Review: Hiperson – Live at Zhenghuo Art Space, Chengdu Saturday 25 October 2020 *** There’s something special about seeing a local band play a packed out show on home turf, and in Chengdu, few are more beloved than five-piece rock band Hiperson 海朋森. The atmosphere surrounding Hiperson’s homecoming show in Chengdu last Saturday was suitablyContinueContinue reading “Review: Hiperson – Live at Zhenghuo, Chengdu”
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Hiperson Reconstruct Narratives on Bildungsroman
On their third full-length album Bildungsroman, released last month via Beijing tastemakers Maybe Mars—Hiperson’s incisive, kinetic reconstructions of post-punk, art rock and noise manifest with bright, new sonic self-awareness. “We want to discuss the urgency of now,” says Chen Sijiang, lead singer of Hiperson. We’re sitting in the courtyard of Yishan, a long-running retro antiquesContinueContinue reading “Hiperson Reconstruct Narratives on Bildungsroman”
5.9 The Or, Sonicave, 群像, Luca @ 13Lounge Chengdu
当我们走出家门迎接夏天的温暖怀抱，当世界各地持续封锁，当我们重新想象自己和未来，乐队继续演奏。 为了让你的耳朵从干涸数月的现场音乐得到滋润，The World Underground 和 Kiwese 共同于 5月9日（星期六）在 13Lounge 为你呈现这波成都摇滚节奏。 来自地下世界的摇滚乐队 The Or、群像乐队 和 Sonicave，以及 DJ Luca 将为你带来一场震撼人心的音乐盛宴。从哥特式后朋克到新式迪斯科，我们邀请你加入我们的行列，在与世隔绝的氛围中寻求慰藉。 我们都对未来充满希望。为了我们的城市，为了我们的人民，也为了我们的艺术家。请加入朋友们策划的“成都最好的夜晚”。音乐可以振动即使是最坚硬的灵魂，所以请大家来支持我们，我们的城市和我们正在谨慎重开的场地空间。 +++ As we shed isolation for summer’s embrace,As the world continue through lockdown,As we reimagine ourselves and the future,—— the bands play on.Hydrating your ears from the drought of live music, The World Underground and Kiwese are ecstatic to present this wave ofContinueContinue reading “5.9 The Or, Sonicave, 群像, Luca @ 13Lounge Chengdu”
COVID-19: Uncertainty for the Music Scene As China Reawakens
As China’s new reported COVID-19 cases begin to flatline, cities are finally reawakening after state enforced lockdown since Chinese New Year. But as restrictions lift and the country returns to its usual programming, the future remains uncertain for artists, venues, organizers and audiences alike. “Aren’t you scared?” asked the check-in staff at Auckland Airport. ItContinueContinue reading “COVID-19: Uncertainty for the Music Scene As China Reawakens”
In Review: Subterranea 2k19
Back in July, Kiwese hosted “Subterranea 2k19” at 13Lounge, uniting musicians, artists and filmmakers from China and Aotearoa. Havoc Studio filmed a glimpse into the festivities. 13Lounge is a refreshing anomaly. Just north of the raucous EDM clubs and student bars of the 339 TV Tower, it lies stashed away in an unassuming building on MengContinueContinue reading “In Review: Subterranea 2k19”
Is the Chengdu music scene being boiled alive?
For the most part of my days, I do music. I feel incredibly lucky to live in a place where I can run events, play in shows, tour bands, go to gigs, jam with friends, and write about it. In saying that, over the past year, the changes in the way the music scene hasContinueContinue reading “Is the Chengdu music scene being boiled alive?”
Womb + Strange Stains: 2019 China Tour Dates Announced
From a rural forest clearing, through punk dive bars, reconverted rehearsal rooms and beyond, Kiwese is proud to present Womb and Strange Stains on their debut tour of China.With support from Laura Duffy, Christopher Ulutupu and a selection of exciting local artists, next month this ten-date tour of the Mainland is ready to take offContinueContinue reading “Womb + Strange Stains: 2019 China Tour Dates Announced”
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”
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