Articles about bands, festivals, and shows in Taiwan

Come out and celebrate the release of SEASIDE CARAVAN, the much-anticipated second full-length album from THE RISING HEDONS (mixed and mastered by Bruce A. Miller (White Stripes, Miles Davis etc) and with mixes from Grammy Award Winner Charles Dye) The album will be available at the show and at http://www.therisinghedons.com/ on July 10th.
FRIDAY, JULY 10TH, [...]

Starting this Saturday 27th !! [Free entrance]
Music by Black reign Crew from 5pm to 12am or more ! .. depend if people want to leave or not aha ..
Schedule
June 27 /// July 11, 25 /// August 8, 22 /// September 5, 19 /// October 3, 17, 31
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May 16, 2009 @ Bliss Livehouse
Presented by MalFunction
Track Selectahs: Mixter-T, Elemence, Coffeepot, V-Dub
Lyrical Stylahs: BabbleOn, Shaman, Stoppa MC, Cortez

This might have been the first time a drum and bass event was ever held at Bliss… and the livehouse was rockin! It’s not really that big of a place because performances usually only happen on the [...]

Check out video for the reggae party at Wa li lei. Looked like it was a great time for everyone.
From our friends at Island Jam

Taipei, June 12th 2009
My-Cool-SMS, cutting-edge web based SMS messaging gateway and enterprise
service provider, has announced a partnership with WaaKao, an interactive
information portal dedicated to the promotion of art and culture,
political commentary, music and parties in Taiwan.
The partnership between My-Cool-SMS and WaaKao is based on a free SMS
notification service that informs subscribers of upcoming events, such [...]

GET TO THE BEACH FOR REGGAE BEACHFEST
ISLANDJAM 是首次在北部舉行的大型雷鬼海灘音樂日,
結合了所有在台灣最專業的雷鬼音樂DJ,歌手和樂團同台演出，將會是一場精彩的表演，這次的活動將位於淺水灣哇哩咧義式餐廳，是個有室內外的地方，鄰近海灘，也是一個讓你完全放鬆的環境, 同時也將提供多樣美食美酒和。Islandjam Reggae Beachfest at Walilei is the first reggae beach festival in the north of taiwan featuring the best of Taiwan’s reggae bands and djs. Walilei’s beachfront provides great rain or shine venue for food fun and non-stop reggae!
Bands and Artists will include:
3pm-6pm Selectah Zion(France) [...]

Via Ben Thompson of the Dirty Skies
:
Dearest Taichungians,
You are cordially invited to a gala event featuring the smooth sounds of the Dirty Skies band unplugged in a warm, inviting ambiance @ the Retro Cafe this friday.
Enjoy delicious coffee, fine wines, or a Belgian ale while staring blissfully at the local artwork…
The show starts at 8:00 [...]

REPRESENT @ Bliss Livehouse
SATURDAY MAY 16, 2009
98年5月16日 (六)
MALFUNCTION presents a night of Drum and Bass remix fusion 鼓打貝斯混音融合的一個夜晚:
__Two Rooms 雙現場
__Eight Live DJs & MCs 八位現場演出者
__Original Tracks and Remixes 原創混音
NT$200
* 11pm以前門票買一送一
Two for One Entry before 11pm
** Vodka + Redbull = 1am以前買一送一
2 for 1 before 1am
*** 有獎徵答獎項為免費飲料以及贈品
Contests for Drinks and Free Giveaways
(NAME THAT [...]

Yet another San Ba production:

4/25 Come Help Us Celebrate the Two-Year Anniversary of Join US
Where: Join US - Just a 5 minute walk from the Kaohsiung Train Station.

Date: April 25, 2009
Time: 6PM-4AM
The Night Will Feature:
The Blue Truckers (Kaohsiung’s favorite reggae band)
Jahson The Scientist (UK via Montserrat)
Fuck You (Taiwan)
DJ Paty (Panama)
DJ 2 Hands (UK)
$NT 300 [...]

The latest SanBa party info:
The full lineup is:

The Blue Truckers (All Over)
Jahson the Scientist (UK via Montserrat)
Electrocute (UK, Taiwan)
DJ Paty (Panama)

$NT250 at the door with a free beer…
Here’s the Facebook Invite

Here are the latest photos from my friends at the San Ba productions event March of the ladies which featured tunes from The Blue Truckers.

There are some great pictures here so make sure to check them out as well as go to their events.
Here is the link to their Facebook event page and March of [...]

Call for Submissions for the 8th Annual Urban Nomad Film Fest
NT$12,000 in prizes! New section for video art! We need volunteers！
The Urban Nomad Film Fest is now accepting entries for its 2009 festival, to take place in Taipei and Hsinchu in late April and early May. We will give NT$12,000 in prizes for the [...]

Not going away for Chinese New Year?
Get ready for 2 nights of great music at the Aboriginal Invitational.
Click here for details on getting there.

Date: 1/26 & 1/27
(Monday and Tuesday - 1st and 2nd day of Chinese New Year)
Time: 10pm till 5am both nights
Place: Dream Paiwan
an Aboriginal Restaurant and Art Space. Here’s how to [...]

If you’re into drum and base and partying here is a nice treat:
Tranquility Bass Productions presents:
LUNAR PHASE 月亮週期

On the second last day of this lunar year, with only a sliver of a moon in the sky, we’re gonna hit you with some more Drum and Bass styles to keep you dancing all night.
在今年農曆十二月的倒數第二天，伴隨著一抹銀光懸掛天際，我們將駕馭著更多的鼓打貝斯音樂讓妳的身軀，舞動整晚，不停歇。
• Deejays & [...]

This is a story submitted by Taika Alyosha. I personally don’t know this person and he hasn’t responded to any follow up emails so I couldn’t ascertain if this story was fiction or non-fiction. Either way, it makes for an interesting read. Here is part 5 of the 6 that were submitted.
Part [...]