Studioforum

Woche 19-24 / 05.05. - 15.06.08

China Focus II, Curated by Johannes S. Sistermanns

Johannes S. Sistermanns interviews the composer and poet Yan Jun (Beijing) and also introduces several Chinese composers and sound artists by presenting the newly published CD "Background, Chinese Art"

01. Interview by Johannes S. Sistermanns with Yan Jun (Composer, Poet), Beijing /26:02
02. FM3 / BM 07 / 01:08
03. Wang Changcun / Untitled / 06:30
04. Li Jianhong / Metal Pussy, Metal Noise / 04:09
05. Noise Association of Lanzhou + Other Two Comrades / Untitled (excerpt) / 12:45
06. Wang Fan / In Deep Silence (mix) / 06:03
07. Lin Zhiying / H / 07:29
08. Feng Jiangzhou / PA PA PA / 03:09
09. Bai Tian / Travel / 07:46
10. Torturing Nurse / Youth Of Today / 05:04
11. 8GG / Net Soundscape / 09:02
12. Ronez / From Spoon To Closestool / 04:15
13. FM3 / BM 09 / 00:59

The sound artist and poet Yan Ju was born in Lanzhou in 1973. He now lives in Beijing. He holds a B.A. of Chinese Literature.
Yan's live performance engages space feedback, loop and voice/language to make hypnotic noise. He uses concepts of recycling, feedback and reduction to creates sound art work, which related to field recording, installation, image, video, publishing and multiple forms. He had performed and participated exhibitions in Paris (Nuit Blanche), Amsterdam, Berlin (Transmediale), Cologne (MusikTriennale Köln), Moers (Moers Festival), Kuala Lumpur (Street Roar), Seoul (Bulgasari), Oslo (Sound of Mu), Brussels, Copenhagen (Metropolis Biennale), toured in Taiwan and Mainland China. He has also initiated Tie Guan Yin and Pisces Iscariots, two free-form electro-acoustic impro projects.
He was a well-known music critic and organizer as driving force of China's underground music and sub-culture scene before turn his focus into contemporary music and sound art in 2004.
Yan runs the virtual creation Sub Jam since 1998. It had released some essential underground music and independent films. In 2004 he co-found KwanYin Records for experimental music and sound exploration.
He runs Waterland Kwanyin, a weekly event of experimental / improv music and sound art since 2005, and the annual outdoor festival Mini Midi. He also curates sound projects for DIAF Art Festival since 2004, and GetItLouder07. He had published 6 books on topic of Chinese new music and 3 poetry anthologies.
www.yanjun.org/blog2
www.yanjun.org
www.myspace.com/yanjunyanjun
www.subjam.org

The CD "Background, Chinese Art" was published in spring 2008 on the label Kwan Yin Records (catalogue no. kwanyin 017).
All tracks were mastered by artist themselves without any post modification. All rights controlled by artists.
Distributed with "Avant-Garde Today" issue 15.
Distributed by Sugar Jar as individual CD for 500 copies limited edition.
Curated and Edited by Yan Jun/Kwan Yin Records (subjam@gmail.com), 2006 Assisted by Shi Yang

Elektronische Studios aus ganz Deutschland und dem Ausland werden hier portraitiert und stellen ihre aktuellen Projekte, Forschungsvorhaben und Entwicklungsarbeiten vor. Das Studio-Forum dient langfristig dem Austausch zwischen den Studios als Produktionsstätten vielfältiger elektroakustischer Musik und Klangkunst.