China’s trip-hop Queen: Interview with Wu Zhuoling

吴卓玲的⾳乐犹如⼀只变⾊⻰,舒适地在斑斓的⾊彩和栖息地间转换。作为⼀名歌⼿和作曲家,她常在烟雾弥漫的咖啡馆和酒吧演出。作为星期三旅⾏的主唱,她习惯把合成器和电⼦舞曲带到任何地⽅,如⾳乐节、livehouse、甚⾄保利中⼼的俱乐部。“⽐如我最初的梦想只是在⼀个摇滚乐队⾥做⿎⼿或者⻉斯⼿,”说到关于她⻓达15年的⾳乐⽣涯“结果被迫做了主唱。”在幕后, 她坚持⾃学直到27岁成为了成功的制作⼈和混⾳师,她制作的作品包括独⽴摇滚乐队荷尔蒙⼩姐的《象》和说唱歌⼿Kafe Hu的《27, The Code of Lucifer》。她现在也将和KUN以及视觉设计师⺩果⼀起组建⼀个“⼩计划”(Tiny Project),准备尝试⼀些跨界⾳乐和视觉⼀体的新艺术形式。卓玲将新的思路与之前较传统的⼈性化表达⽅式融合起来 ,她跨越电⼦和声学世界的创新能⼒源⾃多年的努⼒。 Wu Zhuoling is somewhat of a musical chameleon, comfortably shifting between a range of colours and habitats. As a singer-songwriter, she’s often found in smoky cafés and bars, performing original folk tunes on an acoustic guitar. As leader of trip-hop band Wednesday’s Trip, she’s used toContinueContinue reading “China’s trip-hop Queen: Interview with Wu Zhuoling”

“This is not a performance” : Interview with Joshua C. Love

Photo by 兀鱼横流 在过去十年里参与成都音乐场景的朋友们都会认识爱书华,迷一般的摇滚变色蝴蝶和Dizzy Love的神秘主唱,由长长的棕色长发绺,烟熏的眼线,纹身的胳膊抱着一群自由奔放的小孩子。 对于他的创作合作,包容性和灵性的观点而言,他的音乐产出众所周知,爱书华是一位在舞台上和舞台下散发活力和安静的沉思的人。 Anyone involved in the Chengdu music scene over the past decade will be familiar with Joshua C. Love (爱书华), the enigmatic frontman of prolific psychedelic rock group Proximity Butterfly and current electronic pop trio Dizzy Love, identified by his long brown dreadlocks, smoky eyeliner, armfuls of tattoos and free-spirited children.ContinueContinue reading ““This is not a performance” : Interview with Joshua C. Love”

mr sterile Assembly China Tour 2016

Brace yourselves – in the second ever Kiwese tour, Wellington outsider punk duo mr sterile Assembly are making their way to China to freak some people out and devour various vegetarian fry-ups.  Last month I found myself waiting for some friends outside Baobab Cafe. Despite a two year absence from Wellington, everything was overwhelmingly familiar – the tangy scent of South Indian curries inContinueContinue reading “mr sterile Assembly China Tour 2016”

NUART Festival Chengdu 2016:来耍!!

A year has gone by so fast, the October National Holiday break is soon upon us and NUART Festival has rolled round again! Good times – here’s the run down… Chengdu’s free arts and music street festival on Kuixinglou Street is into it’s third year now, with no signs of slowing down. As in previous years, the multi-genre MainContinueContinue reading “NUART Festival Chengdu 2016:来耍!!”

Interview with Andrew Wilson from Die! Die! Die!

Genjing Records and Maybe Mars are bringing New Zealand noise punks Die! Die! Die! for their second ever tour of China! This year we are very happy to welcome them to the south-west, including shows in Guiyang, Chengdu and Chongqing. Kiwese had a chat with frontman Andrew Wilson over the phone a couple of weeks agoContinueContinue reading “Interview with Andrew Wilson from Die! Die! Die!”

Hiperson are touring Europe!

Chengdu’s beloved Hiperson have just set off for their first overseas tour, listen up if you are in Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Poland or the Netherlands!!   Hiperson Europe Tour 2016: Sun, 11 SEP – Santa Válvola Festival, Prato, IT Mon, 12 SEP – Fanfulla, Rome, IT Tue, 13 SEP – Free Ride Club, Perugia, IT Thu, 15 SEPContinueContinue reading “Hiperson are touring Europe!”

What Did You Expect? Die! Die! Die! Return to China in 2016

Die! Die! Die! 来!来!来!Hold the press, New Zealand noise-rock / post-punk trio Die! Die! Die! are returning to China for the first time in five years for a ten date tour! It’s a sweltering Thursday afternoon here in Chengdu and I am still nursing a strained neck induced by overly aggressive head banging at the first annual PunkfestContinueContinue reading “What Did You Expect? Die! Die! Die! Return to China in 2016”

Aus-atmen 2016 | Photo Review

Aus-atmen has wrapped for 2016. Last month we descended upon a grassy field in Flower Town with two soundsystems, several dozen tents, 200 lollipops and dreams of techno in the moonlight…However, Mother Nature is a wild woman who loves to party and she brought her rain to the dancefloor all night long! Despite it all, we felt theContinueContinue reading “Aus-atmen 2016 | Photo Review”