l'ouverture au monde de la jeunesse dorée des villes comme Pekin et en particulier Shangai, a permit un éclectisme musical à son balbutiement certes mais avec un large éventail allant du Krautrock primitif au Grindcore le plus tenace. Tour d'horizon :
Carsick Cars[Indie Rock]
On commence par le groupe le plus connu de la scène indé comme ça c'est fini : Carsick Cars est un groupe de rock indépendant chinois basé à Beijing. Le trio a été formé en mars 2005. Certaines critiques ont qualifié le leader et chanteur Zhang Shouwang d'artiste le plus talentueux de sa génération en Chine. Carsick Cars devait faire la première partie de la tournée en Chine du groupe Sonic Youth, l'une de leurs influences la plus notable. La tournée fut annulée mais ils firent la première partie du groupe à Prague et à Vienne. Myspace Carsick Cars - You Can Listen, You Can Talk [2009]
Re-TROS
[Post Punk]
NEW Re-TROS video
Re-TROS | MySpace Music Videos
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NEW PANTS
[New Wave]
New Pants s'est formé en 1996 sous le nom 金属车间的形体师傅 (Jin Shu Che Jian De Xin Ti Shi Fu). 1 an plus tard ils signent chez "Modern Sky Records" et changent leur nom en New Pants. En 1998 ils réalisent leur premier CD. Le magazine 音像世界 (Audio Vidéo World) et 通俗歌曲 (Pop Song) ont placé leur CD dans le top Ten des hits de 1998 - 1999. Ils réalisent un second CD en Janvier 2000 "Disco Girl", ou ils feront 2 Vidéos promotionnelles. Auprès de 4 autres groupes Chinois, le groupe est filmé pour un film documentaire "Beijing Bubbles" en 2005.
http://www.myspace.com/beijingnewpants
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My Little Airport[Lo-Fi]
My Little Airport est un groupe de pop hongkongais formé en 2001 par Ah P (clavier casio et guitare) et Nicole (chant), alors étudiants en journalisme à l'université Shu Yan College. Durant certains concerts, Fall Tin (batterie) et Chan Wing-yin (la basse de 22 Cats, autre groupe hongkongais) se joignent au groupe, ainsi que, plus occasionnellement, Ah Suet (qui récite des poèmes de sa propre composition, dans un français hérissé de fautes de grammaire) ou la petite soeur de Nicole (choeurs). En 2001, My Little Airport a établi Harbour Records avec quatre autres groupes indépendants, et c'est sur ce label que le groupe a sorti son premier album : The OK Thing to Do on Sunday Afternoon is to Toddle in the Zoo, en 2004. Deux autres ont suivi : Because I was too Nervous at that Time (2005) et We Can't stop smoking in the Vicious and Blue Summer (2007). En 2006, dans l'espoir d'élargir son public, My Little Airport a rejoint Elefant Records (parallèlement à Harbour Records).
Official Website
Egofall [Death Metal]
Myspace
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Compilation Harbour records
1. False Alarm - 喜二2. The Lee's - Smoking on the Shoulders of Giants
3. 黃衍仁 - 轉念 始於足下寸土
4. 神奇膠 - 我明明生勾勾 點解嚟活化我
5. Superday - 八月十五
6. Squawk - 後知後覺
7. No One Remains Virgin - 心繫鳩國
8. Jing Wong - Muted Singer
9. the secret lovers project – 我們的遷徙
10. 林阿P - 我等在街上籌旗
11. 蹙 - 基本訴求
12. Hard Candy - A Word Starting With "F"
13. Pusshi Ta-chi - 領匯歌
14. The Running Deer - 80後:我們沒有得選
15. Bjorn - my home; my loan
16. 生番present: 花*靚clan - 屋邨女
17. The Chaostones - Sedimental Clamour
18. Forget the G - Prologue
19. 在草地上 - 別站著
20. 郭達年 - 我知道
2010維港合輯《Listen to the People》，免費下載
BONUS :X is Y
Ils ne sont pas chinois mais français :
X is Y is a newer band on the Shanghai rock scene. Layabozi caught up with members Guillaume and Fabien (mostly Guillaume, because it’s his project) over the Interwebs recently and here’s what went down.
Can we have a little background on each band member, please? Instruments, past bands, particular neuroses, date of the apocalypse, etc.?
Fabien: Instruments: Drums, Vocals.
