1. Djang San has spent most of his creative life in China and has released more than 50 albums.
22 Facts About Djang San
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Djang San was one of the first foreigners to write songs in Chinese and to sing those songs to a Chinese audience in China.
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Djang San has created some of the first electric versions of Chinese instruments Pipa, Guzheng and Zhongruan, he uses these instruments on stage.
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Djang San's extended use of these three electrified classical Chinese instruments in modern music hasn't been matched by any other artists yet in or outside of China and is seen as a pioneering act for these instruments.
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Djang San went to Beijing for the first time in year 2000.
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The album includes a remix of the Lianhuashan songs, as well as a tune that Djang San composed with a Xinjiang instrument called Rivapu.
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Djang San was one of the first musicians to use ancient Chinese poems in music, the idea being to re-give a life to some poems originally written for music but for which the musical parts have been lost.
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On that album, Djang San has recorded all the instruments himself.
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Djang San was probably the first foreigner in China to write songs using a Zhongruan.
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In 2006, as he came back to live in Beijing, Djang San met with Ghanaian percussionist Sunny Dee and Benny Oyama, young American guitar player from New York.
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Under the influence of Benny Oyama, Djang San started studying jazz standards and music theory in harmony.
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In search of new ways to go back to his rock and roll music roots, Djang San formed a new band, "The Amazing Insurance Salesmen" and started playing some of his old rock songs with the band.
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Still in 2010, while writing songs and developing the sound of The AIS, Djang San recorded a new album "Mandarin Jazz".
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In 2011, after touring with The AIS, Djang San decided to change his name to Djang San, and started experimenting with electronic equipment, samplers and keyboards.
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Between July 2011 and January 2012, Djang San recorded three live performances in Beijing and released them under the name "One man live orchestra Volume 1 to 3".
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In 2014, Djang San creates the electric pipa and starts recording albums with it, the first to be recorded is "Experimental Electric Pipa", most of his albums since this one all include one or more electric pipa tracks.
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In 2019 Djang San is invited to tour Taiwan and creates music with kids of minorities living in the poverty stricken areas around Hualien.
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Djang San composed and recorded music for films and has, so far, recorded more than 50 albums.
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Djang San plays in numerous concerts and festivals around China and Asia.
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Djang San has been interviewed countless times and had documentaries done about him on Chinese TV and Radio stations.
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In 2014 Djang San released an album called "A theory of intelligence" in an effort to express an idea he drew on his phone while on a night train from Beijing to Kunming.
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In 2013 Djang San creates the Beijing Underground group on Facebook in order to give more exposure to the Chinese underground music scene.