SHAO
SHAO邵彦棚，中国新声代电子音乐的关键人物和中坚先锋。SHAO一直探索着声音抽象空间的各种可能。2005年至2008年，邵彦棚以Dead J身份在摩登天空发行了《心象》、《幻术》、《幻象》三张专辑，并于2007年获得“华语音乐传媒大奖最佳电子乐艺人”的荣誉。2011年，他合作成立独立厂牌WaveForm，发表第四张专辑《亭台楼阁》。2015年，他作为签约德国电子乐传奇厂牌Tresor的唯一中国音乐人，发行了12寸单曲《Reflection Pt.1》。
早在以Dead J身份活动时期，他就曾多次参演国内外大型艺术节与艺术馆演出项目，足迹遍布欧洲多国。过去两年里，SHAO带着新作在国内与西欧进行了小型巡演，受邀参加了柏林Tresor、荷兰舞曲盛会ADE、澳大利亚Oz音乐节、奥地利Ars Electronica、Boiler Room北京站、圣彼得堡M-Division及韩国Constant Value的演出，获得了乐迷和业内人士的一致推崇。SHAO与视觉艺术家王萌合作的音视觉演出《Shape of Sound》更在现场表演中拓展了声音的维度。
同时，SHAO也是著名戏剧导演孟京辉的长期音乐伙伴，为其创作了《镜花水月》、《恋爱的犀牛》、《柔软》、《活着》的戏剧原声，并与Nova Heart乐队共同为孟导2016年的大戏《临川四梦》创作现场配乐。电影配乐作品则有《刀剑笑》、《The Left Hand Path》及默片《大都会》的现场重制。2010年，他为上海世博会“未来馆”超过14,000平方米的空间进行声音设计及环境音乐创作，与艺术家卜桦共同制作了馆内巨幕动画电影《Visions of the Future》。
Shao Yanpeng aka Shao, previously known under the moniker Dead J, is one of China’s leading electronic artists.
Shao began making electronic music since 2002. His live audio visual set have been invited to perform in festivals across China mainland as well as at international festivals in Macau, Hong Kong, Mexico, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Austria and Netherlands.
His first album Mental Imagery was released in 2005 under China’s largest independent music label ModernSky, followed by two more albums Mental Magic(2006) and Psychedelic Elephant(2008).Shao was named ‘Best Electronic Artist’ at the 2007 China Music Media Awards for his album Mental Magic. In 2011,Shao released his fourth album ‘Tíng,Tái,Lóu,Gé’.In 2015, he signed legendary techno label Tresor records, joined Tresor ranks as China’s first artist, and released new EP Doppler Shift Pt.1.
In addition to his personal projects, Shao is also a highly sought after composer and sound designer. He was invited by Goethe Institute to re-compose the soundtrack for the classic German silent film Metropolis. Shao also has an ongoing cooperation with leading Chinese theater director Meng Jinghui and created many unique compositions for Meng’s most popular plays such as Rhinoceros in Love, Soft, To Live, etc. These works have been performed all over the world more than 3,000 times. The play To Live was performed in the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and Thalia Theater in Hamburg. In 2010, Shao was invited as the sole sound designer for 2010 World Expo’s ‘Pavilion of the Future.’