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The best albums from China in 2025*
Yet another end of year list
Dec 17, 2025
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A Planet Mu debut + Ingmar Bergman-inspired experimental
+ animal rights punk + a Zhang 'NoNo' Xingchan video
Dec 3, 2025
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Interview: Cola Ren on capturing the air and breath of a moment through music
How fractured bones and ‘cut out’ CDs have shaped the Guangzhou producer’s sound
Nov 19, 2025
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Here’s ~5 hours of Chinese ambient music
Mar 5, 2025
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Best of 2024*
Dec 18, 2024
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How illegally sold scrap CDs influenced China's underground + Chinese cold wave
Feb 19, 2025
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A beginner's guide to Chinese shoegaze
Feb 21, 2024
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What was China listening to in 2024? + a shoegaze double-bill
Feb 5, 2025
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More adventures in Chinese psychedelia + Beijing hardcore
Feb 15, 2023
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Must-listen new music from Cola Ren + Xi'an dream-pop
+ live psych-rock 3,000 metres above sea level + not one but three new releases from China’s premier metal label
Nov 12, 2025
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Chinese midwest emo + new DJ Gurl
+ 'Oriental psych' on a boat + woodblock cover art
Oct 29, 2025
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"We felt an urge to speak out" + underpass recordings
+ Skai isyourgod heads to North America + "Beijing’s Cafe Oto"
Oct 15, 2025
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Dirty ambient + Dirty Fingers
+ the welcome return of experimentalists The river, Orchestration, Walkman!
Oct 1, 2025
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The best albums from China in 2025*
Yet another end of year list
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Here’s ~5 hours of Chinese ambient music
Chilled out tunes to soothe in tumultuous times
Mar 5, 2025
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Best of 2024*
A mix of some of the stand-out tracks from China in the last 11-and-a-bit months
Dec 18, 2024
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A beginner's guide to Chinese shoegaze
What if My Bloody Valentine were from Beijing? Or the Jesus & Mary Chain from Zhejiang?
Feb 21, 2024
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