Live China Music Podcast

What a haul for this episode with tracks from some incredible artists spanning from a retro Cantopop-inspired offering, to various flavours of folk, experimental electronic music and a cool surf rock song that makes for a feel good episode of the Live China Music Podcast.  Besides the bands and tracks featured here, we also mention several noteworthy labels and musicians such as experimental guitar master Li Jianhong, and Zhang Meng who’s recently released an interesting sheng-based record with Dusty Ballz Records from London, or BIE, another great record label based in China.  Track List: 采茶 / Run Run Run Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3wocLIOWySbdHRrDf7tqFw?si=dadf6283aa594f6c   烈日独行 / Instinkto Industrio Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/30OPDKLeqcQ20jcBCzlTl3?si=FXPNsnGBSJCqJI8U4aT-Tw   倒嘴 / 卢江波 Lu Jiangbo Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4nkXIWMIjJmTbZj7bFxtw3?si=83caf4b314fb41cf   苏唱街老郎堂 /  大叶 Da Ye Bandcamp: https://daye3.bandcamp.com/album/road-to-spring   神话 / DJ小女孩  Bandcamp: https://djgurl.bandcamp.com/album/7   混凝土冲浪 / The Bootlegs Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZmqF1XTVFJDZT5pjbPQyw?si=4dd64850ad3f436c  Bandcamp: 2019 album I feel good: https://thebootlegschina.bandcamp.com/album/i-feel-good    About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere. The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday. During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program. We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com    Credits: Producer: Elie Rosenberg Co-producer: William Griffith Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith Editor: Elie Rosenberg   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Track 1: Picking Tea, by Run Run Run 04:45 Parenthesis on our May holidays 06:19 Track 2: Walking Alone Under A Scorching Sun, by Instinkto Industrio 11:39 Track 3: Reverse Mouth, by Lu Jiangbo 16:35 Track 4: Laolang Temple in Suchang Street， by Da Ye 20:12 Track 5: Spirit Talks, by DJ Xiao Nv Hai 26:05 Track 6: Concrete Surfing, by The Bootlegs 29:43 Outro

In which we discuss a wide variety of tracks, from gqom to punk to jazz, all freshly released in China!  Erratum: Please note that we realized after recording that the pronouns of ADEAD, one of the artists covered in this episode, are "they/it"!  Track list: 1. //刻奇秀 / Riot In School    Bandcamp: https://riotinschool.bandcamp.com/album/punk-rock-blasphemy  2. 聲音(Voices) /  聲聲聲乐队 3. Sisterhood / Free Sex Shop    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4K9p0YQfnoTnlaVFTtPp0b?si=l3iVTC7YTm-T2Jl2RjfDig  4. Pale Monsters / Love Letter Lost    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/25iV0gwC8O9YpwLDw2hTrR?si=da3567060d5c4b23  5. Move! Move!  / ADEAD    Bandcamp: https://seippelabel.bandcamp.com/album/seippelabel-vol-14  6. Fleeting / Linfeng    Spotify (artist page): https://open.spotify.com/artist/3tx89hHv2Df0fnC8AcEmU1?si=hJWVb8nMSxOdB4dwE20c9A    About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere. The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday. During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program. We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com    Credits: Producer: Elie Rosenberg Co-producer: William Griffith Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith Editor: Elie Rosenberg   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:25 Track 1: Riot In School 10:31 Track 2: Sheng Sheng Sheng 16:34 Track 3: Free Sex Shop 20:35 Track 4: Love Letter Lost 23:52 Will offers an idea for a future special episode 24:10 Track 5: ADEAD 28:52 Track 6: Linfeng 33:20 Outro

