Mei Zhiyong is one of the most active Harsh Noise artists in China. He creates unique noise effects by making a large number of noise generators and modifying industrial instruments. His noise works are known for their exaggerated, dangerous, and extreme characteristics. His live performances are full of physical language and tense atmosphere, bringing audiences a shocking audio-visual experience.
Since 2007, Mei Zhiyong has performed in more than 400 shows in mainland China, Japan, neighboring countries, Europe, and other countries, and has released over 40 solo albums and collaborative albums with different artists. He is the founder of the earliest tape label in China, Fuzztape, and initiated China’s largest noise art festival, A Bunch of Noise, in 2023, planning to hold it every year. He is also one of the most active noise event organizers in China, organizing China tours for experimental noise art festivals in multiple countries.
In addition to exploring noise creation, Mei Zhiyong attempts to explore the relationship between life and death and the relationship between noise and nature. His works express the pursuit of vitality and energy, and his noise works challenge traditional art as an extreme, unconventional, and avant-garde art form aimed at exploring and expressing the diversity and complexity of the world. As a mechanical engineer, he also runs a machine factory specializing in producing industrial equipment. He uses the machinery and some special instruments in the factory to initiate a project called “fuzzbox”, inviting other artists to reside in his factory and explore the fusion of industrial production and noise art through experimentation.
梅志勇是中国最活跃的粗噪音（harsh noise）表演者之一。他利用各种机械零件、信号发生器和工业仪器来制造噪音，其作品以夸张、危险和极端为特点，现场表演带有身体语言及紧张氛围视听体验。
自2007年以来，梅志勇在中国、日本、欧洲和其他国家的演出已经超过400场，发行了40多张个人专辑及与不同艺术家合作的专辑。他是中国最早的噪音磁带厂牌Fuzztape的创始人，也是中国活跃的噪音活动组织者，策划并组织了中国实验噪音在海外不同国家的多场巡演。他在2023年主办了噪音音乐节“一把噪音”，并计划每年举办一次。
除了噪音创作外，梅志勇还试图探索生与死、噪音与自然的关系。他的作品表达了对生命力和能量的追寻，以一种极端、非传统和先锋的艺术形式挑战了主流艺术，来探寻艺术的边界及复杂性。他同时还是一名机械设计工程师，主业经营一家生产工业设备的食品机械厂。他利用工厂里的机器及一些特殊仪器，发起一个名为 “fuzzbox “的项目，尝试来探索工业生产与噪音艺术相融合的可能性。
- 2007-2009
- 18/08/2007 @Raying Temple, Loud Sound Exhibition, Beijing
- 19/12/2009 @Time Cafe, solo performance, Changchun
- 2010
- 09.04 @Experimental Field NO.1: Noise Machine Music
- 03.07-09 @Chengdu Experimental Workshop Vol.3, Changchun
- 17.07 @Raying Temple, club gig, Beijing
- 03.09 @Qingdao Golden Beach Music Festival, Qingdao
- 02.10 @Raying Temple, Hate Noise, Zbigniew Karkowskireturns
- 15.10 @696LIVE, NOIShanghai, Shanghai
- 17.12 @White Sugar Jar Soundscape, 52nd Session, Beijing
- 18.12 @Raying Temple, Noise Terror Pollution, Beijing
- 21.12 @D22, Zoomin’Night·X Noise, Beijing
- 25.12 @798 UCCA, subjam concert 12nd, Beijing
- 2011
- 30.4 @Raying Temple, East South East festival, Beijing
- 05.06 @Spring of Sino-French Culture: The Sound of Nowhere”, Beijing
- https://www.homeshopbeijing.org/blog/?p=2589
- -2011 Three Noises Valley China tour:
- 28.07 @7 Live House, Zhenzhou
