TECHNO WORLDS
CHEESE: Scenes
2025.12.13 Saturday 14:00
Location
Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, 798 Art District, Chaoyang, Beijing
Speakers: Demone, WENGWENG
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As the inaugural screening event of the TECHNO WORLDS exhibition, CHEESE: Scenes presents two documentaries—If I Think of Germany at Night and Break The Wall. Drawing respectively from the contexts of Germany and China, these films reveal how, under the influence of techno culture, the dance floor becomes a sociological testing ground, and how local subcultural archives are constructed and carried forward.
We hope these two films will invite audiences to observe the different paths taken by the techno scenes in China and Germany as they moved from early “chaos” toward a sense of “order.” They also encourage reflection on how dance floors and club spaces transcend politics, class, and geography to become “community vessels” with an inherent capacity for healing.
Following the screenings, we have invited two guests who have played a crucial role in shaping Chinese techno—Demone and Weng Weng. They will share how their work contributed to the early development of Chinese electronic music, and discuss the efforts made by these local pioneers in “breaking the wall” and building cultural archives.
About the speaker: Demone
Electronic musician, DJ, Podcaster, Designer, Photographer, now lives in Beijing.
As a record cover designer, he planned and designed more than 100 albums from 2000 to 2012, and in 2004, he founded "Tangsuan Radio", China's most influential independent podcasting brand, and in 2008, he founded the retro music party label "RETRODANCE" and "Retro Pie" and served as the chief DJ. In 2015, he founded the electronic live band "Hielektromen", the indie electronic pop band "Gravitational Wave", the electronic improvisation jazz duo "DW DUO" and the electronic SWING duo "double D". As one of the initiators of China's largest modular synth community [The Modular Commune], he promotes the popularity and development of modular synths in China.
From 2018-2024, he was the director of Sound Blanc, an ambient music label under Modern Sky, dedicated to the popularisation and development of ambient music in China.
In 2024, he opened a new studio, Mountain poT 6, with electronic musician L+R Wang Lu.
About the speaker: WENGWENG
DJ WENGWENG, The famous electronic musician in China.Acupuncture Records (Electronic music label), INTRO Electronic Music Festival, Lantern Club main founder.
WENGWENG is committed to electronic music development in China for many years. He is an artist, event organiser, club manager, etc. From China Pump Factory DJ team, JinShanLing Great Wall party in 2000 year, Velvet Room club, FM club, to the “Acupuncture Records" label, China's first large-scale outdoor electronic music festival INTRO festival and the Lantern Club... WENGWENG plays an important role in different historical periods of the development of the electronic music in Beijing.
As an artist, his unique insights to the electronic music and years of music career made his music has its own voice. More than twenty years, his footprints all over the domestic as well as many well-known European clubs and international festivals. He has became one of the most important sign of Chinese electronic music culture.
