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Where we cover egg punk, nursery rhymes, some shoegaze, and among others, an artist which has been a major influence for one of us at the beginning of their China years, and a band that is arguably the best live act in China today.
Track list:
Wu-Chang Library 天東閣 / 沉默橙Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ALfmwuJ5wJJlt3pn7SwFM?si=83ac3801144b4a5e
小难过 / Pumpkins 小南瓜Spotify artist page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6sNjrPpF5mA7AXH2X8FtlJ?si=Yno26lxxSG-0n3YSGmlBUw
Waste Of Time / mengzhumengBandcamp: https://mengzhumeng.bandcamp.com/album/social-reintegration-demo-1
玻璃做的 / Silly FunctionSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3S7Nldv2ZkT6T7JWC7hpen?si=861ff57cdbe44e24
Bandcamp artist page: https://sillyfunction.bandcamp.com
望川潮 / 詹盼 卢沟桥 / 小河与寻摇计划Project Spotify page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EQaYTsagYgRssoLjg7jc9
Xiao He’s Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3HQtVlagT1RApOFulrNoJ6?si=qlnsBHheSniyz80E7-LR_g
We always try to include links to Bandcamp and/or Spotify, however in some cases the tracks have not been uploaded there. We will try to update if artists let us know there has been a change.
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to [email protected]
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:16 Track 1: Wu-Chang Library (neo-psychedelic)
08:09 Track 2: A little sad (punk)
13:17 Track 3: Waste Of Time (egg punk)
18:28 Track 4: Made Of Glass (emo/shoegaze)
22:50 Track 5: Wang Chuan Chao (indie pop)
29:22 Track 6: Lugou Bridge (nursery rhyme)
35:08 Outro
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Featuring one of China’s most respected hip-hop artists, 小老虎 J-Fever, but we also have some excellent tracks from Kunming, some heartfelt punk and more on this episode which comes a little late because of a few scheduling and technical issues on the editing side.
Track List:
1. Lovers Of Highway, South Acid Mimi
Bandcamp: https://southacidmimi.bandcamp.com/album/lovers-of-highway
2. Momentary Vortex 片刻旋螺, Cephalosis
Bandcamp: https://cephalosis0.bandcamp.com/album/wuthering-heights
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4CxDLRQYWtSENjNyDjEL2n?si=21c8e9117c774d23
3. Chromatic Fantasy, littlesweetpotato
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/40BmZoBbT2KnPLQt64J2Qy?si=8d9b7c6e74f74eeb
4. 这心跳也不是你的, 小老虎
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1pG1veuJTaocGolEKd5dQS?si=3945a69936ea4fe3
5. 没有意义, GaiWaEr
Bandcamp: https://gaiwaer.bandcamp.com/album/--4
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/25MBBCjjsCXM5vQZnRa4aW?si=fad5976cbc3a483a
6. 问题总是那么多, C.S.B.Q
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1gWdJ8CJAyvkYdN1doLOqt?si=7ca289ea9f4b42d7
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to [email protected]
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:40 Track 1: South Acid Mimi (synth wave)
08:56 Track 2: Cephalosis (cold wave)
13:43 Track 3: littlesweetpotato (electro)
18:17 Track 4: J-Fever (hip-hop)
24:20 Track 5: GaiWaEr (punk)
29:44 Track 6: C.S.B.Q. (punk)
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What a haul for this episode with tracks from some incredible artists spanning from a retro Cantopop-inspired offering, to various flavours of folk, experimental electronic music and a cool surf rock song that makes for a feel good episode of the Live China Music Podcast.
Besides the bands and tracks featured here, we also mention several noteworthy labels and musicians such as experimental guitar master Li Jianhong, and Zhang Meng who’s recently released an interesting sheng-based record with Dusty Ballz Records from London, or BIE, another great record label based in China.
Track List:
采茶 / Run Run Run
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3wocLIOWySbdHRrDf7tqFw?si=dadf6283aa594f6c
烈日独行 / Instinkto Industrio
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/30OPDKLeqcQ20jcBCzlTl3?si=FXPNsnGBSJCqJI8U4aT-Tw
倒嘴 / 卢江波 Lu Jiangbo
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4nkXIWMIjJmTbZj7bFxtw3?si=83caf4b314fb41cf
苏唱街老郎堂 / 大叶 Da Ye
Bandcamp: https://daye3.bandcamp.com/album/road-to-spring
神话 / DJ小女孩
Bandcamp: https://djgurl.bandcamp.com/album/7
混凝土冲浪 / The Bootlegs
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZmqF1XTVFJDZT5pjbPQyw?si=4dd64850ad3f436c
Bandcamp: 2019 album I feel good: https://thebootlegschina.bandcamp.com/album/i-feel-good
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to [email protected]
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Track 1: Picking Tea, by Run Run Run
04:45 Parenthesis on our May holidays
06:19 Track 2: Walking Alone Under A Scorching Sun, by Instinkto Industrio
11:39 Track 3: Reverse Mouth, by Lu Jiangbo
16:35 Track 4: Laolang Temple in Suchang Street， by Da Ye
20:12 Track 5: Spirit Talks, by DJ Xiao Nv Hai
26:05 Track 6: Concrete Surfing, by The Bootlegs
29:43 Outro
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In which we discuss a wide variety of tracks, from gqom to punk to jazz, all freshly released in China!
