First the up: Beijing’s biggest (only) electronic music festival is back. Intro was premiered in 2009 at Beijing’s D-Park Creative Hub (our review HERE) and despite problems (being closed down early, police, illness) the festival was mostly a success, certainly a great achievement for a first go. Intro is back for 2010, featuring another lineup of mostly techno and minimal. Oxia and Takkyo Ishino headline. You can find out more HERE.
The down: the home of everything electronic in Shanghai has been closed down indefinitely. Expo police at work again. Off the record, the manager of the Shelter tells us they will be offline for 2 weeks. This is becoming habitual, and rather scary. Sort it out Shanghai…