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XIANGGANG DELIGHT

Xianggang Delight is a Chicago-based musical group that has been performing regularly since summer 2001.

Their aim is to synthesize the following two elements: the post-global economic and social theories of Saskia Sassen and the rock group The Who's musical output from 1965.

They employ handouts, choreography and various techniques (such as explosives) to "raise up" the audience; additionally, every song is accompanied by an illustrative video.

The theoretical underpinnings are contained in the document: Mode and Motive in Eleven Bulleted Points

Live Report August 12, 2005

Our annual show with Dogmatic, to commemorate our first-ever gig, also at Dogmatic.
This report includes incendiary video footage of "Tainan Sensuality."

Rock your calendar 2X:

Friday, May 5th as part of Versionfest 06
Illinois Institute of Technology McCormick Center

3201 S State Street $10/$5 students

Check their web site for schedule

Saturday, May 6th, 5:30 PM

as part of the Chicago Social Forum

Roosevelt University Downtown Campus

$7/$5 students FREE if you come after 5PM

Check chicagosocialforum.org

for schedule and directions

Press...

Before Rachel Hanes joined XGD, Peter Margasak of the Chicago Reader wrote an incisive article about Xianggong Delight.

Live Report February 24, 2006

Saskia Sassen

Saskia Sassen, a sociologist at the University of Chicago and the London School of Economics, theorizes the rise of transnational flows of people, commerce, culture and technology. These networks coalesce at various nodes, which she has termed Global Cities, such as London, Chicago, Hong Kong. These global cities engender new social, economic, cultural, political, etc, realities which threaten the hegemony of the nation-state.

Sassen's Transnationalism Project at the University of Chicago contains many relevant links to resources related to contemporary theories of globalization. Of special note is Globalization and World Cities - Study Group & Network, out of the University of Loughborough, Scotland, a site whose nifty maps Xianggang Delight has leaned on heavily over the years for visual aid, inspiration and edification during our darkest hours.

Rock your calendar:

Friday, February 24 at Goldhawk's Social Club

1510 W Fulton Street, Chicago

Bands interested in playing
please contact us.

Live Report December 11, 2005

Mess Hall was again a most gracious host to Xianggang Delight. Unlucky Atlas played too.
This was our last show at our monthly breakneck pace. From now on we'll be playing only once every two months.Get up close and personal here.

The Who '65

This English rock group began in earnest in 1965, and quickly developed a musical vocabulary that stressed chaos, seething resentment, pathos and confusion.

Live Report November 12, 2005

A Student Activism Conference at the University of Chicago, organised in part in response to recent racial tensions on campus.Our "in" came through good old Chicago cronyism: Gene's mom was the keynote speaker. Her speech was incorporated into Satisfaction Bao'an Oxen via Sampling Technology.

Read all our confessions here.

Live Report October 22, 2005

Mess Hall, the home base of art/activist group Temporary Services provided the perfect backdrop for another fine XiangGang DePerformance

New Kowloon Joy

The very first Xianggang Delight song to be released as a DVD-single. Which is the more dramatic epic, the song itself or the technical difficulties that arose during the recording of it?
Hear the demo version for yourself:

New Kowloon Joy Demo

Rock Posters!

While we work hard to update all previous live reports, you can retroactively feel the excitement building with our past rock posters.