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Kunming Outdoor Music Festival returns this monthMonday, 7th April 2008 ~ Chris ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
With the success of the first Kunming Outdoor Music Festival (昆明露天音乐节) last November, the event's organizers are bringing the all-day – and most of the night – music festival back to Taiping Town outside of Kunming on April 19. The all-local festival should be even more diverse than last time, with bands performing punk, blues, metal, hiphop, punk and bluegrass. The lineup for this edition of the festival includes Heiyu (黑宇), Gouride (狗日的), Broken String (断弦), Endless Torture (无尽折磨), Noise Addiction, No Answer (打死我也不说), Brain Concussion (脑震荡), Co Op Sol (邪作社 – formerly known as Rap Republic), Kouxian (扣弦), Chicken Butt (鸡屁股), Tribal Moons (see above image), Chaling (叉灵), Fang Band (坊乐队), The Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project and Nicole. The festival starts at noon and will go late into the night – festivalgoers are encouraged to bring tents to stay on the campground overnight. Food and drinks will also be on sale throughout the day and evening. Tickets for the festival are 30 yuan at the gate, or 20 yuan if purchased in advance at The Hump Bar, Halfway House, Speakeasy Bar or Laowo Bar. The festival will once again be held at the Wumozhai Jiuzhuang Eco-garden on Xiao Jie in Taiping Town (太平镇小街无墨斋酒庄生态元), near the city of Anning (安宁). According to event organizers, the number 17 bus at Xiao Ximen can be taken to Taiping Town, and there will also be a shuttle bus between Taiping Town and the Arts Theatre at Wuyi Lu and Dongfeng Xi Lu throughout the day for five yuan one way. UPDATE: We have just received notice from the festival's organizers that the festival has been expanded to two days – with a short evening set on Friday, April 18th and 19th, with a few additional bands and DJs. Here's the schedule for the two days: Friday, April 18th 8 pm: Gouride 9 pm: Jinzi 10 pm: Stiop 11 pm: Made in Dali Midnight: Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project 1 am: Brain Concussion Afterward: DJs Tantrum, Jezz and Menace Saturday, April 19th 1 pm: Nicole 2 pm: Fang Band 3 pm: Anyeqi 4 pm: Brain Concussion 5 pm: Kouxian 6 pm: Gouride 7 pm: No Answer 8 pm: Tribal Moons 9 pm: Heiyu 10 pm: Broken String 11 pm: Co-op Sol Midnight: Chaling 1 am: Endless Torture 2 am: Noise Addiction Afterward: DJ Moon Unit/DJ Chengcheng UPDATE 2: The festival site is rather difficult to find, here's a Chinese map:
Related articles: No Answer - Kunming's riot grrls Kunming Bands to play outdoor music festival Tags: blues, Co Op Sol, Gouride, Heiyu, hiphop, Kunming Outdoor Music Festival, live music, metal, No Answer, punk, Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project, Rap Republic, Tribal Moons, 打死我也不说, 昆明露天音乐节, 狗日的, 邪作社 Live Hiphop Friday night at Halfway HouseThursday, 6th September 2007 ~ Chris ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
Tang and MC Mike Wind told GoKunming that the finishing touches are being put on the group's first demo CD, which should be available at the show. For a preview of some of the songs on the upcoming demo, check out Tang Renti's DIY Music page. The free show starts at 10 at the Halfway House, located at the always-dangerous intersection of Dongfeng Xi Lu and Kunshi Lu. Halfway House 半山咖啡 Intersection of Dongfeng Xi Lu and Kunshi Lu Tel: 5352702 Tags: arts and entertainment, Halfway House, hiphop, live music, Rap Republic, Tang Renti There will be several local and touring acts playing music in Kunming in the coming days, here's a quick breakdown of what's coming up tonight and in the evenings ahead: Tonight Speakeasy Bar will host a night of hiphop DJs featuring DJ Law and DJ Mankey J, the free show starts at 10. Saturday More hiphop at the Speak as Rap Republic (Tang Ren Ti and Mike Wind) unveils some of their new tracks. The free show will be followed by the musical stylings of DJ Zaphod. Sunday Rap gives way to metal at Speakeasy as Die in Velvet and Embryo bring their tour to Kunming for a 9:30 show with 30-yuan admission charge (25 for students). Also on Sunday night, John Lundemo and Vince Nix will play a set of original music at I Am Living on Wenlin Jie. Show starts at 8. Next week Metal, metal and more metal… the Speakeasy will host two more nights of touring metal acts next week. On Wednesday night AK-47 will play a 9 o'clock show - tickets are 35 yuan/30 for students. Next Friday the bands Saw and Heiyu will play a 9:30 show, tickets are 25 yuan/20 for students. GoKunming encourages its readers to support live music in the Spring City. Tags: arts and entertainment, hiphop, live music, Rap Republic, Speakeasy Bar Local rapper Tang Renti will join the MCs of South Silk Road and DJ Kris 1 for a show this Saturday at Shelter Bar that will be a farewell performance by South Silk Road MC and beat architect Ghost Eye, who will return to the US next month.
