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MoShang is a sound jeweller living in Taiwan. Inspired by the sounds of Asia, MoShang collects rough audio-diamonds (be they overheard conversations, street-ads blared from blue-trucks, street processions or funeral chants) and fuses them with traditional Chinese instruments and laid-back beats to create a unique blend of down-tempo Electronica he likes to call “Chinese Chill”.

Although he is slightly embarrassed to admit it, MoShang (aka Jean Marais) started his musical career as a choral singer in his native South Africa in the early 1980’s. Around the same time, he received his first computer - a Commodore VIC-20. His passion for music and computers would eventually culminate in the release of his debut solo album ”Made in Taiwan” in 2004. Along the way, MoShang was the front man of Duusman (an Afrikaans language art rock band), played the saxophone for Tsunami (on the Gallo Jazz label), and produced 10 tracks on three award-winning music and poetry albums with the celebrated South African poet Breyten Breytenbach. He was half of the Afrikaans pop-duo 12Hz with Riku Latti, and he received a South African AVANTI award for his music to the short film “Angels in a Cage”.

In 2006, MoShang’s track “Nun Other” was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.

MoShang’s second album, ”Chill Dynasty”, was released in September 2006.

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2Serenity wrote:
July 2009

Moshang released a new album!!!!! http://moshang.net/soundjeweler_blog/

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xtreme84 wrote:
April 2009

I love the Ubuntu 904 music theme included on the examples folder

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MatusKozacik wrote:
November 2008

Poslední palačinka!

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Legion23 wrote:
March 2008

The free Album has it´s own website: http://asianvariations.com/

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Krackatoa wrote:
December 2007

great stuff love the funk,jazz world fusion sound you got there, and a vic 20 gamer from way back too :) perfect

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HealeyIsland wrote:
November 2007

Beautiful music, very beautiful. We are on the artists laboratory together.

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2Serenity wrote:
September 2007

MoShang has done a new album which is his collaborations with other artists. Please check out: http://moshang.net/

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2Serenity wrote:
May 2007

I was playing around one day and heard some tracks from MoShang's Chill Dynasty and I was thoroughly impressed. The music is extremely relaxing and I love how he incorporates sounds from other cultures (South African) into the Asian vibe. I even bought his second album - Made in Taiwan. I love both albums! Spiritual rejuvenation!

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