2pi Festival ‘06 updates

by lawrence

1. TSAI Hsin-yuan 蔡欣圜 and WANG Fan 王凡 have joined the festival. They are from Taipei and Beijing respectively. While Wang hardly needs introduction, Tsai is the exciting new blood of the Taipei scene. Playing with infra-red sensor glove, her sound is intense, visceral and occasionally sublime.

Here’s Tsai playing two days ago in Taipei. (Photo: Chiang Liwei)

Tsai Hsin-yuan live at Taipei

Here are some videos of her from the same gig.

And here’s a review of one of her live concerts in Taipei by Chiang Liwei.

2. Post-Concrete and Little Sound have joined the label donation camp. Post-Concrete donates eight releases (three copies each), with two brand new items from Li Jianhong - the curator of 2pi Festival, and Wang Changcun.

Here’s the list:

  • Helmut Schaefer - Isolated Irritation
  • Dajuin Yao - Cinnabar Red Drizzle
  • Pei - Ipatti-Tomorrow Will Take Care of Itself
  • Zbigniew Karkowski - ElectroStatics
  • Sarah Peeble - 108-Walking Through Tokyo at the Turn of the Century
  • v.a. - China: the Sonic Avant-Garde (2 CDs)
  • Wang Changcun - Parallel Universe (2006)
  • Li Jianhong - A Brief History of Time (2006)

Three copies each. China: the Sonic Avant-Garde will be sold for 120 yuan (about $15), all other items 90 yuan. All sales go to the organizer.

Little Sound is a new Chinese label specialized in 3-inch CDR release. So far they’ve put out nine items with contribution from Hitlike, Tmdbbc (the owner of the label), Torturing Nurse, Shenggy, Shiz, Yang Tao & Earweego, and k1973. Each release is limited to 20 copies. GNO blogged about Little Sound two months ago. Do check out their discography too.

They will donate the following items:

  • [ls005] Ronez - Summer (six copies)
  • [ls006] Shenggy - Born to go into space (two copies)
  • [ls009] K1973 - Xiao Pang Xian 小胖线 (two copies)

3. Click here to see some artworks of the festival (poster, ticket), and make good use of their official website for ticket booking and itinerary.




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