Best of 2018
2018 BEST ALBUMS 年最佳唱片
2018 was notable for being the year a lot of labels – both small niche indie labels like Wild Records in Wuhan, as well as the bigger and meaner Ruby Eyes Records – found their footing, […]
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NWR Release: DFA89/CUNTROACHES Split
Nasty Wizard Recordings is probably too proud to present its latest slice of doom/white noise/free jazz destruction: the split EP between Beijing’s doom jazz cult DFA1989, and Berlin’s merchants of blast noise brilliance, Cuntroaches. Available for streaming […]
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Upcoming: Winter Pilgrimage – WestByWest, Cod New, Nocturnes (DDC 2018.12.15)
This winter Live Beijing Music has invited two bands – from Xi’an and Wuhan – to make the pilgrimage over to Beijing and light up the scene for one night only. The young Xi’an singer-songwriter WestByWest (named […]
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NWR Release: Asian Post Rock Compilation
Released for International Cassette Store Day 2018, Nasty Wizard is ecstatic to release this compilation of epic, experimental, atmospheric rock from across Asia. https://nastywizardrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/asian-post-rock-compilation released October 10, 2018 ‘Bamboo Crane’ by Wangwen (China) Recorded in […]
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NWR Release: EMERGE／Lastboss Split
On September 7 Nasty Wizard Recordings will be releasing a split digital/cassette EP which pairs China based electronic producer Lastboss with German experimental composer EMERGE. The split is part of an ongoing project by Beijing based label Nasty Wizard […]