New Djang San music out of the oven !

by admin

Updated: January 12, 2012

Hi Everyone !

I just released a new live recording, you can listen to it for free and buy it here:

http://djangsan.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-tushuguan-vol3

This time this recording is more electro. I used more sampling and toyed around with the sounds and instruments I have on stage. As usual, i did all this as a one man band, meaning i play all the instruments and manage everything myself when on stage.

So What’s in Beijing this week end ?:

Well, it is the end of the Chinese calendar and we’ll be soon entering the year of the “Black Water Dragon”. People are deserting Beijing so it will be less shows for the coming 4 weeks. The Chinese new year is like Christmas in Europe, family gather and eat for days, it’s also the biggest migration in the world for millions of people go back to their hometowns from the big cities all at the same time.

In Beijing, firecrackers everywhere will light the skies and the streets for weeks, bringing noise, in an atmosphere of joy and chaos. I’ll be playing my next gig on the 26 of February in Temple while the dragon is dancing.

In Jazz:

The best harmonica player I know, Laurent Maur, is playing this friday night at Jianghu.

http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/events/101150/

Check, Moreno, one of the oldest piano player in town at East Shore on sunday night:

http://www.thebeijinger.com/events/2012/Jan/MrMoreno-Donadel-Jazz-QuartetJam-Session

Folk and Rock:

Last show at D22, the live venue is closing its doors and will probably reopen somewhere else…If you’ve never been there, it’s time !

http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/events/100056/

Bad Mamasan will be putting on a very special show at Temple:

http://www.thebeijinger.com/events/2012/Jan/2012-Friday-the-13th-Metal-Up-Your-Ass-Bash-at-Temple

Last show at 2kolegas before the Chinese new year with DH and the Chinese Helcats:

http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/events/99556/

Try to enjoy your life and see you soon (maybe) !

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

What music in Beijing this week ? (correction)

by admin

Posted: December 14, 2011

Hi !

Let me start by saying i’ll be playing again this saturday night at Mako livehouse (located near Shuangjing subway station on the line 10). I’ll be sharing the stage with “Thank you for the fish”, the folk project from “Subs” singer Kang Mao. The band is quite interesting as it is a mix between the beautifully weird vocals of Kang Mao and some sort of revisited Chinese folk music. Take a listen at “Subs” here to get an idea of what that voice may sound with accoustic instruments playing for it.

So What’s in Beijing this week ?:

In Jazz:

On wednesday, one of my favorite Jazz guitar player in China, Lawrence Ku, is playing at Jianghu.

My friends from the “Hot club of Beijing” are playing gypsy standards at Modernista. Jazz singer Lulu will be singing Jazz at Fubar.

On thursday, Alex Morris, a great drummer, will be playing at East Shore café.

Xia Jia, one of the best jazz piano player in Beijing (He also plays keyboard for Cui Jian (The Chinese rock godfather)) is playing at East Shore on friday.

“Laurent Maur”, a very good jazz harmonica player and a friend of mine from Bordeaux is playing at East Shore this saturday.

Folk and Rock:

A band invited by the Swedish embassy, “Little marbles”, is playing on wednesday at Yugong Yishan. It’s pop, it’s full of bubbles, it’s like a sweet drink i wouldn’t drink too much of, like a Fanta or its equivalent here, Miranda… http://site.douban.com/littlemarbles/

On thursday, the interesting band to see should be “WHAI”, a band which has been recently created and that includes “Buyi” guitar player Zhang Wei and drummer Liu Miao, who also plays with “Lidong” and “Nucleus (Core)”. Those two guys have been in the music scene for so long that it is interesting to see what they do just because of that. (Didn’t find recordings for that one).

“Hanggai”, a band which is almost useless to introduce, is playing at 2Kolegas on friday. This band of Mongolian influenced music is getting more and more attention outside of China and will probably be playing a bunch of festivals around the world next summer. http://site.douban.com/hanggai/

“Shanren” http://site.douban.com/shanren/ and “Lidong” http://site.douban.com/migratorybird/, two of the most interesting folk bands in China join up for a night of folk at Mao livehouse on friday night.

Jurat, an interesting mix between Xinjiang (Western china) music and rock is playing at Temple on friday, introducing his new album “Sans famille”. http://site.douban.com/jurat/

“Demerit” http://site.douban.com/demeritpunks/, a Chinese punk band is playing at Yugong Yishan as part of their tour of China. Might me a good choice if you like “BrainFailure”

http://site.douban.com/brainfailure/, one of the oldest punk rock in China. That happens on saturday.

“Duck fight Goose”, whose music i find interesting (at least on the recordings, never saw them live), is releasing an album on saturday at D22.http://site.douban.com/duckfightgoose/

Try to enjoy your life and see you soon (maybe) !

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/zhangsian

What music in Beijing this week ? (correction)

by admin

Updated: December 14, 2011

Hi !

Let me start by saying i’ll be playing again this saturday night at Mako livehouse (located near Shuangjing subway station on the line 10). I’ll be sharing the stage with “Thank you for the fish”, the folk project from “Subs” singer Kang Mao. The band is quite interesting as it is a mix between the beautifully weird vocals of Kang Mao and some sort of revisited Chinese folk music. Take a listen at “Subs” here to get an idea of what that voice may sound with accoustic instruments playing for it.

So What’s in Beijing this week ?:

In Jazz:

On wednesday, one of my favorite Jazz guitar player in China, Lawrence Ku, is playing at Jianghu.

My friends from the “Hot club of Beijing” are playing gypsy standards at Modernista. Jazz singer Lulu will be singing Jazz at Fubar.

On thursday, Alex Morris, a great drummer, will be playing at East Shore café.

