Been thinking about doing this for a while, but I’ve started a Substack about music from China. It’s a work in progress but I hope it helps you discover some new music you enjoy and that you might not have found otherwise. First post is live now:.

RT @michaelhongo: ✨ the best mandopop albums of the decade ✨.from lala hsu to oner, from buddha jump to chen li, from j-fever to cyndi wang….

What do you want to know?.

Also made me think of this early @ChaoyangTrap episode:

In a sign of how big a deal Sakamoto's passing is in China, the composer's death was even raised in a Foreign Ministry press conference this week.

It's Qingming in China, a day for honouring the dead, so @Hualun_band have released a song for Ryuichi Sakamoto: 'MAY SILENCE BE WITH YOU'.

RT @Hualun_band: Tempus is out Now 🔥

New @Hualun_band, new @BloodzBoi, and (kind of, almost) new PK14. There's a bumper crop of quality new music in the latest Concrete Avalanche, spanning post-punk, pluggnb, retro rock, gqom and more.

Went to a screening of the excellent 'Everybody in the Place' yesterday and the brilliant Jeremy Deller himself turned up. Every bit as insightful and personable as you imagine him to be.

Shoegazey dream pop with hints of whisky, pepper and vanilla. Indie-rock with notes of lavender, rose, and… Moutai? . Chinese label Shengjian have launched a new range of 'scented records':

RT @poetrylabsh: Happy #WorldPoetryDay !. Celebrate with our brand new issue, featuring poetry in Chinese and English from Emily Liu, Erin….

"In the past, elitist institutions gave classical music support because the grassroots audience was so small. Now the resurgence is happening on the ground level, and the institutions that dominate our culture aren’t even paying attention" - @tedgioia

Here's that (AI enhanced) music video:

Available for pre-order now!. In celebration, here's a dedicated Hualun playlist:

First (beautiful) new track from Hualun's (brilliant) new album Tempus arrives tomorrow with a (mesmerising) new music video to go with it.

New Concrete Avalanche is out now. Featuring pagan folk metal from China's northeast, indie rock aromas, the end of an era for beloved Beijing rock act Hedgehog, and a band who once inspired a beer aiming to capture spiritual practice through music.

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RT @thruoutin: Today I am releasing Ghost Lineage on NEW NOISE CHINA. The album is available on a limited edition of 300 copies on dark blu….

Beautiful set from Širom last night. This clip doesn't really do the Slovenian act's 'imaginary folk' justice, but go listen to their album 'The Liquified Throne of Simplicity'.

RT @FaultsActive: Active Faults: 05 Self Under Self, a Pile of Selves I Stand

Hedgehog have officially announced that drummer Atom (Shi Lu) has left the band. They've unveiled a new drummer and a new keyboardist and promised a nationwide tour soon. But plenty of fans are asking, "Is it still Hedgehog if Atom's not there?" . (📷: Hedgehog at YYT, 2011)

Talked a bit in the latest Concrete Avalanche about @ChineseFootbal's hopes of playing abroad this year. A few minutes ago they announced that they'll be playing @ATGFestival in Bristol this summer alongside Swans, And So I Watch You From Afar and lots more.