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  • Li Nan, lead singer of experimental metal band Voodoo Kungfu backstage at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 2nd 2010.
  • Experimental metal band Voodoo Kungfu perform at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 2nd 2010.
  • Experimental metal band Voodoo Kungfu perform at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 2nd 2010.
  • Hurtsu Hun, lead singer of Mongolian folk band Hanggai, backstage with his son after performing at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 3rd 2010.
  • Music fans stage dive as Mr. Turtle performs at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 1st 2010.
  • Fans mosh during a performance by Chinese OI! band Ni San Dao at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 1st 2010.
  • Members of Dutch pop-rock band Ming's Pretty Heroes sign autographs after their performance at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 2nd 2010.
  • Fans dance to the sounds of experimental metal band Voodoo Kungfu at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 2nd 2010.
  • Fans dance to the sounds of experimental metal band Voodoo Kungfu at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 2nd 2010.
  • A member of Chinese OI! band Ni San Dao poses at the 2010 Beijing MIDI Music Festival in Beijing, China, on May 1st 2010.

Best Of the Beijing MIDI Festival

May 30, 2010

Beijing’s MIDI festival was a whirlwind this year. Everyone from China’s favorite metalheads — Voodoo Kungfu — to hip-hop pioneers like Sbazzo stormed the Northwest’s muddy fields over the course of four days of mania. And photographer Rian Dundon was there to capture all the crowd-surfing, tattoos, and onstage antics.