ICEBERG
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“Wild Goose” - Sparrow
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The latest release by Beijing based electronic artist Noise Arcade. Each track titled after stops from Beijing to Shanghai via the fast train.
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Slink Rat: Studies show boredom leads to creation of more Tumblr accounts →
I wish Muted Rainbow was a massive pill head so I could call her Munted Rainbow. Michelle of Muted Rainbow fame has just exiled from Shanghai for not going to Dada every two weeks and refusing to share Sub Culture’s posters on Facebook. She now lives in Beijing where she will spend her time… -
cloud choir: MANTRA →
Hello,
Please listen to and even download, our latest on-line release entitled MANTRA
Recorded during one session on the 22nd of March, 2013 here in Beijing at Kitchen Table Recordings. We are really pleased with the final result and hope you will be too. It’s 63+ minutes of ambient,…
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Chui Wan(吹万), a band from Beijing, China who defined their genre as “New Psychedelic”. The name Chui Wan吹万 comes from a quote of this Chinese Philosopher Chuang Tzu, who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period and is known for Taoism.
I remember learning one of his quote from 莊周夢蝶The butterfly dream in high school：
”昔者莊周夢為蝴蝶，栩栩然蝴蝶也，自喻適志與，不知周也。俄然覺，則蘧蘧然周也。不知周之夢為蝴蝶與，蝴蝶之夢為周與？周與蝴蝶則必有分矣。此之謂物化。“
“Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn’t know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn’t know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi. Between Zhuangzi and a butterfly there must be some distinction! This is called the Transformation of Things. (2, tr. Burton Watson 1968:49)”
And 吹万ChuiWan comes from the quote “夫天籟者，吹萬不同，而使其自己也，咸其自取“，which simply means “blowing in the wind” in my opinion. The use of filling, squealing syncopated guitar plus Eastern reverb flow together into this wet Chinese psychedelia. Admitted that the whole album, especially Another kind of love totally reminds me of bands like Wild Nothing, Beach Fossils etc, but where else can you find this cheesy but sultry ancient vibe coming all the way from 2,000 year ago.
And for the Taoism part, don’t take it too serious.
- Written by Jade
1 month ago / 3 notes / chui wanbeijingchuiwanchina / Source:
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Death And Rebirth Of A Beijing Livehouse - A Talk With Josh Feola
Mandarin folk artist and bandleader/guitarist for Beijing rock band Amazing Insurance Salesmen Zhang Si’an (aka Jean Sebastien Hery) sat down with Josh Feola for MusicDish*China. From D-22’s death to its rebirth as XP, his online platform Pangbianr and views on the evolving Beijing scene, Josh illustrates how despite his short stay thus far in Beijing, he’s carved an important role building its local music industry.
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Pairs Live in Beijing
1.2.Gig Of The Week (live) 02:023.4.Mean Buzz (live) 01:245.Front Door (live) 01:576.Smashing Pumpkins (live) 04:027.Hotel (live) 04:568.Poor Choices (live) 03:52about
Recorded by Ristead of Lowbow fame on some portable thing at XP, Beijing on December 1st, 2012.
Fucking cold that day. We crashed at Luke’s house. F stole his housemate’s noodles.
Photo by Ami Li.
Show organised by This Town Touring.credits
released 15 January 2013Also a new Pairs interview recorded that night… keep an eye out.
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Best shows of 2012 according to LiveBeijingMusic.com
Skip Skip Ben Ben, Li Daiguo and Perpetual Motion Machine just to name a few.
http://www.livebeijingmusic.com/files/b622909fadc4167d851c0f1c0497a86e-260.html
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ICEBERG (冰山) is a short narrative film about a young Chinese rock band shot on location in Beijing in July 2012. Featuring a cast comprised almost entirely of musicians from the Beijing and Shanghai rock scene, ICEBERG is a film that engages the ideas and talents of some of China’s most outstanding noisemakers.