Greetings from Chengdu, Out of the grey, smoggy winter, spring is emerging. The days are getting brighter, the air is clearing, street side sweet potatoes have metamorphosed into pineapple skewers and the promise of sunshine is teasing at the horizon. With warmth comes glad tidings! This year, I am ecstatic to announce a ten-date China tourContinueContinue reading “China Make Ends Meet: Womb + Strange Stains Tonight in Wellington”
Category Archives: Music
From Dog to Pig
Happy New Year everyone. Chinese New Year feels like a grace period, a second shot at beginning again. All the shops are closed, the streets are empty. It’s as if the past hazy month since New Year’s was actually just a gaping hole in the space time continuum which gets miraculously gobbled up into theContinueContinue reading “From Dog to Pig”
Chengdu Street Vibes, NUART Festival is Back
NUART艺术节由NU SPACE和明堂创意工作区主办，是一个独立的音乐和艺术节，展示来自中国一些最令人兴奋的独立音乐厂牌的最创新性的艺人，尤其是那些结合了新媒体和数字艺术的，创造一个合作的视听表演环境。今年的第四季NUART，将展示三十多位艺人，跨越两个室内舞台，成都视觉团队谱造司负责全场视觉呈现，和由Paradise Records与New Noise举办的街头派对和黑胶市场在充满独立摊位和社区精神的奎星楼街上。 为了庆祝成都的多元的夜生活，今年NUART很高兴跟成都最受欢迎的三个俱乐部：Nomad, Funky Town方糖和.TAG合作举办三个after派对。 Hosted by NU SPACE and MiNTOWN Studio Community, NUART Festival is an independent music and arts street festival that showcases fresh, genre-breaking artists from some of China’s most exciting independent labels, especially those who incorporate new media and digital art, bringing together like-minded creatives into a collaborative audio-visualContinueContinue reading “Chengdu Street Vibes, NUART Festival is Back”
Real Talk with Wax Chattels
Wax Chattels are Auckland post-punk band Peter Ruddell (organ/vocals), Amanda Cheng (bass/vocals) and Tom Leggett (drums). Wax Chattels don’t waste time. They enjoy effects pedals, loudness and using the words “fuck” and “smash” a lot. “I am restless,” says Amanda. We’re at Wax Chattels’ sold out show at Whammy, the Friday night conclusion to their national tour and working week. The Taipei-born,ContinueContinue reading “Real Talk with Wax Chattels”
Ten Years of China: Interview with Daniel Beban
Dan Beban a.k.a. Baba Rossa is the wearer of many hats (both costume and otherwise), a prolific Wellington-based artist, organiser, documentarian, DIY master… To add to that, he’s just curated his first exhibition The Middle Kingdom: Made in China 2002 – 2017 at Audio Foundation in Auckland. Kiwese zoned in to find out more. I’d just returnedContinueContinue reading “Ten Years of China: Interview with Daniel Beban”
Sunset and Chuanchuan: Interview with The Hormones
It’s almost 1am on a Tuesday night. Ming Ming and I are sitting at Gebi Youjiu （隔壁有酒 lit. booze next door）, a small discount beer bar within walking distance of our two apartments, which since Morning Bar got demolished has become our local spot. Juggling bass duties in two of Chengdu’s most prominent indie bands The HormonesContinueContinue reading “Sunset and Chuanchuan: Interview with The Hormones”
South Acid Mimi and Lady Lazer Light Unleash “NUNUDUGU” Music Video
Take some yogurt, cheap pantyhose, balloons and plum wine. Add to a room with three girls from Kunming and three girls from New Zealand. Shake and serve cold. When the only seemingly logical escape from your anxiety is to take a train 1000km in the opposite direction, you know it’s dark. That’s what IContinueContinue reading “South Acid Mimi and Lady Lazer Light Unleash “NUNUDUGU” Music Video”
Photo Review: The All Seeing Hand China Tour 2017
The All Seeing Hand x E/N/T x Kaishandao全国巡演已经巡演结束了。难忘的一次trip。谢谢所有在北京，呼市，包头，西安，成都，重庆，武汉，上海，杭州，义乌和厦门给我们支持的朋友！❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ A journey of the mind, body, spirit and general hauora. This tour was nothing short of epic from start to finish, taking Wellington artists The All Seeing Hand, E N T and Kaishandao from Beijing, Hohhot, Baotou, Xi’an, Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai and Yiwu all the wayContinueContinue reading “Photo Review: The All Seeing Hand China Tour 2017”
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