Does it feel like a lot of music is released in March, are there months where there’s a much higher volume of releases here? We have something for the metal fans today, a few tracks that show appreciation for and inspiration from Japanese music, and some good vibes. Please note this track has one occurence of foul language, for journalistic reasons!   Track list: 1. Peer review by Oxen / Smiqra Bandcamp: https://hoplites.bandcamp.com/album/r-ya-dz-e  2. 富贵老登 (The Rich Elderly) / 程序正义 Procedural Justice 3. Yes, We love Number Girl / 紅髮少年殺人事件 Bandcamp: https://smallanimalsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/brutal-girl-delusion  4. Howee / Koda https://kodasluvtheme.bandcamp.com/album/howee  5. BALLOON / Wang Di 6. Give Up / 怕繁杂 Polyphozia https://polyphozia.bandcamp.com/album/give-up  Some of the artists reviewed have not yet published these tracks on the usual platforms, if we can we'll try to update the links! Published April 12th 2025   About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere. The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday. During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program. We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com    Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:42 Is March busy for music releases in China? 04:19: Track 1: Smiqra 10:40: Elie’s Hot Take? 12:33: Track 2: Procedural Justice 16:50: Track 3: Red-Haired Girl Murder Case 23:13: Track 4: Koda 27:00: Track 5: Wang Di 31:11: Track 6: Polyphozia 35:15: Some news and outro   Credits: Producer: Elie Rosenberg Co-producer: William Griffith Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith Editor: Elie Rosenberg

In this episode we cover a wide variety of new tracks, with some chill and fun tracks but also ones veering into breakcore and screamo.   Track List: 1. Nothing Special, Just Singing All The Way (没啥特别的)  Thermostat恒温 https://open.spotify.com/track/08DMYm5RgjTjpz6Rumzaqk?si=95b6a7fa5e434c7b   2. 世界第一自恋狂（World's No.1 Narcissist） 浪味仙贝 Lonely Cookies https://open.spotify.com/track/6srFL7c43ZYECmgKlfZ7YR?si=f05df74d759b45d7    3. 灰虹 Part2 匿名私聊乐队 Nemassle   4. Bloom And Decay (庆典)  散瞳散 San Tong San https://open.spotify.com/track/0fKGt0RgI7mGwRYngwHQTM?si=1b031d6de18f438c    5. Humanity FEED乐队 https://feedfeedfeedtheband.bandcamp.com/album/first-ep   6. 12 郁云 Emo Cloud   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Track 1: Nothing Special, Just Singing All The Way 05:03 How to find Chinese music? 07:01: Track 2: World's No.1 Narcissist 13:58: Track 3: Grey Rainbow, Part 2 16:17: Comments on the Chinese music industry 19:14: Track 4: Bloom And Decay 23:20: Track 5: Humanity 26:47: Track 6: 12 30:10: News and outro About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere. The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday. During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program. We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com    Credits: Producer: Elie Rosenberg Co-producer: William Griffith Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith Editor: Elie Rosenberg   Special Thanks: Sam Debell   Published March 29th 

This episode covers protopunk rockabilly, a folk ballad, and various declinations of rock.  Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic). Tracks: 1. 青鹿 - 光,照不到的地方 Black Sun         Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6MQ02KoiqPrOvGifca8TJD?si=43faecc9c5d04d66  2. 穆静MU - 牛羊 版权提供: 北河三(北京)文化传媒有限公司 词曲: 穆静   表演者: 穆静          Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5uT1cQsvdLx1glwW5EaMeb?si=ac43e97357f04d45  3. 白麝香TheWhiteMusk - Leather Biker         Bandcamp: https://thewhitemusk.bandcamp.com/track/leather-biker  4. ihateEmmett - Chronic        Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6jf7p3WKdgHXnDUAp5qdbI?si=9b751c7f2a4b44f4  5. Wasted Laika - 赌狗        Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0pPlblVDa0Wx4NqQq0jdDa?si=f5a81f2029f54854  6. 吉米的猜想 - 屋顶的牙       Bandcamp: www.jimidecaixiang.bandcamp.com    Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:00 Track 1: Black Sun 08:17 Track 2: Cows and Sheep 12:44 Track 3: Leather Biker 15:10 Track 4: Chronic 19:15 Track 5: Gambling Dog 24:47 Track 6: The Roof's Tooth 30:20 News and outro   About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere. The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday. During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program. We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com   Credits: Producer: Elie Rosenberg Co-producer: William Griffith Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith Editor: Elie Rosenberg   Special Thanks: - Tang Yi - Jiang Shaofeng Published March 15th 2025

