I forwarded this question to Dajuin Yao, who's worked with experimental
musicians of all kinds in China and Taiwan for years and has done a lot of
radio DJ work for broadcast in both countries. He's currently a regular
contributor to the Bay Area experimental sound scene ~ in fact he'll be
presenting work from his roving-field-recordist-team China Sound Unit at a
show I'm producing on May 31, "Field Effects 4".
To the point though he's organizing the first-ever festival of
experimental sound work to be held in China, in Beijing, in September...
see his comments below.
If you have any specific questions, please write him directly (email
below) as I don't believe he's on this list ~~
best
aaron
ghede@well.com
http://www.quietamerican.org
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 00:39:19 -0700
From: dajuin yao <dajuin@sinologic.com>
To: Aaron Ximm <ghede@well.com>
Subject: Re: [idm] electronic music in china and abroad
hi, aaron,
almost all up-and-coming young chinese experimental musicians will be
appearing in our Beijing Festival (about 12 of them). but they are
extremely "underground" -- most have never performed in public before.
but techno, dance, drum n bass, yeah, there are lots of them, just
like everywhere else in the world, but nothing original in china in
those areas. the most original stuff being made in china this
minute (except the experimental stuff i mentioned) is, believe it or
not: hardcore chinese rap.
dajuin
quoted 33 lines Thought you might be able to contribute...!
>Thought you might be able to contribute...!
>...a
>
> ghede@well.com
> http://www.quietamerican.org
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 23:35:29 EDT
>From: Jc105776@aol.com
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] electronic music in china and abroad.
>
>ok, i know we all know about japanese electronic musicians...everyone from
>tomita to merzbow. i've been to japan, and been to the liquid room etc...
>
>i'm flying shanghai later this month, and am looking to see if there are any
>happening clubs that are playing any electronic music and/or original
>electronic chinese music. hoping someone on this list knows something about
>shanghai, etc.
>
>i had heard a bbc broadcast talking about modernity in shanghai earlier last
>summer, and in the background (recorded on location, not mixed in) they were
>playing some experimental, modern electronic music (with rapid 160 bpm drum
>kits and edits) Interested in this, and any other musical movements that
>aren't all things western. i still feel that much of the japanese music
>format is still derived as such (western scales, ideologies)...looking for
>something that is a little more pure and diverse culturally if such a thing
>exists.
>
>
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