Josh Feola
Writer and editor with a decade of experience. My work focuses on culture, especially music and art. I've written extensively about subcultures in China, where I lived from 2009-2020. As a writer, editor, curator, and producer I've consistently shaped constructive narratives about the role that culture plays in community formation and international exchange. My insight and expertise have been sought by outlets including MIT Technology Review, Dazed, The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, Artsy, and Variety. Living in my hometown, San Antonio, Texas.
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Features
- Unlimited Editions - WV Sorcerer Productions: "The label has drawn a wide circle still roughly triangulated by metal, noise and freeform psychedelic improv. Its diverse slate of releases is united by the singular, foreboding aesthetic created by Ruotan, a designer by trade whose work preserves a handcrafted feel in the era of mostly online labels." (The Wire, April 2023)
- Santiago Jimenez, Jr. Keeps Conjunto Tradition Alive : Profile of San Antonio legend and conjunto scion Santiago Jimenez Jr: "Conjunto is a celebratory form that has persisted for a century now, and will continue because it makes people happy, and makes people move. It’s muscle-powered dance music that’s allergic to discord." (Bandcamp Daily)
- Global Ear - Llano Estacado: A dive into the punishing sublime of the Llano Estacado feat. interviews with Andrew Weathers & Gretchen Korsmo (Wind Tide/Full Spectrum Records), CO-Opt, CC Sorensen, and Hayden Pedigo. Print only. (The Wire, November 2021)
- Body Language: profile of Naxi composer Chunyang Yao (The Wire, June 2021)
- An Introduction to San Antonio’s Roots-Inflected Alternative Country Scene (Bandcamp Daily)
- 3AM ETERNAL: Making sounds for an accelerated future, the “fast, violent and vital” scene at Shanghai’s ALL Club is launching dance music into a new unknown (DAZED)
- Chicano Artists Challenge How We Remember the Alamo (Artsy)
- The Briscoe is Trying to Update How We Visualize the American West (Glasstire, 2020/12/18)
- San Antonio Arts Institutions Unite for CAUSA Initiative to Combat Covid-19’s Economic Impact (Glasstire, 2020/10/17)
- A Rarely Seen Chinese Minority Culture on View at the San Antonio Museum of Art (Glasstire, 2020/10/17)
- Inner Vistas: San Antonio artist Charlie Kitchen’s “On the Mountain at Dawn” (Glasstire, 2020/09/02)
- Club Seen: Teom Chen (RADII, 2020/05/04)
- “Design Mutator” Duyi Han Celebrates Hubei Medical Workers with Stunning Church Murals (RADII, 2020/02/17)
- Club Seen: chillchill (RADII, 2019/12/12)
- With Ambitious New “Iconography Thesaurus,” London’s V&A Museum Aims to Create a “Conceptual Map” of Chinese Art (RADII, 2019/11/19)
- Club Seen: The8Immortals (RADII, 2019/10/31)
- Club Seen: Asian Dope Boys (RADII, 2019/08/15)
- Chen Tianzhuo Blends Religion and Rave Culture (Artsy, 2019/08/09)
- UCCA Facilitates “President-to-President” Exchange with Major Picasso Show (RADII, 2019/07/02)
- China’s tech boom has inspired a wave of internet-related art (MIT Technology Review, 2018/12/19)
- As Tech-Fueled Capitalism Accelerates, a New Exhibition Asks What’s Next (Artsy, 2018/08/13)
- 5 Beijing Art Spaces Providing Alternatives to the White Cube (Artsy, 2018/08/01)
- Paradise Systems is Bringing the “Reality-Bending Features” of Chinese Comics Overseas (RADII, 2018/08/01)
- Masterful Xu Bing Retrospective Inaugurates UCCA’s Newly Expanded Great Hall (Artsy, 2018/07/24)
- Beijing Galleries Given 13 Days to Relocate Ahead of Government-ordered Demolition (Artsy, 2018/07/20)
