Beijing nightlife

Author: Powder
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The nights of this city release different kinds of joy in different places and times, but it has nothing to do with the uniform karaoke and D-halls. This is a book about urban details—the spiritual of the electronic music scene—presenting Beijing's subculture—enjoying the unique and interesting life in Beijing.
Beijing's nightlife has experienced the rise and fall of D-halls in the early 1990s, which eventually declined into a sea of (: pop songs sung repeatedly). Then came countless karaoke rooms, singing nonstop every night. Fortunately, Beijing's strong cultural foundation prevented karaoke from spreading as wildly as it did in Shanghai.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, many bars began hosting local rock music performances, but they later withdrew due to the city's need for large-scale development or poor management. In the process of foreign youth culture gradually taking root, a new local youth culture emerged, suddenly standing out and becoming vibrant. After experiencing brief periods of glory and the of fading away, it is some of the young people in Beijing or those striving in Beijing who, starting with imitation, created events that shook the city's nights.
This book aims to record this special time—the subcultural events of Beijing's nights and the locally colored youth culture nurtured by its creators. For example, the ups and downs of electronic dance music parties, the decline of club culture from its peak to its decline, who the party DJs and organizers are, the decline of performance scenes in Wudaokou, the explosion of bars in Houhai, the story of second-hand clothing development, and the local HIP-HOP culture.