Past bands: The Rogue Transmission, The Snots, The HuhuMamas…and a few ones that come up around Halloween like The Violent Phlegms or Yellow Riot! I’m also currently playing in The Fever Machine.
Particular Neuroses: Have you ever seen a psychoanalyst, Zack? Is hyperactivity one? Anyway, it’s carefully treated before gigs if so.
Date of apocalypse: What?
Guillaume: Instruments: Guitar, Vocals.
Past bands: My previous band was Basement in My Loft in Singapore, with Welsh and Singaporean singer songwriters. I’m playing drums on their first record. I’m also doing folk songs on my own.
Particular Neuroses: None left.
Date of apocalypse: We’ve never been so close.
Ben (bassist) used to play bass in a post rock band called Deviation in France. He is also an electronic musician (known as LON in Shanghai and responsible for the Amnesiac parties).
How did the band come together?
G: I was browsing Shanghai bands on Myspace and I noticed a guy called Fabien in the Top Friends of many local bands. His profile picture showed him playing drums. I asked him if he would like to start a band together. He agreed and introduced me to Ben who’s playing bass and was looking for a band. We started gigging a few weeks later.
What are some of the musical (or other) influences for each band member in particular, and on the X is Y sound, in general? Are there any bands that contributed to this band’s sound?
G: My main influences are Lou Barlow, Elliott Smith, Julie Doiron, Sufjan Stevens, Beck, Jim O’Rourke.
The bands that influence X is Y’s sound the most are Shellac, Shannon Wright, My Bloody Valentine and Codeine.
What was the division of labor when writing the album in terms of music and lyrics?
G: The record was co-produced by Jean Oison, who’s playing drums on the record. I wrote the music and lyrics, except on the song “Scream” which is a collaboration with Kirsten Johnson, a rapper and filmmaker from New Orleans.
Can you tell us a bit about the recording process, please? Where was it recorded? Who helped, if anyone?
I did all the tracking in my mother’s basement, which is large enough to allow far away mic’ing. I used a Firepod, Sytek pre-amps and different kinds of mics, such as AKG C414, Royer R121, a pair of Rode NT5, Shure Beta52a, a Shure KSM 141 and several SM57. A lot of time was spent on tuning the drums and finding the right placement for the mics.
After recording everything, I put the tracks in phase, mixed the record in Protools, didn’t use any compressors except on the bass, didn’t use any reverb either, except a little bit on vocals. I almost only used Equalizers. I wanted it to sound very dry and realistic and not too aggressive in order to avoid listener fatigue.
The album seems to have a very specific mood that permeates everything. Do you agree with that and, if so, what is that mood, in your eyes?
G: I think the contrast between the rough sounding music and the emotionless vocals makes the record sound pretty dark and hopeless. I spent time to find the right arrangement and then applied it to all the songs to have a very cohesive record.
Tell us about some of the different themes addressed in the lyrics of specific songs.
G: “Shoulder” is about readjusting your life after someone’s death. “Samold” is an encouragement to get over things. “Curse” is about having grudge against somebody.
We know that you have had a rough couple of shows: The Cassette show at Mao Livehouse (sparsely attended due to lack of promotion and going up against a big YYT show) and the LOgO show (technical problems due to the gig being at LOgO). Can you talk about the struggles of starting a new band here in Shanghai, trying to promote yourself and build a following?
G: I think we’ve been very lucky because starting this band wasn’t a huge struggle. We started gigging a few weeks after we got together. Things went pretty well because both Fabien and Ben are very skilled musicians and very well-connected on the local scene.
In order to remain connect with the audience, we’re using Douban, which works great.
How do you deal with these problems?
G: I don’t really think these were big problems, we’re just learning about the local scene and adapting to it.
About LOgO, Toshi from the Beat Bandits organized a fund raising show to buy LOgO a new drum kit, but the money raised won’t be enough to buy a decent drum kit. So I think LOgO should think about investing money in a proper drum kit and a better soundsystem. It would allow bigger event to be organized there, attract more bands, and bring more business.
Also, musicians spend time on composing and rehearsing their music. It would be mark of respect to provide them a decent setting to display their work. On our side, we’ll think twice before playing again at LOgO if things don’t get better.
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Pour finir quelques sites bien fournis en info et ce blog très intéressant sur la musique extrème chinoise qui présage une génération conflictuelle :
http://chinese-metal.blogspot.comhttp://menghua.free.fr/music/indexmus.htmRock in China Metal in Chinahttp://rockinchina.wordpress.com
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