Yan Jun

Yan Jun is a Chinese musician, poet and critic, born in Lanzhou in 1973 and based in Beijing since 1999. He works in experimental and improvised music, using noise, field recordings, the body and concepts as material, and sometimes performs in the homes of his listeners. He has been a central figure in Beijing's unofficial music scene as a writer, organiser and publisher, and he runs the label Sub Jam. Yan Jun studied Chinese literature in Lanzhou and worked as an editor before moving to Beijing.