Rock in China have put together a delightful little summary of China Rock’s 2010. From the many hundreds of festivals to the various key artist tours, the RIC boys have done a nice job. Check it out. Sadly, you’re going to need a VPN to see it in China.
The second Midi Music Awards happened in Beijing last night. We covered the first ones HERE.
Xie Tianxiao wins two bronze bricks at the Midi Music Awards (image courtesy of Michelle Dai at the Beijinger)
Rather than write anything ourselves, we should point you to the ever excellent Beijing Daze blog. Some great points made, namely that the awards were much more credible this year, that Fu Han really shouldn’t be walking away with the female vocalist of the year even though her QSBS band has made considerable strides this year, that the party sounded like a LOT of fun and finally that it seems a little ironic to see Midi School winning the Midi Awards Contribution to Chinese music. Still, in a music industry this small, no real surprises. There is also a great first hand review over at City Weekend.
Just a side note, does anyone else think it’s strange that Maybe Mars don’t get a look in at all?
Well done to all the winners.
A variety of friends of this website teamed up to leave us with this reminder of the Shanghai Expo and its most wholesome of messages “Better City, Better Life”. Rapper Tang King, videographer Bas Roeterink and Massive Music’s Diederik van Middelkoop put this video together to commemorate the beauty of the Shanghai streets. Watch, enjoy
Those of you not in China, check it out on VIMEO
2009 saw the inaugural Midi Music Awards take place in Beijing. The awards lost a certain amount of credibility by awarding pretty much every single category to Midi Music School alumni and Midi Music Festival favorites Miserable Faith. You can see the results HERE. Comments on our post last year (HERE) ranged from:
this is a bit overboard (and masturbatory). Seems like Midi has no desire to remain relevant.
to
Ultimately meaningless.
Anyway, the awards are back with the ceremony to be held on New Year’s Eve (Western) at Beijing’s Star Live.
This year, the jury will total 120 people (yes, 120 people – that’s one helluva long judge’s table). “Best Album Art” Award will become a category this year to encourage the design and arts works connection to music.
The selection will be made by the judging panel based on live show situation, album situation, contribution to public service, fans and media awareness, media exposure. The artists/musicians/labels/records are encouraged to recommend themselves or their bands to the judging panel, and the organizer will buy all the albums and give to every member of the jury.
All the award categories are listed as follows:
1、最佳年度摇滚专辑 (Album of the Year)
2、最佳年度摇滚歌曲 (Song of the Year)
3、最佳年度摇滚乐队 (Best Rock Performance By Group With Vocals)
4、最佳年度摇滚男歌手 (Best Male Rock Vocal Performance )
5、最佳年度摇滚女歌手 (Best Female Rock Vocal Performance )
6、最佳年度硬摇滚乐队 (Best Hard Rock Performance)
7、最佳年度金属乐队 (Best Metal Performance)
8、最佳年度摇滚乐器演奏(Best Rock Instrumental Performance )
9、最佳年度摇滚现场 (Best Live Performance )
10、最佳年度摇滚新人奖 (Best New Artist )
11、最佳专辑设计奖 （Best Album Art）
12、中国摇滚贡献奖 （Contribution to China Rock）
Miserable Faith to sweep the awards this year anyone?
Modern Sky have announced their October holiday lineup. Outside of the usual bands, the Modern Sky festival (which moves this year back from Chaoyang Park to the original home at Haidian).
Of the foreign artists, Modern Sky 2010 will feature 90′s Britpop icon Brett Anderson (of Suede fame), the Big Pink, Camera Obscura and Free Energy, plus a long overdue appearance by Blonde Redhead who have been touted for China for nearly 4 years.
One out of leftfield.
Apparently rock Gods (and the biggest metal act ever) Metallica have confirmed a headline slot at MIDI festival in Beijing in October 2010. We have nothing confirmed on this yet (we will get to that tomorrow) but apparently it is all over Chinese TV – and the band are playing Japan 24.26 September, so it could all be true.
This would be a quite INCREDIBLE development for China’s music scene, to have a band of this stature headline China’s longest running festival. If it is true, then massive, massive props to Shan Wei and Zhang Fan and book your tickets for Haidian Park during the October holiday NOW.
Alternatively, this could just be post Fuji Rock hallucinations….
Hong Kong based music industry conference Music Matters is hitting us left right and centre with press releases about their upcoming event (May 26/27).
You can check out everything that’s happening at their website, but in summary, here are a few of the best bits and pieces:
UPDATE: Foodelicious becomes a victim? Read more on Smartshanghai here.
No is likely to be the word most often uttered by the various licensing arms of Shanghai’s government over the next 18 months.
The Radar has heard from two independent and well placed sources that requests for all sorts of outdoor events are already being met with negative responses. Apparently, outdoor events that are not in some way government affiliated will struggle to get the requisite permits and licenses. Shanghai does not want attention being averted from the big white elephant that is the Expo, which is still OVER 12 months away. This does not bode well for the big carnival that most countries are planning in Shanghai 2010.
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