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Deadtrees
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Deadtrees
Plays on LTZ: (historical total not available beyond this vault's episode folders)
Tracks played
Extinguished City — played 2026-07-02
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Deadtrees — Extinguished City
Played: 2026-07-02 (Segment 8 — Close: Chinese bands) (new release)
The one-man project "mmm" from Lanzhou. Opening track of New World (19 Feb 2026, Pest Productions): fully instrumental post-rock and shoegaze with masked black-metal roots, lifted by saxophone and strings into something cinematic.
Deadtrees
Origin: Lanzhou, China · founded 2018 · active
Members: Solo artist — Ma Meiming (also active in China's experimental noise scene under the alias "MMM")
Genre: Post-rock, blackgaze, shoegaze, post-metal
Discography:
Forest (2018) — self-released — debut EP
No One Knows Who Has Been to This World (2021) — Pest Productions — debut full-length, blackgaze/post-metal blending saxophone and strings into a black-metal structure
New World (2026) — Pest Productions — vinyl release, a stylistic turn toward fully instrumental post-rock/shoegaze
Facts:
Started self-taught and self-produced, catching Pest Productions' attention with his 2018 debut EP Forest
Uses saxophone and string arrangements to push black-metal song structures into cinematic, ambient territory