Beijing weekly party planner (April 17 - 22)

Friday: SFU Entertainment presents Nicky Romero and DJ BL3ND @ Tango

SFU Entertainment brings you Nicky Romero’s China debut. Currently ranked #8, Nicky Romero is a super talented Dutch DJ, music producer and boss. Born in one of Holland's small cities, he developed a keen interest in music production at an early age. In 2010, he released a bootleg of David Guetta’s smash hit ‘When Love Takes Over’, which grabbed the attention of dance music fans worldwide. They have since collaborated on multiple projects including ‘Metropolis’ and ‘Wild One Two’.

Nicky is now most widely appreciated for worldwide hit ‘Legacy’ with Krewella; solo singles ‘Symphonica’ and ‘Toulouse’; his UK #1 collaboration with Avicii ‘I Could Be The One’; smash hit ‘Feet On The Ground’ featuring Dutch superstar Anouk and most recently ‘Let Me Feel’ with Dutch duo Vicetone.

Sharing the stage alongside Nicky Romero will be DJ BL3ND. In the short time he’s pursued his career, the Los Angeles native has created one of the most loyal followings of any DJ. With a staggering 360 million YouTube views, 1 million YouTube subscribers, and more than 4 million Facebook followers, DJ BL3ND has won legions of superfans (known as BL3NDERS) across the globe with his exuberant viral videos and electrifying live sets.

Check out Nicky Romero on Soundcloud and YouTube and DJ BL3ND on Soundcloud and YouTube

// Apr 17, 10pm-late; Early Bird RMB280 / Presale RMB380 / Door RMB480; RSVP: 131 2026 2026 (VIP table booking) / WeChat: seedance (general info and tickets); Tango

Friday: SHFT. presents Grandtheft (Mad Decent) @ 8MM

Grandtheft is known infamously in China for headlining Shanghai’s 2014 Storm Festival second stage, and literally stealing half the crowd away from Kesha’s Main Stage performance with his face melting 808 bass and trap sounds. Many have crowned him king of Storm 2014. Grandtheft is a real turntablist, a versatile producer and a crowd smashing performer.

Establishing a custom club sound by playing largely his own originals, remixes and video edits, Grandtheft has slayed clubs worldwide and is respected as one of the best live DJs from Canada. He has been booked to support huge acts such as U2, Arcade Fire, BEP and 150+ and was the official DJ of the Canadian 2010 Olympics.

Grandtheft's productions have garnered heavy support from the likes of Diplo, Major Lazer, A-Trak, Nadastrom, Jazzy Jeff, Flosstradamus, Skream, Digitalism, Sub Focus, Borgore, Just Blaze, Craze and BBC Radio One debuts from Annie Mac, Mista Jam and Kissy Sellout.

Check out Grandtheft on Soundcloud and YouTube

// Apr 17, 10pm-late; Presale RMB80 (email: fam@1loveshanghai.com) / Door RMB120; 8MM

Friday: The Antidote & pangbianr presents Tzusing (L.I.E.S. Records) @ Dada

Antidote and pangbianr collaborate to host Shanghai-based DJ and producer Tzusing, fresh off the release of his second 12" for underground-heavy Brooklyn label L.I.E.S. These two EPs (A Name Out of Place Pts. 1 & 2) offer eight tracks of dark, abrasive, metallic techno that will make you feel kind of funny at that joint where your skull meets the top of your spine. Tzusing — brains behind semi-regular cold vibes showcase Stockholm Syndrome — will bring his singular post-apocalyptic dancefloor vision to Beijing, freezing us over for a night just before we hit Spring proper.

L.I.E.S on Tzusing: "The tracks on this EP represent the climate of clubbing yesteryear when it was normal for DJs to play such things as Ministry, Front 242, or Nitzer Ebb next to a disco track, next to a breakbeat track, and so forth, and to say these tracks could be heard somewhere like Medusa's would not be off base. Driving, engaging, and downright gnarly, we can only hope these sounds foreshadow things opening back up on the floor as time pushes forward."

Support from ILLSEE, Ginzburg, iimmune, and Fratricide

Check out Tzusing on Soundcloud

// Apr 17, 10pm-late; RMB50; Dada

Friday: Funk Fever's 6-Year Anniversary Jam @ Migas

Wow, it’s been six years already, and with a party every month the time has flown by, packed with a collage of funky music, fun times and good people. None of the Funk Fever team could have imagined the way things have gone, from raising over RMB30,000 for earthquake relief in Haiti to getting James Brown Day going on for four years and running on the Migas terrace. They are proud to call Beijing home and hope to continue to play their part in diversifying the capital’s party scene.

