Caffe-In

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Caffe-In

Background Information
Name (English)	Caffe-In
Name (Chn.)	咖啡因 / ka fei yin
Origin	Beijing
Genre	Pop Punk, Ska
Years active	2004 - present
Members
Sayu (Japan) Guitar: Bo Fei (博非) Bass: Masato (Japan) Drums: Massang (Japan)
Former members
Yang Yilang (杨一郎, drums, guest for CMCB)
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History

Exact on the day of 29th September 2004, Caffe-In was found by Masato and Sayu in some of those bars in Houhai. Soon Pu Fei joint to the band on invitation of ex-drummer Yang Yilang. The current line-up consists sweet female vocalsit Sayu, guitar player Pu Fei, bass player Masato and drummer Massang. Their music style is a combination of punk, ska and pop and it sounds like happy, sweet and cool.

Between 2004 - 2005 the band kept playing small underground club gigs and made quite a name in the Beijing scene. Drummer Yang Yilang left the band in 2005, replace by a japanese student at BLCU named Massang.

short time line: 　　

since 5th October 2005 Caffe-In started to give away their EPs to all contributors on guest book at live shows, with in 3 months they got away 300 copies.
on 26th November 2005 a club show called "the Female Vocalists Gathering" was organized by Caffee-In, 300 visitors came to the show
at the end of 2005 Caffe-In participated on Shows for famous bands such as Reflector, Brain Failure, Cold Blooded Animal etc. as special guests.
18th December 2005, Caffe-In won the final contest for chn. area of Yamaha Band Competition as one of the winners.
in March 2006, Caffe-In got their own ring tone distributed at Beijing Mobil!
14th April 2006, the first head liner show of Caffe-In, also finished a new 6-Song EP
May 2006, the won the SoShow Band Newbie contest for the 2nd week battle
31st August 2006, Caffee-In performed as support band for famous japanese rock band La'cryma Christi
October 2006, they participated on the World's Band Contest and won the 3rd place. They also performed on the Beijing Beer and Rock Festival on the 4th October 2006

2007

Caffe-In, 2007, Shanghai, Photo: Yoshito Katori

In 2007, they signed with Pilot Records. On January 26th, they performed at the D-22. On February 23rd, they rocked the D-22. On March 3rd, they performed at the Yugong Yishan. On March 23rd, they performed at the Mao. On March 24th, they rocked the 13 Club. On the same day they also performed in the D-22. On March 31st, they rocked the Nameless Highland. On April 21st, they performed at the 13 Club. On April 22nd, they performed at Nanjing's Zhongshan Sculpture Park (中山陵園石刻公園) during the "M-Zone Spring Shout Music Festival" (動感地帯春之吶喊音楽季) event. April 27th, they performed at the D-22. On April 30th, they rocked the 13 Club. On May 4th, they performed at the Chao Yang park for the 4th Chaoyang Pop Music Week (第四届朝陽流行音楽周) 中歌榜紅五月歌会. On May 12th, they rocked the Mao. On the same day they also performed at the Get Lucky Bar. On May 18th, they performed at the 13 Club. On May 19th, they performed at the Tsinghua University. On May 25th, they performed at the D-22. On June 1st, they rocked the Mao. On June 2nd, they performed at the 13 Club. On June 9th, they performed at the 2 Kolegas. On June 16th, they performed at Hefei's Red Three Rings Gymnasium (紅三環体育館) during the 2007 Snow Bear Music Festival (雪花啤酒狂歓節). June 29th, they performed at Shanghai's 熱帯風暴水上楽園 during the "Rock it 熱帯風暴揺滾音楽節" festival. On July 6th, they performed at the Starlive. On July 13th, they performed at the 13 Club during the 相聚在音楽中 - 留恋bisq event. On July 18th, their first record Caffe-In is released. From July 21st until the 27th, they joined the ka酷全ka通動漫嘉年華 event at the Beijing Agricultural Exhibition Center. On July 28th, they rocked the Starlive during the 記念『在路上』出版五十周年 event. August 10th, they performed in Jinan's 婦女児童活動中心 during the 2007第三届中国（国際）吉它文化節 festival. On August 19th, they attened the 愛的気球計画 festival in Beijing's 遊楽園. September 1st, they rocked the 13 Club. September 7th, they performed at the 13 Club. September 8th, they performed in Shanghai's 4 Live during the 記念『在路上』出版五十周年 event. On September 14th and 15th, they performed in Lanzhou's MP3 bar. In September their song 加油小毛虫 was included in the magazine 音楽時空 2007.9. September 21st they performed in the Get Lucky bar. In October their song Bomb Girl was included in the So Rock! Magazine (no. 68). October 3rd, they performed on the ROKR stage of the Modern Sky Festival 2008 in Beijing Haidian park. October 6th, they performed in the 13 Club as support act to Japanese band METAL SAFARI. On October 12th, they performed in the Mao as support act to the release party of SKO's first record DIY. October 13th, they performed in Tianjin's 滾石音像新生代店広場. October 31st, they rocked the SOHO district. November 3rd, they performed in the Yugong Yishan. November 16th, they performed in the MAO as support act to Brainfailure. December 1st, they performed in the Starlive. At the same day they also rocked the Yugong Yishan. On December 7th, they performed at the Beijing University during the 亜太音楽榜 event. December 22nd and 23rd, they performed at the 星空天地. On the 23rd, they also rocked the Starlive. On December 24th, they performed in the Mao. December 26th, they performed in the Yugong Yishan. On December 28th, 29th and 30th, they rocked the 新光天地 during the 日中友好動漫展 event. December 29th, they performed in Tianjin's 硬石 bar. December 31st, they rocked the 海淀展覧館 during the 魔菇2008現代音楽節 event.

