Zhiqi
Zhi Qi began his career as a DJ at his local club when he was 24 years old. His listening experience across the musical spectrum has led him to draw inspiration from the rhythms of hip-hop, rhythmic techno and the upward climbing ecstasy of trance music. He is able to fluidly span a wide range of styles with jumpy and soulful rhythms as his cues. His depiction of detail and masterful control of mixing techniques clearly present his personal understanding of this art form.
While living and travelling in Paris, he performed in clubs around the world including Berlin's //about blank, Golden Gate, Paris' La Java, Rinse FM, New York's Redbull Radio, Taipei's Smoke Machine's Korner, Seoul's vurt. Observatory, Savage, Equation Festival in Vietnam and many more, as well as being a regular on the Chinese domestic scene at Chengdu Tag, Shenzhen Oil, Shanghai ALL and Heim.
In 2015, Zhi Qi collaborated with Chinese contemporary artist Tianzhuo Chen as a producer for the performance art project "ADAHA 2" at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
In 2017 he opened the club "ZhaoDai" in Beijing and in 2021 the festival "ZhaoDai On Leave", curated by "ZhaoDai", was launched. "The festival was a huge hit in China. Gazing at the exciting and rapidly changing scene in Asia is certainly his latest vision.