About us
Background
The team of ‘Rock in China’ (RiC) is committed to present the rock scene of China and to show the English speaking world that Chinese rock is existent and living. But we’re not stopping at plain rock! Whether it’s metal, punk, jazz, electro or hiphop, rockinchina.com is dedicated to give a clear picture about what is happening in the contemporary music scene of China.
Having started in April 2004 the page was first hosted at www.painkillermag.com, homepage of China’s first and biggest Heavy Music magazine, based in China. Together with Yu Yang, International Relations at Painkiller, Azchael (aka Max-Leonhard von Schaper) started the page name Metal in China giving a rough and short overview about the most known metal acts in Beijing.
Soon after, the page extended and extended with more and more information available online. Beginning to Middle of 2005 the page changed it’s approach and moved to its own domain www.rockinchina.com. With the new name, the focus of content changed from previous metal-concentrated content to now underground music in general with articles about Metal, Rock, Jazz, Electro, HipHop and Punk.
At the end of 2005, the underlaying structure of rockinchina.com finally moved from plain HTML files to a content management generated php approach with databases for bands and events used by persons from all over the world.
Now, at the start of 2007, RiC is available as Podcast, Blog, Wiki system, gig database, communication forum, festival announcement board (incl. backstage reports) and much more… welcome to Rock in China.
Available information
- Band database with more than 200 bands which are going to be consolidated in this Wiki
- Event database with upcoming gigs in Beijing, Shanghai and various other cities
- City Scene Reports
- Articles about the music development (incl. MA thesis articles)
- Tour diaries by foreign bands in China
- Extensive BBS forum
- MP3 download archive with links to dozends of band samples
- Photo gallery with photos of Greenwall, Little Sweet Rancid, Yiren Katoshi, Sweetdie, Joychen, Azchael and others
- Introductions to Records labels, magazines, websites, festivals, etc.
- All information available in English
How to contact us
Just send me an email to mlvonschaper AT yahoo.de
External Link
- Rockinchina.com : Main Page
- Rockinchina @ WordPress : RiC Blog
- RSS of RiC Radio Podcast
October 10, 2006 at 1:15 pm |
(das folgende hatte ich schon mal gepostet… bin mir aber nicht sicher ob es angekommen ist…)
Hi Max,
danke für dein Kommentar auf lihai.de. Ich bin die letzten Tage leider mit allem möglichen beschäftigt gewesen (was kommt nach dem Studium?) und habe die Seite ein wenig vernachlässigt. Über eure Seite bin ich schon vor einer Weile gestolpert; wenn du dir die Beschreibung zum Link auf der linken Seite anschaust siehst du meine Begeisterung. Den RockinChina-Blog werde ich auch noch zu den Links hinzufügen.
Keep up the good work,
Gruß,
Rene
May 1, 2007 at 2:11 pm |
Our band “The Deadly Vibes” will tour China this summer.
Any help promoting the show would be great!!
You can find us on http://www.myspace.com/thedeadlyvibes
or email and I will send our press kit.
Thank you!
Jerrod Long
thedeadlyvibes@hotmail.com
06/1 Beijing 2kolegas w/Arrows made of desire
06/2 Beijing D-22 w/ p.k.14 Scoff, Casino demon
06/3 xian TBA
06/4 Shuang Xi TBA
06/7 changsha 6498
06/8 Wuhan Vox bar
06/9 Shanghai Eno shop (afternoon)
06/9 shanghai Yu yin Tang w/Queen sea Big shark
06/10 nanjing Castle Bar w/ July 16th, Angry jerks
September 27, 2007 at 10:54 am |
hi im a music producer from canada but now im in china guangzhou i would like to do production for chinese artists and i think it would be great to have a western production mixe whit chinese maybe you can contact me at 13434286694 i did many album in canada and im looking foward to work whit chinese
March 10, 2008 at 6:40 am |
Dear Max,
This is Clare Li from eChineseLearning in Beijing,China. I’m impressed by your blog. We would like to offer you some free 1 on 1 live Chinese lessons online to help you to get to know China better. Of course, we would love to hear your comments about our service.
Please let me know if you’re interested. Looking forward to your reply.
Thanks,
Clare L
July 22, 2008 at 1:39 pm |
do contact us at
http://www.jyjmusic.com
August 21, 2008 at 7:15 pm |
Definitely up your alley:
http://www.vbs.tv/
“rock under the red flag”…hope you get it in china
August 21, 2008 at 9:55 pm |
Thanks for the link. Great stuff! i especially like the PK14 video… matsch
March 11, 2009 at 8:42 pm |
Just a line to introduce ourselves and to see if we can provide with some Pictures and words from this years Glastonbury festival. We are a freelance photographic agency and are always seeking new clients and outlets for our work.
We have applied for media press passes and if granted passes we can shoot the bands, backstage, press conferences, general crowd scenes odd ball acts etc etc The whole event.
I can send more info about us via our FTP site as its 12Mb and email hates big files.
Let me know if you would like us to cover GLASTONBURY 2009
September 28, 2009 at 11:13 am |
Hi! Great blog, great info. I’m planning on visiting China in December, I have some emails can you hit me with an email of phone? I have lots of questions, and you seem to be the people who know!