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Casino Shanghai is a techno-pop band founded in the 80's by Ulalume, Carlos Robledo & Walter Schmidt when they worked on a set of tunes for a farewell party of Ulalume at Club 9. They became favorites at Club 9 and were part of a great cultural change in MX and its music scene. Later and Humberto Alvarez joined the band. Casino Shanghai made various controversial appearances on TV when a band without a drummer or guitarist was unheard of. All members had been in different notorious bands in the local scene. Ulalume was the lead singer for The Casuals...

Michael Bundt started his career in a number of relatively obscure early-70's German progressive bands, including Nine Days Wonder and Nerve. In 1977 he changed direction, starting a synth band called Sirius, who then morphed into what you can hear on his best known album "Just Landed Cosmic Kid" , which was released in 1977. The album features the kraut disco of "The Brain Of Oscar Panizza", which was recently had the re-edit treatment by Pilooski on his Dirty Edits album. .

In February 2001 New York performer/comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis was living in Austin, Texas for a few months and then-Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson came to visit him. During that visitation week they made up five songs with Jeffrey on guitar and Kimya on keyboards. In 2002, when Kimya had launched her solo career and was touring Germany along with the Jeffrey Lewis Band, those same five songs expanded into full band songs with the addition of Jeffrey's brother/bandmate Jack Lewis on bass and Anders Griffen (known for his work with jazz great Frank Lowe and Regina Spektor) on drums....

Established in 1952, Shanghai Traditional Instrument Orchestra, is one of the oldest organized ethnic orchestras in China. The orchestra consists of over 80 outstanding professional performers, including musical directors, soloists, and vocalists. Some of the reputable members include Yude Sun, Chunling Lu, Ziqian Zhang, Zuying Xiang, Weifeng Ming, Baiyong Xiao, Sunfa Yu, Changyuan Wang, Liangxing Tang and Yi Gong. Following the success of “The night of Golden Autumn ” concert by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in last October and the “Piano Recital Concert ” by Yundi Li in April, Agis Center, PUAA-DC, and Institute for Global Chinese Affairs of University of...