recommendations??

[itsmhuang]

hello, everybody at cpop! i love this community because it offers so many types of music... and i'm kinda bored right now... so i would like to ask which artists do you recommend? i pretty much understand a lot of the chinese music scene but could you maybe recommend some rock (but not indie) type of chinese music? i like the kind of unique strong

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[11th_anima]

I am gonna go with blah_x_infinity and jaimeboys's recommendation on Shin (both solo and band stuff) and Mayday.

also, as for more rockish artists, have you try F.I.R. before? If you haven't I recommend you to try their older albums although they are more towards pop-rock though.

[itsmhuang]

oohhh really? i tried their newest album, but didn't interest me much. maybe i will try the older ones (:

[arsonic]

I have some recommendations for artists you can try out. Let me know if you want a copy of their albums.

1. Jennifer Li 李慧珍
She's from Mainland China and does pretty interesting music. Some of her songs fuse rock and pop pretty well (though she's not all rock). Her debut single brought her to the top of Mainland charts back in 2006.

Unfortunately, the YouTube preview doesn't really have such a good sound quality. I can upload her two albums if you want.

2. Penny Tai 戴佩妮
Although she's not exactly rock, Penny sings with a pretty strong voice. Again, interesting fuse of rock and pop in some songs. Her songs aren't exactly what you hear in the mainstream.

3. Huang YiDA 黃義達
He sang the opening theme to Devil Beside You. His music tends to have interesting electronic mixes in them.

4. Mi Lu Bing
This band from Singapore won the country's first Super Band competition in 2006. They since have released two albums.

[itsmhuang]

ooh, i kinda like mi lu bing. (: do you have their debut album?

[arsonic]

I guess wenzi beat me to it. :P Enjoy their music!

[itsmhuang]

awww it's okay, haha at least you didn't have to go through the "pain" of uploading the songs? hehe, i hear that it takes awhile xP

[leenee_baby]

Chinese rock? Try Echo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kr4d83o_rI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pue8I9j8Uh0

they're my favorite C-rock band right now ^__^
They're indie, but they don't sound like typical Chinese indie rock bands...

[wenzi]

I recommend Milubing, Mayday, Shin & Yuming&Jane(神木與瞳).

Especially Y&J, since you like strong voices. I think Jane is one of the "best" female rock voices in Cpop IMO. ((:

I will get Milubing's discography uploaded for you... 2 albums so far. They are one of my favourites! They have good music but still quite underrated IMO. Will be more than happy to recommend their music! :D (Will paste the links later...)

I would recommend F.T Island too, if you are willing to try K-pop-rock. :D

[itsmhuang]

thanks! love mi lu bing now! (:

haha, sorry no korean/japanese music. i like listening to music i understand xP if i could understand korean, i would definitely listen to some k-rock (or is it j-rock? i forgot which country doesn't do rock xD) cuz i hear it's pretty good music (:

[wenzi]

Sure, no problem! Glad that you like MLB! :D Pasted the links. Enjoy!

There are k-rock and j-rock. I'm no pro, but enjoy experimenting a bit...

[wenzi]

1st album - http://www.mediafire.com/?tnlzzyjig2y
2nd album - http://www.mediafire.com/?mmimm2ggmyg

[chiqun]

If you want some black metal type stuff... chtonic is a band. XD