Shanren releases danceable tunes from the mountains

Shanren band's new album is appropriately titled Listen to the Mountain, in line with the band's name which literally means "mountain men".

Hailing from Southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province, the band uses instruments such as xianzi, a plucked instrument of the Yi ethnic group; bawu, a blown instrument of the Hani ethnic group; and the sun drum of the Jino ethnic group.

When they played at a recent ceremony to launch the new album in Beijing, organized by the China Rock Chart, they attracted both Chinese and foreign fans.