- 31.07 VOX Livehouse, Wuhan
- 02.08 @Freedom House, Changsha
- 05.08 @TU, Guangzhou
- 06.08 @Liangcha Shop, Neo Sound, Shenzhen
- 08.08 @Hidden Agenda, Hongkong
- 12.08 @696live, Shanghai
- 14.08 @UG Culture, Lan Gui Fang Bar, Jin’nan
- 04.10 Zoomin’ Night, Beijing
- 2012
- 13.01 @Raying Temple, Makoto Kawabata + DJ Urine Asia tour, Beijing
- http://pangbianr.com/raying-temple-2012-1-13/
- 03.03 @Sally Can’t Dance experimental music festival
- http://pangbianr.com/sally-cant-dance-2012/
- 10.03 @Time Cafe, Analog sahara peristalsis of noise, Changchun
- 07.07 @696 Live, Noise Shanghai 50+ Hardware Noise Special, Shanghai
- -2012 TORTURING NURSE、NOJIJI、SIN:NED JAPAN TOUR:
- 31.08 @At Hall, Oita
- 01.09 @Graf, Fukuoka
- 02.09 @Namba Bears, Osaka
- 04.09 @Uplink Factory, Tokyo
- 05.09 @Musashino Art University, Tokyo
- 06.09 @Earthdom, Tokyo
- 07.09 @Soup, Tokyo
- 10.10 The Universal Pagoda NO.1
- 27.10 The Universal Pagoda NO.2
- 2013
- 01.03 The Universal Pagoda NO.3 NEW
- 14.04 Miji concert vol.12: noodle tour, Beijing
- 30.04 @191space, Guangzhou
- 03.05 CIA noise on noise, Hongkong
- 07.05 Zoomin’ night, Beijing
- 31.05 NOIShanghai 59th earAgainstTheAmp vol.1, Shanghai
- 01.06-07.06 Hangzhou Homemade Instrument Exhibition, Sound Bending, Hangzhou
- 27.07 NOISE FROM NOISE
- 10.08-31.08 Nonviolent Non-cooperation Series Performances
- 01.09-30.09 September noise events 30
- 14.09 @fuzzbox, Huangmei Opera noise influence, Changchun
- 16.09 @fuzzbox, Power generation, Changchun
- 03.10 @fuzzbox, Shall we Dance, Changchun
- 01.11 @fuzzbox, Electric Radiant Psychedelic Power, Changchun
- 2014
- -2014 Sonic Ritual China tour:
- 01.07 @xp club, Beijing
- 03.07 @696 live, Shanghai
- 04.07 @Xietu Road Bar, Wuxi
- 05.07 @9club, Hangzhou
- 06.07 @403 art center, Wuhan
- 07.07 @youth autonomy lab, Wuhan
- 08.07 @45 livehouse, Changsha
- 17.07 @HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Gallery, Hongkong
- 19.07 @Pin-To Musica, Macao
- 20.07 @macau cultural centre – as guest artists in dennis wong’s field recordings workshop, Macao
- 22.07 @b10 live, Shenzhen
- 23.07 @music life club, Guilin
- 24.07 @303 drama club, Chongqing
- 26.07 @little bar, Chengdu
- 28.07 @aperture club, Xi’an
- 29.07 @echo library, Dalian
- 30.07 @fuzzbox, Changchun
- 31.07 @school bar, Beijing
- 23.10 @Chinese Independent Film Archive (CIFF), Experimental Top Ten Showcase, Xia’men
- 2015
- 30/06/2015 @XP Livehouse, Beijing
- 02/07/2015 @school bar, Beijing
- 2015 “Ritual Protest Music” Europe Tour:
- 22.09 @atonal, Zurich (CH)
- https://www.facebook.com/atonal.zurich
- https://www.facebook.com/events/841151202607167/
- 23.09 @cave 12, Geneva (CH)
- 24.09 @le sonic, Lyon (FR)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/770213793098183/
- 25.09 @instants chavirés, Paris (FR)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1605415633045652/
- 26.09 @el diablo, Lille (FR)
- http://www.nuitetbrouillard.com/
- 27.09 @ciné palace, Kortrijk (BE)
