Showcasing Electronic Music Producers from China or based in China.
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Gigi Lee started her music journey in the UK where she discovered a passion for house music while immersing herself in the local electronic music scene. She eventually moved back to Shanghai where she stands out with her unconventional attitude, fashionable vibes and distinctive voice.
During the summer of 2020 she released her first deep house track “No More” which was featured on “Best New Deep House" by Beatport. Since then Gigi Lee has been rapidly gaining recognition and attention from a wide range of media outlets including the leading fashion magazine Grazia, the world’s leading online female DJ magazine, Djane Mag, UK renowned electronic dance and clubbing magazine Mixmag and the one of the largest online video sites in the world, iQIYI.
In 2021, Gigi Lee signed on with Warner Music. She is more than thrilled to take it to the next level with the celebrated record label.
Music:
Street Tracks · G SPICE Feat Gigi Lee - No More (WO091) [clip]
As a DJ who can appear both day and night, she has long been active in Shanghai's iconic terrace parties and outstanding clubs in various cities in China. A label alone cannot interpret it, because her playlist covers the imagination of various scenes.
Whether it’s Downtempo/Deep House starting at dusk, or Nu Disco/Funky/Afro where the night is gradually warm and Groovy, or Progressive/Techno/Breaks that makes people sweat in the middle of the night, she can accurately grasp the moment. Atmosphere, the tension of music is used to create a more harmonious and broad sense of picture. Listeners can always find surprises in her Mixing.
Since the creation of the Internet radio station-"Slow Walk" in 2018, SISSI has shared more listening sets in this way. She wants to present the diversity of electronic music through different platforms and scenes. She believes that electronic music can not only be used for dancing, it can flow into any gap in life. https://music.163.com/radio/?id=350708063&userid=80910232
In 2019, SISSI began to produce with Parabola's ID. After the release of her single "Erratic", it attracted the attention of many music lovers. At the same time, it also brought her one of the few lofi house party performance opportunities in China.
Music:
Erratic by Parabola
As we are by Parabola
Panorama by Parabola
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After being immersed as a scratch DJ into the hip hop scene of the 2000′s Groovemiki move to more electronic sounds as producer. Based in Qingdao, he is a multi-talented music enthusiasts (DJ, Music Producer, Mixing and mastering, graphic designer, stage lightning, sound effect...)
Between producing musics for Chinese pop star, to play finger drumming in underground clubs, Groovemiki can show his skills and passion in a variety of ways.
Alex Wang is an Electronic Musician, DJ and sound designer. After finishing his Recording Arts degree in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, he moved to the United States to pursue his master degree at The Peabody Institute of Music. Then he moves to New York working in music for performance art and motion pictures. Currently, he based in Shanghai.
As a musician, His work explores the experimental and the underground, his productions run the gamut from ambient to club music, soundtracks for motion pictures and performance art. His debut EP ‘Black Dragon’ was released in 2017 on the critically- acclaimed Beijing-based label 'Do Hits', His tracks have been featured on Boiler Room, NTS Radio, and he currently maintains a DJ residency for Bristol’s Noods Radio.
A$UKA is one of the hottest DJ of Shanghai and been famous with playing Trap ,Twerk, Hiphop music and being called “Trap Queen China” by her fans.
She got the 3ed place of Pioneer DJ competition East of China in 2016. Been a guest DJ in different famous music festival like Strawberry , MIDI, DongHi, Beer Festival Shanghai during 2012 to 2016. And also joined DJ/producer competition of Storm Music Festival 2014, competed with other 5 excellent musicians on the stage. Invited as a guest DJ for Voice Of China music festival 2015. When the famous festival “Life In Color” came to China in 2017, she was chosen as the first one of Chinese DJs.
She is not only a DJ , also a 9 years street dancer ,and the first who promote Twerking Dance at Shanghai. More than this , she is studying music production for more then 2 years, released her first cooperation EP and singles.
A$UKA says, DJ is not just a music mixer ,but a music promoter , to introduce to the public more good music and lead them to love music. There are more than 15 cities have been left her footprint. Now She is cooperating with Chinese hot rappers ,In the future, she will keep her step to become a good musician and bring more good music to the public.
Swimful is the alias of English-born, Shanghai-based producer Jamie Charlton. Since the age of 17 he has been collaborating with artists as diverse as Bay Area legend Lil B, Dutch experimentalist Machinefabriek and Mixpak's Palmistry, forming a large body of work that spans grime, dancehall and ambient music.
After moving to Shanghai in 2014 he became a resident at the Shelter, had multiple guest spots on Rinse FM, received airplay on BBC Radio 1 and has been described both as "one of Shanghai's best producers" (Resident Advisor) and as making "some of the most exciting grime bits on the planet right now" (Mixmag).
DJ Pancake Lee aka Da Bing, has been DJing, producing and organizing events in Beijing’s electronic music scene since 2000. Pancake has blessed Beijing’s largest venues with his unique blend of pumping bassline and techy gooves. He has also spun at many alternative events such as the Ibiza Club PRIVILEGE World tour Beijing session and was once an MTV/CCTV guest DJ.
