Features September 22, 2011
Feature: Africa in East Asia
:::JAZZ IN CHINA:::
“I think you could tell a really interesting alternative history of modern China through popular music. For more than 100 years, there’s a tradition of Chinese people engaging with America and others kinds of global cultures and remaking their own culture through that dialogue.”
- Andrew Jones on the Chinese Jazz Age
Li Jinhui // Nie Er // Buck Clayton // Zhou Xuan // Bai Gwong // John Huie // Shien Lee // Jon Jang
(Zhou Xuan)
:::CHINESE HIP HOP:::
Yin Tsang // In3 // Brass Face // Dum Due // MC Weber
(Sbazzo w/ Yin Tsang)
:::Soundsystems & Dancehall in Japan:::
“In Japan, for you to be considered a really serious dancehall artist, the expectation is that you spend a certain amount of time at heart of dance hall culture. They say you can't really learn real dance hall in Japan; you have to learn it in Jamaica.”
- Marvin Sterling on the Japanese Dancehall Scene
Mighty Crown // Junko Kodo // Nanjaman // King Jam Unlimited // Risky Dice // Ryo Skywalker // Boogie Man // Miki Douzen // Boxer Kid // Jing Teng
(Mighty Crown Soundsystem)
