http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno sound.tech.media.future Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:26:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve been meaning to fill in a quick summary of the rest of the festival (the parts I was able to attend, at least). Sorry to leave you hanging! I think by far the most common response to this year’s eArts Festival, voiced by performers, curators, and audience members alike, ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/11/29/earts-roundup-pt-ii/ OK, big apology to everyone; while the Final Cut portion of eArts as described below seems sound (kicking off tonight with a vengeance as Aaajiao and B6 present their "Patience for the Man"), the "Streaming Objects" schedule I posted was pretty far off, but has now been updated. Also, ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/10/19/earts-performance-guide-update/ Since people seem to be wondering what's up with live performances at this year's eArts Festival, I've taken the liberty of posting the information as best I can parse it here, along with my colorfully biased commentary. Note: all shows start at 7:30. And they're all free (although the ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/10/17/bens-earts-2008-performance-guide/ [Note: to avoid confusion, family names are in capital letters below.] LI Jianhong 李剑鸿 Our intrepid protagonist, Hangzhou-based noise guitarist, half of D!O!D!O!D! (together with Huang Jin 黄锦), organizer of the 2pi festival and founder of 2pi records. Marqido Japanese musician, the electronic half of the duo 10, Li Jianhong’s host on this tour. itta Korean ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/09/07/li-jianhongs-japan-diaries-dramatis-personae/ At long last, here are the final 3 days of Li Jianhong’s Japan Diaries, just over a year from first to final post. I took advantage of itta and Marqido staying at my house to clear up my last remaining questions on the translation. Many thanks to everyone ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/09/07/li-jianhong%e2%80%99s-japan-diaries-days-nine-ten-and-eleven/ A very quick note to let everyone know that the BBC is currently streaming a two-part special devoted to Chinese new music on their "Hear and Now" program's website. Presenter Robert Worby and producer Philip Tagney were in town in April to poke around, and they met up with Junky of ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/06/26/chinese-new-music-on-the-bbc/ Randy H.Y. Yau has assembled a set of nice photos on his Flickr page. This one by Joe Colley is my favourite. Randy captioned it as such: 'Last picture taken of Helmut together with Zbigniew at his home in Graz, Austria. Helmut's unique energy is captured in his expression here. Joe ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/04/21/first-anniversary-of-helmut-schafers-death/ China Incidental: Production Consumption Interpretation Artists: Yan Jun 颜峻, Zhong Minjie 钟敏杰, Lin Zhiying 林志英, Hitlike (Zhang Liming 张立明). Royal Festival Hall London, 18th - 28th April Curated by Matthias Kispert A slice of contemporary China that is not seen but heard, presented through the work of some of China’s leading experimental artists, ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/04/17/event-china-incidental/ Quick blurb to let everyone know about a show going down tomorrow night in Shanghai called RESO: Reconstruct the Experimental Soundscape of Ourselves. It's being organized by Mai Mai 卖卖 from the noise rock band Musclesnog (with whom Torturing Nurse's Junky sat in on vocals and guitar last weekend ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/04/11/reso-show-tomorrow/ December 16, 2007 Today’s concert was arranged by Super Sonic China, which Koyuki manages, and it’s also my last show in Japan. The venue is New World cocoroom. When we arrived I discovered it’s a coffee shop that’s part of a big, multi-storey entertainment complex. The show started with a ... http://www.chinesenewear.com/gno/2008/03/16/li-jianhongs-japan-diaries-day-eight/