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The History of Queer Parties in Taiwan

EnglishInterviewsMusic
·December 17, 2021·19 min read
Brian Hioe spoke to Levin Lo, or DJ Rainbowchild, a veteran of the queer party scene in Taiwan. Among other things, Rainbowchild was the DJ that played at the wedding banquet party that celebrated the legalization of gay marriage in Taiwan in May 2019, as the first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage. Rainbowchild currently DJs at Locker Room, CÉ LA VI Taipei, and other venues, having also DJed at the Werk parties, Fairy, and other venues Read More

Reconnecting Taiwan Post-COVID: A Conversation with Eden Hill Festival

EnglishMusic
·June 1, 2022·7 min read
Brian Hioe spoke to Rubben from Eden Hill about their festival, which was originally scheduled for April, but had to be rescheduled due to heavy rain. Eden Hill will take place in Hsinchu on the weekend of June 17th. The following article originally appeared on Electric Soul, a Hong Kong-based electronic music magazine and ticketing platform, on March 30th Read More

Non-Binary Taiwanese Drag King Stars In Netflix’s Midnight Asia

EnglishMusic
·February 11, 2022·10 min read
From buzzy soap operas and historical dramas to award-winning films, programming centered on Taiwan continues to proliferate across Netflix. The latest entry: an episode of “Midnight Asia,” a six-part docuseries by InFocus Asia celebrating the diverse nightlife found in Asian metropolises, such as Seoul, Mumbai, Tokyo, Manila and Bangkok. Episode 5 stars the incandescent city of “Taipei, Taiwan” after dark Read More

用電子音樂來推廣原住民文化:汝妮 Dungi Sapor訪談

ChineseInterviewsMusic
·November 26, 2021·1 min read
破土編輯丘琦欣採訪阿美族DJ汝妮 Dungi Sapor。原文於香港電子音樂雜誌 Electric Soul 11月3日刊登。 Read More

Best Taiwanese Indie Albums of 2021

EnglishMusic
·January 7, 2022·6 min read
New Bloom members Peter Freestone and Brian Hioe pick some of their favorite indie albums from 2021, mainly focusing on bands from Taiwan. ​This is the fourth in a series of Best Album lists compiled by New Bloom Read More

Thiann, lán ê kua-siann: ‘Listen to the Song of the People’

EnglishMusic
·May 6, 2022·10 min read
Historically overshadowed and politically marginalized, indie rock bands such as Sorry Youth have helped spark a revival of Taiwanese Hokkien rock and gain mainstream significance Read More

Breaking New Ground with a Shift Toward Ambient

EnglishMusic
·October 26, 2021·3 min read
Orientations 向位 breaks new ground for Mong Tong. As the title itself suggests, Mong Tong has indicated a clear new direction with Orientations 向位—with a strong shift toward ambient music. Nevertheless, despite the apparent shift in musical direction, Mong Tong’s new work also represents significant continuity with previous work, and it proves as evocative as ever Read More

Mutual Aid in Late Capitalism: Bad Times Disco’s Upcoming Screening of “Migrant Workers Rise” and Fundraiser

EnglishInterviewsMusic
·December 13, 2022·8 min read
Brian Hioe spoke to Ani Hao, who DJs as Ani Phoebe, and is a writer, feminist media strategist, as well as one of the founders of Bad Times Disco and New Wave, about Bad Times Disco's upcoming mutual aid fundraiser for migrant workers this Friday, December 16th at 7 PM in Hong Kong Read More

Double Happiness Vol. 5 Focuses on the Journey

EnglishMusic
·April 8, 2022·1 min read
Hong Kong's FuFu Records continues its streak of strong, environmentally-conscious compilations with Double Happiness Vol. 5. Again bringing together a range of well-known, talented Asian producers to raise money for an environmental cause, this time proceeds from the album will be donated to Seven Clean Seas for plastic offsetting in the ocean Read More

Sounds from the Future and Politics in the Space Created Around Music: An Interview with Simon Reynolds

EnglishInterviewsMusic
·April 8, 2023·29 min read
New Bloom's Brian Hioe and Florence Yi-Hsun Huang interviewed Simon Reynolds about his views on contemporary music and reflections on his seminal work on electronic music, Energy Flash, a quarter decade after its publication. Reynolds was visiting Taipei for a series of talks at C-LAB entitled "A Future Slowly Cancelled" Read More

Taiwanese Noise Legend Dino Passes Away at Age 45

EnglishMusic
·January 21, 2022·3 min read
Taiwanese noise legend Liao Ming-he, better known as Dino, passed away on Tuesday at age 45. Born in 1976, this proved an early death for someone who was viewed as a pioneer in the Taiwanese noise scene and one of its elder statesmen Read More

A Stylish, Humanistic Take on a Classic Franchise: A Review of Shin Kamen Rider

EnglishMusic
·June 22, 2023·3 min read
Shin Kamen Rider, the latest in Hideaki Anno’s “Shin” series reimagining Japanese classic television shows, is an effective action film and drama. If the film does not compare to the heights of 2016’s Shin Godzilla, it is still a cut above last year’s Shin Ultraman Read More
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