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ExtraSolarPodcast [XTRSLRP026] - Cvalda (Mist, China) ExtraSolarPodcast
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ExtraSolarPodcast #26 [XTRSLRP026]
Podcast number 26 comes from boss-lady Zhang Qi of Mist events in China. Our man Fearful just wrapped up his China tour after a couple of weeks on the road with the Mist crew and we thought we’d bring you a taste of what these guys are doing in the form of this wicked DnB mix from Cvalda. Fearful caught up with Cvalda following the tour to talk about events and the future of Mist.
You can check out the full interview here: https://goo.gl/X7mTwv
Q: You’ve been running the ‘Mist’ club nights in China for around 2 years now. Tell us a bit more about how you got into DnB and what made you decide to put on your own events?
“Yes, this November Mist will be 2 year old! It's really a shame that I wasn't really into this magic genre during the 90s (In China during the 90s the whole country was like it just awoke from a long dream, government started to develop economic, ppl started to explore the outside world, they want new music from west but could only see a very small part of it). I started with abstract hip-hop/downtempo/breakbeat etc. Around 2004, a German guy started to host DnB events in my city Chengdu. That was my first experience of DnB party. I loved it and I kept those feelings in my heart for a long time, so when I decided to produce music in 2009, I started to make some DnB tracks. A year after I became a DnB DJ.
About 3 years ago I found Homemade Weaponry sessions on Soundcloud randomly, I've been deeply touched by this kind of DnB and it's exactly what I'm looking for. After that I changed my style to minimal/experimental DnB and never went back. I was really lucky to have met Homemade Weapons himself during my vacation to New York last summer and earlier this year I brought this man who changed my music life to China and had an amazing tour with him.
I co-founded Chengdu's first underground club in 2006, and started to promote events since then, but the club closed down after 7 months coz the scene wasn't ready at that time. Hosting my own events was an idea in my mind for quite a long time, but I knew it would be a crazy stressful job so I didn't really do it, just helped friends to get gigs in Chengdu from time to time. 2 years ago Chris Dexta told me Arkaik will move to China soon. I really want more ppl in China to know this brilliant producer and this kind of DnB, so I founded MIST and made Arkaik's China tour happen.”
Q: You’ve been playing a few of your own productions during the tour, do you have plans to release them with any labels or even set up your own in the future?
“Some of them are released by a local label called Mintone Records which is mostly focus on jazzy hip-hop right now, I joined the crew when I started producing in 2009 but it's not a DnB label so I only released some DnB remixes for some of their artists. As far as I know there's no label focus on releasing DnB tracks in China at the moment. I want MIST to be the first one for sure but for now I'm running the brand by myself so time is a problem. If I'm ready with a finished an EP, I'll find a way to release it, haha.”
Q: Finally, can you tell us what you have planned for the future of ‘Mist’?
“This year we have one event with Fre4knc and a tour for Gremlinz to do. MIST will continue the workshop project - MistCamp/Beatmakers to help more local producers, hopefully we can release some DnB EP or a compilation in the future. And of course we will keep on bringing good underground DnB artists to China!”
Massive shout out to Cvalda! You can find more from her and keep up to date with Mist events via the links below:
www.soundcloud.com/Cvalda
www.facebook.com/CvaldaC
www.facebook.com/ILoveMist
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www.soundcloud.com/NoemaUK
www.soundcloud.com/Fearful
ExtraSolarPodcast #26 [XTRSLRP026]
Podcast number 26 comes from boss-lady Zhang Qi of Mist events in China. Our man Fearful just wrapped up his China tour after a couple of weeks on the road with the Mist crew and we thought we’d bring you a taste of what these guys are doing in the form of this wicked DnB mix from Cvalda. Fearful caught up with Cvalda following the tour to talk about events and the future of Mist.
You can check out the full interview here: https://goo.gl/X7mTwv
Q: You’ve been running the ‘Mist’ club nights in China for around 2 years now. Tell us a bit more about how you got into DnB and what made you decide to put on your own events?
“Yes, this November Mist will be 2 year old! It's really a shame that I wasn't really into this magic genre during the 90s (In China during the 90s the whole country was like it just awoke from a long dream, government started to develop economic, ppl started to explore the outside world, they want new music from west but could only see a very small part of it). I started with abstract hip-hop/downtempo/breakbeat etc. Around 2004, a German guy started to host DnB events in my city Chengdu. That was my first experience of DnB party. I loved it and I kept those feelings in my heart for a long time, so when I decided to produce music in 2009, I started to make some DnB tracks. A year after I became a DnB DJ.
About 3 years ago I found Homemade Weaponry sessions on Soundcloud randomly, I've been deeply touched by this kind of DnB and it's exactly what I'm looking for. After that I changed my style to minimal/experimental DnB and never went back. I was really lucky to have met Homemade Weapons himself during my vacation to New York last summer and earlier this year I brought this man who changed my music life to China and had an amazing tour with him.
I co-founded Chengdu's first underground club in 2006, and started to promote events since then, but the club closed down after 7 months coz the scene wasn't ready at that time. Hosting my own events was an idea in my mind for quite a long time, but I knew it would be a crazy stressful job so I didn't really do it, just helped friends to get gigs in Chengdu from time to time. 2 years ago Chris Dexta told me Arkaik will move to China soon. I really want more ppl in China to know this brilliant producer and this kind of DnB, so I founded MIST and made Arkaik's China tour happen.”
Q: You’ve been playing a few of your own productions during the tour, do you have plans to release them with any labels or even set up your own in the future?
“Some of them are released by a local label called Mintone Records which is mostly focus on jazzy hip-hop right now, I joined the crew when I started producing in 2009 but it's not a DnB label so I only released some DnB remixes for some of their artists. As far as I know there's no label focus on releasing DnB tracks in China at the moment. I want MIST to be the first one for sure but for now I'm running the brand by myself so time is a problem. If I'm ready with a finished an EP, I'll find a way to release it, haha.”
Q: Finally, can you tell us what you have planned for the future of ‘Mist’?
“This year we have one event with Fre4knc and a tour for Gremlinz to do. MIST will continue the workshop project - MistCamp/Beatmakers to help more local producers, hopefully we can release some DnB EP or a compilation in the future. And of course we will keep on bringing good underground DnB artists to China!”
Massive shout out to Cvalda! You can find more from her and keep up to date with Mist events via the links below:
www.soundcloud.com/Cvalda
www.facebook.com/CvaldaC
www.facebook.com/ILoveMist
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www.soundcloud.com/ExtraSolarMusic
www.soundcloud.com/NoemaUK
www.soundcloud.com/Fearful
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