Erratum: Please note that we realized after recording that the pronouns of ADEAD, one of the artists covered in this episode, are "they/it"!
Track list:
1. //刻奇秀 / Riot In School
Bandcamp: https://riotinschool.bandcamp.com/album/punk-rock-blasphemy
2. 聲音(Voices) / 聲聲聲乐队
3. Sisterhood / Free Sex Shop
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4K9p0YQfnoTnlaVFTtPp0b?si=l3iVTC7YTm-T2Jl2RjfDig
4. Pale Monsters / Love Letter Lost
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/25iV0gwC8O9YpwLDw2hTrR?si=da3567060d5c4b23
5. Move! Move! / ADEAD
Bandcamp: https://seippelabel.bandcamp.com/album/seippelabel-vol-14
6. Fleeting / Linfeng
Spotify (artist page): https://open.spotify.com/artist/3tx89hHv2Df0fnC8AcEmU1?si=hJWVb8nMSxOdB4dwE20c9A
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to [email protected]
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:25 Track 1: Riot In School
10:31 Track 2: Sheng Sheng Sheng
16:34 Track 3: Free Sex Shop
20:35 Track 4: Love Letter Lost
23:52 Will offers an idea for a future special episode
24:10 Track 5: ADEAD
28:52 Track 6: Linfeng
33:20 Outro
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Does it feel like a lot of music is released in March, are there months where there’s a much higher volume of releases here?
We have something for the metal fans today, a few tracks that show appreciation for and inspiration from Japanese music, and some good vibes. Please note this track has one occurence of foul language, for journalistic reasons!
Track list:
1. Peer review by Oxen / Smiqra
Bandcamp: https://hoplites.bandcamp.com/album/r-ya-dz-e
2. 富贵老登 (The Rich Elderly) / 程序正义 Procedural Justice
3. Yes, We love Number Girl / 紅髮少年殺人事件
Bandcamp: https://smallanimalsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/brutal-girl-delusion
4. Howee / Koda
https://kodasluvtheme.bandcamp.com/album/howee
5. BALLOON / Wang Di
6. Give Up / 怕繁杂 Polyphozia
https://polyphozia.bandcamp.com/album/give-up
Some of the artists reviewed have not yet published these tracks on the usual platforms, if we can we'll try to update the links!
Published April 12th 2025
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to [email protected]
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Is March busy for music releases in China?
04:19: Track 1: Smiqra
10:40: Elie’s Hot Take?
12:33: Track 2: Procedural Justice
16:50: Track 3: Red-Haired Girl Murder Case
23:13: Track 4: Koda
27:00: Track 5: Wang Di
31:11: Track 6: Polyphozia
35:15: Some news and outro
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
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In this episode we cover a wide variety of new tracks, with some chill and fun tracks but also ones veering into breakcore and screamo.
Track List:
1. Nothing Special, Just Singing All The Way (没啥特别的)
Thermostat恒温
https://open.spotify.com/track/08DMYm5RgjTjpz6Rumzaqk?si=95b6a7fa5e434c7b
2. 世界第一自恋狂（World's No.1 Narcissist）
浪味仙贝 Lonely Cookies
https://open.spotify.com/track/6srFL7c43ZYECmgKlfZ7YR?si=f05df74d759b45d7
3. 灰虹 Part2
匿名私聊乐队 Nemassle
4. Bloom And Decay (庆典)
散瞳散 San Tong San
https://open.spotify.com/track/0fKGt0RgI7mGwRYngwHQTM?si=1b031d6de18f438c
5. Humanity
FEED乐队
https://feedfeedfeedtheband.bandcamp.com/album/first-ep
6. 12
郁云 Emo Cloud
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Track 1: Nothing Special, Just Singing All The Way
05:03 How to find Chinese music?
07:01: Track 2: World's No.1 Narcissist
13:58: Track 3: Grey Rainbow, Part 2
16:17: Comments on the Chinese music industry
19:14: Track 4: Bloom And Decay
23:20: Track 5: Humanity
26:47: Track 6: 12
30:10: News and outro
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to [email protected]
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special Thanks:
Sam Debell
Published March 29th
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This episode covers protopunk rockabilly, a folk ballad, and various declinations of rock. Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic).
