First Taipei New Music Festival
第一屆「台北新音樂節」
Source: The Origins of Taiwan’s Independent Music (Verbatim Record of the Night of the Tower of Babel Lecture)
From: Youth Platform [Discover the Power of Change]
In August 1987, just one month after the lifting of martial law, Crystal Records organised the first Taipei New Music Festival. Chen Ming-chang, Wu Pai, Chao Yi-hao, Lin Chiang, Shih Ch’en-lan, Lin Wei-che, and “Black List Workshop” performed for the first time — Taiwan’s first independent music festival, concretely championing indigenised alternative music-making, advocating to “open new musical elements” while also “conveying humanistic meaning.” Through this, Crystal discovered new talents including Wu Chün-lin (Wu Pai), Chen Ming-chang, and Chu Yo-hsin — young people thoroughly out of step with mainstream Mandarin pop who would go on to define the new wave of Taiwan’s local music in the 1990s.
External Links
- The Driving Force behind Taiwan’s Underground Music — Crystal Records’ New Music Path (Music Notes, Lo Yueh-ch’üan)
- “Crystal Records” Approaching Its 30th Anniversary — Unofficial Celebrations in the Works (Blow Music)
- On the Development of Independent Music through Crystal Records (Ho Tung-hung and Chang T’ieh-chih in conversation)
- The Meaningful Trajectory of Taiwan’s Creative Music (Media Digest)
