Two or three things I know about Little Sound

by lawrence

Little Sound is a Chinese sound art label founded by avid listener LI Pengfei 李鹏飞, better known as “Tmdbbc“, in August, 2006. As of this writing, it has already put out 14 releases, which makes it so far the Chinese label with the shortest releasing cycle. All these releases, however, are three-inch CDR limited to 20 copies, and as a result, the first 9 are already out-of-print.

They are:

[LS001] Hitlike: In
[LS002] Tmdbbc: Earain
[LS003] Tmdbbc: Warning
[LS004] Torturing Nurse: Prurient shower
[LS005] Ronez: Summer
[LS006] Shenggy: Born to go, into space
[LS007] Yang Tao 杨韬 & Earweego: Improvisation #4
[LS008] Shiz 柿子: Yin 隐 (the Retreat)
[LS009] K1973: Xiao Pang Xian 小胖线 (Little Fatty Line)

As much as I acknowledge Tmdbbc’s actionist strategy in terms of label running, it will be a real pity that some of the above releases were to be eternal hidden gem. For instance, Xiao Pang Xian is the most convincing Chinese-language phonography work I’ve heard until now (although a strong challenge is coming soon from Post-Concrete).

I suggested to Tmdbbc about possible “gem-rescue” solution, namely, with the consent of the artists themselves, uploading the 9 items online in lossless format, together with hi-res artworks. I’m looking forward to the realization of this idea.

In the meantime, you can order other items from the label through their online shop. The latest releases come from Li Jianhong 李剑鸿 (Hangzhou), Alok & LWTV (Hong Kong), and Zhou Risheng 周日升 (Datong). Also check out their website for complete discography.




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