- “Like a Cyborg Mutant”: Multimedia Artist Jiafeng Digests Modern China (RADII, 2018/07/12)
- Chicano Artists Challenge How We Remember the Alamo (Artsy, 2018/07/09)
- Wu Qingyu on Bridging “the Universal and the Specific” in her Bicultural Designs (RADII, 2018/06/21)
- Between the Lines of Beijing Comics Zine Hole in the Wall (RADII, 2018/06/12)
- Open Sesame Magazine is Curating “Weird Taobao” (RADII, 2018/05/24)
- Beijing’s New Art Fair Attracts International Mega-Galleries (Artsy, 2018/05/22)
- As Government Pushes Neighboring Businesses Out, One Beijing Art Space Perseveres: a profile of Arrow Factory at its 10th anniversary (Artsy, 2018/05/10)
- “Playing Games with Taboo”: Tony Cheung on Art, China, and “Endless Physical Satisfaction” (RADII, 2018/04/26)
- Mindful Indulgence: Lu Yang’s Art as Spiritual Entertainment (Sixth Tone/RADII, 2017/11/04)
- A Voice from the Natural World: how Shanghai artist Yu Ji has incorporated found sound and sound art(ists) into her work (LEAP, Fall/Winter 2017)
- Echoes and Inversions: Basquiat in Beijing: how Basquiat's work has influenced and is echoed in the work of a few Beijing artists (LEAP, Fall/Winter 2017)
- Chinese Art Provokes Innovation, Protests and Censorship Abroad: WeChat at the V&A, Ai Weiwei in Washington Square Park, and China at the Guggenheim (RADII, 2017/09/28)
- Artists Fight Back Against Beijing’s ‘Renovation’: Some creative responses to the current wave of hutong bricking (Observer, 2017/07/10)
- Hutong Babel: Profile of Hutong Pi (一派胡同), a new art space/collective with a mission to preserve and explore hutong culture (Time Out, 2017/05/24)
- Inner City Beijing Is Being Drained of Character: Trying to understand the current wave of demolitions/renovations in Beijing's hutong (Observer, 2017/05/10)
- Chinternet art primer: Short intro to Chinese post-internet artists/platforms Lu Yang, Miao Ying, Lin Ke, Wang Changcun, Culture Pavilion (Time Out, 2017/04/27)
- Sinofutures: The future might be Chinese, but it's not necessarily human. On Lawrence Lek's 'Sinofuturism', China as AI, his Nøtel collaboration w/ Kode9, et al (Time Out, 2017/04/01)
- Photographer Ren Hang Filled Chinese Culture Void for Urban Youth: On how Ren Hang defied stereotype & defined a generation through his lens (Observer, 2017/03/30)
- Avant-garde Chinese art in retrospect: Review of a comprehensive and bewildering time capsule of avant-garde Chinese art from the archives of Wen Pulin (Time Out, 2016/12/07)
- Andy Warhol: Contact: a sustained meditation on Andy Warhol, selfie culture, Beijing, and "length" as both distance and time (Time Out, 2016/09/14)
- Ai Weiwei: Triple Shot: On Ai Weiwei, "Ai Weiwei", and #Aiweiwei in light of his eponymous, debut China solo show at Tang Contemporary/Galleria Continua (SmartBeijing, 2015/06/10)
- Time Served: An Interview with Li Yueyang: Profile of former gang leader, ex-convict, and self-taught artist Ah Yang from Dongguan in light of his solo exhibition at Beijing's Arrow Factory (SmartBeijing, 2014/10/15)
- Infiltration Index: Gulou's Street Writers: An interview with ZATO and EKSAS, two of Beijing's most ubiquitous graffiti bombers (SmartBeijing, 2013/11/14)
- Inner Mongolian Metal Band Nine Treasures Returns with Retrospective Album (Bandcamp Daily, 2021/03/19)
- Interview: Xper.Xr, Hong Kong experimental musician (Tone Glow, 2020/12/09)
- Interview: Rosé, BLACKPINK (Dazed, 2020/12/09)
- Taiwanese Film Composer Lim Giong Revives a Cult Classic in New Tribute Compilation (Bandcamp Daily, 2020/10/22)
