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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
16397	8	Trance	Vancouver, CA

Jamaster A,residency in Vancouver and born in Asia,he.is the first Asian producer who made from a brand new style of Dance Music Oriental Trance. It combines the proven uplifting feel of Euphonic trance music with the traditional oriental instrument the "Zeng" creating a truly new and original sound. Jamaster A is driven by a sincere desire to combine elements of oriental culture and sound with western counterparts in the hope that this forging of cultures will create new dimensions to his music to the world.

In 2007,DJ Tiesto has given his full support to played ?Jamaster A-Bells Of Tiananmen (Airbase Remix)? in his radio show on ?Dance Department #538 & Sunshine Live-Radio Broadcast?,also featured in his 11 recent gigs included Mexico & Brazil and UK/ USA/ Netherlands/ Finland/ Norway /Ireland.And Armin Van Buuren has featured this song in ?A State Of Trance #287?.And Holland biggest dance label ?Spinnin Records? has confirmed to release ?Bells Of Tiananmen (Airbase mix)? in Europe in March 2007.

In 31st Dec 2006,Jamaster A has done the opening set for the world biggest new years party in Nokia "New Years Eve" event in 5 cities,the event was helded globally in New York (Time Square) / Germany (Brandenburg Gate-Berlin)/ Brazil (Ipanema Beach-Rio De Janeiro) /India (Andheri Stadium-Mumbai) /Hong Kong (Ocean Terminal).Jamaster A has performed with UK Top band "Atomic Kitten" & Asian Top artists in Hong Kong.Which this show have the artist like The Black Eyed Peas, Scissor Sisters, Nelly Furtado, John Legend, Sugababes, Atomic Kitten, Rihanna.And this event organized by Nokia & "Live Aid & Live 8" of Harvey Goldsmith.There are more than 2 million people attended in these event and more than 150 million people wactching this concert thru television and Internet

In 2006,world No.1 DJ Paul Oakenfold has done his remix for Jamaster As new single Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence(a classic movie theme song from David Bowie,composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto).And UK & German Top DJs Shaun Baker (7 weeks No.1 in German chart) & Kuffdam & Plant (Paul Van Dyks artist) also confirm to remix his new single.Which this new single has signed to Virgin Records of New State Entertainment / Maelstrom Records in UK for worldwide release.Which this label has the artists like ( Tiesto,Armin Van Burren,Marco V, Sander van Doorn, Judge Jules, Cosmic Gate, etc).This new single will be schedule to release in 2007

in 2005 Kickin Music UK has released 12? vinyls on ?Bells of Tiananmen? and its new remixes by their UK DJ Producers including Ian Knowles Remix and Cloud Chaser Remix.

?BELLS OF TIANANMEN? has been reached No.3 in (Top 5 DJ Chart -German Dance Chart) ,and hit No.1 in HMV single sales chart in Asia , 4 weeks No.1 in the single sales chart in UK from Worldwide records distribution- Replay Records at January to Febuary 2006,and also top of the charts at the radio in Europe /Denmark/ Canada / USA, and supported by DJ ?Dave Pearce? in his ?Dance Anthem ? Show in BBC Radio 1 in UK ,also supported by lot of DJs in the world.Which ?Ferry Corsten? has featured this song in his opening set in Europe gigs. Recently on 22nd and 23rd July 2005, Jamaster A performed for the opening of the ?Nokia Totally Board? at the Taiwan- CKS Memorial Hall with over 200,000 audiences.

?BELLS OF TIANANMEN? video also reached No.6 in Top 10 Chart in BPMTV of ?Viewer Top 10? for the most requested video .Which BPMTV is the hottest music TV channel in Canada.

Jamaster A residency in Canada and born in Asia. "BELLS OF TIANANMEN"(with the video shot on location in Tiananmen Square and The Great Wall of China) is a tribute to the Chinese people and their influence on the world. Tiananmen Square is in the centre of the nation's capital Beijing and it forms an integral part of the daily lives of many. By calling this piece " BELLS OF TIANANMEN" the artist hopes to reflect the current atmosphere of peacefulness and the excitement in people's hearts as the country is propelled towards modernity.

" BELLS OF TIANANMEN? was composed, arranged and produced by Jamaster A in his own studio using "Logic 5.1" software and is recorded with a total of 64 tracks incorporating both original digital and analogue sounds and instruments. The "Zeng" was played by the experienced traditional local musician M.K. So with recording completed over a 6-month period in spring 2004. The video was made possible through sponsorship by Nokia (Nokia Mobile Phone).

No stranger to crossing new musical frontiers Jamaster A has tried many different aspects of music production in his nearly 15 year career as a professional music producer & composer and has numerous remix credits to his name in Asia . And produced over hundred of albums in Asia .With his feet firmly planted in the studio,

he has been there ever since producing and remixing tracks for a lot of Top Asian artists include; Sandy Lam, Jacky Cheung, Andy LauTak-wah,Grasshopper ,

Alex To, and more..Alex remix treatment to high profile acts like Japanese superstar NAMIE AMURO, and TETSUYA KOMURO, which the remix single has reach No.2 in Oricon single chart and sold million copies in Japan alone.

Jamaster A produced the dance albums classic like ?Hollywood Star Trax? in 1984,which sold over one million copies in Asia.And created the dance series of ?Ultra Mix?, which over 20 albums had been produced and released in Asia.

Within the last fifteen years Alex has sold over 7 million copies of tracks that he has produced and remixed, most of which have reached number one position in charts around Asia.

Jamaster A is now supplying DJ mix show to different radio stations such as the Energy Web TV (USA), Radio Ohrwurm (Germany) and BeatBox Radio (Canada),.Radio-Gerneration-X (Germany),Techno.FM (Montreal).Pulza FM (New Zealand)