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SOURCE: http://pangbianr.com/electro-underground/
In a recent City Weekend blurb, Blake Stone-Banks — the magazine’s former nightlife editor — articulates a phenomenon that has been flitting around my brain for about a year now. That’s Beijing’s “electro underground,” and its aesthetic overlap with experimental music.
[Let me first state for the record that I acknowledge there are no genre labels less precise than “electronic music” and “experimental music.” For the sake of this article let’s say electronic music is anything that has a beat not produced by a live drummer and experimental music is… fuck it, that phrase is meaningless.]
In exploring the connection between electro and experimental, Blake name-checks the Shanshui crew (Sulumi, Dead J, ME:MO, et al) and identifies some younger heads on the scene, such as Noise & Noise:
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SOURCE: http://livebeijingmusic.com/index_files/fc856fc5c30f1903140ad71ad51fafe0-97.html
Another week down the drain, another weekend chalk full of goodness. Oh, and for you foreigners paranoid about your tourist visa or sketchy business visa, then what better place to hide from the police than at these shows. Just saying. Alright, here we go….
FRIDAY:
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1 year ago
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new jingweir release: JW008 thruoutin - ‘dots’
just picked up the discs from the factory, the CD release party is on friday
http://site.douban.com/thruoutin/
http://site.douban.com/lowbow/
http://site.douban.com/pacalolo/
http://site.douban.com/noisearcade/
Zajia Lab 东城区旧鼓楼大街豆腐池胡同23号 洪恩观 钟楼正北100米
douban event: http://www.douban.com/event/16277118/
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JW006 JINGWEIR zine issue #3: April 2012
cover image by Shen Peiyu: http://www.shenpeiyu.com/
PDF: http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3974576/jingweir-issue-3-april-2012-pdf-may-14-2012-4-57-pm-5-5-meg?da=y
1 year ago
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JW003 JINGWEIR zine issue #2
cover image by Borna Sammak: http://jawns.tumblr.com/
PDF: http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3664463/jingweir-issue-2-mar-2012-pdf-march-12-2012-12-37-pm-4-2-meg?da=y
1 year ago
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JW001 Cloud Choir - Music for Modren Cities (Noise/Electronics/Industrial/Ambient)
Jingweir’s first official release (November 2011)
For purchase on Taobao: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=16604492887
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Glow Curve - 鮮花聖母
(Beijing post-rock)
http://soundcloud.com/glow-curve
http://site.douban.com/glow-curve
1 year ago
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What: Ajinai (Beijing/Mongolian Folk)
Where: 2 Kolegas 北京 朝阳区 亮马桥路21号枫花园汽车电影院内两个好朋友酒吧
When: Saturday 3.31
http://www.douban.com/event/15919987/
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JINGWEIR zine issue 1: November 2011
Cover Drawing by Jie Liang-lin
PDF: http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/3664464/jingweir-issue-1-nov-2011-pdf-march-12-2012-12-37-pm-4-5-meg?da=y
1 year ago
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Lowbow - Looking For Somone
(Lo-Fi/GBV/One Man Band/Beijing)
http://trainwreckblues.bandcamp.com/
http://site.douban.com/lowbow/
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