- ‘Sunday is for oldies’: Local DJs put a new spin on San Antonio’s Westside sound (San Antonio Report, 2020/10/18)
- A Guide to Chicano Soul on Bandcamp (Bandcamp Daily, 2020/10/05)
- Hong Kong’s QQBBG is crafting a pastel idol fantasy for the COVID era (Mixmag, 2020/09/16)
- A Brief Spin through Kawabata Makoto’s Eclectic Sonic Universe (Bandcamp Daily, 2020/09/11)
- Pisitakun lends his hard-edged sound to Thailand’s pro-democracy protests (Mixmag, 2020/09/09)
- Lao Dan: The Disruptive Student: The Chinese multi-instrumentalist blends formal training with strategies of unlearning to create stark and physically demanding works (The Wire, 2020/09/01)
- Unlimited Editions: Profile of Yogyakarta net label Yes No Wave Music (The Wire #436, June 2020)
- Revolutionary Movements: The meditative cycles of cellist and artist Sheng Jie explore possibilities of new worlds (The Wire #435, May 2020)
- Shanghai Community Radio models how to congregate during a crisis (The Wire, 2020/04/09)
- Chinese artists incorporating/remixing traditional instruments & folk musics (Bandcamp Daily, 2020/04/02)
- Amidst Coronavirus Lockdown, Musicians in China Livestream the Party (RADII, 2020/02/12)
- K-pop Idol Jackson Wang Journeys West (FLAUNT, 2019/12/31)
- The Best Chinese Music of the Decade, Via Its Most Influential Record Labels (RADII, 2019/12/13) — with Jake Newby & Fan Shuhong
- Not Just an “Asian Rapper”: MC Jin Talks Identity, Politics, and China (RADII, 2019/12/03)
- Get to Know Gong Gong Gong, Beijing’s Hottest New Experimental Rock Band (Bandcamp Daily, 2019/10/10)
- Rich Brian Does Battle With His Former Self (SIZE, 2019/10/01)
- Leah Dou (DAZED, A/W 2019)
- Global Ear: Hong Kong ( The Wire #428, October 2019)
- Gabber Modus Operandi Galvanize Indonesian Folk Into Feverish Footwork (Bandcamp Daily, 2019/08/12)
- Emergent Systems: Shanghai artists 33EMYBW and Gooooose find echoes of traditional song in the digital backwash of networked chatter (The Wire #426, August 2019)
- Shanghai Noise Act Torturing Nurse on 15 Years of Hard Wear and Harsh Noise (RADII, 2019/06/24)
- A Brief Guide to Metal In China (Bandcamp Daily, 2019/05/01)
- 10 Years of Sound from Shanghai’s YEHAIYAHAN, aka ChaCha (RADII, 2019/04/24)
- A Decade of Sound from Jeff Kai-Luen Liang, aka Soulspeak (RADII, 2019/04/10)
- Global Ear: Hangzhou ( The Wire #422, April 2019)
- A Taste of China's Black Metal Renaissance (RADII, 2019/03/29)
- “A Pivotal Moment in Asian Music History”: 88rising Founder Talks Higher Brothers and Worldwide Flex (RADII, 2018/02/26)
- Essential Playlist of Chinese New Year Bangers (RADII, 2019/01/29)
- 3AM ETERNAL: Making sounds for an accelerated future, the “fast, violent and vital” scene at Shanghai’s ALL Club is launching dance music into a new unknown (DAZED, Winter 2018)
- In a City of High-Rises, Hong Kong’s Absurd TRAX Builds from Ground Zero (Bandcamp Daily, 2018/11/20)
- Fauxe: an introduction to the Singaporean beatmaker and his latest album IKHLAS (The Wire #415, September 2018)
- A New Community for Hong Kong’s Underground Music Scene (HKCR/Absurd TRAX interview) (RADII, 2018/08/08)
- Inside the Studio (and Instruments) of China’s Electronic Music Pioneer (RADII, 2018/07/31)
- Brief Introduction to Traditional Mainland Southeast Asian Music (Bandcamp Daily, 2018/07/19)
- Wire Playlist: Mongolia's Rock Diaspora (The Wire, 2018/06/20)
- Mongolian Rock: how traditional Mongolian sounds are being incorporated into contemporary forms by artists in Ulaanbaatar and Beijing (The Wire #413, July 2018)
