Beijing

Asima, her Pimp and a Melancholic Boss

By Norient on May 4, 2011

By Jeroen Groenewegen on 4 May 2011 in ACADEMIC

After twenty years of frustration and marginality, Zuoxiao Zuzhou recently reinvented himself as trickster and became a cult-hero.

Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Ai Weiwei, Asia, Badhead, Beijing, Beijing East Village, China, Cui Jian, Gu Changwei, Jia Zhang-ke, Li Zhanyang, Modern Sky, Rock Music, sheng, Wang Xufang, Xie Tianxiao, Yang Fudong, Yang Shaobin, Zuoxiao Zuzhou | 3 Responses

Rock Music in China

By Jeroen De Kloet on July 2, 2010

By Jeroen De Kloet on 2 July 2010 in STORIES

Fuelled by the new sounds that entered China’s illegal doorways, and driven by a desire to move beyond the stereotypical hard rock idiom, new bands started to experiment with different sounds. Today, sounds ranging from hardcore punk to deep house can be heard from Urumqi to Beijing. Let’s get dakou’ed!

Posted in STORIES | Tagged Asia, Beijing, China, globalization, localization, modernity, Punk, Rock Music | Leave a response