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Beijing Electronic Music Festival

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Last weekend, Acupuncture Records staged its first Beijing Electronic Music Festival. The event was on three stages, lasted 15 hours, included 28 artists, and was attended by over 10,000 people. Here is D of D and the Hutong Cats on Stylites again, this time with his dolly.

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Mylène Chen appears again as well.

These are the first photos appearing on Stylites by new contributor Weina Zhao. Thanks a lot Weina! Check out Weina’s photo blog at obskure abstrusitäten and find a brief bio of her in the About Stylites section.

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Offset Spectacles

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Vince Li is in the Offset Spectacles, a Hong Kong folk rock band. The three members came to Beijing because its rock scene is so far superior to the one in Hong Kong. They have performed in D-22 and other major venues around the city.

Favorite genres of music are Shoegaze and 80s and 90s NYC underground and, of the most well-known Chinese rock bands, he likes PK-14 most.

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Chicagoan Linguist

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In a sweater from Xidan, tall Chicagoan Einar Engström (洪迈) prefers Beijing to his home town. He enjoys the laidback feel and still feels the rush of newness that greeted him on his first arrival about four years ago. For most of his years in Beijing he was a translator (he also majored in Romance Lanuages and Literature) from Chinese to English, but now he is in marketing at China Visual Arts Center (CVAC). His favorite of the more well-known contemprorary Chinese artists is Xu Bing. Einar enjoys Xu’s famous work Tian Shu (A Book from the Sky).

Einar thinks that the Chinese saying “忘恩负义的两足动物” is the best description for man.

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Bespoken Gothwear

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Liu Sha would not provide the name of his girlfriend, but he did mention that their clothes were mostly custom-made by a tailor near Dongsi. It was quite a hot day, but they didn’t seem to be sweating even in all that black.

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Mobile, White Shades

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This is the first time I’ve taken someone talking on a mobile phone. In her spare time, Nicole writes a lifestyle column for Madame Figaro. Full time, she worked for a investment consulting company, but she just quit. Her lovely daughter is a model for children’s clothing.

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Asymetrical Cardigan

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Right after a runway show…The eye-catching cardigan is from secretive Martin Margiela. While admiring the eccentric form, I guiltily found myself searching for the function.

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These shoes unite quite a few patterns.