Various Artists - The Rough Guide to the Music of China (2012)

This Rough Guide, like China itself, is hugely diverse and enthralling. Explore the sounds of over a billion people - from the ancient tones of the erhu and pipa and the Inner Mongolian folk revival to original Shanghai jazz, Chinese Pop and the latest underground beats.
Bonus CD: Introducing Hanggai Downtown Beijing might seem a strange place for a Mongolian folk revival. Yet Hanggai are at the forefront of a musical movement in China that is finding inspiration in native folk traditions, drawing on a repertoire of magical songs that have all but disappeared during China's recent turbulent past.
1.01 Zhang Yi Wen - Shanghai Xiao Jie (Miss Shanghai) (2:38)
1.02 Shanren - 30 Years (3:50)
1.03 Xie Tian Xiao - The Tide, It Knows Not Why (4:18)
1.04 Jah Wobble & The Chinese Dub Orchestra - L1 Dub (5:38)
1.05 Red Chamber - Sunny Spring and White Snow (2:57)
1.06 Min Huifen - Yangguan Pass Melody - Three Variations (5:05)
1.07 Second Hand Rose - Picking a Flower (4:26)
1.08 Urna - Uran Tangnai (2:56)
1.09 Mieko Miyazaki & Guo Gan - Sai Ma (6:19)
1.10 Chang Jing - In the Past (2:44)
1.11 Li Guyi - A Bosom Friend (3:03)
1.12 Panjir - Panjir (5:53)
1.13 Cold Fairyland - Shadow Play (3:50)
1.14 Hang on the Box - Koniqiwa Tokyo (1:53)
1.15 The Shanghai Restoration Project - Night Life in Shanghai (Shanghai Restoration Project remix) (4:28)
1.16 Bai Guang - Qiu Ye (Autumn Night) (2:58)
1.17 Liu Fang - Dao Chui Lian (3:08)
1.18 Guo Lanying - My Motherland (5:27)
2.01 Hanggai - My Banjo and I (3:44)
2.02 Hanggai - Yekul Song (2:55)
2.03 Hanggai - Zhaoderen Nana (2:00)
2.04 Hanggai - Five Heroes (5:31)
2.05 Hanggai - Flowers (3:02)
2.06 Hanggai - Haar Hu (3:24)
2.07 Hanggai - Wuji (2:36)
2.08 Hanggai - Lullaby (Borulai) (3:54)
2.09 Hanggai - Drinking Song (4:00)
2.10 Hanggai - Four Seasons (5:08)
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