- 28.09 @occii, Amsterdam (NL)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/878090355604925/
- 29.09 @café central, Brussel (BE)
- http://nightonearth.info/
- 30.09 @oberdeck, Hannover (DE)
- 01.10 @mayhem, Copenhagen (DK)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/697536033709097/
- 02.10 @Marie-Antoinette, Berlin (DE)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/788025124629559/
- 03.10 @przychodnia squat, Warszawa (PL)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/767780870007691/
- 04.10 @LAS, Poznan (PL)
- https://www.facebook.com/las.poznan
- 06.10 @(A)void floating gallery, Prague (CZ)
- https://www.facebook.com/AVOIDFloatingGallery
- 07.10 @Fuga, Bratislava (CZ)
- http://fuga.forumabsurdum.sk/
- 08.10 @MENZA, Ljubljana (SK)
- http://www.menzaprikoritu.com/
- 09.10 @Oratori, Venice (IT)
- https://venoise.wordpress.com/about/
- 10.10 @CSO Django, Treviso (IT)
- 11.10 @DalVerme Circolo, Rome (IT)
- http://www.dalverme.it/
- https://www.facebook.com/dalverme8
- 12.10 @Freakout Club, Bologna (IT)
- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Freakout-Club/162409987235269 https://www.facebook.com/events/887199628041750/
- 13.10 @Flatterschafft, Basel (CH)
- http://www.flatterschafft.ch/
- 15.10 @LUFF Lausanne Underground Film&Music Festival, Lausanne (CH)
- http://www.luff.ch/
- 2016
- 2016 “Noise Radiation” China Tour:
- 26.04 @school bar, Beijing – with Dee / USISI / MAI MAI MAI / AidsCats
- 02.05 @Shelter, Shanghai – with麻沸散 / 汨Mii / maimaimai / Apparatus / TN
- 03.05 @LineOut, Hangzhou – with麻沸散 / Dee / USISI
- 04.05 @GEBI, Yiwu – with麻沸散 / Dee / USISI / 少年海草军
- 05.05 @Wave, Suzhou – with麻沸散 / Dee / USISI
- 07.05 @Parking Lot, Nanjing – with麻沸散 / Dee / USISI
- 08.05 @On The Way, Hefei – with李杨漾 / Dee / USISI
- 10.05 @Vox Livehouse, Wuhan – with Dee / USISI / S.C.O.D
- 11.05 @Xi’an Da Hua 1935 theatre, Xi’an – with Dee / USISI / 系统误差
- 12.05 @Xiangyang Vox Livehouse, Xiangyang – with Dee / USISI / 大表
- Documentary screening activities –
- 27.04 DDC, Beijing
- 30.04 CAC, Shanghai
- 2016 Tokyo Tour:
- 02.06 @UPLINK (“Sonic Rituals” film screening+live), Tokyo (JP)
- https://shibuya.uplink.co.jp/event/2016/44047
- 03.06 @Uguisudani What’s Up, Tokyo (JP)
- 04.06 @Kokubunji Morgana, Tokyo (JP)
- 08.06 @Okubo Suizokkan, Tokyo (JP)
- http://d.hatena.ne.jp/zagi39/touch/20160606/1465165012
- 2016 Europe Tour:
- 14.10 @Galeries MEOVCO.com, Fribourg (CH)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/586125204846096/
- 15.10 @Zona Mutante, Geneva (CH)
- 24.10 @L’Embobineuse, Traditional Fukushima Dance Floor Vol. 5, Marseille (FR)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/245905932473786/
- 25.10 @Le Royal occupé, Montpellier (FR)
- 26.10 @Chez Marine, Le Séchey (CH)
- 27.10 @L’Atelier L’étoile, Besançon (FR)
- 28.10 @Fri-Art, Fribourg (CH)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1304779956223183/
- 29.10 @Mühlebrücke 8a , Bienne (CH)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1141689142555572/
