Upcoming: MIDI Music Festival 2012

About freaking time! After patiently waiting for confirmation and wondering if MIDI was even going to go down this year, the lineup is finally released. There is a slight change in plans though – instead of being comfortably tucked away in Haidian Park, the festival is relocating to The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park off of Line 15 and nearby the airport. Could be interesting for sure, as I’m sure the place has ample space though probably not used so much since the glory summer days of 2008. MIDI has put together an eclectic lineup (though maybe not as wide a variety as Strawberry) of head-banging metal, hip-hop, and good ol’ rock n’ roll. A nice change of pace for those looking to take things into fifth gear or even a fine night-cap to chillaxin in Tongzhou during the day(or who desperately wants to catch Mos Def like myself). Here’s the lineup (once again click on the names to check them out)…..

Sunday 4/29

Tang Stage
12:00-13:00 VANS No Room For Rock Stars 纪录片首映记者会
13:30-14:00 Stolen 秘密行动
14:20-14:50 The Falling 堕天
15:10-15:40 待定
16:10-16:50 Zou You 左右
17:20-18:00 Useless ID（Isarel）
18:30-19:10 Twisted Machine 扭曲机器
19:40-20:20 王勇独联体
20:50-21:30 Zhang Chu 张楚

Song Stage
13:00-13:30 Ego Fall 颠覆M
13:50-14:20 Wang Wei 王威
14:40-15:10 Logic Control 逻辑失控
15:30-16:00 Slap 耳光
16:20-16:50 Goldcrush（Sweden）
17:10-17:40 No Fish 非鱼
18:10-18:50 Suffocated 窒息
19:20-20:00 La Souris Deglinguee (France)
20:30-21:10 Yaksa 夜叉

Clear Stage
13:40-14:00 Summer Breeze
14:20-14:40 Perpetual Motion Machine 永动机
15:00-15:30 Pinocchio 匹诺槽
15:50-16:20 Why Lazy
16:40-17:10 The Power Powder 大粉
17:30-18:00 Shut up! Shut down!
18:20-18:50 Island Mood 岛屿心情
19:10-19:40 Lost 代凡与迷失乐队
20:00-20:30 Dark Haze 霾晦
21:00-21:30 The Samans 萨满
22:00-22:30 R.W.F 瑞王坟

Yuan Stage
13:30-14:45 Liz
14:45-16:00 Jerryson
16:00-17:30 Ouyang
17:30-19:00 Blackie
19:00-20:30 Ben Huang
20:30-22:00 Mickey Zhang feat. Shao Feng 黄少峰

Monday 4/30

Tang Stage
13:30-14:00 The Wheels
14:20-14:50 Larry\’s Pizza
15:10-15:40 Monstereo（Norway）
16:10-16:50 Liquid Oxygen 液氧罐头
17:20-18:00 CMCB
18:30-19:10 Brain Failure 脑浊
19:40-20:20 Section 6 Hip Hop Crew
20:50-21:30 Yasiin Bey (aka. Mos Def) （US）

Song Stage
13:00-13:30 Screaming Christ 惊叫基督
13:50-14:20 56 Degrees 56度
14:40-15:10 Skyscraper 摩天楼
15:30-16:00 Little Fish（UK）
16:20-16:50 Iron Kite 铁风筝
17:10-17:40 Hao Yun 郝云
18:10-18:50 Backyard Surgeons（Australia）
19:20-20:00 Voodoo Kungfu 零壹
20:30-21:10 Muma & Third Party 木玛&Third; Party

Clear Stage
13:00-13:20 Angel Monoplane 单翼天使
13:40-14:00 Los Crasher
14:20-14:40 Upper Class 上层社会
15:00-15:30 Surprise 意外惊喜
15:50-16:20 魇
16:40-17:10 Jia Huizhen 贾慧真
17:30-18:00 Residence A A公馆
18:20-18:50 Christmas
19:10-19:40 Hell City
20:00-20:30 Dagon Power 大红袍
21:00-21:30 Billow’s Fairy Tale 波澜童话
22:00-22:30 Zuo Bin (Z Brock) 左斌

Yuan Stage
13:30-14:45 DJ Gary
14:45-16:00 Harry Ho
16:00-17:30 LYDNB
17:30-19:00 Eddie Lv
19:00-20:30 DJ Usami
20:30-22:00 Dio

Tuesday 5/1

Tang Stage
13:30-14:00 Multi-Ego 猫踢狗
14:20-14:50 Tookoo
15:10-15:40 Blackhead 黑撒
16:10-16:50 Frosty Eve 霜冻前夜
17:20-18:00 Nasser（France）
18:30-19:10 Subs
19:40-20:20 Good 4 Nothing（Japan）
20:50-21:30 Miserable Faith 痛仰

Song Stage
13:00-13:30 S.A.W 锯
13:50-14:20 Raging Mob
14:40-15:10 Arcane Saints（Australia）
15:30-16:00 Yiu 耀
16:20-16:50 A.J.K 玉麟军
17:10-17:40 Misandao 蜜三刀
18:10-18:50 The Ordeal（Germany）
19:20-20:00 Perdel 逃跑计划
20:30-21:10 F.I.S (Fall in Sex) 秋天的虫子

Clear Stage
13:00-13:20 Jacky Danny
13:40-14:00 Gemini 双子座
14:20-14:40 Androsace 点地梅
15:00-15:30 Saving Molly 拯救茉莉
15:50-16:20 Twinkle Star 闪星
16:40-17:10 The Amazing Insurance Salesmen 保险超人
17:30-18:00 NewTank
18:20-18:50 树与颜色
19:10-19:40 The Lifeless
20:00-20:30 Trouble Maker 捣蛋鬼
21:00-21:30 Norcelement 天行健
22:00-22:30 Five Point Zero 永恒之翼

Yuan Stage
13:30-14:45 自然
14:45-16:00 X Lee
16:00-17:30 Huangweiwei
17:30-19:00 Zhiqi
19:00-20:30 Jerry K
20:30-22:00 Yang Bing