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    Posted: January 18 2017 at 13:30
ZHONGYU (USA) for RIO/Avant-Prog



Zhongyu is an American band with a Chinese name and an attitude that encompasses the full spectrum of musical sounds and sources. Composer Jon Davis teams up with three members of Moraine and an experienced jazz drummer to create a sound that blends influences from Rock in Opposition (Univers Zero and Present), progressive rock (King Crimson), jazz (electric Miles Davis and composers such as George Russell), and Asian music. Whether it involves plugging a traditional Chinese instrument into a modular synthesizer or running a bass clarinet through a wah-wah pedal, pushing boundaries (or denying their existence) is the core of the band’s identity. 

“Zhongyu” means “finally” in Mandarin Chinese, and Jon chose it for the project’s name because he “finally has a band.” He has been making music since the 70s in everything from classic-rock cover bands (before it wasclassic) to punk rock to electronic experiments. Living in Beijing for three years provided the inspiration for assembling a crew to realize his singular dream of a music that combined all these elements. 

Zhongyu is a band that aims to balance the opposites of music: composition and improvisation, serenity and chaos, harmony and dissonance, complexity and simplicity, acoustic and electric. With guitarist Dennis Rea on board as co-producer and legendary engineer Steve Fisk at the controls, Zhongyu is a powerful, brilliantly executed, and strikingly original debut album that has been years in the making.


Zhongyu - 2016 - Zhongyu


released September 1, 2016 

Jon Davis: Chapman Stick, guzheng, Mellotron, ARP 2600 
Dennis Rea: electric guitar, resonator guitar 
Alicia DeJoie: electric violin 
James DeJoie: baritone saxophone, flute, bass clarinet 
Randy Doak: drums, percussion 
plus special geust 
Daniel Barry: trumpet (in MBBL) 

All titles composed and arranged by Jon Davis (BMI) 
Produced by Jon Davis and Dennis Rea 
Recorded by Steve Fisk at Sound House and Arundel Gardens, Seattle 
Mixed by Steve Fisk at Arundel Gardens in association with Jon Davis and Dennis Rea 
Mastered by Steve Turnidge at UltraViolet Studio
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Points: 21654 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2017 at 13:50
Already being reviewed by the genre teams. Has been with J/R/F and currently with Eclectic. Decision expected soon.
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Points: 155 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2017 at 13:54
How can I avoid duplication?

Edited by ProgCandles - January 18 2017 at 14:09
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Points: 21654 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2017 at 14:10
I understand, it's a tough one, if a genre team member suggests one then it tends to be done in the Collab Zone. Let me talk to the guys and see what we can do.
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Points: 13033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2017 at 17:00
This is a wooooonderful project! Hope to see them included soon, I would say under Eclectic Prog.

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I have already informed the Eclectic Team that I'm going to take care of the addition, as the album is one of my Top 10 of 2016, and I'd like to be able to include it here.
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Points: 6777 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2017 at 20:02
Yes, as has been mentioned, Zhongyu is currently being evaluated by the eclectic team. It's currently sitting at one yes vote, though I suspect that that'll increase quite quickly once the others get to hear it. I feel that it's very much at home in eclectic prog and, being of the many fine releases put out in 2016, hope that they'll be cleared for addition soon. 
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Points: 6777 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2017 at 15:03
Added to eclectic prog. 

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Points: 24439 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2017 at 15:36
Originally posted by Magnum Vaeltaja Magnum Vaeltaja wrote:

Added to eclectic prog. 

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god you are so damn hot.... how did I get so lucky...Heart

oh yeah.. great add.. fabulous album. Anything Dennis touches is seemingly gold.
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