On December 21 Nasty Wizard Recordings present a night of off-kilter beats and static drenched visuals at Dada Beijing, all in celebration of the release of a VHS/USB compilation of electronic artists from China and South Korea. The night will begin at 9p.m with a screening of the VHS compilation that features the music and visual of Goooooose, Last Boss, Noise Arcade, Loads Nothing, Fløøød, GUIGUISUISUI, TENGGER, and Yamagata Tweakster. Afterwards the line up of Huang Jin, Wavwave, Noise Arcade, and Fløøød shake the walls, as well as tape DJ sets from Nasty Wizard’s go-to selectors GUIGZ and Fancy Hobo. There will also be a merch table stocked with all the glorious products of Nasty Wizard Recordings, including the VHS compilation, audio cassettes, floppy disks, and other superannuated mediums you are probably unable to play.

Artists: Wavwave, Huang Jin, Noise Arcade, Fløøød, DJ GUIGZ/Fancy Hobo

Artists:

Wavwave

Wavwave is the new project of Xing Jiangbo, an electronic musician from Beijing, also known as iimmune. While respected in rock and indie circle as the guitarist of Glow Curve, a band that seamlessly weaves together post-rock, shoegaze, and experimental tendencies, the iimmune project has built a solid reputation for the ambient soundscapes and murky beats that pleasantly complement the dystopian realities of the Middle Kingdom’s urban centers. Wavwave is a new direction for Xing that focuses more on techno, club culture, and getting trashed girls to wave their hands in the air. The first EP will be released in Prajnasonic next year.

Huang Jin is an experimental musician who frequently crosses between genres, from noise to post-rock and everything in between. He was an early participant in the Chinese experimental scene, joining the experimental band Sound Toy in 2000, as well as establishing another experimental group called Another Two Comrades. Then in 2005 he formed the free-improv noise group D!O!D!O!D! with noise guitar extraordinaire Li Jianhong. Then in 2014 he formed the audio-visual crossover project Noise Temple, then in 2015 joined post-punk stalwarts Re-tros as their full time drummer. His set at the VHS comp release will weave together all these influences and experiences to bend genres and collide brain cells.

Noise Arcade

Noise Arcade is a solo, live electronic project that is based in Beijing. Over the past several years, Noise Arcade has toured China, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, and The Netherlands. In addition to touring, Noise Arcade has released a series of albums for several different labels including Nasty Wizard Recordings, Metaphysical Circuits, and Metal Postcard. The album called 'Selective Memory' recorded for Huashan Records based in Shanghai was selected by Smart Shanghai as one of the best albums for 2014.

Fløøød

Sailing the waves of analogue synthesis, Fløøød crafts his tracks and live sets on synthesizers and drum machines — sans laptop. The mesmerizing results meld analogue textures and sonic flavors, ranging from instrumental hip-hop to skweee to synthfønk. In 2006, Fløøød settled in Beijing, where he and DJ-producer Verktyget launched the 87非87 label and party series (87fei87.com), specializing in China-produced sub-100 bpm beats. Since, Fløøød has released tracks on various international skweee labels, including Innocuous Records, Ausland Schläge, Generation Skweee, and his own 87非87 label. His debut 7-inch vinyl, “Zugs/Zwangs”, was released on Innocuous Records with the video for “Zwangs” directed by Brooklyn-based video artist Desmond Williams.

DJ GUIGZ/ Fancy Hobo

DJ GUIGZ is the occasional side project of GUIGUI of experimental bands GUIGUISUISUI, Nekroma, and Death Fuck Abba ’89. For this event his set will mainly consist of hitting play on a cassette player and staring into the distance wondering where it all went wrong. Fancy Hobo is the DJ moniker of LiveBeijingMusic’s editor-in-cheif Will Griffith. His DJ set will include looking disheveled and playing underground music from the length and breadth of the People’s Republic of China.