The wildly unique sounds of Meng Qi & VAVABOND
Meng Qi is a pioneering synthesizer designer and musician, famous for his distinctive instruments used by electronic artists all over the world. As a teacher of synthesis, creative coding, and instrument building, he has led courses at institutions like Beijing Contemporary Music Academy, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts, and other major events throughout China and abroad. Meng Qi’s latest instrument, the Wing Pinger, is an analog synthesizer with two resonant lowpass filters. Each of the two filters is driven by a variable-speed needle pulse, triggering the so-called filter pinging.
As one of the leading female experimental musicians in Mainland China, Wei Wei is one of the most adventurous and prolific artists in Beijing’s burgeoning electronic music scene. Wei Wei’s intrepid sound balances atmospheric field recordings with improvisational synthesis and processed signals. What others might consider environmental noise—electronic clicks, insect buzzing, Wei Wei uses as her unique sonic palette. Her varied interests include time-based practice, machine drones, and improvisational structures.
Produced by Found Sound Nation
Edited and mixed by Chris Botta & Enayet Kabir