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An "innovator and pioneer in pipa," Jiaju Shen is an expert in traditional performance and a trailblazing electronic musician.

"The gu-zheng is one of the oldest zithers in the world, originating in China over 2,000 years ago. The earliest known versions were constructed with a bamboo frame and silk strings.

Weishan Liu has played the gu-zheng since the late-1940’s. She studied under Master Cao Zheng at the Shen Yang Music Conservatory in China. Weishan moved to the United States in 1982, and founded the San Francisco Gu-Zheng Music Society to promote the gu-zheng and traditional Chinese music and culture, and to provide cultural exchange and performance opportunities for musicians of all levels."

"For almost half of her life Soname Yangchen had to fight for freedom. At the age of six she was given as a slave into a foreign family, until ten years later when she made a spectacular escape to Europe. Today she lives in Berlin, and as a “Voice of Tibet” she has thrilled thousands of people with her music."

The erhu, also known as the Southern fiddle, is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument that remains popular in China today for its depth and breadth of sound.

"Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn’s debut collaborative release is a testament to the connective power of music across seemingly disparate cultures. Merging American old-time music and Chinese folksong, Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn features gorgeous, impressionistic renditions of traditional material from the hills of Appalachia to the prairies of Xinjiang region, each tune flowing seamlessly into the next. The effervescent resonances of Wu’s guzheng zither dance around Washburn’s expressive banjo playing, their voices intertwining English and various Chinese dialects."

"A cosmic offering of iridescent electro-soul. The debut from Beijing’s rising singer, songwriter, and producer, Fishdoll."

"How often do we consider light? We revel in the soft wonder of a sunrise or the majesty of a glorious sunset, but all through the day its quality and texture is continually changing, second by second, in ways we rarely register. That beauty is the inspiration for The Gleam, the third album from Korean composer and instrumentalist Park Jiha."

"As an electronic music producer and DJ born in Kaifeng, Henan and now living in Vancouver, Yu Su is brave enough to challenge the Eurocentric thinking prevalent in today's music scene without indulging in any conceptual stereotypes such as "ethnic", "futuristic", and "fourth world". "

CHÉ-SHIZU is a Japanese improv/folk group heavily featuring the erhu.

"Lockdown Loops is a collection of my daily improvisations while confined to my apartment in Shanghai during the Spring of 2022. These raw one take live recordings are a mix of music I made to sooth myself with peaceful vibes, to voice a sense of creeping doom, and to send my mind away as I stared into middle space."

"「The Plain」 is the beginning of returning to the original color. The limbs made of soil walking through the plain, carving a lighthouse that is constantly moving. Wooden sheen and Gregorian chants fusion into a road movie-style hymn dedicated to self and nature."

"From Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay, Nunavut), internationally celebrated artist Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling author... Tagaq is an original disruptor, a world-changing figure at the forefront of seismic social, political and environmental change."

Cacien (卡西恩) is also known as Garlica Princess, a name which she chose for herself because “It’s smelly, but people like it. That’s kind of like me.” Based in both New York and China, she explores the intersection between jazz and hip-hop while paving the way for female hip-hop artists in China.

Chinese, Singapore-based emo rapper Cykko is part of rise in East Asia's melodic emo rap scene.

Formed in 1991, LA BOYZ are considered to be the first Taiwanese rap group.

A post-rock band out of Massachusetts, 7 Birches "explores an individual’s search for meaning in life, existence, and death."

“In some respects, Trust is a simultaneous documentation of progression and regression. A homecoming of sorts, influenced by the interim where we developed our skills as producers and our skills as artists. Armlock, as a vehicle, seems like returning full circle to where we started.”

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