Work - Painkiller Magazine / Rock in China (RiC)
Since April 2004 working as an International Correspondent for the Painkiller Heavy Music Magazine.
As a side project, work started on "Metal in China", which developed into "Underground music in China", the final result being "Rock in China" which has been on the net for over three years now.
Designed to meet the needs of those interested in modern Chinese music, RiC started with a small band database and quickly evolved into a multitude of information sources and various articles ranging from mere concert reports to interviews with local acts and led to city scene guidelines.
In addition to offer various information and resources about Chinese music, in 2006, Rock in China undertook a major separation of content by moving band biographies and record information to the wiki (link below) and concentrating at RiC on main news, radio shows and original articles.
Download an introduction to Rock in China (PDF).
Reports for Painkiller / Interviews for Rock in China
August 2007 - W:O:A 2007 Report
August 2007 - Overkill
August 2007 - Engel
June 2007 - Liquido (Link / PDF)
June 2007 - Silbermond
June 2007 - Pull A Star Trip
April 2007 - Mishkin (Link / PDF)
March 2007 - Joyside (Link / PDF)
February 2007 - The 4 Sivits (Link / PDF)
October 2006 - 3rd Kind Productions (Link / PDF)
May 2006 - The Lucky Punch (Link / PDF)
April 2006 - Alev (Link / PDF)
April 2006 - Zhang Fan (Link / PDF)
January/February 2006 - The Final Virus (Link / PDF)
July 2005 - Cold Fairyland (Link / PDF)
July 2005 - Dark Vampire (Link / PDF)
July 2005 - Hollow (Link / PDF)
March 2005 - Sonic Bastards (Link / PDF)
August 2004 - Wacken Live Report (Part I in Chinese only in the Mag, in English on the web / Part II, only online)
Photography assignments
August 2007 - W:O:A 2007 for Painkiller (Photos)
June 2007 - VS Sunrise photoshooting (Photos)
February 2007 - Cryptex photoshooting (Photos)
August 2004 - W:O:A 2004 for Painkiller
Non-Music photography assignments
May 10th-16th 2007 - Business Ethics Event of the University of Applied Sciences SWF Meschede (Photos)
Rock in China cooperations
- Painkiller Heavy Music Magazine
- Yaogun.com
- Chaile
- Shanghai Streets
- YGTWO
- Rock Live
- Lvzhou and affiliated Timestring Records
- Andreas Steen
- Jeroen Groenewegen
- Dennis Rea
- Yan Jun
- The Midi Modern Music School / Midi Festival
- Mort Productions
- Small Swords Magazine
RiC: Project Timeline
September 2007, Painkiller and RiC creator Yu Yang joined the Asien Pazifik Wochen Berlin and the POPKOMM in Berlin for a presentation on Chinese heavy music.
May 2007, RiC participated in the Midi 2007 festival and had a stand at the festival's Intertent.
February 2007, RiC collaborates with Last.fm and starts it's own non-commercial promotion label, getting bands such as Hang on the Box, Tookoo, No Name, Blood Funk and The Fuck'ndrolls to work with them.
December 2006, RiC opens its own wiki. (wiki.rockinchina.com)
November 2006, after a certain down time, RiC moves to a German server and is online again.
September 2006, RiC starts a Blog at Wordpress.
June 2006, cooperation with chaile.org starts at the Chaile / RiC Wiki.
Opened RiC Labs and the RiC Radio in May/June 2006.
Upgraded to a CMS driven system in late Autumn/Winter 2005.
April 2005: Moving from the Painkiller domain to a unique domain: RockinChina.com was born
Moved to china.painkillermag.com later in 2004.
April 2004: Setup of "Metal in China" as subsection of the Painkiller Heavy Music Magazine
Major articles published
In cooperation with music anthropologists, scientists and music lovers all over the world, RiC has published several articles dedicated to the research on Chinese underground music and to an understanding of the scene.
Media and press coverage
RiC is featured in the "Insider's Guide to Beijing", issue 2006 and 2007, as being one of the best, if not the best, information site for Chinese rock for foreigners.
Major Links
Painkiller Magazine: http://www.painkillermag.com
Rock in China: http://www.rockinchina.com
The RockinChina Wiki: http://wiki.rockinchina.com