The festival season is here !
After playing at the COART festival in Lijiang, Yunnan,
South China, I am back in Beijing and getting ready to
play the “Dong Party” festival on the 30th of April on
my own, and the “Midi” festival on the 1st of May, the
oldest and biggest festival in China with “The Amazing
Insurance Salesmen”
The Amazing Insurance Salesmen are back to rock the stage ! (Again and again…)
Folk in Chinese, Rock, Experimental, Electro, Jazz, Ancient Chinese Poems put in music, World music….
6 of April 2012, DJANG SAN + XIAOHE + VIALKA @Temple Bar
Listen to Jean-Sébastien Héry (Zhang Si’an, Djang San) 10 years of music between Beijing and Bordeaux here:
http://djangsan.bandcamp.com/
Winner of the China and Hong Kong Global Battle of the Bands in 2010:
Beijing Wins China Global Battle Of The Bands Final 2010 against 81 other bands (on Music Industry News network)
Watch “Flûte inversée”, a video by Jean-Sébastien Héry, extract from the album ”Live at Tushuguan (vol1)”, released in September 2011. Special thanks to the people of Jingshan park in Beijing who dance and play music every weekend there.
If you are in Europe and the USA, watch the video at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150477231361927
If you are in China, see it here:
Watch “End of the World (part2)”, a video by Jean-Sébastien Héry, first extract from the album “Live at Tushuguan (vol3)”, released in January 2012. If you are in Europe and the USA, watch the video here:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150467039656927
If you are in China, see it here:
New album by Djang San (Zhang Si’an), now on bandcamp:
http://djangsan.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-tushuguan-vol3
Zhang Si’an new Electro-Folk project recorded live in Beijing in July and September 2011:
Volume 2:
Recorded live at Tushuguan Bar in Beijing in September 2011 by Olivier Trontin. All the songs are built on stage using a guitar, a keyboard, loop stations and Chinese instruments. Even the beats are made live, no sampler is used.
Volume 1:
Recorded live at Tushuguan Bar in Beijing in July 2011 by Olivier Trontin. All the songs are built on stage using a guitar, a keyboard, loop stations and Chinese instruments. Even the beats are made live, no sampler is used.
“Is it China”, Recorded in 2004:
Album recorded in 2004. First total attempt from myself (Zhang Si’an) to fully mix the ideas of music from the West and the East using Chinese instruments as well as creating my very own cultural bridge between cultures.
“Mandarin(e) Jazz”, recorded in 2010:
“Uranus”, recorded between 2006 and 2011
“Rêves d’enfance”, recorded in 2006
“Escape”, the new EP from “The Amazing Insurance Salesmen” is now for sale itunes and CD Baby !
Cover by Sébastien Mahon
| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | The Amazing Insurance Salesmen | 2:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | In the Park | The Amazing Insurance Salesmen | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Babies | The Amazing Insurance Salesmen | 4:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | I’d Like To Love You | The Amazing Insurance Salesmen | 2:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Escape | The Amazing Insurance Salesmen | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | This Day | The Amazing Insurance Salesmen | 7:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
Mandarin(e) Jazz:
Also, take a listen at “Uanus”, for sale on itunes as well:
Here is the adress to buy it on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Uranus-EP/dp/B004LA44KM/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1
The EP contains 4 songs, all of which have been recorded from 2006 to 2009, and have never been released.
The video of “Uranus” directed and produced by Jean-Marc Laurent:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM5NjAxOTM2.html
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The Amazing Insurance Salesmen Win
the 2010 GBOB in Beijing and China !
The Amazing Insurance Salesmen won the Beijing heat of the Global Battle of the Bands (GBOB) and then went on to win the China heat in Hong Kong in November 2010.
Read more about our win: Beijing Wins China Global Battle Of The Bands Final 2010 (on Music Industry News Network)
Jean-Sébastien Héry (known as Zhang Si’an in Chinese) is a French musician, based in Beijing since 2006. He has been living between France and China for the last 10 years and is currently writing, playing and recording music in Beijing. He has collaborated with many local musicians and recorded many albums in Chinese.
Take a listen!
All these albums are for sale on Bandcamp, Amazon and/or iTunes.
Buy “The Incredible JSB!” records on Amazon
Buy “Zhang Si’an” records on Amazon
Jean-Sébastien Héry’s main projects:
- Djang San
- Zhang Si’an
- The Amazing Insurance Salesmen (Winner of the 2010 China Global Battle of the bands)
- The Incredible JSB!
To discover Jean-Sébastien Héry’s music, browse around the website.
