Our team is delighted to have Shanren officially join our roster. It was only a matter of time before the veterans of ethnic rock joined us, since both co-founders of the label have had a very close relationship with the band throughout their career. Sam’s percussions can be heard in the bands’ 2nd and 3rd albums, and Liu Xianfeng was their manager between 2012 and 2016 while everyone was at Beida Qingyang Music Group.
This is a picture taken back in 2012 in Sanya (left to right: Xiao Ou, Sam Debell, Ai Yong, Qu Zihan, Liu Xianfeng, Xiao Bu Dian) which Sam still had on his phone!
Shanren deserves to be heard, we are really looking forward to helping them reconnect with fans all over the world.
If you’re curious to know more about the band, here are a few articles that have been written about them:
https://worldmusiccentral.org/2014/01/15/an-explosive-re-imagining-of-chinese-folk-music/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/23/shanren-left-foot-dance-of-the-yi-review
https://www.ft.com/content/3c1d1312-8161-11e3-b3d5-00144feab7de