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In August 2012, Genjing worked with one of the first [[expatriate]]s involved in the mid-1990s Beijing punk scene, [[Brain Failure|David O'Dell]], to host a charity punk-rock show and auction in association with Half the Sky, a Chinese charitable organization dedicated to poor rural children.<ref>[http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-09/21/content_15772204.htm China Daily USA | Rebel Yell | September 21, 2012]</ref><ref>[http://english.cri.cn/7146/2012/08/28/2702s719090.htm CRI English | The Sound Stage: Rocking For Good | August 28, 2012]</ref> |
In August 2012, Genjing worked with one of the first [[expatriate]]s involved in the mid-1990s Beijing punk scene, [[Brain Failure|David O'Dell]], to host a charity punk-rock show and auction in association with Half the Sky, a Chinese charitable organization dedicated to poor rural children.<ref>[http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-09/21/content_15772204.htm China Daily USA | Rebel Yell | September 21, 2012]</ref><ref>[http://english.cri.cn/7146/2012/08/28/2702s719090.htm CRI English | The Sound Stage: Rocking For Good | August 28, 2012]</ref> |
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On August 19, 2012, Genjing Records was featured on DIY punk fanzine [[Maximumrocknroll|Maximumrocknroll's]] weekly radio show.<ref>[http://maximumrocknroll.com/mrrradio-1310/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mrrradio-1310 MRR Radio #1310 | August 19, 2012]</ref> |
On August 19, 2012, Genjing Records was featured on DIY punk fanzine [[Maximumrocknroll|Maximumrocknroll's]] weekly radio show.<ref>[http://maximumrocknroll.com/mrrradio-1310/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mrrradio-1310 MRR Radio #1310 | August 19, 2012]</ref> In April 2013, the label spearheaded Mainland China's participation in [[Record Store Day|Record Store Day 2013]].<ref>[http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Music/19904/The-vinyl-revolution-Beijings-record-industry.html Time Out Beijing | The vinyl revolution: Beijing's record industry | Apr 3, 2013]</ref> |
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Since its inception, Genjing Records has issued over a dozen releases, including efforts from AM444, Demerit, [[Dear Eloise (band)|Dear Eloise]],<ref>[http://alteredzones.com/posts/1486/dear-eloise-castle/ Altered Zones | Dear Eloise: Castle | June 16, 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.dingusonmusic.com/2012/04/27/song-for-her/ Dingus | Review: Song For Her | April 27, 2012]</ref> Duck Fight Goose,<ref>[http://www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=13181/ MusicDish | Genjing Records Goes Vinyl With Duck Fight Goose's History 7" | Apr 20, 2012]</ref> the Fever Machine,<ref>[http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/nightlife/interview-dan-shapiro-the-fever-machine/ SmartBeijing | Interview: The Fever Machine | Nov 21, 2012]</ref> Gum Bleed, Round Eye,<ref>[http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=13325 Mi2N: Round Eye Pave the Way For Punk With Unique Elements And A Singular Sound | December 3, 2012]</ref><ref>[http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Blogs/17637/Review-Full-Circle-.html Time Out Beijing | Review: Full Circle | December 1, 2012]</ref> [[Snapline]], Wang Wen (罔聞),<ref>[http://www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=13328/ MusicDish | Split LP: Chinese Post-Rock Meets Swedish Experimental | Jan 1, 2013]</ref> and Fanzui Xiangfa.<ref>[http://encn.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/876202/chinese-anarchist-hardcore-punksters-fanzui-xiangfa-on-music ArtInfo | Chinese Hardcore Punk Rockers Fanzui Xiangfa on Using Music as a Weapon | Mar 8, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.jingdaily.com/beijing-vinyl-an-interview-with-genjing-records/23798/ Jing Daily | Beijing Vinyl: An Interview With Genjing Records | Feb 11, 2013]</ref> |
