Journal

Interviews

Explore Shanghai's cosmopolitan underground worlds through interviews with musicians, DJs, drag queens, event organisers and venue owners.  

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Lina K

September 11, 2025

This is actually how I've been listening to music since I am 11. So I've supported the first actually, yeah, the first so the MTV has that chart specifically dedicated to the electronic music.

Noctary

This explains what the Noctary is. 

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Feb 3 (Sat): Staying at Rainbow and first time out

September 15, 2025

We went out 23:30 first to a club called Tǎng. Hamza, a Moroccan guy who stays at Rainbow's place during the week, was playing there.