Spread the word, spread the Funk.

Check out some sounds from their previous parties to get you in the mood on Soundcloud and Mixcloud

// Apr 17, 10pm-late; RMB50; Migas

Friday and Saturday: The Afishal Experience @ LIV

Afishal has trained as a percussionist for 19 years and has taken his profession to the next level by designing and hand crafting the first ever DJ drum set, which triggers 3D projection mapping and video graphics live for a incomparable sensory overload. With well over 1,500 performances to his name in the nightclub industry alone, he has found himself being regularly flown around the world to support big names like DJ Fresh, Example, and Professor Green and to entertain the likes of Carmen Electra, Will I Am and even Beyonce. He gained further international recognition after making it to the final rounds of Britain's Got Talent, impressing even Simon Cowell. Now you can see him work his one-of-a-kind drum set at Live in Vac on April 17 and 18.

Check our Afishal on YouTube

// Apr 17 and 18, 9pm-late; free; LIV

Friday: Holding with Mickey Zhang @ Lantern

Local techno hero Mickey Zhang celebrates his birthday at his monthly Techno party with special guest DJ Mike Ravelli.

// Apr 17, 10pm-late; RMB30; Lantern

Saturday: Back2Basics presents Nakadia (Get Physical) @ Lantern

Nakadia is one of the world’s very few globally successful female electronic music artists. Known for playing Deep House, Tech House and Techno, this lovely young Thai girl has been bringing her underground sounds to the dance floors of legendary venues like Watergate (Berlin), Café D'Anvers (Antwerp), The Egg (London), D Edge (Sao Paulo), Lola (Shanghai), and Glow (Bangkok). ANTS - one of Ibiza’s top events - heard about Nakadia and invited her for a first set at Ushuaia. After the incredible reaction, Nakadia is now part of the ANTS colony on Ibiza.

Nakadia scored her first big club hit during summer of 2013 with her “Check & Run” EP on Clarisse records. The illustrious Technasia supported with a remix and this tune remained in the Beatport Techno top 40 for 12 weeks. During 2014 Nakadia devoted more time to the studio and the resulting is a project with legendary George Morel, "The Journey" released on February 2015 on Get Physical.

Check out Nakadia on Soundcloud and YouTube

// Apr 18, 10pm-late; RMB100 includes one drink; Lantern

Saturday: Wooozy Offline x Space Debris Committee presents DJ Nobu @ Migas

Back to corrupt the sound systems of our favorite clubs, Wooozy Offline calls on Space Debris Committee to bring you the perfect pontiff of audio obscura and techno, DJ Nobu. Keeping the bass tight and beats freaky, DJ Nobu hits the deck alongside Wooozy Offline friendlies Hiro (Microlab) and Taro (Ginga).

DJ Nobu's stance as a DJ can best be described as underground - his persistence is undisputed. However, that should not be confused with stylistic inflexibility.

Rather, his approach is singular and ever-changing, constantly modified and adjusted to the quality and the concept of each gig he plays. He keeps it all underground, yet he manages to mutate it. It is this ability that makes him stand out, as can be heard on his official mixes such as Dream Into Dream (Tearbridge), ON (Musicmine), No Way Back (Lastrum) and Creep Into The Shadows (Underground Gallery).

In recent years, he has been programming his set around highly abstract techno with authentic floor anthems, textured avant-electronic music as well as unknown house tracks, along with even more obscure contemporary electronic pieces. He excels in threading challenging tracks from his wide repertoire into a compelling story.

“Nobu is one of a handful of underground DJs in Japan making aliving solely from playing out, and he is under no illusions as to whyfew others attempt it.” – Red Bull Music Academy

Check out DJ Nobu on Soundcloud and YouTube

// Apr 18, 10pm-late; RMB60; Migas

Saturday: Kooky Soundsystem @ Dada

Expect an eclectic assortment of wrongness from DJs Boflex, Juhstynn and QMBA who select their kookiest dance floor destroyers for the kookiest of partygoers.

// Apr 18, 10pm-late; free; Dada

Best of the Rest
 

Salsa Palma
Get ready for Latin movements every Monday. Enjoy a free one-hour salsa lesson by Qiaoen coupled with tropical drink specials at the bar. Merengue, bachata, cha-cha-chà, mambo and salsa provided by DJ Joyce.
// Monday Apr 20, 8pm-late, free entry. Migas

NASTY RAY’s “Uptown” Party
Well-known in the underground Hip-Hop scene, Nasty Ray holds down a weekly Wednesday night residency spinning Classic Hip-Hop, R&B, Funk, Soul and Reggae.
// Wednesday Apr 22, 10pm-late, free entry. Migas