UIGHUR POPHaving a sweet and insatiable alienation towards any...
Published: December 06, 2015
<img src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/b3d464ded3a0a995560ba5f5dac62eb1/tumblr_nyy3kwMCv21qbwu5zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h2>UIGHUR POP</h2><p>Having a sweet and insatiable alienation towards any kind of balloon-provoking music coming from Japan or having something to do with it, it is rather unfair that Japan usually gets the better pie piece of attention. Yet China, in a world almost devoured by its politicians, gets a very small share. Hearing a few admiring voices here and there makes us feel there is a freakish and extraordinary river of talents running under the asphalt in Beijing, Guangzhou or Taipei, let alone Shanghai which pretty much has its own universe.</p><p>Following the now-half-erased footsteps of one of our own favorite discoveries on this blog, The Offset: Spectacles, has led us to another canto-psych band called <a href="https://hotcold.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Hot & Cold</a>. They are definitely going nowhere chart-topping with that title (because Google! And we doubt if they are ever intending to grow a corporate identity from their music), but a similar and captivating scent of lo-fi/analog noise with Dirty Beaches inclinations (or perhaps the other way around) is easily identified. Hot & Cold’s latest album <i>Border Area</i> dates back to 2012 and is credited to Yang Fan and Cheuk Ki Tom Ng and recorded in Beijing.</p><p>“Uighur Pop” was, back in the days, handpicked and promoted by the band’s record label <a href="https://soundcloud.com/rose-mansion-analog" target="_blank">Rose Mansion Analog</a> who also happened to accommodate The Offsets and Dirty Beaches.</p>
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<p>(Photo source: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahiram/10854670675/" target="_blank">Jeremy O'Sullivan</a>)</p>
