Guangzhou has quietly become one of China’s most active cities for hardcore music. The Greater Bay Area (GBA) scene — spanning Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and surrounding cities — has grown a tight-knit c...
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Hugjilto releases New Album "Returning to Childhood"
Beijing, July 4th, Hugjiltu, the talented Chinese-Mongolian singer-songwriter, announces the release of his latest album, ‘Returning to Childhood.’ The album is now available on Music.163.com and t...
Bennu is a Heron Releases 'despite the world is so big, but not a corner belongs to me' EP
Bennu is a Heron has announced the launch of EP “despite the world is so big, but not a corner belongs to me,” the first official release from the Guangzhou emoviolent/skramz band in 3 years. And p...
Moving from WordPress to Jekyll + GitHub Pages
Today, one day before my 35th birthday, I’ve decided to move my blog from Wordpress to GitHub Page. Even though I don’t post alot in recent 2 years but I do consider it’s really cool building this ...
A Meeting with Ajinai in Penang, Malaysia
文/图：杰佬 在四月份去了一趟马来西亚的槟城，主要是去观看在槟城岛乔治市的Esplanade 举行的槟城世界音乐节（Penang World Music Festival）。这是马来西亚近年来力推的一项品牌音乐节，每年3月末或4月初固定在槟城植物园举行，为了庆祝世界音乐的多样性，槟城世界音乐节的表演项目包括传统到多元融合，这次的演出阵容分别来自西班牙、德国、印度、巴西、厄瓜多尔、保加利亚、...
An Interview with Gavin Harrison from Porcupine Tree
“很多东西并不是原本就存在的，你总需要自己制造出来。” Photo: Xiaomei Written by Jake Wu Beijing, October 25, 2012 来自英国的GavinHarrison是一名非常独特的鼓手，他极强的创作力似乎与生俱来般地流淌在他的血液里。他可以轻松自然地制造新的素材，无需绞尽脑汁的过程便能融进自己的音乐中。从上世纪80年代开始，...
Sigur Rós with balls - An Interview With Philip Jamieson from Post-Rock Band Caspian
This interview was published firstly on musicianguide.cn right before the US post-rock band Caspian had their first China tour started in Feb, 2014. For a Chinese verison of this interview, click ...
和美国后摇Caspian 乐队的吉他手Philip Jamieson 聊聊
For English verison of this interview, click here. “带屌的Sigur Ros”这个说法（英文原话为“Sigur Ros with balls”）绝无贬低Sigur Ros之意，笔者也绝无为Caspian乐队贴上“Sigur Ros”之标签的想法，因为这不公平；这只不过是“乐队听到过的最出彩的一次赞赏”，乐队主创兼吉他手Philip Jam...
Donner Essential B1 Bass Synthesizer Major Firmware Update
[Los Angeles, August 15, 2023] – Chinese musical instrument manufacturer Donner today announced the release of the latest firmware update, V1.1.0, for the Essential B1 Bass Synthesizer, their first...
谢天笑工体访谈
原文载于 2013年《现代乐手》五月刊 采访/文：杰佬 摄影：宇宙支配者 from gugutown 2013年3月30日的晚上，蛰伏四年的“现场之王”谢天笑带着他的新专辑《幻觉》，登上了北京工人体育馆的舞台。关于这张新专辑，有人说这是谢天笑的回归之作，我实在不敢苟同；这张专辑从第一首歌《我与我的声音跳舞》开始，谢天笑这一次用清晰却又如呓语般的唱腔将他的想法向读者娓娓道来，用谢天笑...