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    　　About Zhaoze:
    　　 

    　　Zhaoze, aka The Swamp, an indie band from China. Their music is regarded as electronic and psychedelic, combined with progressive rock, post rock, and avant-garde electronic music to produce detail, touching, passionate, and boundless tension in the everlasting sadness. With their profound lyrics, Zhaoze provides us a dark and beautiful poetic world. 

    　　 Unique live performance is also a trademark from Zhaoze. Apart from drums, guitar, bass, and keyboard, hand sonic, sampler and effects are used in gig frequently. These additions not only bring innovation to the live environment, but also provide the band greater freedom to create. 

    　　 The name of “Zhaoze (meaning The Swamp in Chinese)” is an analogy of human’s nearby nature until the home of the spirit --- our innermost secret. Both of them are similar in some ways: fed up yet attached to; fixed yet mobile; ruined yet vital. This could be the best explanation to Zhaoze’s music.

    　　 From the very beginning, Zhaoze is accompanying with an independent attitude. Everything is done by themselves, including writing, editing, performing, producing, and recording. Even artwork, CD distribution, and concert coordination are DIY by Zhaoze. From 1996 – 2004, Zhaoze has hatched and involved in Kaiping Music Festival, which is already an important sign to the rock scene in Southern part of China. 

    　　 In 2003, Zhaoze was signed to 89268, an independent record label in Hong Kong, and released 2CDs compilation “Swamp + City”. In winter 2004, Zhaoze kicked off their “Breaking away from the orbit” China tour in 18 cities. After that, Zhaoze was often invited to Hong Kong for performances. Media in Hong Kong including MCB Magazine, City Magazine, South China Morning Post, RTHK, etc have interviewed Zhaoze, and greatly appreciated their music in new album so as their live performance. 

    　　 In Feb 2005, Zhaoze is the only band from China who joined the performance in 33rd Hong Kong Arts Festival. In April, Zhaoze joined The 2nd Pearl River Poem Art Festival with a poet, to present us the beauty of “poem and music”. In June, Jinwen record label released two official CD “Swamp” and “City”. In July, Zhaoze participated in Inner Mongolia Gegentala Grassland Music Festival, shared the stage with Cui Jian, Dou Wei, etc. In October, Zhaoze first joined The 6th Beijing Midi Music Festival, bought the rock scene in Southern part of China to Beijing. 

    　　 In 2006, Zhaoze released a new EP “The Drifting Heart” and started the tour which named “Here comes the wind” in more than 10 different cities in China. During the tour, Zhaoze joined The 7th Beijing Midi Music Festival. When the tour finished, they joined Shenzhen China Rock Festival and Zengcheng China Rock Festival, which featured many well-known bands in China, such as Cui Jian, Xu Wei, The Tang Dynasty Band, and so on, Zhaoze was glad to be invited and left a great impression for the audiences of their post-rock sound. 

    　　 In this year 2007, it will be a fruitful year for Zhaoze. They had just released a new single “Time to flow back” on 1 June; and the other half of the year, they are going to release three albums: Lab Yellow Session “Lost dream” (July), “replay/remix” album “The Metamorphosis” and studio album “Xi You Ji” (December). 

    　　 