Since its inception, Genjing Records has issued over a dozen releases, including efforts from AM444, Demerit, [[Dear Eloise (band)|Dear Eloise]],<ref>[http://alteredzones.com/posts/1486/dear-eloise-castle/ Altered Zones | Dear Eloise: Castle | June 16, 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.dingusonmusic.com/2012/04/27/song-for-her/ Dingus | Review: Song For Her | April 27, 2012]</ref><ref>[http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/157748-dear-eloise-release-vanishing-winter-7-a.html AltSounds | News: Dear Eloise release Vanishing Winter 7" | Apr 3, 2013]</ref></ref> Duck Fight Goose,<ref>[http://www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=13181/ MusicDish | Genjing Records Goes Vinyl With Duck Fight Goose's History 7" | Apr 20, 2012]</ref> the Fever Machine,<ref>[http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/nightlife/interview-dan-shapiro-the-fever-machine/ SmartBeijing | Interview: The Fever Machine | Nov 21, 2012]</ref> Gum Bleed, Round Eye,<ref>[http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=13325 Mi2N: Round Eye Pave the Way For Punk With Unique Elements And A Singular Sound | December 3, 2012]</ref><ref>[http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Blogs/17637/Review-Full-Circle-.html Time Out Beijing | Review: Full Circle | December 1, 2012]</ref> [[Snapline]], Wang Wen (罔聞),<ref>[http://www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=13328/ MusicDish | Split LP: Chinese Post-Rock Meets Swedish Experimental | Jan 1, 2013]</ref> and Fanzui Xiangfa.<ref>[http://encn.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/876202/chinese-anarchist-hardcore-punksters-fanzui-xiangfa-on-music ArtInfo | Chinese Hardcore Punk Rockers Fanzui Xiangfa on Using Music as a Weapon | Mar 8, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.jingdaily.com/beijing-vinyl-an-interview-with-genjing-records/23798/ Jing Daily | Beijing Vinyl: An Interview With Genjing Records | Feb 11, 2013]</ref> |
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The label's international catalog includes releases by Cheap Stuff, [[Greg_Ginn#Libyan_Hit_Squad|Libyan Hit Squad]], SS20, Sick Times,<ref>[http://plastic-bomb.eu/cms/index.php/reviews/cds-a-vinyl/3625-sick-times--gum-bleed-split-10q Plastic Bomb | SICK TIMES/GUM BLEED: Split 10" | November 27, 2012]</ref> Tiny Ghosts and [[Tussle]]. |
The label's international catalog includes releases by Cheap Stuff, [[Greg_Ginn#Libyan_Hit_Squad|Libyan Hit Squad]], SS20, Sick Times,<ref>[http://plastic-bomb.eu/cms/index.php/reviews/cds-a-vinyl/3625-sick-times--gum-bleed-split-10q Plastic Bomb | SICK TIMES/GUM BLEED: Split 10" | November 27, 2012]</ref> Tiny Ghosts and [[Tussle]]. |
Revision as of 14:51, 4 April 2013
Genjing Records | |
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Founded | 2011 |
Founder | Nevin Domer |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | China |
Location | Beijing |
Official website | genjingrecords |
Genjing Records (simplified Chinese: 根茎唱片; traditional Chinese: 根莖唱片) is an independent record label that specializes in releasing vinyl recordings of Chinese musicians.
Launched in Beijing in March 2011, China's first vinyl-only record label was initially intended as a platform for founder Nevin Domer's hardcore band Fanzui Xiangfa (犯罪想法) to release and distribute their own recordings.[1] After realizing the large potential for a new independent record label, however, Domer determined that he could also help other independent Chinese musicians to release material on vinyl, a medium that had been rapidly gaining favor within the country's growing collector community throughout the mid-2010s.[2][3]
Since then, Genjing Records has shifted its mission statement to focus primarily on creating connections between China's DIY independent music community and its international counterparts, a process that is primarily facilitated by the release of split 7" records in cooperation with global partner labels and subsequent multinational tours in which bands criss-cross each other's countries.[4][5][6]
In August 2012, Genjing worked with one of the first expatriates involved in the mid-1990s Beijing punk scene, David O'Dell, to host a charity punk-rock show and auction in association with Half the Sky, a Chinese charitable organization dedicated to poor rural children.[7][8]
On August 19, 2012, Genjing Records was featured on DIY punk fanzine Maximumrocknroll's weekly radio show.[9] In April 2013, the label spearheaded Mainland China's participation in Record Store Day 2013.[10]
Since its inception, Genjing Records has issued over a dozen releases, including efforts from AM444, Demerit, Dear Eloise,[11][12][13]</ref> Duck Fight Goose,[14] the Fever Machine,[15] Gum Bleed, Round Eye,[16][17] Snapline, Wang Wen (罔聞),[18] and Fanzui Xiangfa.[19][20]
The label's international catalog includes releases by Cheap Stuff, Libyan Hit Squad, SS20, Sick Times,[21] Tiny Ghosts and Tussle.
