Yan Jun - Biography

Yan Jun, newcome sound artist, known as music critic, poet and organizer. born in Lanzhou in 1973. Graduated from Department of Chinese Language & Literature in Northwest Normal University in 1995. Now live and work in Beijing.

Use pc on sound material, but on stage only with simple equipments (cd player, I-pod, md player, mixer) with throat singing and simple physical sound source (singing bowl, tuning fork, etc.).

description: improvised, sample, sound, atmosphere, field recording mix, ritual, hypnosis, minimalism, low frequency…

 

Publication:

music culture and collection of reviews:

Rock With Iron & Blood (1999)

New Sound From Beijing (1999)

Noises Inside (2001)

Under-underground (2002)

Bohemia China (collaboration, 2003 Hongkong, 2004 mainland China)

Noises In-Burning (2004 mainland China, 2005 Taiwan)

 

poetry:

49 Poems (1996)

Infrasonic Sound (2001)

Editor In Chief & Producer for literary magazine “Writing”

 

music & sound-poem:

Impossible (live, with fm3, Sub Jam, 2003)

The Other Two Comrades + Yan Jun – Live in Guangzhou and Hangzhou (with Huan Qing and Chen Zhipeng, Sub Jam, 2004)

The Other Two Comrades + Yan Jun + Top Floor Circus – Improvisation in Shanghai (KwanYin, 2005)

 

Performance (selected):

1999-2002, poem-reading with rock, jazz and folk musicians in Chengdu, Beijing, Guangzhou and Lanzhou

2002, "Sparta" novel-reading drama, All Sages Book Store, beijing, with Wang Fan and other artists and writers

2003, "Impossible", All Sages Book Store, beijing, with fm3 and Wu Quan (visual artist)

2003, "Boiling Dusk", Vibes, beijing, with fm3 and Wu Quan (visual)

2003-2004, "Ten Nights Discussion", a series with fm3, Wu Quan (visual) and Wang Fan

2004, DDM Warehouse Art Center, Shang Hai, with Christiaan and Wu Quan (visual)

2004, Com Plus Cafe & Gallery, Fukuoka (Japan)

2004, Houhai Nameless Underground Bar, beijing, a series with fm3 and Dou Wei

2004, "Chendu Blog China Tour", 10 cities, with The Other Two Comrades (Huan Qin and Chen Zhipeng)

2004, "Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night)", Paris, with fm3 and Wu Quan (visual)

2004, “1000 Revolutions Per Second”, Brussels, with Wu Quan (visual)

2004, Hangzhou, 2pi festival

2005, Kunming and Dali, “Freedom in Sound and Visual” workshop

2005, "Da Shan Zi International Art Festival 2005"

 

Lecture (selected):

2002, "Chinese Underground Music and Its Culture", Renmin University of China, Yantai Normal University

2004, "Pop Music and Sub Culture in 80s China", Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

 

Curate, Organize and Co-Organize (selected):

1999, Otomo Yoshihide Beijing concerts

2000, Alex Paterson + Thomas Felhmann China Tour

2000, The Ruins China Tour

2001, Bo-n'z Beijing concerts

2002, Haino Keiji + Yoshida Tatsuya Beijing concert

2002, fm3, Zuo Xiao Zu Zhou and The Tongue concert in Beijing and Lanzhou

2003, "Sounding Beijing International Electronic Music Festival"

2004, "798 Soundscape" for "Da Shan Zi International Art Festival 2004"

2005, “Beijing New Sound” for "Da Shan Zi International Art Festival 2005"