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Every time I see Hu Ning perform I am blown away by his performance
and convinced that as well as one of the most important musicians in
Beijing he is also one of the most underrated. It is easy to explain
why he is so little known within the scene. Part of it is just
technical. [...]
Every time I see Hu Ning perform I am blown away by his performance
and convinced that as well as one of the most important musicians in
Beijing he is also one of the most underrated. It is easy to explain
why he is so little known within the scene. Part of it is just
technical. [...]
One of the best bands that came out of the miracle years of 2004-2005 was the now-legendary Ne Zha, whose early performances had them widely handicapped to become Beijing’s leading underground band. It was not to be, however, and internal dissension destroyed the band by early 2006.
Very quickly Ne Zha frontman and songwriter Zhan Pan [...]
BANDS: Gar
For a long time much of the jazz we saw coming out of Beijing tended towards new age, fusion and jazz lite, but for us everything changed when the Red Hand Jazz Band performed their first tryout at D22 in October 2006. We were so impressed that they were immediately booked to perform every Sunday [...]
BANDS: Red Hand Jazz Band
Ourselves Beside Me were first formed in 2005 when former Hang on the Box guitarist Yang Fan joined with veteran musicians Emi (percussion) and Xi Han (base), but it wasn’t until the second half of 2007 that they began performing regularly, first at D22 and then at other clubs in Beijing. Touted almost from the [...]
BANDS: Ourself Beside Me
Hang on the Box began life in 1998 as China’s first all-girl punk band, and since then have developed into one of China’s finest bands, period. One of the best-known and brightest bands to emerge from Beijing’s late-nineties punk scene, Hang On The Box is widely regarded at home and abroad – with passionate fans [...]
BANDS: Hang On The Box
Guai Li was formed in 2006 by PK14 bassist Shi Xudong, who wanted to start a new band to showcase his percussion skills. The resulting four-piece includes singer Wenjun, a brilliant performer who singing style has been compared many times to a young, hungry Patti Smith growling and thrashing on stage.
They have been compared to [...]
BANDS: Guai Li
Veering from raw, raunchy noises to well-crafted songs, form tightly controlled, rapidly paced shows to drunken, lunatic ravings, Casino Demon during 2006 moved from the outskirts of the Beijing music scene to becoming one of the central bands, equally at home with crazed punks or with astonishing guitarists. The have been called emo, Britpop, metal, [...]
BANDS: Casino Demon
White. White was formed by Shou Wang and Shen Jing in December 2005, and has quickly become one of the most acclaimed outfits in the Beijing new music scene. White’s sound is ever evolving, spiralling outwards from the core stars of noise and minimalism to take in everything from the phase patterns of Steve Reich, [...]
BANDS: WHITE
Snapline have become, almost overnight it seems, one of Beijing’s most admired young bands. From being little more than a side project of Carsick Cars’ drummer Li Qing and bass player Levis, starting in 2005, in the last two years they have taken on an identity all of their own, earned full page interviews in [...]
BANDS: Snapline
