#Hiperson/海朋森

[nyamadeusmeowzart]

Strawberries/草莓 - Hiperson (海朋森)

[saymoretv]

- Without really realising it, I think I probably started this account to post and reflect on music videos like this by Hiperson, an indie-band from Chengdu. To my untrained ears they sound a bit like Carsick Cars (perhaps the most globally prolific Chinese ((indie)) band of the past two decades), albeit with a few more poetic and post-rock leanings.

- It’s a bit more ‘art’ with a capital ‘A’ than the usual punk rock nonsense I listen to in my day to day, but maybe that’s part of the reason this video does something so weird to me. Like, I’m struggling to put my finger on where exactly in my feels this hits me but I know it packs a really powerful punch; so much so, I even shed a tear re-watching this video for the 5 or 6th time the other day. And yet, I’m still at a bit of a loss as to why I find this song and music video so affecting...

- If I had to put my finger on it, I’d say a lot of what’s driving the emotional resonance is the vocal performance. My instinct, usually, would be to balk at this kind of abstract lyricism and the beat-poetry style spoken word delivery as something overly pretentious. And yet if I think about it, it’s probably this very sincerity and emotion in the vocalist’s ‘speak-sing-speak-sing’ style that really grabs me and pulls me into the emotional core of the song. The fact it’s in Chinese also makes me judge it less harshly than I perhaps would if it were in English.

- Aside from the vocals, I also love the simple beauty of the video. The direct to camera performance heightens the intimacy of the lyrics, and the backdrops of the desolate English woodland and hills add to the slightly other worldly feeling of the song also. There’s probably something interesting to say about the band’s use of some older, almost ancient, sounding Chinese wind instruments that give the song an almost mythical romantic quality, but I wouldn’t know how to say it...

- So often I find myself in the mode of looking for the art in stuff in that wouldn’t always be classified that way, and as such I can be put off by bands or people who are often very intentional in their desire to ‘make art’. Whilst I can imagine Hiperson falling into that latter category of ‘Artist’ they’ve very much disarmed with this piece of their art, and I can only thank them for it. 

[haveyouheardthisband]

[hiperchile]

Female-fronted February - Masterpost

So, that was that month, I guess. Time flies. For your convenvience, here are all the albums in one post :) Spotify is linked here along with the posts, additional streaming links can be found within the posts. If you haven’t been following along the TL;DR is that I’ve been spending my February picking out a new female-fronted album every day. It’s been fun. There’s both some hidden gems as well as some well-respected icons, spread over a good mix of genres. A playlist of all the albums can be found here (in all it’s nearly 20 hours glory), and a shorter version with a few songs from each album (handpicked by yours truly xoxo) can be found here. Statistics for said playlist (including more specific genres, at the bottom) can be found here, if you’re into that sort of thing. Have fun!

#1: Vulpes - Vulpes (x) #2: Liima Innui - Republik / Liima Innui - Inri (x  / x) #3: Maud Lindström - Strategivisor för kärlekskritiker (x) #4: Otoboke Beaver - Otoboke Beaver (x) #5: Sibongile Khumalo - Ancient Evenings (x) #6: Jacqueline Taïeb - Jacqueline Taïeb (x) #7: Alisha Chinai - Kamasutra (x) #8: Sabrina Malheiros - Equilibria (x) #9: Eneida Marta - Lôpe Kaï (x) #10: 海朋森  / Hiperson -  她从广场回来 (She Came Back From the Square) (x) #11: Maria Peszek - Jezus Maria Peszek (x) #12: Dobet Gnahoré - Couleur (x) #13: Joanne Shenandoah - Peacemaker’s Journey (x) #14: Hans-A-Plast - Hans-A-Plast (x) #15: Rasha - Sudaniyat (x) #16: Rossa - Rossa (x) #17: Sister Carol - Black Cinderella (x) #18: Kareyce Fotso - Mokte (x) #19: Nanna - Små Blå Breve (x) #20: 이달의 소녀 오드아이써클 [LOONA ODD EYE CIRCLE] - Max & Match (x) #21: Ivy Queen - En Mi Imperio (x) #22: Shaddaï Ndomboxe - Raison (x) #23: Googoosh - Pol (x) #24: Nótár Mary - Cigánylány (x) #25: Pastorita Huaracina - Nuestro Tesoro (x) #26: Najwa Karam -   شمس الغنية / Chams El-Ghinnieh (x) #27: Lijadu Sisters - Danger (x) #28: Giusy Ferreri - Fotografie (x) 

So, yeah, end of the project! Would I do it again? Probably. Was it time-consuming? Definitely. At the moment I’m working on a women’s music canon (because gen canons tend to have around 15% women (*including mixed group and being very generous in my counting) and I think that’s a well shame. 