2008

Caffe-In, 2008, Photo: Band Myspace

January 4th, 2008, they performed at the 恒基中心 during the ka酷動漫頻道 New Year's Eve Party. January 16th, they performed at the Yugong Yishan. March 8th, they rocked the Starlive during the 揺滾与[王攵]瑰向披頭士致敬 event. March 22nd, they performed in WuDaoKou's U-CENTER. March 23rd, they rocked the XiZhiMen 嘉茂中心. March 29th, they performed in the SOHO district. April 3rd to 5th, they joined the filming of the movie 女人不shuai. April 8th, they rocked the 北京展覧館. April 12th, they rocked the Mao Live House. April 13th, they performed in the 恒基中心. April 19th, they performed at the Japanese Embassy during the 中日青少年友好交流年招待会 event. May 29th, they performed in the Starlive. June 14th, they performed at Dalian's 跳房子 bar. From July 31st to August 14th, they toured through Japan on their 無茶修行 tour with 8 stopovers in total, including Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka and Kumamoto. On August 27th, they performed at Guiyang's 久庫 bar. On August 29th, they rocked Qujing's 57号 bar. August 30th, they performed in Kunming. September 26th, they rocked the Get Lucky Bar. On October 1st, they performed at the Midi Music Festival 2008 at the Beijing Midi School of Music. On October 8th, they performed at the Starlive. On October 24th, they performed at the 中国伝媒 University during the 第三届中国（北京）国際大学生動画節 event. On October 29th, they performed at the Beijing Foreign Studies University's 紅楼. Further in October three songs of Caffe-In are included as MVs in the DVD Fei Xing Ji Hua 2008 (VA) (DVD). On November 21st, they performed at the Mao as support act to the release party of PB33's first record Disco Boys & Girls Night Out. December 12th, they performed at the Beijing Foreign Studies University's 紅楼. December 21st, they rocked the Mao. Later that month, their mini album 財神到太熱閙 is released. On December 25th, they performed in Tianjin's 13 Club together with Japanese band Trash Box. On December 26th, they again performed with Japanese band Trash Box, however this time in Beijing's 13 Club.

Participated Festivals

InMusic Festival 2010	Zebra Music Festival 2010	2009 Fun Fair Festival	Midi Music Festival 2008 - 2008, October
Modern Sky Festival 2007 - 2007, October	Dino Beach Rock Festival - June/July 2007	Beijing beer and rock festival 2006 - October 2006