Chinese music is sometimes described as the final frontier of World Music. No new artist typifies the new cutting edge of 21st century Chinese music better than Mongolian born singer-songwriter Sa Ding Ding. Selling millions in Southeast Asia, Sa Ding Ding is now being brought to light with her first Western release on U.K. based Wrasse Records. Her 2008 CD, Alive combines the rhythms of different Asian regions, including Tibet and Mongolia, with an added accent on Western electronic music and even classical and soul music. On the 2008 CD release of Alive, Wrasse Records pulls out all the stops, packaging the ten track CD with an eye-catching CD booklet filled with intriguing artwork. Producing and writing much of her music and lyrics—and performing the Chinese zither—Sa Ding Ding is ably assisted by a number of additional musicians, co-writers and arrangers. www.sadingding.co.uk

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