In this episode, our sound benefits from a little help from a friend. And we cover fewer tracks to keep it within a reasonable listening time. 00:00 Intro Tracks:   1. 01:24 Clouds / 施鑫文月  https://open.spotify.com/track/57plpQi7uc04O35JoYx1tR?si=325fc49ecc754107   2. 07:07 Space Ship / Lumi Liu 刘敏 https://open.spotify.com/track/1vkRiPstiPeCRUXrV4CICv?si=4812fef7d0d840c0    3. 13:42 ēmOLè (是谁emo了) / Twinklestar https://open.spotify.com/track/52XvChC7JAPDjhcTJXoTkb?si=3fa40c2a6d444f40    4. 19:58 冬季一人食 / 饭卡 https://open.spotify.com/track/2GyQS6QGVkP1AtY2lbCLwu?si=709fab5721054db0    About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere. The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday. During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program. We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to livechinamusic@gmail.com   Credits:   Producer: Elie Rosenberg Co-producer: William Griffith   Editor: Elie Rosenberg   Special thanks: Brad M. Seippel Zhang Xin Liu Fei

This is our very first episode! It is a bit long, the recording is not best, but the content is the freshest you can get on releases happening in China right now! Track list (band or artist name / track name): Wishtoday / 广岛之恋还有哥伦比亚可乐是我们的最后一场演出 The Cheers Cheers / Forest of Mine Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3VPEr31bM31PuG2RiIg0VX?si=0bkdbOAaRQuUHlrKuIPWFw  GUAN / itch Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2yjsBPdhHNFi4vUHjqhjkB?si=a038e3eac0eb4666 黑木 / 通往依斯的路程 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3Am6r1BWbb2DS5Zi07zGAX?si=8a30c2bf472f40b0  Khunathi / Misty Mountain Pagoda Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4y6hiXz3qeo2Jb4PGdKCvC?si=ef5755891fbe465c  Bandcamp: https://wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/track/misty-mountain-pagoda  想想 / 关心人事物 Spotify: not this track, but their artist page https://open.spotify.com/artist/255mjLJit0iEFzAQ0foJiU  Jellyeeee / FLOURISH Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6c76FNk054uGhUp8z9QXZu?si=acbcfd083c0e4db6    Please note that some of these tracks are not available outside of China for the moment. If you find them intriguing and want more, please do let us know so we can encourage the artists to publish outside of Chinese platforms. About us: The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere. The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday. During 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program. We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright. Published: Feb. 22nd 2025   Credits: Producer: Elie Rosenberg Co-producer: William Griffith Editor: Elie Rosenberg   Special thanks: Brad M. Seippel

Have you ever wondered why a country with a population of 1.4 billion people hasn’t produced a global superstar yet? China’s music scene is rich, diverse, and colorful but hardly ever reaches other countries.  Those of you into classical music probably heard of Lang Lang and Yo-Yo Ma, if into post-rock then Wang Wen and Chinese Football are names you might be familiar with, and the metalheads out there could possibly have heard of Nine Treasures. But these bands barely scrape the top of the iceberg. Will Griffith, founder of the longest lasting blog on China’s indie scene, Live China Music, and myself, Elie Rosenberg, hope to take you on a discovery of this bubbling music scene, with new episodes every two weeks covering the latest releases. We will focus on emerging artists, although if a particularly noteworthy track comes out from an established or legacy act, we won’t fail to mention it. All the music we cover is from artists based in China.  If you enjoy it and would like to hear more, support us by sharing the podcast around, and follow us to keep updated on new episodes.