XING KONG Official Bio (English)
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通知：2020年3月2日，XING KONG（AKA星空下的舞者）将他曾经在中国Dubstep历史上轰动一时的学术性品牌「Dubstep理论研究院」的微信公众号变更成「XINGKONGMUSIC」，且投入运营，用于线下演出→音频作品→原创文章的站内跟进。
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XING KONG is a contract artist of Electronic Music Information’s sub-project DarkGlow, he is a pioneer of Chinese dubstep scene. XING KONG has produced and released original tracks or bootleg tracks since 2012, becoming one of the earliest dubstep producers and dubstep cultural popularizers in China. Since 2013, XING KONG has been the manager of Baidu Dubstep Tieba.
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XING KONG also has a well-known Chinese nickname: 星空下的舞者. This nickname has been officially used since 2007. In the same year, he started managing various independent forums, which laid the foundation of dubstep culture promotion years later. Previously, XING KONG also used S-Dancer, DipperX and other stage names to release tracks. Until 2019, XING KONG was adopted as his main stage name.图片来自XING KONG & DarkGlow 图片版权属于原主
Since 2012, XING KONG has been outputting dubstep theory and production technical articles through independent forums, Baidu Tieba, Zhihu, NeteaseCloudMusic and other platforms. Especially in the early times, it helped many netizens to come into contact with dubstep and its rich sub-genres. Considering the spread of this knowledge, XING KONG has made an important contribution to China's dubstep field, no matter in music production or cultural promotion.
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Before graduating from graduate school, XING KONG also served as a mentor in the DJing & music production training institution, helping many music lovers who are eager to become electronic music producers to realize their producer dreams, which also paved the way for many Chinese dubstep producers later. XING KONG has shared many production technologies from worldwide to the students and let the knowledge popular and well-used. This mentor stage gained him lots of respects among the dubstep producers.图片来自XING KONG & DarkGlow 图片版权属于原主From 2015 to 2017 alone, XING KONG successfully created many big internet event. For example, the viral video “When Mom Isn't Home, Freaks (XING KONG Edit) (A.K.A 今天妈妈不在家)” in bilibili. The western culture and Chinese culture combined headbanging video “开门红 & Where We Belong (XING KONG Mashup) (A.K.A 开门大波红)”. There are many hits such as “烏鴉咬與八咫烏” which are often used as BGM of various channels.
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The tracks in the EP "桜" released by XING KONG on January 18, 2017 have been used as BGM numerous times by the public channels, such as selfie videos of the famous make up blogger 千户长生 and many other internet celebrities, the reality shows like "潮流合伙人" (2019-12-20) and other TV shows, countless Japanese restaurants that play Japanese trap, and so on.
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From 2015 to 2017, XING KONG has also launched many cultural promotion projects. The music industry includes but is not limited to the knowledge column "Dubstep Academy"(Dubstep理论研究所) and the radio station "Dubstep Official". They have got a wide spread till today. His articles and the radio station has got over one million plays and views in NeteaseCloudMusic alone. He has also written dozens of modern or classical Chinese articles, programmed stand-alone games, he also worked for the filmdom, television, new media and education industry.
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XING KONG has the same level of international music production skills, and has shown great talent in music selection and stage performance in live performance. After becoming a DJ, XING KONG started tours in nightclubs, warehouse parties and music festivals in different cities. During the period, he even shared the stage with top international figures such as Excision, Kompany, Zomboy, SKisM, Space Laces and became a special support DJ.
图片来自XING KONG & DarkGlow 图片版权属于原主Since 2018, XING KONG has begun to explore the riddim dubstep subgenre briddim, which is a title proposed by Wooli to combine brostep and riddim dubstep, XING KONG began to create tracks in this category in the same year. In 2019, XING KONG also released briddim works such as "10K" and "Briddim.CN", these tracks are very influential in Chinese media and Chinese streaming media.