- "New Brains Want their Music Louder": feature on Russian producer/DJ Nina Kraviz playing the Great Wall of China (WePresent, 2018/05/31)
- Sound Between Worlds: Eternal Dragonz Interview (RADII, 2018/05/23)
- Hong Kong Tastemaker Riz Farooqi Wants You to Hear More Asian Hardcore Music (Bandcamp Daily, 2018/05/14)
- Shanghai Singer and Producer ChaCha’s Bold Reinvention (RADII, 2018/05/05)
- New Weird China: Interview with South Acid Mimi Dance Team (RADII, 2018/03/01)
- Li Jianhong and Wei Wei: feature-length profile of the duo, focusing on Li's long history as a pioneer of China's experimental music vanguard (The Wire #406, December 2017)
- Bugged Out: The Humanoid Machine Music of Shanghai Artists Han Han and 33EMYBW (RADII, 2017/11/22)
- These Experimental Labels Seek New Musical Forms in Beijing and Shanghai: profiling recent output from Zoomin' Night, Yan Jun, Han Han, 33emybw, Wang Changcun, and the play rec label (Bandcamp Daily, 2017/11/03)
- Chinese Vaporwave Sampler (RADII, 2017/10/19)
- Shanghai Community Radio: A Multi-Stream Radio Station for 21st-Century Shanghai (RADII, 2017/09/27)
- These Artists and Labels are Creating a Space for Underground Music in Taipei: profiling Sonia Calico, Under U, Tzusing, and the Lonely God label (Bandcamp Daily, 2017/09/07)
- Global Ear: Dali: Roundup of a few artists, albums, venues coming from Dali of late (The Wire #401, July 2017)
- Yang Haisong Is Producing a New Generation of Underground Chinese Rock: A brief tour through the P.K.14 frontman's extensive production catalog (Bandcamp Daily, 2017/05/25)
- The Sound of Sinofuturism: On Sinofuturism in music, with examples by Jason Hou (Do Hits), Duck Fight Goose, and Kode9/Lawrence Lek (Douban Music, 2017/04/11)
- Beijing’s Do Hits Label is Forging China’s New Club Sound: Depth profile of electronic music label Do Hits, with insights from label members Howie Lee, Guzz, Jason Hou, Veeeky, Cain, and Bohan Phoenix (Bandcamp Daily, 2017/03/29)
- Producer Kartik Pillai On How The Caste System Affects Indian Music: Conversation with the producer and multi-instrumentalist on the Delhi sound, his solo project Jamblu, and his bands Begum and Peter Cat Recording Co. (Bandcamp Daily, 2017/03/16)
- 9 Labels that Define the Underground Club Sound in China: An overview of the labels, collectives and crews cutting a new space for underground electronic music in mainland China over the last few years (Electronic Beats, 2017/03/01)
- South Africa’s ‘Gqom’ Club Sound is Hard to Describe, Easy to Feel: Profile of gqom, a form of "apocalyptic riot music" (and club tunes) from South Africa, including quotes from Durban producer DJ Lag and Gqom Oh! label founder Nan Kolè (Bandcamp Daily, 2017/02/02)
- Beijing’s Skinheads: A Small Band of Punks Stands Out By Looking Alike (ChinaFile, 2016/10/05)
- The Underground Sound Rising Up From China’s Cities: Tracing how Beijing, Shanghai and Dalian have shaped recent albums from rock bands Chui Wan, Duck Fight Goose, and DOC (Sixth Tone, 2016/09/07)
- Pipa Dreams: Profile of China-based multi-instrumentalist Li Daiguo and his 2016 solo pipa album Li Shurui (The Wire #390, Aug 2016)
- Beijing Sound As Art: Exploring several projects from 2003-2016 that treat the sound of Beijing as a medium in itself, including works by Christiaan Virant (FM3), Clive Bell, and Jason Kahn (Time Out, 2016/04/07)
- Sinogrime Primer: Parsing a non-genre that nevertheless signifies some sociocultural baggage present in the current alt-club zeitgeist (Time Out, 2016/03/03)
