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New Release ! Fete de la Musique, Frederic Beigbeder, Lo’Jo.

To my surprise the other day at Hanggai Festival, someone had recorded the whole show !  I was even more surprised when I got the recordings with everything mixed and mastered already ! Special thanks to Lorenz Kirchner here who did a good job considering this is coming out by only two stereo tracks. Listen …

Hanggai Music Festival at Mako Live this weekend, don’t miss it !

  Festival details: Third Annual Hanggai Festival Details Date 14 Jun , 15 Jun , 16 Jun Time 9pm-late (14 Jun), 4-8.30pm (15 Jun), 4pm-midnight (16 Jun) Prices 150RMB; 100RMB (presale); 300RMB (for three days) Mako Live House (麻雀)  English address 36 Guangqu Lu, Chaoyang district Chinese address 朝阳区广渠路36号红点艺术工厂内   The festival starts tonight at Mako Live …

Joining Dance Company T.R.A.N.S.I.T.S.C.A.P.E in Ditan Park for Croisements 2013.

    I am joining French modern dance company T.R.A.N.S.I.T.S.C.A.P.E this weekend in Ditan Park for the Croisements Festival 2013. There will be two short shows of about 20 minutes each presented on friday the 30 of May and saturday the 1st of June at 8 PM. The show will take place where the Ditan …

AIS at the 2Kolegas Anniversary Party – Art Expo in an apartment.

  The 2kolegas is back, The amazing Insurance Salesmen will be playing as usual. We are listed in Chinese on the 25 of May, the best day of this anniversary that will start at 8pm on friday, go on from 3pm to the end of the night on saturday, to finally end with DJ’s on …

Djang San at the Shenzhen Midi Music Festival.

  I’m bringing the One Man Band for the first time to Shenzhen this year thanks to the Midi Festival. I will be playing on sunday, I hope to see you there !   www.zhangsian.com http://djangsan.bandcamp.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/zhangsian http://www.myspace.com/zsian http://site.douban.com/zhangsian/ http://soundcloud.com/djangsan http://site.douban.com/baoxianchaoren http://www.reverbnation.com/djangsan http://u.youku.com/张思安 http://djang-san.members.restorm.com/ http://www.beijing-underground.com/  

Croisements 2013: “Les Hommes Debout”. Expo in Beijing, Wuhan, Shanghai, Zhongshan.

Lend an ear to The Standing Men (Des Hommes Debout), these phosphorescent mannequins are purveyors of stories, words and culture, they will light up with words and colors, with the contact of the public.   Last winter, I gave my voice for some weird recordings. The result is here: “Les Hommes Debout”. My voice, as …

Croisements Festival 2013 Opening Concert: Djang San “One Man Live Orchestra”

Recent Reviews and articles:   Djang San’s Electronic Music (Not) for Chinese Restaurants  (Music Dish China) 每一个音符都是一次实验 (Every note is an experiment) (Music Dish China) DJANG SAN – Un chercheur d’or musical à Pékin (Le Petit Journal) Insane local musician releases 4 albums at once (Time Out Beijing) Interview: Djang San (Smart Beijing)   Don’t forget to vote for …

AIS Nominated for “Best Local Band of the Year” by “City Weekend”, Vote for us !

The Amazing Insurance Salesmen are nominated as “Best Local Band of the Year” on City Weekend Beijing. Vote for us !   To vote, you must register on City Weekend, to do so, go to : http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/signup/ Once you are signed up, go to that link: http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/awards/2013-beijing-restaurants-bars-awards/   Click on “Local Band of the Year”. …

05 April 2013 – The Amazing Insurance Salesmen @ Sound of the Xity Music Festival

Friday, 5 of April, not 13 of April                   It’s at Mao Livehouse, see you there ! www.zhangsian.com http://djangsan.bandcamp.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/zhangsian http://www.myspace.com/zsian http://site.douban.com/zhangsian/ http://soundcloud.com/djangsan http://site.douban.com/baoxianchaoren http://www.reverbnation.com/djangsan http://u.youku.com/张思安 http://djang-san.members.restorm.com/ http://www.beijing-underground.com/  

The Amazing Insurance Salesmen 3rd Anniversary Party @ 2 Kolegas this saturday night !

  Special thanks to 2 Kolegas, WHAI and DJ Gildas for  joining the party, we hope you  will come celebrate with us 3 years of madness, and will push us to continue this crazy project we started in the spring of 2010.    In 3 years, we won the Global Battle of the Bands in Mainland China and Hong Kong, played in Malaysia, played the Midi festival …