What are some good Chinese albums?
If you are talking about mainstream, it is really not worth paying attention to. The song-writing is formulaic and the lyrics are sappy if not comically melancholic. With that said, I would recommended this album Jay chou put out when he wasn't so shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qct0JLjaHDc&list=PLgFC_SXvt6LmByjzSBtO1aD1W9J5D3ppg&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7JOQfcJQM&index=12&list=PLgFC_SXvt6LmByjzSBtO1aD1W9J5D3ppg
The playlist is the album. Underground wise, I am not knowledgeable enough(I have zero knowledge).
Elephant Gym is Taiwanese if that counts
I'd love to know some good chinese act too
as someone who learnt mandarin language(forgot it all now fuck), they could make some seriously interesting sound if they tried with that pronounciation
I mean one time i've been to little chinese girls singing competition and it was fantastic.
>>62989127
Taiwanese works too.
I am in my 3rd year of learning Mandarin at university and thought it was about time I checked out some of their music.
it aint me
>>62988851
What are some good albums of Chinese traditional music? As a yellow skin I want to hear what my culture sounds like
As One
>>62989202
I'm in my first year of learning. My teacher is really bad at explaining measure words so I never know how to make full sentences
白水- 时间
bai shui- shi jian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjTT5_RSkw4
>>62989288
First year is definitely the worst but after that you should have a far easier time picking up the nuances of the language.
"麻木" by 劉以達 is a fantastic album
you can stream it on spotify
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C33BQzW3PHw
>>62989616
This is cantonese though, doubt it will be useful for OP.
The song is not half bad though.
>>62989616
>>62989692
I'll eventually listen to it anyway, it'll just have less priority than any Mandarin albums
Does Zhong Chi count?
have you listened to Faye Wong's Fuzao?
my asian friend is a fan of this album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwC__3unXCs
>>62989127
Taiwan actually a province of China, so thats the same. OP, check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsR8QDP46xg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjG3Odrt-eo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuw_uv0plwY
>>62990386
I actually listened to seeds on the ground right before making this thread actually. It was pretty good.
>>62990386
>Taiwan is a province of China
Fuck you Xi
>>62988851
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnocas7VkKo
>>62990386
>taiwan is a province of china
Mainland filth please leave
>>62988851
It Ain't Me
Ghost Bath - Moonlover
![R-264026-1251977176.jpeg[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1gy1ygV.jpg "R-264026-1251977176.jpeg[1].jpg")
Does this count?
Carsick cars are pretty good
>>62988851
it aint me
early Wang Faye, my little airport
>>62990717
Its not chinese
"Although the band originally claimed that they were from Chongqing, China, it has been revealed in a 2015 interview with Noisey that they're actually based out of Minot, North Dakota."
>>62990783
That's Japanese you bumbling fucking buffoon.
>>62990002
Seconding
Cocteau twins worked on this
Please tell me there is such a thing as Chinese Freak Folk
On another note, since the Chinese language is tonal, does that not limit the extent to which they can experiment vocally? If a change in tone can indicate a change of word, does that not absolutely restrict, say, the ability to hold long vocal notes that shift in tone such as can be seen in Western music?
>>62990002
Faye Wong is fantastic. I loved her cover of Dreams in Chungking Express https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7yez4lXjBI
and
>>62991135
should be enough proof
Maybe Mars label has some great releases
Skip Skip Ben Ben (Taiwanese)
P.K.14 (live album from last year is GOAT)
Dear Eloise is p cool 2
and other shit that i can dig
http://downloads.maybemars.org/music
>>62990386
>China is actually a province of Taiwan
Fixed that for you
>>62991171
not really. tones aren't really as rigid and sometimes in songs they are altered very slightly from how you would pronounce it normally, making the lyrics understandable yet still make musical sense.
I've been listening to Taiwanese Pop lately, Jolin Tsai has some really catchy shit, Genie Chou is alright also, but I've been really enjoying Da Mouth lately. They recently released a very 80's inspired album and it has been on my wish list for awhile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOZRT3aF_4M
Otherwise, Summer Fades Away (Post-rock), Elephant Gym (Math rock), Deep Mountains (Black Metal) and ChthoniC (Symphonic Death Metal) are good Chinese/Taiwanese bands.
What are some chinese album goods?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtSeZoXtQ3s
This.
Chinese black / death metal
>>62990506
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>>>62988851 (OP)
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Seconded. Hedgehog is great
Anyone got any good albums from Hong Kong? My only exposure to Hong Kong music is from parodies of classic rock songs that my father shows me, and from shitty pop that my mother listens to, which sounds as homogeneous to me as the appearance of Asians to non-Asians.
Well enough time has passed with this thread. To summarise: there are no good Chinese albums
There was some fantastic album making the rounds years ago on /mu/. it was either Chinese or Japanese and I can't remember the translation of the name. It was something forest related, like Trees in the Mist, or Lost Forest or something like that. it was chilled out instrumental music and was high quality stuff.
Are there any good post-punk/post-hardcore/punk type bands (Mandarin or Cantonese, don't care)?
It's weird. I'm Chinese myself, but I was born and raised in the UK, so in a sense I'm very white washed. I don't really follow Chinese media much, so my perception of it is it's all sappy pop with not much variety. Japan's music scene seems infinitely better with lots of good bands from the genres mentioned above, though again it might just be my perception.
>>62990505
>>62990518
>>62991939
These anons get it.
>>62990386
You don't.
>>62993189
Look for The Offset: Specatacles, No One Remains Virgin, and David Boring.
>>62994314
Bloody Woods?
>>62994555
>Are there any good post-punk/post-hardcore/punk type bands (Mandarin or Cantonese, don't care)?
Not really. Doubt it would be acceptable in the eyes of the Party in any case.
>>62995023
Car Sick Cars
https://youtu.be/ZQ3x-vhIXEY
https://youtu.be/Y6uNKA4-30s
>>62994555
>so my perception of it is it's all sappy pop with not much variety.
Not just your perception, it is objectively true.
basically the chinese coil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpJgFJKPwjc
>>62994555
>mfw when I know that you were hesitant on making sweeping generalizations about Chinese music in fear of coming across as ignorant even though your current perception is 100% right
