Chengdu Living

Last night Beijing-based DJ Liman came to Chengdu and got Xiong Mao club rowdy with his costumed performance. Photos inside.

Tomorrow night Disco Death in Chengdu will host a member of China’s performing elite: DJ Blaise. I took the opportunity to write a few words about the event and why I’m excited about this one in particular.

For the first time ever, two Chinese “singers” have been fined for lip synching after a Chengdu concert, but what does it mean?

Last summer in Chengdu tens of thousands of music fans came from near and far to attend the Zebra Music Festival (ZMF, or 热拨音乐节) in Chengdu. This year, they’re continuing the tradition. The five most common questions about Zebra answered inside. We have the full lineup, too.

“Fu” is an old friend and old school Chengdu local – somewhere north of 40 years old, and an encyclopedia of avant garde Chinese music and traditional Sichuan customs. He’s recently relocated his business, an art and music shop, to the Yulin neighborhood in Chengdu.