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MoShang

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".

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Made in Taiwan

In Taiwan, the chill-out lounge and the temple gardens are within comfortable walking distance from one another... on your way, you will hear ads blared from blue-trucks, street processions, Buddhist funeral chants, snippets of songs wafting from windows.

Like a musical diary, Made in Taiwan reflects one foreigner’s first impressions of Asia and captures moments from everyday life. Whilst taking delight in its strangeness, it places it in the more familiar musical context of western Electronica with styles ranging from down-tempo to break-beat.

Whereas an Asian audience will be more familiar with the sounds that are so exotic to foreigners, they will hear these sounds interpreted in a fresh and personal way. Either way, Made in Taiwan is a unique and engaging listening experience.

1. Street Song 1♫

2. Funeral Song

3. Sun Gong Moon Song

4. Mandarin For Beginners 2♫

5. You Bowled Me Over

6. Dragonbeat

7. Waiting For The Bus 3♫

8. Under My Skin

9. Too Much Desire

10. After Hours

11. Big Love

12. Too Deep

13. Teawhistle

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September 2004

Onse Plate (Studio), Taichung, Taiwan

Onse Plate

US$ 10.25 (in stock)

“Marais's (MoShang) latest album is a blend of ambient world beat and then some chill-out Electronica. The fusion of street sounds, which range from the clatter of traffic to the hum of monks chanting and the reverberation of a public karaoke performance, with samples of Oriental instrumentation and ambient world beat-based Electronica make Made in Taiwan an enticing listen and, thanks to Marais's studio smarts, one that never misses a beat”

Gavin Phipps – Taipei Times

“Full of inspiration, surprises, emotion, energy... From the jazzy “Street Song” to the up-tempo “Under My Skin” MoShang succeeds in creating a genuine Eastern theme throughout the whole album. Full marks!" (Translated from Afrikaans)

Kobie Botha – Litnet

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Chill Dynasty

On MoShang's second full-length album, Oriental melodies performed on traditional Chinese instruments float effortlessly over deeply laid-back grooves and offer glimpses of the past, the present and the future get comfortable.

In 2006, MoShang's track "Nun Other" was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.

1. Contain

2. My Last Duchess

(feat. David Byrne sample) 1♫

3. Nun Other

4. Smoke 2♫

5. Gentle Beauty

6. Comfort Zone

7. Easy 3♫

8. And She Swung

9. Net in Line (feat. Sonja V.)

10. Or Else

11. Swank

12. Darker

13. Tall Take

14. Soli

15. The Optimist

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