Feb 22 NGOMAsound @ Soju Bar Berlin
Feb 29 NGOMAsound @ Soju Bar Berlin
Mar 08 PanAfrica @ Lucerna / Prague
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all tracks here are mashups and re-edits. full length mixes here: http://www.mixcloud.com/djzhao/
or here: official.fm/users/djzhao
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DJ Zhao brings classic and modern dance music together from all five continents, with focus on Africa. With in depth selections spanning wildly different times and places, DJ Zhao’s remix and mashup work directly connects "East" and "West", acoustic and electronic, traditional and hyper-modern. Amateur ethno-musicologist and professional booty shaker, Zhao is an ambassador of boom not only talking about, but demonstrating through raw sound experience, the underlying unity of all rhythm cultures.
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Performing solo and as part of Ngoma Sound-system with percussionist Phillip Marcel, and musicians like Cuban trumpeter El Congo and drummer Matchume Zango from Mozambique, DJ Zhao brings unique perspectives and vision to every event, and has shared bills with artists such as Konono No. 1 (Congo), Shangaan Electro (SA), Rhythm and Sound (DE), Cooly G (UK), Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou (Benin), Staff Benda Bilili (Congo), Gazza and EES (Namibia), Shackleton (UK), Pan Sonic (Finland), etc.
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Born and Raised in Beijing, China, and active as DJ and sound curator in the US since 2000, Zhao has organized critically acclaimed long running events from Improvisation and Sound Art to Noise and Techno. After moving to Germany and starting the Ngoma collective, Zhao has been performing regularly at festivals around Europe, including: Fusion Festival (Germany), EXIT Festival (Serbia), Incubate Festival (Netherlands), Ethnoport Festival (Poland), [UN]Defined Festival (Italy). Club appearances include: Berghain (Berlin), Jackie Terrasse (Berlin), YAAM (Berlin), Klub K (Heidelberg), UT Connewitz (Leipzig), Klub Fabrika (Krakow), Palác Akropolis (Prague, CZ), etc.
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for booking email:
ngomasound@gmail.com