- 07.11 @MultiPinPanPun L’Octubre CCC, Valencia (ES)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/570826816451127/
- 08.11 @Madame Mim, Valencia (ES)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/821855877917047/
- 09.11 @Soda Acústic, A Gathering of Hard Listening Non Music, Barcelona (ES)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1118416581539932/
- 12.11 @Cinema Oblo, Crevard#2, Lausanne (CH)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1781755945425276/
- 13.11 @FMR SQUAT, Corseaux Vevey (CH)
- 2017
- 2017 “Black Hole” Asia Tour – with ⋯ :
- 15.03 @BOX Town, Haerbin
- 16.03 @GOIN CAFE, Changchun
- 17.03 @party98, Shenyang
- 18.03 @Echo Library, Dalian
- 19.03 @Fruityspace, Beijing
- 20.03 @Elixir Livehouse, Shijiazhuang
- 21.03 @Meridian Space, Beijing
- 22.03 @school bar, Beijing
- 23.03 @chair club, Shanghai
- 25.03 @GEBI, Yiwu
- 26.03 @Loopy, Hangzhou
- 27.03 @On The Way, Hefei
- 28.03 @Vox Livehouse, Wuhan
- 29.03 @Nuts Live House, Chongqing
- 30.03 @nuspace, Chengdu
- 02.04 @Che Che, !!! headphone gig !!! Macao
- 03.04 @Focal Fair, Hong Kong
- 04.04 @Environment Øg, Osaka (JP)
- 05.04 @SOCRATES, Kyoto (JP)
- 06.04 @Hokage, Osaka (JP)
- 07.04 @LouieLouie, Kobe – collab. with Kazehito Seki (JP)
- 09.04 @ATTIC, Kochi – collab. with OPERA (JP)
- 10.04 @TOONICE, Takamatsu – collab. with OPERA (JP)
- 11.04 @PEPPERLAND, Okayama (JP)
- 12.04 @ONDO, Hiroshima (JP)
- 13.04 @AT HALL, Oita (JP)
- 14.04 @音溶 oto-doke, Matsuyama – collab. with OPERA (JP)
- 15.04 @ FIGYA, Osaka (JP)
- 16.04 @古町あぽろん上スタジオ, Niigata (JP)
- 17.04 @SOUND CRUE, Sapporo (JP)
- 18.04 @Studio tissue box (JP)
- 20.04 @THREE, Tokyo (JP)
- 21.04 @EARTHDOM, Tokyo (JP)
- 22.04 @POOL, Tokyo (JP)
- 23.04 @Forest Limit, Tokyo – collab. with KURO PIPE (JP)
- 25.04 @Yogiga, Seoul (KO)
- 26.04 @GBN, Seoul (KO)
- 29.04 @WATMM in Mudaeruk, Seoul (KO)
- 30.04 @Bulgasari in Yogiga, Seoul (KO)
- 02/09/2017 @Rinkcy Dink Studio, Hachiōji, Tokyo
- 03/09/2017 @ Kouenii DOM G-studio, Tokyo
- 2017 “Black Hole” Europe Tour:
- 24.10 @Baraka, Renens (CH)
- 25.10 @Gottéron 17, Fribourg (CH)
- 27.10@ GZHLM, Lyon (FR)
- 28.10 @Embobineuse, Marseille (FR)
- 29.10 @Void, Bordeaux (FR)
- 31.10 @Luttopia, Montpellier (FR)
- 02.11 @Flatterschafft, Basel (CH)
- 03.11 @LAC, La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)
- 04.11 @Passagers du Zinc, Besançon (FR)
- 11.11 @Umbo, Zürich (CH)
- 11.25 @Holzke, Altstetten/Zurich (CH)
- 11.28 @A4, Bratislava, Slovakia (SK)
- 11.30 @AU/Klub,MOOZAK, Wien, Austria (AT)
- 12.02 @(A)void Floating Gallery, Prague (CZ)
- 12.05 @Kirtimų kultūros centras, Vilnius, Lithuania (LT)
- 12.06 @Klub DEPO, Riga, Latvia (LV)
- 12.07 @MIMstuudio, Tallinn, Estonia (ES)
- 12.08 @Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland (FI)
- 12.09 @Machty, St-Petersburg, Russia (RU)
- 12.10 @art space “ТЕПЛО”, Yaroslavl, Russia (RU)
- 12.11 @Center DOM, Moscow, Russia (RU)
- 2018
- 29/04/2018 “dEnoise XIdEnOISE Tokyo (JP)
- 2018 EASTERN NOISE CONGREGATION MMXVIII Europe Tour:
- 06.06 @Les Voûtes, Paris (FR)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/2046724038881807/
- 07.06 @Barlok, Brussels (BE)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/546449699061585/
- 08.06 @MJC Lillebonne, Nancy (FR)
- 09.06 @Private concert, Bern (CH)
- 10.06 @UMBO, Zürich (CH)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/185864752129907/
- 11.06 @Baraka, Renens, Lausanne (CH)
- 12.06 @Le Périscope, Lyon (FR)
- https://www.facebook.com/events/2293163144030755/
- 2018 “Sonic Map” China Tour:
- 08.11 @Yue Space, Beijing
- 10.11 @Mao Electronic Space, Shanghai
- 11.11 @GEBI, Yiwu
- 12.11 @Blind Lobby, Wenzhou
- 13.11 @VOX, Wuhan
- 14.11 @ON THE WAY, Hefei
- 15.11 @Black Iron, Nan’chang
- 16.11 @SAAL, Hong Kong
- 17.11-22.11 JAPAN TOKYO (JR)
- 2019
- 23/03/2019 @DAO XUAN CHINE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, Vietnam (VN)
- 24/08/2019 @荒音祭 (Wild Sound Festival), Beijing
- 2019 2m2 Swiss tour:
- 11.12 @Espace Autogere, Lausanne (CH)
- 12.12 @Umbo, Zürich (CH)
- 13.12 @Würm, Basel (CH)
- 14.12 @U-Zehn, Neuchâtel (CH)
- 15.12 @Caves du Manoir, Martigny (CH)
- 2020
- 14/12/2020 @School Bar, Winter Noise, Beijing
- 2021
- 10/04/2021 @noise YURTS Live, Shenzhen
- 11/04/2021 @nojiji noise live, Guangzhou
- 26/06/2021 @UFO space, Jiama 9. ‘Sanhun Qipo’, Beijing
- 2023
- 01/01/2023 @Loopy, offscript 7, Hangzhou
- 07/01/2023 @DUNECAFE, NOISE PTY 2, Ji’nan
- 01.04-02.04/2023 @‘A Bunch of Noise’ Festival, Shanghai
- 2023 “Maozao” Europe Tour – with ⋯ :
- 05.10 @ Fiducia, Ostrava (CZ)
- 06.10 @ Sibiř, Brno (CZ)
- 07.10-08.10 @ Festival Hlukova Mysteria vol. XVI, Punctum, Praha (CZ)
- 11.10 @ Kwada, Wien (AT)
- 13.10 @ PLAC, Ljubljana (SI)
- 13.10 @ ZENTRALWAESCHEREI, Zurich (CH)
- 18.10-22.10 @ LUFF Lausanne Underground Film&Music Festival, Lausanne (workshop + live) (CH)
- 27.10 @ Le Moulin, Buthiers (FR)
- 28.10 @ CCL – Centre Culturel Libértaire, Lille (FR)
- 29.10 @ Underground Blast, l’Antidote, Bordeaux (FR)
- 02.11 @ EPSILONIA, Radio Libertaire, Paris (FR)
- 03.11 @ l’atelier des canulars, GrrrndZero, Lyon (FR)
- 04.11 @ Data, Marseille (FR)
- 08.11 @ ACU, Utrecht (NL)
- 09.11 @ Vondelbunker, Amsterdam (lecture+workshop about live coding) (NL)
- 10.11 @ Vondelbunker, Amsterdam (NL)
- 11.11 @ Zaal100 (40 Years Filmhuis Cavia), Amsterdam (Trio performance with Vesta) (NL)
- Mei Zhiyong China Hebei Tour
- 08.12 @ODD, Yanjiao
- 09.12 @797, Huanghua
- 10.12 @Heyan Convenience Shop, Cangzhou
- 10.12 @Moya, An’guo
- 11.12 @An’xiang livehouse
- 12.12 @Tower, Tangshan
- China Tour
- 22.12 @Loopy, Hangzhou
- 23.12 @trigger, Shanghai
- 26.12 @Fond De L’etang, Guangzhou
- 27.12 @Old Heaven Bookstore, Shenzhen
- 28.12 @Livraria Portuguesa, Macao
- 29.12 @Twenty Alpha, Hongkong
- 30.12 @Imagine Space, Beijing
- 2024
- 04.04-06.04/2024 @‘A Bunch of Noise’ Festival, Shanghai
- Mei Zhiyong, Dave Phillips, Daniel Maszkowicz Vietnam Tour
- 12.04 @MoT+++, Saigon
- 15.04 @Good Air, Hue
- 17.04 @Fugu, Danang
- 20.04 @JamBox, Hanoi
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