Really, what this is, is an encouragement to seek out more female artists, old and new. They deserve to be heard. The music industry has historically been terribly male-centric - it’s about time to center the women once in a while, don’t you think?

[tam--lin]

It's reverse wishlist time: my favorite things of 2023, regardless of whether or not they actually were released in 2023.

Fiction: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Time traveler gets stranded in the wrong time period, weathers the Black Death while her team struggles with their own pandemic in the near-future. This book was beautiful and human and soft and so so sad. Genuinely I've been thinking about it on and off for months.

Nonfiction: Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space by Erika Nesvold and The Possibility of Life by Jamie Green

Useful books for people in the space sphere to read, but also would be useful for anyone writing SF. "Off-Earth" covers exactly what the sub-title says with compassion and an intersectional lens, "Possibility of Life" dives into various elements of alien life - how they've been presented in fiction, how they might exist scientifically.

Blog/newsletter: She's A Beast

No-BS, holistic newsletter about being strong. There is far, far more dangerous nonsense in the wellness space than there is clear-headed, humanistic sunshine. I look forward to reading everything Casey puts out.

Music: Maggie Rogers, "Surrender"; Caroline Polachek, "Desire, I Want to Turn Into You"; Tove Lo, "Dirt Femme"; Chappell Roan, "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess"; HOLYCHILD, "The Shape of Brat Pop To Come"; Nickel Creek's "Celebrants".

I'm in my pop girlie era, what can I say. Maggie's "Want Want" and "Anywhere With You" were both in my Spotify top 5, Chappell's "HOT TO GO!" got a lot of play as well, and I'm fully in love with Caroline's "Welcome To My Island". HOLYCHILD's "Running Behind" is such a bop. Dark horse candidate is Hiperson / 海朋森, who don't fall under the pop girlie umbrella who certainly deserve more airtime.

TV: The Mike Flanagan horror anthology-verse. (Hill House, Bly Manor, Fall of the House of Usher)

I can't pick a favorite. Hill House was the scariest, Bly Manor is the only piece of media in recent history to make me genuinely sob, Fall of the House of Usher was masterful. They were all wonderful, heart-ful horror.

[fyeahcindie]

Live set recorded last summer in the hometown of Chengdu band Hiperson/海朋森, English.Chinese subtitles on screen.  =D

I think the lineup is still: Chen Sijiang 陈思江-voc, Ji Yinan/季一楠-gtr, Liu Zetong/刘泽同-gtr, Huang Rentao/黄仁涛 aka Mingming-bass, Wang Boqiang/王博强-drums

The video was posted at the end of last year, but they just shared it on fb, so in case we missed it before, we can enjoy it now!

“Let's say goodbye to 2019 and hi to 2020 with this full documentary of Hiperson Evening, 24/08/2019, Chengdu, China. Thanks and best wishes to all who have just got to know Hiperson and who continuously support us. Forward! The full documentary was filmed by Chengdu's Havoc Studio. 

Havoc Studio's channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpHQ... 

 Hiperson Evening 2019 is an activity hosted by Hiperson, situated in a recording studio in Chengdu, China, providing an intimate atmosphere between the performers and audiences. The band revisited and performed their debut album, No Need for Another History, after almost 4 years after its release, featuring a chorus by the band's friends and a special installation in the venue by the band.”

More links:  Weibo,  Spotify,  Instagram,  douban,  xiami page,  their 2018 album (她從廣場回來) is at Bandcamp (Maybe Mars) and their Nov 2019 4-song ep is at Damnably Bandcamp. (Spotify seems to have a couple of singles also.)

Let’s check out their new single, Spring Breeze. Posted a few days ago, and a simple MV concept and a beautiful song, with lighter acoustic sections building in power:

Song written by Sijiang Chen 

Composed and performed by Hiperson 

Percussions by Boqiang Wang, Yinan Ji 

Flutes: Yinan Ji

The single is available at the Maybe Mars Bandcamp. 

[kafkasmelomania]

November 6, 2021: 我不要别的历史 / No Need For Another History by 海朋森 / Hiperson

*Bandcamp here

Resources for social change:

Palestine masterpost

Black Lives Matter masterpost

(via https://open.spotify.com/album/6BROMTvAnMhjM4QDk5eNAb?si=N5QOkxfRQf_9cIoNwK25Qg)

[richang-chinese]

MUSIC MONDAY 幕布/ Mùbù /The Curtain

Hiperson (Or  海朋森) is a five-piece rock band from Chengdu, Sichuan, China. While the Chinese rock scene has traditionally been associated with Beijing and, to a lesser extent, with Shanghai, Hiperson, coming from the comparatively ‘poppy’ Chinese South, have made a name for themselves in the last couple of years. When asked about the band’s name, one band-mate explained ‘It’s supposed to be the first thing an outsider would say to humans when he reaches earth. But the alien thing is just a metaphor – it’s about having a different point of view, which leads to different answers.’

Of the lyrics of their album ‘No Need For Another History’, released in 2015, songwriter Chen said  ‘In the songs, I’m most interested in maintaining a kind of childlike attitude toward oneself, toward society… They’re filled with fluctuating emotions about the things around us – the changes everywhere, the chaos of this time. We don’t know what this time in history will hold.’

Keep reading for lyrics in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin, and English…

这是通往剧院的大�� Zhè shì tōng wǎng jùyuàn de dàlù 人们交头接耳觉得兴奋 Rénmen jiāotóujiē'ěr juédé xīngfèn 人们想要看到一些事情 Rénmen xiǎng yào kàn dào yīxiē shìqíng 那些还没发生的事情 Nàxiē hái méi fāshēng de shìqíng 有人说 那是一出喜剧 Yǒurén shuō nà shì yī chū xǐjù 立刻就有人发出大笑 Lìkè jiù yǒurén fà chū dà xiào 有人说 那不一定有趣 Yǒurén shuō nà bù yīdìng yǒuqù  那他为什么还朝那走去 Nà tā wèishéme hái cháo nà zǒu qù 有的人 即将会看见自己 Yǒu de rén jíjiāng huì kànjiàn zìjǐ 更加幸运的看见未来的自己 Gèngjiā xìngyùn de kànjiàn wèilái de zìjǐ    未知的舞台正在闪光 Wèizhī de wǔtái zhèngzài shǎnguāng 而这条长路就是幕布 ér zhè tiáo zhǎng lù jiùshì mùbù 这是通往剧院的大路 Zhè shì tōng wǎng jùyuàn de dàlù 这是通往剧院的大路 Zhè shì tōng wǎng jùyuàn de dàlù 他是一个今晚的演员 Tā shì yīgè jīn wǎn de yǎnyuán    混在观众中前往剧院 Hùnzài guānzhòng zhōng qiánwǎng jùyuàn 他们互相猜测彼此的表现 Tāmen hùxiāng cāicè bǐcǐ de biǎoxiàn 却不知道对方近在眼前 Què bù zhīdào duìfāng jìn zài yǎnqián

This is the main street leading to the theatre The people are whispering excitedly  The people want to see something happen Something that has never happened before

Someone says it’s a comedy Straight away someone laughs Someone says it’s not necessarily interesting So why is he walking towards it? Some people are about to see themselves The luckier ones are about to see their future selves The unknown stage glitters And this long road is the curtains 

This is the main street leading to the theatre  This is the main street leading to the theatre 

He’s one of tonight’s actors  He’s mingling with the theatre audience  They try to guess at one another’s performances But fails to recognise each other on sight 

[rhyming-slang]

TwitterやInstagramのアカウントではお知らせしておりましたが、この度日本と中国の10組のアーティスト/バンドを集めたコンピレーションアルバムを2021年1月20日にカセットテープとBandcamp配信にてリリースさせていただくことになりました！

中国からは北京を拠点に活動しているエクスペリメンタルバンド工工工(Gong Gong Gong)、工工工のメンバーの兄弟であり同じく北京で活動するトラックメイカーSimon Frank、個性的な電子音楽が持ち味のユニットDeadly Cradle Death、成都でもひときわ異彩を放つポストパンクバンド海朋森(Hiperson)の4組、 日本からはDYGL (vo. gt.) のNobuki AkiyamaとTawings (vo. gt.)のCony PlanktonによるユニットDeadbeat Painters、3月にRhyming Slangより1st EPをリリースしたBarbican Estate、昨年にいずれもRhyming Slangのイベントにて初ライブを披露してくれたPsychoheadsと Sugar House、北海道・札幌を拠点に活動するnimo(ryusei imai)の宅録プロジェクトVOLZOI、大阪を拠点とし今年結成したR4の6組が参加となります。

中国のアーティスト/バンドは、本来であれば昨年Rhyming Slangとしてツアー招聘する予定であったGong Gong Gongを始め、Gong Gong Gong周りのバンドと個人的に私が大ファンであるHipersonなどで構成されており、国内からの参加はコロナ禍で活動を開始し、ライブなどやリリ���スの活動などに影響が出ているアーティスト/バンドが中心になっています。

特に去年・一昨年から音楽活動し始めるというのは非常に困難です。 本来であればスムーズに活動できていることができません。 それをDYGL秋山に相談して実現したコンピでもあり、Deadbeat Paintersとしても参加してもらっています！

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【トラックリスト】 Side A 一段对环境的介绍 An Introduction to the Environments / 海朋森 Hiperson White Jazz / Barbican Estate Here Comes Your Man (Pixies Cover) / Deadbeat Painters Crush / VOLZOI Super Flying Man / Deadly Cradle Death

Side B 愛歌(總統琴行 version) Sound of Love (President Piano Co. version) / 工工工 Gong Gong Gong 展開(Tenkai) / Psychoheads Smash Head Fuckers / R4 Control / Sugar House Freezing / Simon Frank

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아시아 레이블 디깅하기 https://www.highjinkxmm.com/features/labelsinasia

Hiperson

 좋아하는 음악들을 계속해서 다시 꺼내 듣는 일도 물론 기쁘지만, 새로운 음악을 찾았을 때 짜릿함과 성취감은 또 다른 종류의 기쁨일 것이다. 유명 음악 매체들의 추천에 귀기울이거나, 라디오나 팟캐스트를 청취하거나 혹은 소셜미디어에서 친구들이 공유하는 음악을 듣거나 하는, 새로운 음악을 찾는 여러 방법들이 있을테지만, 이번 기사에서는 건실한 레이블들이 쌓아온 카탈로그, 포트폴리오를 디깅하는 방법으로 접근해보려 한다. 살짝 뻔해보이는 방법론에 ‘아시아’라는 단서를 붙여 조금은 더 흥미로울만하게 주제를 설정해봤다. 이 글이 디깅의 행복을 찾는 좋은 가이드가 됐으면 하는 바람이다.

 Kolibri Rekords

Kolibri Rekords는 인도네시아 자카르타에서 2014년에 만들어진 인디펜던트 레이블이다. ‘Kolibri’는 인도네시아어로 벌새라는 뜻으로, 레이블의 이름에 걸맞게 ‘Amplifying the little chirps(작은 지저귐을 증폭하라!)’’가 캐치프레이즈이다. 주로 기타사운드를 기반으로 하는 인디록 아티스트의 음악을 릴리즈하고 있고, 그 안에서도 드림팝, 사이키델릭, 포스트펑크, 뉴웨이브 등 다양한 스펙트럼의 아티스트와 함께하고 있다. 레이블의 특이한 점은 여태까지 릴리즈한 모든 음원을 크리에이티브 커먼즈 라이선스에 따라 무료로 배포하고 있다는 점이다. 현재 레이블의 밴드캠프(링크)에서 모든 앨범들을 무료로 다운로드받을 수 있다. (그러니 혹시 멜론이나 지니에 레이블의 노래가 없더라도 실망하지 말자!)

[Kolibri Rekords 추천 앨범]

Grrrl Gang [Not Sad, Not Fulfilled] (2018)

인도네시아 욕야카르타 출신의 3인조 밴드로 현재 레이블 내에서 가장 활발한 해외 활동을 하고 있는 팀이다. 경쾌한 기타팝/파워팝을 들려준다. 한국의 세이수미가 계약한 레이블 Damnably와 계약해 해외 활동을 하고 있다. [밴드캠프]

Jirapah [Planetarium] (2019)

00년대 중반 뉴욕에서 결성되어 현재는 자카르타를 기반으로 활동하고 있는 4인조 밴드다. Deerhunter, Grizzly Bear 등의 미국 인디록/개러지록을 좋아하는 사람이라면 분명 좋아할 만한 앨범. [밴드캠프]

Middle Class Cigars

예술과 경영학을 전공한 Nigel Lopez와 디자이너이자 밴드 Sobs에서 기타를 연주하는 Raphael Ong이 만나 결성한 싱가포르 기반의 레이블이다. 밴드 사운드의, 특히 몽환적인 드림팝 사운드의 앨범을 주로 릴리즈한다. Middle Class Cigars의 특이한 점은 모든 앨범을 카세트로 제작한다는 점인데, CD는 죽었다고 생각했고, 바이닐은 상대적으로 제작비가 비싸기 때문이라고 한다. 또한 설립자인 Nigel이 레이블을 만들 당시 베이퍼웨이브에 빠져있어 카세트를 많이 접했다고.

[Middle Class Cigars 추천 앨범]

Subsonic Eye [Nature of Things] (2021)

2015년에 결성된 5인조 밴드의 세 번째 풀랭스 앨범. 이전 앨범들에서 보여줬던 드림팝/슈게이징 사운드에서 더 범위를 넓혀 미드웨스트이모, 포크록, 포스트펑크 등 다양한 장르들을 포섭한 사운드를 들려준다. 최근 KEXP에도 소개되며 전세계 리스너들에게 이름을 알리고 있다. [밴드캠프]

Sobs [Telltale Signs]

Middle Class Cigars를 대표한다고 말할 수 있는 밴드 Sobs의 데뷔 풀랭스. 씁쓸한 패배감을 노래하는 가사와 노스탤직한 분위기가 인상적인 앨범이다. 일본, 태국, 대만, 인도네시아, 필리핀 등 다양한 아시아 국가들에서 공연하며 활발한 활동을 펼쳐왔다. [밴드캠프]

Smallroom

1999년부터 지속되어온 태국의 팝 뮤직 레이블이다. Polycat, Somkiat, SLUR 등 태국 내에서 큰 성공을 거두고 있는 뮤지션들이 많이 소속되어 있다. 오랜 시간 많은 사랑을 받은 밴드들과 함께 하면서도 Dept, daynim, Television off 등 새로운 아티스트를 지속적으로 발굴하여 계약하고 있다. 긴 역사를 가진 만큼 디깅할 음반들도 굉장히 많고, ‘팝’ 레이블이기 때문에 Smallroom의 릴리즈들을 디깅하다보면 태국 사람들의 대중적인 취향도 들여다볼 수 있다.

[Small Room 추천 앨범]

Penguina Villa는 뮤지션이자 프로듀서로 활동하고 있는 Jettamon의 원맨 밴드이다. ‘외출'이라는 뜻의 데뷔 앨범 [ออกไปข้างนอก]는 태국 인디록/인디팝을 이야기할 때 빠질 수 없는 앨범이다. 타이틀 곡인 ‘Acrophobia’은 태국을 대표하는 영화감독 중 하나인 아피찻퐁 위라세타쿤의 영화 ‘엉클분미'에 쓰여 인기를 얻기도 했다.

daynim은 아직 풀랭스나 EP를 발매하지 않아 추천할 수 있는 음반이 없는 밴드지만 전도유망한 아티스트이다. 기존 레이블의 밴드들이 들려줬던 ‘태국스러운' 팝 느낌은 적지만 소울/R&B를 기반으로 트랜디한 음악을 들려준다. 작년 온라인으로 진행된 잔다리 페스타에서 소개되기도 했다.

Maybe Mars

Maybe Mars는 2007년 설립된, 베이징을 기반으로 하는 레이블이다. 펑크를 기반으로 하는 음악들을 주로 발매하고 있지만 Alpine Decline과 같이 펑크의 색채가 거의 없는 아티스트들과도 함께하고 있다. 최근까지도 지속적으로 새로운 아티스트들의 음악을 릴리즈하고 있으며, 앞서 이야기한 Smallroom 만큼은 아니지만 꽤 오랜 시간 동안 운영해왔기 때문에 디깅할만한 음악들이 많다. 특히 중국에선 일반적으로 유튜브나 여타 소셜 미디어를 이용하지 않기 때문에 중국의 인디 음악에 대한 정보를 얻기가 힘들지만, Maybe Mars는 유튜브, 인스타그램, 밴드캠프 등을 꾸준히 이용하고 있기 때문에 접근에 용이하다는 장점이 있다.