Saturday night's performance at Shelter Bar - a renovated bomb shelter under the north side of the Kunming Zoo - will start around 10:00. There will be 10 yuan entrance fee. Shelter Bar Yuantong Dong Lu, north side of Yuantong Shan 圆通东路 (圆通山北边) Tags: arts and entertainment, hiphop, live music, Shelter Bar, South Silk Road, Tang Renti Local rapper Tang Renti is one of the more entertaining musical acts performing around Kunming at the moment. GoKunming recorded Tang Renti last week at his performance with South Silk Road at the Halfway House last Saturday. The clip below features a freestyle followed by a new song unavailable on his current album Jazz-Rap is in the City Now: There are plans for a Tang Renti/South Silk Road show at Shelter Bar in April. Check GoKunming in the coming weeks for details as they emerge, or visit the Codeword Records website. Tags: Codeword Records, Halfway House, hiphop, South Silk Road, Tang Renti This weekend in Kunming will be a relatively lively one, with two parties plus a rare chance to see some live original music. Local original hiphop Speakeasy Bar will host the Kunming debuts of hiphop collective South Silk Road and local jazzed-out rapper Tang Renti beginning at 10. The free show will feature all-new original tunes from both acts. Speakeasy Bar 说吧 445 Dongfeng Xi Lu 东风西路445号 Tel: 5327047 Return of the Camel Local drinking institution the Camel Bar, which was recently demolished and converted into a parking lot, has emerged from the rubble and is reopening tonight just a bit west of its old location on Tuodong Lu. The newer, much-smaller Camel, now at 4 Tuodong Lu near the intersection with Beijing Lu, will hold an opening party featuring cocktails and shots for 10 yuan. Camel Bar 骆驼酒吧 4 Tuodong Lu 拓东路4号 Tel: 3195841 Purim dance party Tomorrow (Saturday) night, the Jewish festival of Purim will be celebrated at the Hump, beginning at 9 pm. Jews, non-Jews and everyone in between will be welcome, but all partygoers must arrive in costume and pay a 25 yuan cover charge that includes an all-you-can-drink special on selected drinks. Music will be supplied by DJs Christian and Frank and dancing will be mandatory. L'Chaim! The Hump Bar 驼峰酒吧 Jinbi Plaza 金碧路金马碧鸡广场 Tel: 3640359 Tags: Camel Bar, hiphop, Purim, South Silk Road, Speakeasy Bar, Tang Renti
The show will be South Silk Road's first Kunming performance since their debut in Dali last Thursday. The group - composed of MCs Jumpfish, Mike Wind, Visual Anatomy and beatmeister Marshall Hatfield - will be playing songs from its forthcoming album. The show starts at 10:30, the cover charge is as yet unknown. Click these links to listen to mp3s by South Silk Road and Tang Ren Ti: South Silk Road featuring Tang Ren Ti - I have no face Tang Ren Ti - Zi Nüe: "Self-abuse" Tags: hiphop, live music, South Silk Road, Speakeasy Bar
Only a year ago, Kunming native Hu Xuan was in the thick of the rat race in the fast-paced coastal metropolis of Guangzhou, working as a journalist during the day and a musician at night. One short year later, Hu has returned to Kunming and established himself as one of the pioneers of the city's nascent hiphop scene. At the end of five years in Guangzhou in which he obtained an English degree and worked as editor of a popular webzine, Hu also spent a short time as frontman for a rap/metal band whose song lyrics were primarily in English. When the band's guitarist decided to pursue a career in pop music, the group disbanded and Hu decided to return to Kunming to make his own music. After returning to Kunming last year the 22-year-old Hu - rapping under the name Tang Ren Ti (唐人踢) - wrote, rapped on and produced Jazz-rap is in the city now, arguably one of the more interesting albums released in China in 2006.
"There's such a huge difference between the cities in terms of the speed of daily life… I can't stand the pace of life in Guangzhou, everyone's in a hurry," the black-hoodied Hu explained between puffs on his cigarette in a local café. "Kunming is nice because it's a lot slower than other cities and it's not trashed by heavy industry like most of the cities on the coast." Using only a microphone and laptop computer to make the album, Hu recorded all the tracks on his album in Kunminghua, the local dialect spoken in Kunming. Aside from local dialect, the city's quiet nights have also provided creative fuel for his songs. "A big source of inspiration for me is found during times of solitude," Hu explained. "I'll be hanging out at home by myself and the music will just come out." Other sources of inspiration are Miles Davis and Bruce Lee, who he admires for their stylistic innovations. "In their days, both of them were constantly moving forward," Hu said. "Chinese are smart, yet there are so many rappers here just imitating others. We can create our own music, there's no need to copy American gangsta rap." Hu said his favorite hiphop acts at the moment are Mad Lib, MF Doom and The Nonce. "Hiphop is universal - it's not America's, it's not Africa's. It belongs to anyone who can feel it," he said. "One thing I like about hiphop is that it's a way to discuss your surroundings. But Chinese don't need to talk about selling drugs and killing - these guys [Chinese rappers] didn't grow up in that kind of environment." Looking ahead to the year of the pig, Hu said he hopes to perform around town with other Kunming rappers. "I like hiphop because it blends with my own culture; I wanna work with new friends and make a hiphop album that is representative of Yunnan." Tang Ren Ti's album Jazz-rap is in the city now is available for 20 yuan at Stone Love clothing store on the east end of Wenlin Jie near the intersection with Cuihu Bei Lu. Click below to download and listen to Tang Ren Ti MP3s: Diyin ceshi ('Bass Check') Shanliang de xin ('Good heart') Guangzhou Tai duo de wenti (Ma Xiaoyu remix) Tags: hiphop, Hu Xuan, Tang Renti Next 1 2 |
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