Xia Jia, one of the best jazz piano player in Beijing (He also plays keyboard for Cui Jian (The Chinese rock godfather)) is playing at East Shore on friday.

“Laurent Maur”, a very good jazz harmonica player and a friend of mine from Bordeaux is playing at East Shore this saturday.

Folk and Rock:

A band invited by the Swedish embassy, “Little marbles”, is playing on wednesday at Yugong Yishan. It’s pop, it’s full of bubbles, it’s like a sweet drink i wouldn’t drink too much of, like a Fanta or its equivalent here, Miranda… http://site.douban.com/littlemarbles/

On thursday, the interesting band to see should be “WHAI”, a band which has been recently created and that includes “Buyi” guitar player Zhang Wei and drummer Liu Miao, who also plays with “Lidong” and “Nucleus (Core)”. Those two guys have been in the music scene for so long that it is interesting to see what they do just because of that. (Didn’t find recordings for that one).

“Hanggai”, a band which is almost useless to introduce, is playing at 2Kolegas on friday. This band of Mongolian influenced music is getting more and more attention outside of China and will probably be playing a bunch of festivals around the world next summer. http://site.douban.com/hanggai/

“Shanren” http://site.douban.com/shanren/ and “Lidong” http://site.douban.com/migratorybird/, two of the most interesting folk bands in China join up for a night of folk at Mao livehouse on friday night.

Jurat, an interesting mix between Xinjiang (Western china) music and rock is playing at Temple on friday, introducing his new album “Sans famille”. http://site.douban.com/jurat/

“Demerit” http://site.douban.com/demeritpunks/, a Chinese punk band is playing at Yugong Yishan as part of their tour of China. Might me a good choice if you like “BrainFailure”

http://site.douban.com/brainfailure/, one of the oldest punk rock in China. That happens on saturday.

“Duck fight Goose”, whose music i find interesting (at least on the recordings, never saw them live), is releasing an album on saturday at D22.http://site.douban.com/duckfightgoose/

It’s not obvious on the poster design, but “The Amazing

Insurance Salesmen” are playing on the 26 of May,

this saturday, at the 2Kolegas 7 year anniversary party.

Also on the bill:

WHAI (Progressive rock)

Wu and the side effects

Nova Heart

DH and the Chinese Hellcats.

See you soon !

Djang san (Zhang Si’an – Jean-Sébastien Héry)

Djang San at the Dong Party Music Festival in Beijing

on the 30th of April:

The Amazing Insurance Salesmen at the Midi festival in

Beijing on the 1st of May.

The Midi festival is the oldest rock music festival in

China and also one of the biggest.

To Celebrate the festival season, I’ll be playing a solo

show at Beiluo Café this friday night. Here is the link

to the event:

Djang san (Zhang Si’an – Jean-Sébastien Héry)

Djang San Solo Electro/Folk/Experimental show at

Temple with Xiao He (China) and Vialka (Canada).

6 April 2012 9 PM at Temple Bar, Beijing.

Festival in Shenyang (North East China) on the 7th with

“The Amazing Insurance Salesmen”.

Djang San solo electro show on the 12th at Modernista

in Beijing.

“The Amazing Insurance Salesmen” on the 13th at

Yugong Yishan “Ultimate Rock Night” with “Dwaas”

(New project from the founder of “Arrows made of

Desire”, Joewi Verhoeven), “Devils at the Crossroad”

and “Wu & the side effects”.

“The Amazing Insurance Salesmen” on the 14th at

2Kolegas with “SUBS”, “Candy Monster”, “Steely

Heart”.

Djang San in Lijiang (Yunnan, South China) at the

COART Festival, all infos at http://coart.com.cn/

Djang san (Zhang Si’an – Jean-Sébastien Héry)

If you missed us last weekend at Yugong Yishan, You have a chance to catch us again at 2 Kolegas this friday night.

Don’t miss us this time !

Djang san (Zhang Si’an – Jean-Sébastien Héry)

Don’ Miss it !

Djang san (Zhang Si’an – Jean-Sébastien Héry)

Next gigs in Beijing:

– 17 of February 2012: Djang San – Tushuguan

– 22 of February 2012: Djang San – Salud

– 3 of March 2012: The Amazing Insurance salesmen – Yugong Yishan

– 10 of March 2012: Djang san – Modernista

– 14 of March 2012: Djang San – Temple

– 5 of May 2012: The Amazing Insurance salesmen – Mao live house

New Video:

Concept video by artist and painter Sébastien Mahon “Ahhhhhhh”, extract from the album “Live at Tushuguan Vol.3”.

On Youku: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzQ4NTY3NDY0.html

On Youtube: http://youtu.be/AU26HxznSY8

See you soon !

Djang san (Zhang Si’an – Jean-Sébastien Héry)

Happy New Year to everyone !

By New Year I mean the year of the dragon, which started two days ago in an explosion of Fireworks in Beijing.

I’m doing my first concert of the year this thursday 26 of January at Temple.

Looking for new ways to express my creativity, I recently made two videos.

Those videos are a bit conceptual, I mainly used footage I shot along the years here in Beijing and elsewhere and edited it to fit the music I recently recorded live in Beijing (Live at Tushuguan 1,2 and 3)

If you are in China, check it on Youku. If you are elsewhere, check it on Facebook (click on the HQ button for better image quality).

There are two videos “Flûte inversée” and “End of the World (part 2)”:

Youku:

and

Facebook:

and

Some day in October I was interviewed by Noisey.com after playing at the What Bar. They were doing a documentary on experimental band “Soviet Pop” and asked me what I thought about their music. You can see the short documentary here: