ChinaCalling

RECAP of China Calling on egoFM radio in Germany from Saturday, July 8th.

This week on China Calling - Your host Vlatka is taking you on a tour through music and festivals happening in Europe this summer and right before the summer break. We're hearing tunes from some of the new bands hitting Reading Festival in the UK on August 25th - 27th. Hear about 'Yonaka' a new band from Brighton, listen to 'Prose' from Manchester and find out about a new band from Hong Kong named 'Blood Wine Or Honey'.

RECAP of the China Calling played on the egoFM radio in Germany on 1st of July.

This week on China Calling - let me take you on a world music tour! We hear in an interview from the Irish-American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly to the legendary West African band Orchestra Baobab and we hear some rockduro, a music mix from Portugal and Angola with Throes and Shine and finish the episode with the Spanish alternative. Tune in and put on your dancing shoes!

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RECAP of the China Calling on egoFM radio in Germany on June 24th. Special Episodes on Festivals in Europe. China Calling host Vlatka is at the INmusic festival in Zagreb, Croatia discovering new bands as we are listening to the interview with the North London band HAUS, finding out about the Serbian rock band Repetitor, hearing music from The Slaves and chatting with the Canadian rockers Danko Jones. Tune in and find out more about the INmusic Festival and China Calling punk rock highlights!

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RECAP of the China Calling show which was running on egoFM in Germany on Saturday 17th of June at 20:00. Hear some rap made in China from the Higher Brothers plus new music coming from the mainland and the world! Playlist this week includes Nova Heart, Stolen, The Gar, Higher Brothers, Gai, Future Orients, Bo Ningen, Placebo, Pelicandy, HAUS, and much more.

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Festival Feelings - INmusic Festival 2017

On this Episode of China Calling - it's that time of the year again! It's hot, humid and we're ready for the summer and the European Festivals - Special Episodes on China Calling! Not even few days since our last festival hopping in China, we are about to board the plane and head west. Europe is calling and we'll be bringing you the news, updates, and music from some of the hottest Festivals around!

Follow our host Vlatka, as she's jumping from one country to another and discover new sounds and festivals. Starting with the INmusic Festival in Zagreb, Croatia to Exit Festival in Serbia, the FM4 Frequency Festival in Austria to closing parties of the Reading Festival in England. Discover the best music festivals in Europe and be prepared for live unique experiences. Our first summer feeling music festival will take us to a small island named the 'Youth Island' in the middle of Croatian's capital Zagreb, on the Lake Jarun.

INmusic Festival is Croatia's biggest open-air festival and is held in the country's capital Zagreb from the 19th to the 21st of June. The festival has established itself as one of the best on the continent, thanks to its on-point lineups and an inclusive vibe. Inviting a selection of international rock and indie artists over the year that has included Florence and the Machine, PJ Harvey, Jake Bugg this year the festival promises to be bigger than ever. The lineup includes the likes of Kings of Leon, Kasabian, Arcade Fire, Alt-J, Slaves and much more over the 3 days in the tranquility of the Lake District and its dense forests and blue waters. With that impressive lineup, INmusic has to be one of Europe's greatest smaller size festivals and we are ready to see what the buzz is all about! See you at the INmusic 2017!

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Playlist EP8:

1.Birdstriking – Monkey Snake

2. Slaves - Where's Your Car Debbie

3. Kasabian - Wasted

4. Repetitor - U Pravom Trenutku

5. Danko Jones - My Little Rock'n' Roll

6. Yeasayer - Waiting For The Summer

7. Orchestra Baobab - Ultru Horas

8. Kel Assouf - Europa

9. Fionas Run - Summer Feeling

10. Kings of Leon - Waste a Moment

11. Cold Cave - Confetti

12. Gorilla Cult - Mothership

On this episode of China Calling - Your host Vlatka is digging deep into the Chinese underground scene and finding out about the rock'n' roll movement that happened in China whilst speaking with the biggest alternative record label founder Michael Pettis and his Maybe Mars Records. Tune in to find out more and hear some of China's finest bands around.

Listen Weekly: Saturdays 8 pm German time on egoFM radio or www.egofm.de

This week on China Calling- Douban Wetware Music Festival just happened in Beijing and your host Vlatka caught up with Mark Reeder best known for his work on B-movie Lust & Sound of West Berlin. Reeder left Manchester for Berlin in the late 70s became Tony Wilson's Factory Records 'man in Berlin', he was responsible for bringing Joy Division to Germany, hung out with Nick Cave, founded MFS, the first independent dance music label in East Germany as well as discovered Paul Van Dyk in the 90s among many other things. Your host Vlatka caught up with Reeder about that time, techno, communism, bands like Stolen from Chengdu and bunch of other things, plus new music coming from the Wetware Douban Music Festival in Beijing.

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This week on China Calling - Your host Vlatka is talking to the legendary San Francisco band, The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Ricky Maymi, telling you about his experience with Chinese rock and favorite records while playing the latest tunes coming from China.

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This week on China Calling - It's a Giant Fighting Robot show! Find out more about China's and the US Giant Fighting Robots as we are sitting down with the American team MegaBots to talk about the future robot sports league and fighting robots at the Beijing's G Festival where technology meets music, digital art, and science! As per usual, your host Vlatka is telling you what's happening in the Chinese capital this week as she's playing new tunes coming from China and the world!

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PLAYLIST CHINA CALLING EP4 egoFM:

Opening Track: Death in Vegas – Soul Auctioneer

1. Wang Wen – 13th

2. Nova Heart – No Controversy

3. The Forests – woo woo woo

4. Cold Cave – Confetti

5. Duck Fight Goose – Glass Walls

6. Gate to Otherside- Unknown Chain

7. Carsick Cars – You Can Listen You Can Talk

INTERVIEW with Matt Oeherlein (Megabots)

8. Av Okubo – Av Terminator

9. Mr. Graceless – My Channel

10. Snapline – Jenny

11. The Yours- Honey Treats

On this episode of China Calling, your host Vlatka is chatting to the Stevie Wonder manager Keith Harris about the music business nowadays. Tune in to hear about the latest bands that have been hitting Beijing recently plus learn about the young rock'n' roll and psychedelic sound coming from China!

PLAYLIST EP 3 EGOFM

Tulegur – The River

Hanggai – Xiger Xiger

Echo & Tito – Fallow Me

Oligarhk – Forgive Us

Chui Wan – on the other ocean

Chui Wan – Another Kind Of Love

Stolen – A Glossy Flirt

Hiperson – The Curtain

PK 14 - Ice Age

Lescop – La Foret

Alpine Decline - The Visions Run Dry