DJ Pancake Lee also founded DJ group “PENG” ,“B-SIDE”, "Acupuncture Records" and HAZE, a collaboration of Beijing’s top underground electronic DJs who have been supporting the scene since day one. They have successfully created several party series and keep making music, such as,<Disco体操>, , , ,<清晨的奥莉弗> and are continuing to spread good electronic music all around China with their quality sounds.
As the founder of Changsha’s only 2 venues dedicated to underground dance music, Midi and Club Resident, he has brought countless national DJs to Changsha to perform - Kobe Chen is the heart at the center of the growth in the popularity of dance music in Hunan province.
Kobe Chen has been on the scene for more than 19 years now, from the early days of disco to today’s modern club culture. His present sound takes heavy influence from minimal techno pioneered by the likes of Richie Hawtin; whether it be in a club or at a festival, Kobe has a philosophy of keeping the beats rolling and controlling the dancefloor via precision mixing and cultured song selection.
Kobe’s perserverance and love for electronic can be seen in the studio with world class productions; current focus has been on working solo as well as with local and national musicians and producers to create his debut live album.
“[Pyro created] a new bi-weekly playlist that will consists solely of Original Productions and Remixes created by artists in China. This is not limited Chinese, rather all producers based here aka Made In China! Also, ALL genres are welcome.”
Mickey Zhang is the leading figure in the growing Chinese Dance music scene. As a producer, DJ, event organizer and ambassador for the Chinese underground music scene, he has pushed forward the development of Electronic music in China, and remains one of the most in-demand Chinese DJs in Asia. As part of the first generation of Chinese electronic producer/Djs, Mickey was the first Chinese DJ to play at Berlin’s original Tresor Club, Amsterdam’s ADE, Spain’s SONA and France’s Midem Festivals, first producer to release an album of original work in China and first Chinese DJ to play at Wire Festival, Japan’s biggest techno party. More recently, Mickey has remixed Ken Ishii, and had his music featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
Originally from northwest China, Mickey’s family is certainly a musical one – his elder brother, mother and father are involved in Chinese Classical Music, Chinese Opera and Dance. At age 11 Mickey was accepted by the Beijing Dance Academy where he studied for six years. After graduating, Mickey joined a dance troupe in Guangzhou, travelled throughout China and was exposed to electronic music for the first time. After seeing Technasia perform live, Mickey moved to Beijing in 2000 and started on the road to becoming a DJ. A residency at Beijing’s legendary club Orange and support slots for international DJs like Laurent Garnier, Ken Ishii, Technasia and more soon followed. Mickey branched out into music production in 2002, remixing the World Cup Chinese theme song, producing music for television, and releasing an album which received excellent reviews in the Chinese media. In 2004 Mickey helped to establish an event planning company called o2 Culture, known in China for their groundbreaking "YEN" event series that has helped build the foundation of the Chinese electronic scene. Focused on highlighting local talent, Yen eschewed big name foreign stars in favor of rising DJs from around China, while attracting huge crowds to raves in warehouse spaces and even on the Great Wall of China.
Mickey may well be the Chinese Electronic music scene’s most travelled ambassador, having played in many countries around the world, all through Europe, Japan Thailand, Canada. For the 50th anniversary of Chinese-French diplomatic relation of 2004, Mickey was invited to France to play in four cities. In 2009, Mickey was invited to Canada to perform and speak about the Chinese music scene at Canadian Music Week. In 2010, Mickey moved to Berlin to explore the European scene and expand his musical horizons. Mickey and his older brother, Zhang Wei, are also hard at work on a new album featuring electronic beats, classical Chinese instruments and modern production.
May, grew up in Chengdu, began to learn Chinese folk music instrument - Erhu when she was 9 years old. Inspired by her passion for electronic music, She started to explore the combination of traditional Chinese folk music with electronic music. Where a new unique Chinese element is beautifully blended in her sound-trucks, She tried out in Chengdu underground scenes first, and was discovered by many producers, which led to many invitations to perform in Shanghai, Xinjiang, Kunming, Suzhou, During this time, people from other cultures started to recognize this creative artist, She was then invited to perform in France－(Château Perché Festival).Netherlands 2017 ADE Festival and other cities in Den Haag.
May is constantly polishing her skills to express her peculiar interpretation of Erhu and electronic music. She founded the brand “Temple Rat” in 2015 and played Erhu lively, Since then she and her music became unstoppable in numerous music scenes. The combination of strong eastern 44 frequency, nature, ancient rhyme and industrial rhythm has formed a unprecedented “May style”.
Dirty K is an electronic producer from Nanjing, also an active member of Genome Shanghai. This young talented musician has developed his career very fast through absorbing concept and sense from cutting-edge club music. He achieved support from many international producers like Endgame, Mobile Girl, Flora, and Slackk; his tracks were played in Rinse FM, Radar Radio, NTS Radio.
Diamond Lil is an electronic music producer and DJ from Ningxia who began her music career in Nanjing and based in Shanghai now.
Behind the decks, she moves rooms with tight blends of disco- and Chicago-influenced house, combining deep melodies with a real sense of swing. As a producer she writes music ranging from downtempo and melodic ambient to more groove-based dancefloor material.
Signed to Beijing's Ran Groove label(alongside acts like h_w_a, Knopha)，Diamond is also a new resident of club Elevator with the Co: Motion crew in Shanghai.
