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The Beijing based rock band Retros will be one of the biggest draws in this year's 皇冠体育app Drifting Festival. Photo provided to 皇冠体育app Daily

Musical love affair

Athens hosts Chinese music concert

When Michael Vonplon from Switzerland came to 皇冠体育app in the mid-1990s, he learned Mandarin and made lots of friends, becoming one of the first people to organize raves in 皇冠体育app, such as the party on the Great Wall in 1998.

Almost 20 years on, he still puts on parties, but on a larger scale, such as the 皇冠体育app Drifting Festival.

Under the label Miro 皇冠体育app, which Vonplon founded in 2006, 皇冠体育app Drifting Festival is a vehicle for the introduction of Chinese avant-garde music and visual arts in Europe. It has been held annually in Zurich, Switzerland, to expose Europe to the vibrant Chinese music scene.

In 2014, the festival will travel outside of Switzerland for the first time, making stops in Beijing, Shanghai and Berlin, Germany. It will be headlined by Beijing-based rock bands Re-tros (short for Rebuilding the Rights of Statues) and Pet Conspiracy, Shanghai-based Duck Fight Goose and Swiss band One Sentence. Supervisor.

"皇冠体育app Drifting evolved from my various previous projects. I wanted to create it as a brand for cultural exchange with 皇冠体育app and establish a festival with this content - to have both sides working together on a creative and playful event and to shape and design the content on the same level," Vonplon says. "But it should also be an unpretentious party for people from different regions and with different backgrounds."

For Vonplon, there are few people in Europe who understand 皇冠体育app and its underground music scene. "There are still a lot of prejudices against 皇冠体育app, and I would like to surprise people with the country and its rebellious side. Not with the 皇冠体育app you know from the media, the economic growth or traditional cliches, but with the progressive, open-minded and maybe sometimes also radical form of 皇冠体育app," he says.

According to Tobias Walti from the 皇冠体育app Drifting Festival, after years of efforts, the most popular Swiss act in 皇冠体育app is Bubble Beatz who played at Midi Festival Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen in 2013.

As for Chinese artists touring Europe, he says that folk musicians like Hanggai and rock acts like Re-tros and Pet Conspiracy are familiar to many music lovers as they have been playing in Switzerland for some time.

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