Artist profile: Zhongyu

Although Zhongyu, the band, is relatively new to the world, its seeds stretch back several decades. It started as a recording project for the compositions of Jon Davis, which defy categorization by combining qualities of progressive rock, jazz, space rock, chamber music, and Asian traditional music. These compositions are the result of years of listening to challenging music, and strive to present balance: between complexity and simplicity, noise and silence, beauty and terror, energy and calm.

Personnel:

• Jon Davis — Stick, guzheng, theremin
• Dennis Rea — guitar
• Alicia DeJoie — violin
• James DeJoie — woodwinds
• Randy Doak — drums

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Links to artist websites:

• Zhongyu on Facebook
• Zhongyu on Soundcloud
• Zhongyu official site
• Zhongyu on Bandcamp (Moonjune Records)
• Zhongyu on Bandcamp (Right Brain Records)

Links were good as of when the artist performed. Some may no longer work.

Performances:

• Seaprog 2013 — Day Zero