Take a deep dive into the "ephemeral" and occasionally "incestuous" Shanghai music scene with a special episode where we bring in guest host Sishen (Jason), the curator of the yearly compilation of Shanghai bands "We Are Shanghai", on its 10th edition! Just shy of 50 tracks, this compilation is a time capsule of the scene in Shanghai in 2025. Besides introducing a small selection of the wonderful tracks in there, Jason and Will also chat about the Shanghai scene itself, the history of the project and how he goes about compiling all those tracks.
You can find out more about the project on weareshanghai.com or you can jump straight to the full compilation on Bandcamp here: https://weareshanghai.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-shanghai-vol-10
Tracks:
https://weareshanghai.bandcamp.com/track/obcur
https://weareshanghai.bandcamp.com/track/typhoon-days-folk-song
https://weareshanghai.bandcamp.com/track/swan-reflection
https://weareshanghai.bandcamp.com/track/french-class
https://weareshanghai.bandcamp.com/track/cereus
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 livechinamusic@gmail.com
Credits:
Producers: Elie Rosenberg & William Griffith
Hosts: Will Griffith & Sishen
Editor: Elie Rosenberg
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:34 Line In (dream pop)
11:37 Sleepingsheep (jangle pop)
15:05 Invisible Stent (experimental IDM)
17:55 A little background on the We Are Shanghai project
25:55 Surging Waves (alt rock)
31:27 Guji (retro new wave)
35:39 Shout outs to the lovely people in the scene
39:19 Outro
