Beijing Beats: Brazilian Producer Blancah, UK Vet DJ Zinc
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-body gyrating and some experiences you'd rather forget come Monday. Check the weekend's full list of nightlife events here (scan/extract QR code):
Friday, Oct 19
Get Connected Brazil Presents BLANCAh
An
established vet in her native Brazil, BLANCAh's instrumentals are
stripped-down and bass-heavy while remaining ever-so dancefloor-ready.
Get primed for what's sure to be an engrossing set with tracks like the
brooding and hypnotic "Axis" from her latest EP Osso or the chilling
string-laden "Urutau" from her 2016 LP Nest. RMB 80, RMB 50 (advance).
10.30pm. Lantern
DB Dancehall Soundsystem Volume 7
In
recent months, Aurora has built up a solid reputation for regularly
putting on dancehall and reggae-inflected sets, and the Sanlitun club
keeps that momentum going with this seventh installment in their DB
Dancehall Soundsystem series. General Huge, Sistakillah. L, DJ Shaba,
and Raw Hx will all be on hand to add some sizzling heat to your chilly
October evening. RMB 60. 9pm. Aurora
DJ Slushii
This
21-year-old, LA-based DJ and producer (also pictured at top) is not
only becoming a rising star in the EDM scene for his buoyant, boisterous
tracks but has also given voice to throngs of marginalized fans who
threw their support behind him after EDM titan Deadmau5 dismissed his
music "appealing only to listeners with autism," among other slurs.
Slushii took to Twitter to retort: "As someone who's actually on the
autism spectrum, this is really disappointing." Read more about their
beef in billboard.com, and prepare to get your heartstrings tugged by Slushii's
triumphant backstory in vice.com. RMB 150. 10pm. Sir Teen
Saturday, Oct 20
DJ Kampire
Bask
in the warm rays of DJ Kampire's unique electro-tropical bass music at
Dada this weekend. This Uganda-born DJ has built up a fanbase throughout
eastern Africa and further afield with frequent touring of her
feel-good sets to more than enthused crowds. To see a video of one of
her vibrant live sets (and also for a lengthy bio in Chinese), go to qq.com. RMB 60. 10pm. Dada
DJ Telephones
Get
ready to dial in and say hello to Telephones, the popular Norwegian DJ
and producer ringing in a new era of disco-indebted house that has taken
Scandinavia by storm. At his Dada gig this Saturday, you can expect to
hear soul-stirring, adrenaline-spiking tracks like "Datajungel". Or, for
an even better idea of what to expect when he steps behind the
turntables at the Gulou institution, check out Telephones' Boiler Room
Madrid live set in YouTube. Price TBA. 10pm. Zhao Dai
For all of this week's nightlife events, scan/extract the QR code below:
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