- 10 Chinese Cassette Labels Leading a Tape Resurgence: Annotated list of ten cassette labels formed in China from 2010 to today (Electronic Beats, 2016/02/08)
- Notes from the Underpass: Going rogue with Beijing's young crop of itinerant experimental musicians at a public underpass near Sanyuanqiao (SmartBeijing, 2015/09/21)
- Mixed Signals: DJ HVAD vs. Beijing: A recap of Danish-Indian producer DJ HVAD (aka Hari Kishore)'s tumultuous two-day mini-tour of Beijing (LEAP, 2015/04/08)
- Open Matrix: Zoomin' Night at Five Years: A profile of the long-running experimental music weekly Zoomin' Night and its founder, Zhu Wenbo (LEAP, 2014/10/28)
- Torturing Nurse: Shanghai’s audience abusing noise unit inflict their agony on the UK (The Wire #365, July 2014)
- Global Ear: Delhi: Entering the city's electronica underground (The Wire #363, May 2014)
- 100 Flowers: Yan Jun: Depth profile of the Subjam label founder, poet and sound artist (Tiny Mix Tapes, 2012/08/16)
- The genesis of underground Chinese music, 1986-1999: A history of Chinese underground music/rock'n'roll from Cui Jian to the end of the 20th century (Tiny Mix Tapes, 2012/03/09)
- Global Ear: Beijing: Fishing for noise at Beijing alternative music venue Raying Temple (The Wire #329, July 2011)
- A Spectacular Exit: A critical recap of Yan Jun's year-long experimental music performance series at Beijing's UCCA museum (LEAP, 2011/02/20)
- Fifth-Gen Filmmaker Peng Xiaolian Passes Away at 66 (RADII, 2019/06/19)
- Cannes Winner Qiu Yang on the Outsize Impact of Small-Town Stories (RADII, 2019/06/10)
- "The Internet Giveth, the Internet Taketh Away": Director Hao Wu on his film People’s Republic of Desire (RADII, 2018/05/08)
- Three Chinese Filmmakers Making the International Festival Rounds: brief profiles of Cathy Yan, Hao Wu, and Chloé Zhao (RADII, 2018/05/03)
- Chinese Action Flick “Operation Somalia” Begins Production with Die Hard 2 Director On Board (RADII, 2018/04/11)
- Two Chinese Films Selected for MoMA New Directors Showcase (RADII, 2018/03/29)
- “Our Own Cinematic Language”: Beijing Director Yang Mingming on Her Debut Feature Film (RADII, 2018/03/07)
- The Emoji Movie Makes a Lot More Sense in China (RADII, 2018/01/02)
- Reality Show The Rap of China Exposes Generational Fault Lines Among Chinese Youth (RADII, 2017/09/07)
- Beyond Techno-Orientalism: An Interview with Logic Magazine’s Xiaowei R Wang (RADII, 2019/05/07)
- Listen: “艾娲,” an AI-Composed Album of Chinese Music (RADII, 2018/09/12)
- Watch a 1980 Video of Tian Jinqin, “Originator of Chinese Electronic Music” (RADII, 2018/04/23)
- China Exports Facial Scan Tech to Zimbabwe, Launches First “AI Technology Entry to Africa” (RADII, 2018/04/16)
- Shenzhen Maker Naomi Wu on Her Growing Profile in Chinese Tech (RADII, 2018/04/12)
- A Guide to the Coming Chinese Tech IPOcalypse: upcoming IPOs including Xiaomi, Huya, iQIYI & Bilibili (RADII, 2018/03/14)
- Code Composer Wang Changcun on the Interaction Between Art & AI (RADII, 2018/03/06)
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Met in China With Cheers, Ads, Defensive Posturing (RADII, 2018/02/08)
- China Clones Monkeys, “Races Ahead” in Gene Editing (RADII, 2018/01/25)
- New Joint Projects with Google, V&A Museum Legitimize Tencent on World Stage (RADII, 2018/01/20)
- Trump, China and Twitter: Chinese Netizens React (RADII, 2017/11/09)
- Unmanned AI Police Station to Open in Wuhan (RADII, 2017/11/08)
- Will Live.me Bring China-Style Live-Streaming to the US? (RADII, 2017/10/31)
- Inside the Very Strange World of Deep Taobao (RADII, 2017/10/18)
- NGOs and Biotech Startups Offer Different Solutions to Rhino Poaching (RADII, 2017/09/29)
