Forrest Fang is an ambient progressive musician who emerged from the DIY "cassette culture" 80's scene with highly idiosyncratic style influenced by the minimalism of Steve Reich,
Philip Glass and Terry Riley, the progressive rock of Jade Warrior and Mike Oldfield, and the traditional musics of non-Western cultures,
including Javanese gamelan and the folk music of his Chinese ancestors.
The rich electronic textures of his music are often complimented by Western and non-Western stringed instruments, winds and percussion, such as violin, Marxolin,
gu-zheng (Chinese zither), Javanese metallophones and the Turkish lavta.
Fang has released 13 albums over the past three decades, including two ambient soundscape recordings under the project name, "Sans Serif."
His music has been reviewed in Billboard, the Village Voice, The Wire, and Textura, and has been featured on nationally syndicated radio shows, "Echoes," and "Music From The Hearts of Space."
I played his tracks:
Astir [
Projekt Records] on
Audioscenarion 002,
Song Of The Wanderer [
Projekt Records] on
Audioscenarion 003
and
Kepler's Return [
Projekt Records] on the guest mix
Poisonoise 126.