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Ten cuts of Mongolian magic

The Inner Mongolian singer Tsetseg (pictured) is set to release her debut album, Soul-Searching, through Beijing Century Golden Classics Culture Co. Ltd. Produced by Zhang Hongguang, Meng Ke and Paul Yan from Taiwan, the record is a collection of 10 songs rich in Mongolian flavor.

The title song Soul-Searching, composed by Sechen Chockt, interprets about a child's love for mother. Waiting For You Home, My Father is a Herdsman, Father's Grassland and Mother's River, and Where Is the Grassland all feature traditional Mongolian melodies.

The record company has also released the film clips for all the 10 songs, which were shot on the spectacular Hulun Buir Grassland.

Born in the Inner Mongolia, Tsetseg inherited her good voice from her herdsman parents and learned to sing at the Music Department of the Central University of Nationalities. She won the Best Singer title at the Inner Mongolian Singing Contest in 2004. Last year, she won the golden medal at the National Pop Music Contest.

Tarantino's favorite local techno

Yu Fei Men, China's leading electronic band gave their first formal show, The Cristal Paradise, at Beijing's hot pop venue Star Live last Friday. The three-member band performed most of their hits including Feng Qi Yun Yong and Yi Yi Gu Xing. In between songs, they played videos that were shot for the concert. Chinese rock stars including Cui Jian and Wang Feng attended the concert.

Yu Fei Men was formed in 2000 with the vocalist Jiang Fan (pictured), keyboard San Shao and guitarist A Qing. They released the debut album 01 in 2002 and in the same year they performed in the Great Wall Electronic Music Festival. Quentin Tarantino watched Yu Fei Men's performance in the summer of 2003 when he shot Kill Bill in Beijing and called them the Chinese Everything But the Girl. The band is now working on their fourth record.

Push for legal downloads

China IGRS Engineering Lab Ltd, Taiwan C-Media Electronics and China's 22 record companies have signed a contract to collaborate on a legal music download strategy.

IGRS will deliver a digital application, the IGRS Standard (Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing Standard), which aims to combat illegal downloading. The IGRS standard will be integrated into the chips of MP3s and MP4s. The website www.kuro.cn has become the first music download website updated with the IGRS standard.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/10/2007 page18)