- Chinese Robots Are Coming: a peek inside China's burgeoning consumer robotics industry (RADII, 2017/09/08)
- “One Million Girl Coders by 2030”: interview with Senegalese entrepreneur Mariéme Jamme (RADII, 2017/09/01)
- How China is Leading Genetic Tech (RADII, 2017/08/22)
- The Chinese underground music scene lives on social media—but not on the platforms the rest of the world uses (Observer, 2017/02/21)
- Singles’ Day Celebrates China’s Most Prized Demographic: The Unattached (Observer, 2017/01/05)
- The New NBA Season is Streaming in China… Kind Of (RADII, 2019/10/24)
- Despite Tense Atmosphere, Shanghai Fans Turn Up in Droves for NBA Exhibition Game (RADII, 2019/10/11)
- Following “South Park” and the NBA, is “Fortnite” Next on the Chopping Block? (RADII, 2019/10/10)
- “I’ve Always Known My Journey Would End in China”: Jeremy Lin’s Off-Season Grind Benefits Chinese Youth (RADII, 2019/08/14)
- Fuzhou to Host 2020 UNESCO World Heritage Committee as China Overtakes Italy for Most Listed Sites (RADII, 2019/07/15)
- Why Did China Just Lift a 25-Year Ban on Rhino Horn? (RADII, 2018/10/31)
- Author Xueting Christine Ni Explains the Culture Behind China’s Crowded Pantheon (RADII, 2018/05/30)
- Gulou View: Monthly column with Michael Pettis for the New York Observer, 2015-2017. Highlights: On hutong gentrification (1, 2); On weirder strains of 21st century Chinese fiction (1, 2); China’s Great Firewall Blocks Protests and Music Alike
- Travel: Underground or off-grid wanders in Erlian (Chinese city on the border with Mongolia), Seoul, Dalian, Kowloon
Audio
- Geocinema: soundtrack music for experimental documentary about "planetary-scale sensory networks as a vastly distributed camera" by Strelka Institute (Jun 2018)
- AAA Cargo: sound design/soundtrack for experimental OBOR-themed "essay-documentary" by Solveig Suess, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 2018; audio sample)
- 20th: original soundtrack for short art film by director Han Xia, premiered in the Emerging Curators Project at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai (Dec 2017)
- Closed Captioning: sound director/performer for a 360º VR piece directed by Benny Shaffer & Faye Yuan, based on a site-specific performance at an abandoned film studio in Beijing (Sep 2016)
- Vagus Nerve - "Dark Light" (drums) (practice recording, Sep 2016)
- SUBS - "SUNDEAD" (drums) (self-released, Sep 2016)
- 20150505 Live in XP cassette w/ Wang Ziheng, Zhu Wenbo, Ding Chenchen, Yu Yi (Zoomin' Night, Nov 2015)
- 王子衡 WANG Ziheng + 若潭 ruò tán + Josh Feola - live in Beijing (WV Sorcerer, Aug 2015)
- Live at The Shelter, Shanghai (Feb 2015)
- Live @ 1961, Siem Reap, Cambodia (Jun 2014)
- "Deep Rest" on Taxeee Tapes Vol. 3 cassette comp (87非87, Feb 2014)
- #colder# (self-released, Dec 2013)
- Chui Wan - White Night (drums) (Maybe Mars, Nov 2012)
- Quintana Roo / Quilts – White Bone Snake (drums) (Not Not Fun, 2007)
- Black Monk - Flowstone (Not Not Fun, 2007)
- Black Monk/Quintana Roo - Dry Tribes: Live in Tempe, AZ (Not Not Fun, 2006)
- Soul Swallower - s/t (YouTube) (Collapse Records, 2005)
- 对牛弹琴 Year of the Ox Mix (Buddha Boxing Newsletter, Feb 2021)
- pangbianr radio (self-published, Mar-May 2020)
- Mais Um Presents: Global Warning (Soho Radio, Feb 2020)
- New Tunes for Year of the Rat (RADII, Jan 2020)
- Global Ear: Hong Kong (The Wire, Nov 2019)
- Mid-Autumn Mix 2019 (RADII, Sep 2019)
- CALLIE w/guest Josh Feola — CUTS 01 (dublab, May 2019)
- Bridging cultures through hip-hop: Artists mix English and Mandarin (KCRW, May 2019)