[Maybe Mars 추천앨범]

Carsick Cars [Carsick Cars]

2005년 결성해 2007년 발매한 레이블을 대표하는 아티스트의 데뷔 앨범이다. 레이블을 대표할 수 있는 앨범이라고 말할 수 있다. Sonic Youth와 같은 실험적이고 변칙적인 록 음악을 좋아한다면 꼭 들어봐야 할 앨범. 실제로 이들은 유럽에서 함께 공연하기도 했다. [밴드 캠프]

海朋森 Hiperson [成長小說 Bildungsroman]

2012년 결성되어 총 세 장의 정규 앨범을 발매한 Hiperson의 가장 최근 정규 앨범이다. 앨범의 제목(성장소설)에서 알 수 있듯 한 여성의 여정과 성장을 다룬 앨범이고, 개인의 서사를 담은 만큼 프로그레시브록, 포스트록, 펑크, 포크 등 다양한 장르의 사운드들을 발견할 수 있다. 중국어 가사를 모르더라도 앨범의 다이나믹한 구성만으로도 충분히 즐길 수 있는 앨범.

  글: 김진

[theworldunderground]

Day one. Hiperson (海朋森) at NUTS Club, #Chongqing. It's been five years since my last trek in the face-melting, crazy city just a few hours from #Chengdu. A return to the beginning, really, when I was first blown away by their opening set for P.K.14 back in 2013. Their new material is great, and they say they've now got enough for a new LP. I got a taste of this last year at the Maybe Mars showcase, but they're tighter now, more confident. I love this band. Thank You, Hiperson. It's really meant so much to watch you grow all these years. What a perfect start to this thing. Next stop, #Osaka, Japan. ❤️🤸‍♂️ (at NUTS LIVE HOUSE)

[resistance765]

“The Tramps Song 流浪儿歌” - Hiperson/海朋森

[hiperchile]

Female-fronted February #10 (海朋森  / Hiperson)

海朋森  / Hiperson -  她从广场回来 (She Came Back From the Square)

Released: 2018, China/Sichuan

Genre: Alt-rock/Post-punk

Duration: 24 min.

Links: Bandcamp Spotify Youtube Apple Music Tidal Amazon Music 

Breaking the streak of light and happy to bring you some post-punk noise! Second album from Chengdu-based alt-rock band, fronted by Sijiang Chen. Unfortunately unavailable on Tidal/Amazon (linked artist profile instead), but it’s probably (definitely) their best album. 

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[kinchchiang]

#yuyintang #育音堂 #livehouse #hiperson #海朋森 陈思江太棒了！海朋森牛逼！今天还是第一次带妹子看live，难忘的夜晚！（在 育音堂（Yuyintang livehouse））

[fyeahcindie]

Just seeing this in the news...

"We are devastated to share this news with you," SXSW organizers wrote in a statement. "'The show must go on' is in our DNA, and this is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place."

Hiperson/海朋森 had already announced last week they wouldn’t be able to make it because of the coronavirus.

Fire EX. 滅火器 and Enno Cheng 鄭宜農 were both going to sxsw and also tour the US together in March, I’ll keep an eye on what they post...  (no announcements yet, but of course they are probably still asleep as of this writing)

UPDATE: Enno and Fire EX. both posted the same message a few hours ago:

哈囉，美國、以及在台灣關心著「世界進擊Vol.2 滅火器 x 鄭宜農 美國巡迴」動向的朋友：

繼昨天文化部宣告：「依文化部經參考指揮中心建議及綜合風險評估，本次TaiwanBeats出演團，將暫停參與2020美國南方音樂節(SXSW)演出」之後，今天SXSW也宣布依市政府要求停辦。

我想應該很多朋友在著急著接下來會怎麼樣，其實我們也是在等待各種消息的同時，一邊跟各個相關單位討論，請再給我們一點時間。

感謝各位的耐心，一切平安。

Bing Translation: Hello, America, and in Taiwan care about " World Attack Vol. 2 fire extinguisher x enno the us tour " friends who are moving:

Following yesterday, the ministry of culture announced that " following the ministry of culture's recommendation and comprehensive risk assessment, the taiwanbeats will be suspended from participating in the 2020 American Southern Music Festival (SXSW) performance :" The City government has demanded the suspension.

I think a lot of friends are anxious about what will happen next. In fact, we are also waiting for all kinds of news while discussing with the relevant units, please give us a little more time.

Thank you all for your patience and everything is safe.