Blog Tag - DJs

Gate of the Nine Dragons: The Courtyard Art Space & Club Changing Dongsi’s Scene
"If you want underground indie music, we're doing real indie stuff here," Laurence J. Brahm, owner and proprietor of Gate of the Nine Dragons, jokes...
DJ Pancake Lee Remembers the Best of Aurora Ahead of Goodbye Party This Weekend
Earlier this week, Mexican restaurant and iconic tech-house club Aurora announced that it would be shutting its doors – but not before an all-out ...
Find a Little Beijing Bliss at the Bliss Festival This Weekend
Life in Beijing is rarely dull, but it can get pretty stressful. An event this weekend offers the chance to bust that stress and replace it with a...
Kenyan DJ Slikback Talks Bucking Against the Haters Ahead of Apr 29 Dada Set
What's a DJ's worst nightmare? If you're Slikback it's a club goer approaching you in the middle of one of your footwork and grime-laced instrumental...
Techno Star Trek: Berlin DJ Peter Kirn Talks Making Beats for the European Space Agency
Space: the final frontier. Berliner Peter Kirn is no stranger to the sounds of the great unknown given that he himself has harnessed them. Among many...
“Give Old Guys Like Me a Run for Their Money!” -Veteran DJ Nick Höppner Talks Passing the Torch
When it comes to big names in Berlin’s DJ scene, few loom as large as Nick Höppner. That’s due in no small part to his monthly residencies in the...
Interview with DJ Art Alfie Ahead of Mar 2 Zhao Dai Set
Think Beijing’s nightlife is rough and rowdy? Then you’ve never been to Stockholm. As DJ Art Alfie (performing at Zhao Dai on Mar 2) explains, the...
"Critics Aren’t Important" to Manchester Dj Trus’Me, Ahead of Zhao Dai Jan 26 Set
Just what makes Trus’me so trustworthy? The Manchester DJ, born David James Wolstencroft, adopted the alias for a fun but also pragmatic reason,...
"It Looks like a Gun and Has the Skin of a Snake!”: Temple Rat on Melding Techno and Tradition
When Mei Yuxin first spotted a traditional Chinese erhu fiddle, she thought: “What a very strange instrument! It looks like a gun and has the skin of...
Red Bull Champion ESKEI83 Wants "Everyone Raging and Bumping" at Jan 19 Set
Some DJs take great pains to create a perfect set. But 2014 World Red Bull Thre3style champion ESKEI83 isn't afraid to have his performance thrown...
From Meteor Craters to Zhao Dai: Swedish DJ Jessie Granqvist Talks Playing Sets the World Over
If you think enjoying a night out in Beijing can be tough, with the sporadic drug raids and closures of your favorite hotspots, then hopefully Jessie...
Mysterious Techno Artist Guan to Hit the Desk at Fruity Space, Dec 8
The mysterious and masked Hangzhou producer GUAN has been busy recently, unleashing his harsh, abrasive strain of electronica on clubgoers while...
Sooo Seoul-ful: Q&A with Leading Korean DJ Soolee ahead of Nov 10 Dada Set
Korean DJ Soolee is set to unleash his high-octane, electro-laced instrumentals on Beijing fans hankering for a taste of Seoul’s dance music scene on...
Old China Hand: Detroit-Born Expat Jason “DJ Jay 1, 2” Wilkins Talks Spinning Records In the Capital for 12 Years
Don't miss DJ Jay 1, 2's set on Oct 14 as part of the  2018 Beijing Pizza Festival, this Saturday and Sunday. If you’ve been to even a single event...
Beijing Beats: Antipop and Roska at Dada, C-Kay at Lantern, Non-Stop Golden Week at Zhao Dai
Beijing Beats brings you the best in Beijing nightlife each weekend so that you can soothe the woes of a long and stressful week with some out-of-...