Genjing Records

Since its inception in March 2011, Genjing Records has issued dozens of 7-inch singles, 10-inch EPs, and LPs from bands such as AM444, Demerit, Dear Eloise,[http://alteredzones.com/posts/1486/dear-eloise-castle/ Altered Zones | Dear Eloise: Castle | June 16, 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226084927/http://alteredzones.com/posts/1486/dear-eloise-castle/ |date=December 26, 2012 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.dingusonmusic.com/2012/04/27/song-for-her/ |title=Dingus {{!}} Review: Song For Her {{!}} April 27, 2012 |access-date=December 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227153302/http://www.dingusonmusic.com/2012/04/27/song-for-her/ |archive-date=December 27, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/157748-dear-eloise-release-vanishing-winter-7-a.html/ |title=AltSounds {{!}} News: Dear Eloise release Vanishing Winter 7" {{!}} Apr 3, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407155127/http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/157748-dear-eloise-release-vanishing-winter-7-a.html |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }} Duck Fight Goose,[http://www.musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=13181/ MusicDish | Genjing Records Goes Vinyl With Duck Fight Goose's History 7" | Apr 20, 2012] the Fever Machine,{{Cite web |url=http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/nightlife/interview-dan-shapiro-the-fever-machine/ |title=SmartBeijing {{!}} Interview: The Fever Machine {{!}} Nov 21, 2012 |access-date=February 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128023722/http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/nightlife/interview-dan-shapiro-the-fever-machine |archive-date=November 28, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Gum Bleed, Round Eye,[http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=13325 Mi2N: Round Eye Pave the Way For Punk With Unique Elements And A Singular Sound | December 3, 2012][http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Blogs/17637/Review-Full-Circle-.html Time Out Beijing | Review: Full Circle | December 1, 2012] Snapline, Wang Wen (罔聞) and Fanzui Xiangfa.[http://encn.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/876202/chinese-anarchist-hardcore-punksters-fanzui-xiangfa-on-music ArtInfo | Chinese Hardcore Punk Rockers Fanzui Xiangfa on Using Music as a Weapon | Mar 8, 2013][http://www.jingdaily.com/beijing-vinyl-an-interview-with-genjing-records/23798/ Jing Daily | Beijing Vinyl: An Interview With Genjing Records | Feb 11, 2013] At its inception in 2011, the label was only conceived as a platform through which founder Nevin Domer's local Beijing hardcore band Fanzui Xiangfa (犯罪想法) could release and distribute their own recordings on vinyl records during a European tour with the German hardcore band SS20 .[http://www.timeoutshanghai.com/features/Music-Music_features/7561/Shanghais-DIY-records.html Time Out Shanghai | Shanghai's DIY Records | August 11, 2012] The success of this first release provided encouragement for developing Genjing Records into a full, vinyl-only independent record label in China. Nevin had also noticed that the renewed global interest in vinyl records he experienced during the Fanzu Xiangfa European Tour was also beginning to take root in China with a nascent record collecting community. Nevin then formally established the mission of Genjing Records as a means to facilitate the release of materials vinyl by Chinese bands and artists.[http://www.aweh.tv/genjing-records/ AWEH: Interview] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502152605/http://www.aweh.tv/genjing-records/ |date=May 2, 2013 }}[http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1568/ Resident Advisor | Clubbing in Shanghai | November 28, 2012][http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/blogs-shanghai/cw-radar/the-vinyl-scene-in-shanghai/ City Weekend: Shanghai | The Vinyl Scene in Shanghai | Apr 16, 2013]

Genjing Records has since stabilized its mission statement first around creating relationships between China's DIY independent music communities and their international counterparts. This mission is primarily facilitated by the release of split 7-inch records in cooperation with global partner labels and subsequent multinational tours in which bands criss-cross each other's countries.[http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/articles/blogs-beijing/the-beat/retro-vinyl-revival/ City Weekend: Beijing | Retro Vinyl Revival | October 2, 2012]{{Cite web |url=http://www.wooozy.cn/archives/15197/ |title=无解专题: Record Store Day之Genjing Records创始人Nevin专访 |access-date=2012-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917234225/http://www.wooozy.cn/archives/15197 |archive-date=2012-09-17 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2011/08/chinese-punk-rock-band-to-rock-out-in-the-u-s-for-the-first-time/ Northwest Asian Weekly | Chinese punk rock band to rock out in the U.S. for the first time | August 11, 2011] The label's international catalog includes releases by Cheap Stuff, Libyan Hit Squad, SS20, Sick Times,[http://plastic-bomb.eu/cms/index.php/reviews/cds-a-vinyl/3625-sick-times--gum-bleed-split-10q Plastic Bomb | SICK TIMES/GUM BLEED: Split 10" | November 27, 2012] Tiny Ghosts and Tussle.

Genjing Records also seeks to more broadly support and facilitate other forms local outreach in China's various music communities. In August 2012, Genjing worked with one of the first expatriates involved in the mid-1990s Beijing punk scene, David O'Dell, to host a charity punk-rock show and auction in association with Half the Sky, a Chinese charitable organization dedicated to poor rural children.[http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-09/21/content_15772204.htm China Daily USA | Rebel Yell | September 21, 2012][https://archive.today/20130115225126/http://english.cri.cn/7146/2012/08/28/2702s719090.htm CRI English | The Sound Stage: Rocking For Good | August 28, 2012] On August 19, 2012, Genjing Records was featured on DIY punk fanzine Maximumrocknroll's weekly radio show.[http://maximumrocknroll.com/mrrradio-1310/ MRR Radio #1310 | August 19, 2012] On April 20, 2013, the label spearheaded Mainland China's participation in Record Store Day 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Music/19904/The-vinyl-revolution-Beijings-record-industry.html |title=Time Out Beijing {{!}} The vinyl revolution: Beijing's record industry {{!}} Apr 3, 2013 |access-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407215302/http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Music/19904/The-vinyl-revolution-Beijings-record-industry.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/community/culture-bureau-nevin-domer |title=SmartBeijing {{!}} Culture Bureau {{!}} Apr 11, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-date=May 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506145049/http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/community/culture-bureau-nevin-domer |url-status=dead }}[http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1217530/vinyl-records-back-groove/ SCMP | Vinyl records back in the groove | Apr 19, 2013]

In 2015, Genjing Records took the Melbourne band Primitive Calculators on tour in China performing at Split Works' Jue Festival in Beijing and Shanghai as well as club gigs in Xi’an, Yiwu and Wuhan. A documentary entitled "Which Way is China?" was made of the tour.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdbV4leW0uY Which Way Is China?]

Nevin currently plays in the hardcore-punk band Struggle Session which has toured in China, Korea, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Panama, and Australia.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Isn4Sfhr4 Struggle Session 2017 Morocco & Spain Tour Documentary][https://radiichina.com/beijing-hardcore-band-struggle-session-on-unique-punk-hybrids-from-china/ Radii | Beijing Hardcore Band Struggle Session on Unique Punk Hybrids from China | Dec 7, 2018]

A full discography can be found on the label's bandcamp page.[http://genjingrecords.bandcamp.com Genjing Records' bandcamp page]

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