Hi Everyone !

This time many videos and another gig at 2 Kolegas.

This Week end is 2 Kolegas 6th birthday so it’s a few bands going there to play .

There are bands on friday and saturday. The Amazing Insurance Salesmen will be playing on saturday evening after 10PM alongside “DH and the Hellcats“, “Black Cat Bone” and ” Nucleus”.

I got interviewed at the Ditan Park festival and the video was posted this week on the internet, a pretty nice video by Niurenku that got viewed by about70 000 people so far:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjY3NDYwNjM2.html

My friends from No Code,  a rock band made in Bordeaux just released a video for their album “Sex in Byzantium”, check it out it’s nice (on youtube):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqZXuEoRN4s&feature=player_embedded

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Hi Everyone !

Gig:

Several things this week. First, The Amazing Insurance Salesmen will be playing this friday night at 2 Kolegas alongside Arrows Made of Desire, Ghost Spardac, and Candy Monster.

(Picture by Sébastien Mahon http://sebastienmahon.canalblog.com/)

Blog:

We wrote a blog on The Amazing Insurance Salesmen trip to the Zebra festival in Chengdu on China Music Dish, check it out !

The Amazing Insurance Salesmen Rocking Out Loud In Chengdu’s Zebra Festival
Guitars were tuned, ties adjusted and nerves abandoned. It was time to do our thing in Chengdu!

By Eric de Fontenay (Founder & Publisher) (more articles from this author) 2011-05-15

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By Maikel Liem

Link:

http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=12920

Zhang Si’an:

After i played with my folk project at the Ditan Park folk festival last week, i got interviewed by Niurenku. On the same video, Lidong gets interviewed:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjY3NDYwNjM2.html

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Hi Everyone !

Like last year and the year before, i’ll be playing at the “Ditan Park Festival” on the 7th of May.

Many acts this year, here is the line-up:

On the 7th:

旅行者(lvxingzhe) \ 小河 (Xiaohe)\ 张佺(Zhangquan) \ 阿基奈(A jinai)\叶尔波利(Yerboli)\镜子\立東乐队(Lidong) \ 浪荡绅士\刘堃\BloodyWoods（中国） \ 胡爱唯\张思安 \ Nicolas(希腊) \ Malika(加拿大） \ Nancy J Brown（英国）

On the 8th:

万晓利 （Wan Xiaoli)\蕾蒂与杰特曼乐团 \山 人(Shanren) \ 张岭的蓝调乐队(Big John Blues Band)\ 林天然\钟立风(Zhong Lifeng）\马条\川子\杨嘉松\都兰（Dulan) \张羿凡\ AfrokokoRoots(非洲） \ Kamila（加拿大） \ No name（吉普赛爵士）\ Blackwater（爱尔兰民谣）

For more infos, go to http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Music/11657/Dong-Party-Ditan-Park-Folk-Festival.html or http://www.douban.com/event/13528186/ or  http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=12906 and http://www.thebeijinger.com/events/2011/Apr/Ditan-Folk-Festival-2011

Find videos of the Zebra festival in Chengdu, where “The Amazing Insurance Salesmen” played last Monday at this address:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/3m8-UhM2y5g/

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Hi Everyone !

For the first time, The Amazing Insurance Salesmen will be playing at the Zebra music festival in Chengdu on the 2nd of May 2011.

The band will be playing on the Main stage, on the same day as Edison Chen, one of Hong Kong’s biggest pop star, The On Fires (Australia) and many more.

Bands such as Success (France),  Your favorite enemies (Canada), Good 4 nothing (Japan), Xu Wei (China), Brain Failure, Gemini, Bigger Bang etc… all participate in the festival this year.

Check the video presentation of  The Amazing Insurance Salesmen for the Zebra festival on the internet:

The Amazing Insurance Salesmen Zebra video presentation

Want to know more about the festival ? Check the official website:

http://www.myzmf.com/EnglishIndex.aspx

And also:

http://www.gochengdoo.com/en/blog/item/2161/chengdu_zebra_festival

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Hi Everyone !