Tracks:
1. 青鹿 - 光,照不到的地方 Black Sun
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6MQ02KoiqPrOvGifca8TJD?si=43faecc9c5d04d66
2. 穆静MU - 牛羊
版权提供: 北河三(北京)文化传媒有限公司 词曲: 穆静
表演者: 穆静
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5uT1cQsvdLx1glwW5EaMeb?si=ac43e97357f04d45
3. 白麝香TheWhiteMusk - Leather Biker
Bandcamp: https://thewhitemusk.bandcamp.com/track/leather-biker
4. ihateEmmett - Chronic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6jf7p3WKdgHXnDUAp5qdbI?si=9b751c7f2a4b44f4
5. Wasted Laika - 赌狗
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0pPlblVDa0Wx4NqQq0jdDa?si=f5a81f2029f54854
6. 吉米的猜想 - 屋顶的牙
Bandcamp: www.jimidecaixiang.bandcamp.com
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:00 Track 1: Black Sun
08:17 Track 2: Cows and Sheep
12:44 Track 3: Leather Biker
15:10 Track 4: Chronic
19:15 Track 5: Gambling Dog
24:47 Track 6: The Roof's Tooth
30:20 News and outro
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to [email protected]
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Hosts: Elie Rosenberg & Will Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special Thanks:
- Tang Yi
- Jiang Shaofeng
Published March 15th 2025
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In this episode, our sound benefits from a little help from a friend. And we cover fewer tracks to keep it within a reasonable listening time.
00:00 Intro
Tracks:
1. 01:24 Clouds / 施鑫文月
https://open.spotify.com/track/57plpQi7uc04O35JoYx1tR?si=325fc49ecc754107
2. 07:07 Space Ship / Lumi Liu 刘敏
https://open.spotify.com/track/1vkRiPstiPeCRUXrV4CICv?si=4812fef7d0d840c0
3. 13:42 ēmOLè (是谁emo了) / Twinklestar
https://open.spotify.com/track/52XvChC7JAPDjhcTJXoTkb?si=3fa40c2a6d444f40
4. 19:58 冬季一人食 / 饭卡
https://open.spotify.com/track/2GyQS6QGVkP1AtY2lbCLwu?si=709fab5721054db0
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During more or less 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Hope you'll enjoy and please support by sharing around, don't hesitate to reach out by finding us on instagram (livechinamusic or zefrenchvillain) or writing to [email protected]
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special thanks:
Brad M. Seippel
Zhang Xin
Liu Fei
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This is our very first episode! It is a bit long, the recording is not best, but the content is the freshest you can get on releases happening in China right now!
Track list (band or artist name / track name):
Wishtoday / 广岛之恋还有哥伦比亚可乐是我们的最后一场演出 The Cheers Cheers / Forest of Mine
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3VPEr31bM31PuG2RiIg0VX?si=0bkdbOAaRQuUHlrKuIPWFw GUAN / itch
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2yjsBPdhHNFi4vUHjqhjkB?si=a038e3eac0eb4666 黑木 / 通往依斯的路程 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3Am6r1BWbb2DS5Zi07zGAX?si=8a30c2bf472f40b0 Khunathi / Misty Mountain Pagoda Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4y6hiXz3qeo2Jb4PGdKCvC?si=ef5755891fbe465c Bandcamp: https://wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/track/misty-mountain-pagoda 想想 / 关心人事物 Spotify: not this track, but their artist page https://open.spotify.com/artist/255mjLJit0iEFzAQ0foJiU Jellyeeee / FLOURISH Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6c76FNk054uGhUp8z9QXZu?si=acbcfd083c0e4db6Please note that some of these tracks are not available outside of China for the moment. If you find them intriguing and want more, please do let us know so we can encourage the artists to publish outside of Chinese platforms.
About us:
The mission of the Live China Music Podcast is to shed light on Chinese music, providing listeners with insights and information on the Chinese music scene that they would not be able to obtain elsewhere.
The show follows a similar structure to inspiring podcasts such as NPR’s New Music Friday.
During 30-minutes episodes, Will and I review and discuss 4 to 6 tracks per episode, featuring audio clips of the reviewed songs. The songs discussed have been released less than a month prior. There is no musical genre excluded, but the editorial focus will be on emerging artists, even though on occasion established or legacy acts can be featured if the track is particularly noteworthy. Only artists living in China are reviewed in this program.
We systematically sign waivers with the artists or their label to ensure we do not infringe their copyright.
Published: Feb. 22nd 2025
Credits:
Producer: Elie Rosenberg
Co-producer: William Griffith
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Special thanks:
Brad M. Seippel
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Have you ever wondered why a country with a population of 1.4 billion people hasn’t produced a global superstar yet? China’s music scene is rich, diverse, and colorful but hardly ever reaches other countries.
Those of you into classical music probably heard of Lang Lang and Yo-Yo Ma, if into post-rock then Wang Wen and Chinese Football are names you might be familiar with, and the metalheads out there could possibly have heard of Nine Treasures. But these bands barely scrape the top of the iceberg.
Will Griffith, founder of the longest lasting blog on China’s indie scene, Live China Music, and myself, Elie Rosenberg, hope to take you on a discovery of this bubbling music scene, with new episodes every two weeks covering the latest releases.
We will focus on emerging artists, although if a particularly noteworthy track comes out from an established or legacy act, we won’t fail to mention it. All the music we cover is from artists based in China.
If you enjoy it and would like to hear more, support us by sharing the podcast around, and follow us to keep updated on new episodes.
