Elena Marco

Masters student from Dalian University of Technology 

Independent musician from Barcelona, Spain.

Elena Marco

大连理工大学在读研究生

来自巴塞罗那的独立音乐家

I arrived in China in September 2013, originally to study Chinese language at DUT for one year, but on realizing that learning Chinese properly was going to take far more than that, I decided to stay longer to get masters degree in Applied Linguistics while pursuing my musical dream with The Lazy Dreamers and later with Sour Bounty. 

2013年9月份，我来到了中国，原本计划再大连理工大学学习一年中文的，但在过程中我发现要想学好中文，一年的时间是远远不够的，因此我决定攻读应用语言学的硕士学位，同时还能和The Lazy Dreamers，以及后来的Sour Bounty，一同追随我的音乐梦想。

I have recently released a compilation album called Arts & Crafts and Frankensteins with songs I have been writing and recording in the last few years. As a solo singer-songwriter, my artistic name is Hel – short for Helen, which has been my nickname since my teens. I started writing songs at the age of 16 and have been in an out of bands and musical projects since moved to Barcelona from my hometown, Mallorca, to attend college when I was 18. 

我最近发布了一张专辑叫做科学怪人与工艺品，这里面记录了我近几年创作的歌曲。作为一名创作型歌手，我的艺名叫做Hel（Helen的缩写），这是我的小名。我从16岁开始写歌，18岁时，从老家马洛卡搬到巴塞罗那上大学，上大学后，我就加入了学校的乐队。

Apart form my solo project, I am also the guitarist and singer of the duo Sour Bounty, which  started a couple of years ago with a classmate from DUT, Vincent Searfoss (banjo player, USA). 

我不仅是一名独立歌手，还是Sour Bounty乐队的主唱兼吉他手（Sour Bounty乐队，几年前由Vincent Searfoss在理工大学创立）。

My songs have a strong focus on vocals. My lyrics, mostly written in English (although have a few in my native language and have recently started using Chinese as well) are my way to make sense of own human experience, and therefore are deeply personal and honest. 

我的歌曲重在声乐部分，歌词多数是用英语创作的（也有一小部分用了我的母语，最近也开始加入了中文），多数唱的是我自己的人生经历，也正因如此让歌曲变得十分贴近生活，又很真诚。

Experience in this country has been, and still is, highly stimulating, with lots to do, lots to learn and plenty of people to care for. 

在中国的这段经历，一直是充满激情的，有很多事要做，也有很多新鲜事物等着我去学习，还有很多人要去关心，要去爱。