I will be playing a few of my Chinese folk songs under the name of my folk project “Zhang Si’an” for the launch of the new design of “The World of Chinese” Magazine this thursday at Salud from 7 PM to 9 PM.

I will be accompanied by Mathieu Wahiche on the guitar/bass and Nico Mège on drums.

Don’t miss it !

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Related show

• Artist: Zhang Si’an
• Date: Thursday 21st Apr
• Time: 7:00pm
• Venue: Salud
• City: Beijing
• Address: Nanluoguxiang
• Country: China
• Admission: Free
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Hi Everyone !

Long time no see !

The Amazing Insurance Salesmen next show: 2Kolegas this saturday 9 of April with 3 other excellent bands from Beijing !

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Hi everyone !

Tonight is the last gig for “The Amazing Insurance Salesmen” before they fly to Malaysia for the World Final of the GBOB.  (http://site.douban.com/baoxianchaoren/)

The band will be joined by “Rustic“, winner for the World GBOB last year, who will also fly to Malaysia to play there. A 20 minutes documentary on Rustic’s adventures will also be shown. (http://site.douban.com/rustic/)

“Nucleus” from Ningxia will be openning the show.  (http://site.douban.com/nucleus/)

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Hi everyone !

I just finished the mastering of my new album “Mandarin(e) Jazz”, and it’s now for sale on itunes and Amazon.

Find it on itunes at this address:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mandarin-e-jazz/id417782427

Songlist:

Notes:

This album has been recorded at my home in Beijing between the month of June 2010 and December 2010.

I composed, wrote, arranged, and recorded everything myself,  except for the songs “Walking in Beijing”, “Mad Horses”, “Take the A train”,  “Summertime” and “Huan Xisha”.

Special thanks to Ubul Tursten (percussions), Guixian (Bass) and Mathieu wahiche (Guitar) who all play on the song “Walking in Beijing” recorded by “Doufu” at 2 Kolegas in July 2010.

Special thanks to Ubul Tursten who plays the percussions on “Mad horses”.

“Take the A train” was composed by Duke Ellington at the beginning of the 20th century.

“Summertime” was composed by George Gershwin at the beginning of the 20th century.

“Huan Xisha” ‘s words are from a poem By Shu Yan  (Song Dynasty).

The album mastering was done by Martin Rawlins in his studio in Beijing.

Cover by Sébastien Mahon.

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All my albums are for sale on itunes and Amazon.com (look for “Zhang Si’an” or “The Incredible JSB!”)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OSEWOC/ref=dm_sp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1270114807&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O4B5P0/ref=sr_shvl_album_1_artist_rd?ie=UTF8&parent=B001OIOL02&qid=1284355367&sr=301-1

Hi Everyone !

As you may already now, The Amazing Insurance Salesmen are going to compete in Kuala Lumpur against the rest of the world and try to become the “World’s new best band”.

The event will take place in Kuala Lumpur on the 26 of February 2011.

As we are now preparing for the big event, we are asking you, yes you 🙂, to give us some advice on “what should we do in order to become world champions ?”

You are welcome to give us any advice on that matter. In order to help you make your mind about this, go to www.gbob.com and check all the other bands competing with us.

We will take all advice into account, and will publish the best advices on the Zhang Si’an website as well as in one of the next newsletter.

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Thanks for your support !

All my albums are for sale on itunes and Amazon.com (look for “Zhang Si’an” or “The Incredible JSB!”)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OSEWOC/ref=dm_sp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1270114807&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O4B5P0/ref=sr_shvl_album_1_artist_rd?ie=UTF8&parent=B001OIOL02&qid=1284355367&sr=301-1

Hi everyone !

If you liked the video i posted last time “Uranus”, you can now buy the “Uranus” EP on itunes and Amazon.com

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.

To review the video of “Uranus”, go to:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjM5NjAxOTM2.html

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Thanks for your support !

All my albums are for sale on itunes and Amazon.com (look for “Zhang Si’an” or “The Incredible JSB!”)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OSEWOC/ref=dm_sp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1270114807&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O4B5P0/ref=sr_shvl_album_1_artist_rd?ie=UTF8&parent=B001OIOL02&qid=1284355367&sr=301-1