Music that isn't soupy ballads?

xiao_liang
 March 02, 2010, 10:56 AM posted in General Discussion

Hiya

I know the chinese pop charts are half in love with soupy ballads (usually about doomed love), and half in love with bouncy korean/jpop/something similar.

Can anyone recommend any more "indie" style chinese music? Or am I hoping in vain? The only recommendations I've been sent have been either Fay Wong, Jay Choi, or some awful hair rockers right out of 1986 :)

Sx

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John
 March 03, 2010, 01:42 AM

Check out NeoCHA.  It's a site dedicated to the Chinese indie musician/artist scene!

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jing4ting2
 March 03, 2010, 04:22 AM

I highly recommend Soler's music.  

They compose the music, write the lyrics and each play numerous instruments.  Some of their songs are very Rock.  Some are more soulful, some are more Folk, and even others are rather Pop.  They mostly produce albums in Cantonese and Mandarin and English, but I have also seen them perform in their native Italian, as well as in Portuguese.

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xiao_liang
 March 03, 2010, 10:37 AM

Aha, thanks, I will check out Soler, and will sit down and try and plough through that site with my horrible chinese. Very excited to find something like that exists, thanks John!

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xiao_liang
 March 03, 2010, 08:51 PM

This site is absolutely BRILLIANT! I can't read a word of it, but I'm hearing some lovely stuff just clicking random links :) Thank you SO MUCH!

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sydcarten
 March 03, 2010, 09:47 PM

I've been trying for a while now, but I'm unable to connect with the NeoCHA server

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xiao_liang
 March 03, 2010, 09:54 PM

You're missing out! Found some fantastic stuff there. Now I just need to work out what the heck the site says so I can work out how to download any of it :)