This special episode from Eastern Margins, TONG and China-Britain Business Council is a journey of new perspectives and inspiration through the lens of music from different corners of China’s vast contemporary creative scene and youth culture today. A collection of interviews, beats and soundscapes, we dive into the intersection of music and tradition with TempleRat from Nanchong, before zooming through the impact of rapid urbanisation on the electronic scene in Shenzhen by Warmchainss. British-born artist Harikiri explains how he infiltrated and helped build the rap scene in Chengdu and finally, Shanghai native Difan provides insight into the impact of China’s breakneck digital-tech innovation on music.

Our host for this episode is Anthony Ko from Eastern Margins, a music collective dedicated to platforming music from the Margins of East & South-East Asia and the diaspora.

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