This week on the Dead Air Records podcast we’re joined by Tian Qiyi, the boundary-blurring project of brothers John Tian Qi Wardle and Charlie Tian Yi Wardle.

📀 Live in-store performance: Tian Qiyi bring their extraordinary sound to Dead Air, weaving together traditional Chinese and Mongolian instruments like the erhu, yangqin, and morin khuur with dub, experimental jazz, post-punk, and UK folk. 

🎶 Conversation: After the set, John and Charlie sit down with us to discuss their Anglo-Chinese heritage, the inspirations behind their genre-defying 2025 album Songs for Workers, and their connection to Liverpool’s music scene.

If you love adventurous sounds and music that refuses to be boxed in, this is an episode not to miss.

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The Dead Air Records podcast is hosted by Marc and Jess. Filmed and edited by Second Best Studios. New episodes every Thursday at 5pm.

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Check out our Season 1 and Season 2 playlists on Spotify to listen to any of the music mentioned in the podcast.

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