February 12, 2006
The Shanghai Restoration Project: Electronic Music Meets Asian Chic
East-meets-West doesn’t always make for a successful fusion, but when it works, it works. And it really works in producer and songwriter Dave Liang's first complete album, The Shanghai Restoration Project. The album has been burning up the ears of iPod users since its debut, making its way as one of the top albums of 2005 on both iTunes and MSN Music.
The Kansas-raised Liang—a former producer for artists on major labels Bad Boy and Universal Records—fuses traditional Chinese instruments such as dizi and erhu with modern hip-hop and electronica to create music that he says, “mirrors my upbringing as a Chinese-American delicately balancing Eastern and Western influences.”
Listen to the ambience of "Babylon of the Orient" here.
Buy all the album's songs, including “Jade Buddha Temple” and “Miss Shanghai”, on digital download services like iTunes and MSN Music, or on the album’s official website.
Full interview with Dave Liang on Club Zen
Cultural insight on The Shanghai Restoration Project from the Asia Pacific Arts – UCLA Asia Institute
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