singles et EP

* Goodbye, Honolulu
* On The Streets Of Shibuya
* Sud Dud Bud Mud
* Michael, I'll Come See You When I Cross The Border
* A Hundred Languages
* Blue Birds
* La Barca
* Coast To Coast
* The Road
* Low Rider
* Shangri-La
* Like Dreamers Do
* White Sand
* West Coast Bird
* Europa Auto Body
* O' Farrell
* Dusty's Diner
* Grandpa Patrolling The Harbor
* Tango Tango
* North East Station
* Rebel Gods Of Neon Youth Dub
* Forever In Gold
* White Sand (Guitar Vers.)
* Harbor
* True Blue
* Sweet 17
* 6 Coaches Long
* Black Cadillac
* Golden Desert Sun
* Paris
* In Dreams
* Shangri-la
* Lone Runner
* Stye Eye
* No Fun
* No Where Fast
* Dune Walker
* Rhythm Ace Dub
* Elizabeth's Theme
* Tarlabaşı
* I'm A King Bee (reprise de Slim Harpo)

### Participations

* Dirty Beaches – Cactus
* Dirty Beaches – Stye Eye
* Dirty Beaches – Folding Landscapes
* Dirty Beaches – Old World Ends
* Dirty Beaches – Exit Theme
* Generic Shit – Songs About Shooting Up Prescription Pills
* Generic Shit – Black Stocking Jam
* Generic Shit – I Wanna Eat Your Skin
* Generic Shit – Garbage World
* Generic Shit – Rock And Roll Is Dead
* Generic Shit – Rock And Roll Is A Joke!
* Omon Ra II – Talking Asshole
* Omon Ra II – Gimme/Drunk-Walk
* Omon Ra II – America Is My Zoo
* Omon Ra II – Jimmy Melvin
* Omon Ra II – National Anthem
* Dirty Beaches – Black Horses
* Dirty Beaches – Teenage Queen
* Dirty Beaches – Motorcycle Rumble
* Dirty Beaches – Golden Desert Sun
* Dirty Beaches – Rituals
* Ela Orleans – Tides And Shadows
* Ela Orleans – Neverend
* Ela Orleans – Somewhere
* Ela Orleans – Vertigo
* Ela Orleans – In The Night
* Ela Orleans – I Know
* Dirty Beaches – God Speed
* Dirty Beaches – Crosses
* Dirty Beaches – Death Valley
* Dirty Beaches – Don't Let The Devil Find You
* Dirty Beaches – L Train
* Dirty Beaches – A Train
* U.S. Girls – Today
* U.S. Girls – (Excerpt From Down There)
* U.S. Girls – Mah Marie
* Dirty Beaches – Drunk Driving
* Dirty Beaches – 16 Coaches Long Akai Tape
* Dirty Beaches – The Singer (reprise de Johnny Cash
* Dirty Beaches – Gone To Hell Come Friday
* Conor Prendergast – Piranha
* Conor Prendergast – Great To Be Here
* World News
* Holy Ghost
* Ass Doom
* Paging Zachary Fairbrother
* Going Out West
* Slim Twig – Bar Roque
* Slim Twig – Mary Jane
* Slim Twig – Hidden
* Dirty Beaches – Neon Gods And Funeral Strippers
* Ela Orleans – Odyssey
* Ela Orleans – The Season
* Ela Orleans – 19 Out Of 20
* Ela Orleans – Good Night
* U.S. Girls – Bits + Pieces
* U.S. Girls – 911 Song
* U.S. Girls – Chicago War
* U.S. Girls – Slim Baby (Long Distance Dub)
* U.S. Girls – Cairo
* Xiu Xiu – Always (reprise de Erasure)
* Dirty Beaches – Tu Ne Dis Rien (reprise de Françoise Hardy)
* Tonstartssbandht – Alright
* Tonstartssbandht – Reva Pop
* Tonstartssbandht – Wet-Ass Mornin
* Tonstartssbandht – Ligda
* Dirty Beaches – 廟街 / Temple Street
* Dirty Beaches – Neon Gods & Funeral Strippers

### Compilations

* Breakfast With Edie
* Old Fashioned Street
* Lobby
* Dinning Car Chase
* Window Rail Seats
* In Dreams
* West Coast Bird
* O'farrel
* Coast To Coast
* The Road
* Low Rider
* Shangri-La
* Like Dreamers Do
* Paris
* Lone Star
* Night Drive
* Night City Theme
* Coast To Coast
* The Road
* Low Rider
* Shangri-La
* Forever In Gold
* Golden Desert Sun
* The Dead March
* In Dreams
* West Coast Bird
* O' Farrell
* Grandpa Patrolling The Harbour
* North East Station