    　　Performance lineup: 
         　　Hz: Guitar, Guqin, Vocals 
         　　Jim: Guitar, Sampling & Small keyboard 
         　　Sean: Drums, Hand sonic, Sampling 
         　　Roy: Bass、keyboard
         　　Despairada (female)：Live VJ, Small keyboard 
         　　 
         　　Lives Zhaoze joined: 
         　　2007 Lab Yellow Session “Lost dream” Concert 
         　　2007 Guangzhou “Band sound never over” Live 
         　　2006 Guangzhou “we’re together” Live 
         　　2006 The 1st Zengcheng China Rock Festival 
         　　2006 “Go Party” Hong Kong Asia music party 
         　　2006 Shenzhen China Rock Festival 
         　　2006 The 7th Beijing MIDI Music Festival 
         　　2006 Zhaoze “Here comes the wind” China Tour (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Jinan, Dalian, etc. 13 cities) 
         　　05-06 Foshan Radio the 8th Anniversary Concert of “City folk night” 
         　　2005 The 6th Beijing MIDI Music Festival 
         　　2005 Hong Kong Zhaoze × Aloks 31G Live 
         　　2005 Performance at HK TVB “360°music limitless” 
         　　2005 Guangzhou Caribou (UK) + Zhaoze “Summer Sweating” Concert 
         　　2005 Inner Mongolia Gegentala Grassland Music Festival 
         　　2005 Guangzhou Zhaoze & friends “Falling into the humid haze” Live 
         　　2005 The 2nd Pearl River Poem Art Festival “Republic of Sound” 
         　　2005 The 33rd Hong Kong Arts Festival 
         　　04-05 Zhaoze “Breaking away from the orbit” China Tour (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Xian, Luoyang, Chengdu, Chongdu, Wuhan, Changsha, Qingdao, Kunming, Zhuhai, Kaiping, etc. 18 cities) 
         　　2004 Hunan Changsha “Nature's Way Staying High” Live 
         　　2004 Chinese Music Media Award Live series: Zhaoze qualitative change, radiating in GZ 
         　　2004 The 6th Kaiping Music Festival 
         　　2004 Guangzhou The 1st Rock in Guangzhou Live 
         　　2003 Shanghai “Asia Music Festival” 
         　　2003 Guangzhou “France Music Fetival” 
         　　2002 Yunnan Lijiang “The Snow Mountain Music Festival” 
         　　2002 Foshan Radio The 4th Anniversary Concert of “City folk night” 
         　　2002 Taishan Gymnasium Guangdong Bandsound Spring Festival Concert 
         　　2001 Wuyi South Aestheticism Rock Series Concert 
         　　2001 Foshan Popular Frontline Square The Launch of The album Swamp 
         　　2001 Zhuhai Gymnasium Original Rock Concert 
         　　2000 The 5th Kaiping Music Festival 
         　　99—00 The 4th Kaiping Music Festival 
         　　1999 Guangzhou “The South Never Lose” Guangdong Bands Live 
         　　1998 Guangzhou Luhu South New Rock Concert 
         　　1998 The 3rd Kaiping Music Festival 
         　　1997 Guangzhou “The Bands Arrive in The City” Rock Concert 
         　　1997 The 2nd Kaiping Music Festival 
         　　1996 The 1st Kaiping Music Festival 
         　　1996 The Anniversary Live of Guangzhou Radio (The bands of Guangzhou, Shenzhen & HK) 
         　　 
         　　Zhaoze’s works: 
         　　06.2007 Single「Time to flow back」 
         　　05.2006 Song: “The drifting heart” be collected in Chinese indie music collection「C」 
         　　04.2004 MV: “Fear”(「mv.EVERYWHERE.dvd」) 
         　　04.2006 EP「The drifting heart」 
         　　11.2005 Song: “Prowling around the biased tracks” (HK indie collection「The 5th element」) 
         　　07.2005 LP「Swamp」, 「City」（Jingwen release） 
         　　10.2004 China tour sampler CD「Breaking away from the orbit」 
         　　10.2004 2CD「Swamp + City」（89268 release） 
         　　10.2004 Song: “2 dimensions”(HK indie 3CD collection「Come out and play」) 
         　　05.2004 EP「2 dimensions」 
         　　10.2003 Songs: “Fear”, “Little deer”, “something sweet”(Collection CD「you're our angel」 
         　　09.2003 Mini Album「The doctor」 
         　　03.2003 Single「Fear」 
         　　10.2001 LP「Swamp」 
         　　05.2001 EP「Red brick wall」 
         　　1999 Mini Album「Carolane」 
         　　 
         　　Contact Zhaoze： 
         　　(China mainland)New Tribe 
         　　Add: 803, 2ndbuilding, No168, Nantai Road, Guangzhou, China 
         　　Tel：8620-84357166, 8620-84357120
         　　Fax：020-84357166 
         　　Email：theswamp@163.com, cnswamp@hotmail.com
         　　Performance Contact：Suzanne(Mob:13538883615)、Yeo(Mob:13760897695)
         　　Band assistance：Yeo、ariadne(Mob:13760897695)

         　　(HK)89268/the PANIC 
         　　Add: 2/F.,226Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong 
         　　Tel/Fax: (852)2396 2608 
         　　Email: info@89268.com 
         　　Performance Contact: Vivian Yeung

     

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