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Except heavy dubstep, XING KONG is also good at combining dubstep with elements like epic, flamenco, classical, psy-trance, trap, hardstyle, bounce. He accumulated more fans with mature works and shocking performances. So far, XING KONG has accumulated more than 50,000 followers on Chinese platforms such as NeteaseCloudMusic, Zhihu, and BaiduTieba, and it’s still growing rapidly. XING KONG in NeteaseCloudMusic alone has got nearly 10 million playbacks.
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In addition, elements such as Japanese trap, hybrid trap, hard trap, tango, deep dubstep, leftfield bass, old-school dubstep, tearout are also presented in XING KONG's tracks. His music has been released by many famous independent labels or net-labels in China, and recommended by well-known channels, totally gained millions of views. In 2019, XING KONG graduated from the graduate school, then became one of the few professional DJs / producers in China who’s got a master's degree. As an excellent grades DJ / producer, XING KONG's professional test scores have won first place in graduate school many times.
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During his graduate studies, XING KONG also wrote and directed a 30-minute electronic music science documentary and wrote a 20,000-word graduation thesis, with outstanding results. After graduation, XING KONG was soon accepted by Electronic Music Information Presents DarkGlow and signed a 360 Deal. He cooperated in artist management, artist booking, record release and other aspects. After full-time immersed in music, XING KONG worked in performance, production and cultural communication shows more unknown power.
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In October 2019, XING KONG was invited to participate in the 10-year-anniversary official tour of Never Say Die Records, which is one of the world's largest Heavy Dubstep labels, Shenzhen site, China.
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XING KONG emphasizes stylized, highly-recognized sound design, iconic personal style, poetic arrangements and innovative ideas, all of which were verified by internationally renowned DJs / producers. In November 2019, his "Magnets (XING KONG Remix)" won the championship after participating in the China Remix competition jointly launched by Asia404 and Snails & Zeds Dead, and was added to the release schedule by the label Deadbeats founded by Zeds Dead and the well-known channel Trap Nation.
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By the end of November 2019, Electronic Music Information began its 4TH Anniversary Tour, which was performed by the DarkGlow artists XING KONG, Yaakov and KOOOZ with total eleven sites. Numerous media with more than 10 million followers promoted the tour. Among them, XING KONG was invited by IMF and ESMI to run an IMF official pre-party with thousands of ravers and served as the headliner of the whole show.
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In December 2019, XING KONG’s follower number in NeteaseCloudMusic surpassed 20,000, then he released a commemorative EP named "20K EP" on NeteaseCloudMusic and many global streaming media.
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On January 9, 2020, the "China Top 20 Dubstep Artists" ranking held by China's Dubstep media DubstepCN announced the results, and XING KONG came to the 7th place with almost no canvassing.
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On February 23, 2020, XING KONG was invited by bilibili official and Kanjian music to become the guest of the stage for the three-day "B站宅现场" livestream music event. Its DJ set and project tutorial show reached a maximum of 13,000 viewers online. The record of watching online at the same time became one of the most popular DJ / record producer live broadcasts of the day.
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XING KONG is trying to becoming an active tour DJ. His shows amazed representative nightclubs, bars, Live Houses in cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Foshan, Zhuhai, Jieyang and so on. He also shows in home parties, warehouse parties and music festival stages, and made many sold out shows.
图片来自XING KONG & DarkGlow 图片版权属于原主XING KONG has never stopped his work. As of March 1, 2020, XING KONG has completed a number of unreleased demos. After submitting one of the demos to a high-quality American label, it has been highly recognized and successfully included. This could be an important step in XING KONG's career in international market. The official release of the track is tentatively scheduled for the end of April or early May, and the label will be widely publicized in Europe and the Americas.
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Only a few Chinese record producers have produced dubstep since 2012, and stick to dubstep as the main genre till now. For XING KONG, his international achievements can go far beyond that.
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Now, XING KONG has begun more professionally to use Instagram, and gradually establishes contacts with more international labels, artists, and all around the world event promoters and tour promoters.
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