- Frosty w/guests Josh Feola (dj) & Faded Ghost (live) — Celsius Drop (dublab, May 2019)
- Global Ear: Hangzhou (The Wire, Mar 2019)
- Charm: Shanghai, 24.02.19 (NTS, Feb 2019)
- SWINE FLEW: Year of the Boar Mix (RADII, Feb 2019)
- Yin Mix: Freezing Singles (Autumn 2018) (RADII, Nov 2018)
- City Mix: Hangzhou (RADII, Aug 2018)
- City Mix: Guangzhou (RADII, May 2018)
- Alpha狗: New Music for Year of the Dog (RADII, Feb 2018)
- Only Exit: Sinofutures Past (Tiny Mix Tapes, Nov 2017)
- Rotten Augurs (New New World Radio, Feb 2017)
- NTS Live in Beijing (NTS Live, Nov 2016)
- Primate Anxiety (pangbianr, Feb 2016)
- 羊鸣四海 (SmartBeijing, Feb 2015)
- 马肉 (ReDefine, Jan 2014)
- Underground B-Sides Vol. II (pangbianr, Mar 2012)
- Underground B-Sides Vol. I (pangbianr, Mar 2011)
- Snags — with guest Josh Feola (Las Cruxes, Mar 2011)
- Instrumental Surroundings (WMBR Cambridge, Jul 2010)
- AI as Artist with Wang Changcun and Benjamin Bacon (2019/01/19)
- Was 2018 the Year Chinese Music Went Global? (2018/12/15)
- Art/Club Hybrids with Antonie Angerer, Lhaga Koondhor and Tom Mouna (2018/12/01)
- “The China Narrative” with Yan Cong, Emma Sun & Krish Raghav (2018/11/17)
- Autotuning AlphaGo with Shanghai Restoration Project’s Sun Yunfan (2018/09/29)
- Sinking Beijing w/ Tom Ng, Josh and Simon Frank (2018/09/15)
- City to Country with ChaCha and Kayla Briët (2018/09/01)
- Found Sound China w/ Eddie Lu, Yao Chunyang, sususu, eu-IV, Jam No Peanut (2018/08/19)
- Underground Music and Social Ritual with Krish Raghav and Rebecca Davis (2017/12/21)
- Genjing Records Jukebox with Nevin Domer (2017/12/08)
- China Tech & Cultural Flows with Christina Xu (2017/11/26)
- Rap in China with Bohan Phoenix, DJ TOY, ItsRalphTho (2017/10/27)
- Chengdu Underground with Kristen Ng (2017/10/13)
Media Mentions
- Quoted as domain expert in Vice article about Bandcamp being blocked in China (VICE, 2021/2/18)
- Quoted as domain expert in Wired article about Linkin Park's popularity in China (Wired, 2020/07/09)
- "Comic book documenting Beijing underground music" — book project featured in The Wire (The Wire, 2019/09/16)
- Preview of forthcoming book project with Krish Raghav: a non-fiction graphic novel about the Beijing rock scene from 1999-2019 (88 Bar, 2019/05/07)
- Interviewed by Madeleine Brand on popular KCRW program Press Play (KCRW, 2019/05/03)
- Quoted as domain expert in Quartz article about Chinese rap (Quartz, 2019/03/04)
- Exit interview after 9.5 years in Beijing (The Beijinger, 2018/08/11)
- Profiled by industry-leading Chinese-language music magazine Tongsu Gequ (通俗歌曲, 2014/05/01)
- Interviewed by VICE about Sally Can't Dance, a music festival I co-curated in 2012 and 2015 (VICE, 2012/03/09)
- The Fringes of the Fringe: Pangbianr and DIY Beijing (Artspace China, University of Sydney, 2011/04/29)
- China’s Youth Cultures and Collective Spaces: Creativity, Sociality, Identity and Resistance (Routledge, 2019)
- "Chinese Social Credit initiatives and African Surveillance States" (Jesus College, Cambridge University, 2019)
- "Colonial collections as archival remnants of reclamation and (re)appropriation: reimagining the soundless and silenced Isigubu through 21st century South African popular electronic music, Gqom" (University of Cape Town, 2018/10/30)
- Brave Punk World: The International Rock Underground from Alerta Roja to Z-Off (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017/10/06)
- "Independence at Large: Contemporary China's Alternative Music Scenes and the Cultural Practices of Post-socialist Urban Youth" (University of South Carolina, 2014)