Discography
Catalog | Band(s) | Title | Format | Release date |
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GR001 | Fanzui Xiangfa / Daighila | split | 7” | May 2011 |
GR002 | Fanzui Xiangfa / SS20 | split | 7” | May 2011 |
GR003 | Demerit / SS20 | split | 10” | July 2011 |
GR004 | Dear Eloise | Castle | 7” | July 2011 |
GR005 | Dear Eloise | Song for Her | 7” | July 2011 |
GR006 | Fanzui Xiangfa | Fanzui Xiangfa | 7” | Aug 2011 |
GR007 | Gum Bleed / Cheap Stuff / Flyx / rks | Fuck Society | 2x7” | Apr 2012 |
GR008 | Duck Fight Goose | History | 7” | May 2012 |
GR009 | Tiny Ghosts | Alien in a Box | 7” | June 2012 |
GR010 | AM444 / Tussle | Split Ends | 12” | July 2012 |
GR011 | The Fever Machine | La Chupacabra | 7” | Aug 2012 |
GR012 | Next Year's Love | Smash the Pink Bug | 7” | Aug 2012 |
GR013 | Dear Eloise | I’ll Be Your Mirror | 7” | Oct 2012 |
GR014 | Gum Bleed / Sick Times | split | 10” | Jan 2013 |
GR015 | Dear Eloise | Vanishing Winter[22] | 7” | March 2013 |
GR016 | Li Daiguo | Music for Advertisements | 7” | March 2013 |
GR017 | pg.lost / Wang Wen | split | 12” | March 2013 |
References
- ^ Time Out Shanghai | Shanghai's DIY Records | August 11, 2012
- ^ AWEH: Interview
- ^ Resident Advisor | Clubbing in Shanghai | November 28, 2012
- ^ City Weekend: Beijing | Retro Vinyl Revival | October 2, 2012
- ^ 无解专题: Record Store Day之Genjing Records创始人Nevin专访
- ^ Northwest Asian Weekly | Chinese punk rock band to rock out in the U.S. for the first time | August 11, 2011
- ^ China Daily USA | Rebel Yell | September 21, 2012
- ^ CRI English | The Sound Stage: Rocking For Good | August 28, 2012
- ^ MRR Radio #1310 | August 19, 2012
- ^ Time Out Beijing | The vinyl revolution: Beijing's record industry | Apr 3, 2013
- ^ Altered Zones | Dear Eloise: Castle | June 16, 2011
- ^ Dingus | Review: Song For Her | April 27, 2012
- ^ AltSounds | News: Dear Eloise release Vanishing Winter 7" | Apr 3, 2013
- ^ MusicDish | Genjing Records Goes Vinyl With Duck Fight Goose's History 7" | Apr 20, 2012
- ^ SmartBeijing | Interview: The Fever Machine | Nov 21, 2012
- ^ Mi2N: Round Eye Pave the Way For Punk With Unique Elements And A Singular Sound | December 3, 2012
- ^ Time Out Beijing | Review: Full Circle | December 1, 2012
- ^ MusicDish | Split LP: Chinese Post-Rock Meets Swedish Experimental | Jan 1, 2013
- ^ ArtInfo | Chinese Hardcore Punk Rockers Fanzui Xiangfa on Using Music as a Weapon | Mar 8, 2013
- ^ Jing Daily | Beijing Vinyl: An Interview With Genjing Records | Feb 11, 2013
- ^ Plastic Bomb | SICK TIMES/GUM BLEED: Split 10" | November 27, 2012
- ^ SmartBeijing | Dear Eloise: Vanishing Winter | March 29, 2013