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alex , on february 19 , 2012 hungtai -lrb- dirty beaches -rrb- performing in paris dirtybeaches.bandcamp.com 2005 - 2014 zoo music solo_singer vocals , guitar , keyboard , synth , sampler lo-fi , no wave , experimental , rockabilly alex zhang hungtai -lrb- dirty beach -rrb- . jpg dirty beaches
 alex zhang hungtai musician , songwriter , producer
dirty beaches

alex zhang hungtai -lrb- born september 4 , 1980 in taipei -rrb- , known by his stage name dirty beaches , is a taiwanese-born canadian musician based in montreal , quebec .
dirty beaches released a number of eps and instrumental-focused albums on cassette-only labels , before releasing the full-length `` badlands '' in march 2011 .
`` badlands '' was subsequently nominated as a long listed nominee for the 2011 polaris music prize .
dirty beaches has also released singles including `` true blue '' / `` sweet 17 , '' `` lord knows best '' and `` lone runner , '' as well as videos , many of them directed by zhang himself .
zhang has also recorded several original film soundtracks , such as for the documentary `` water park '' , by evan prosofsky .
