Jass Yang (; born 3 February 1991) is an independent musician and producer from Taiwan. He is the lead singer and guitarist of the Taiwanese band , and a founding member of the group.

Career

Jass has written songs for many notable Chinese artists. At the age of 15, he became the youngest licensed street performer in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. At the age of 18, he signed in

Rock Records The Rock Records Co., Ltd. () commonly known as Rock Records (), is a record label based in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in the 1980s as the Rock Music Publishing (滾石有聲出版社; ) by Tuan Chung-tan and Tuan Chung-i, It is the largest record ...

with his band FUN4 and released two EPs. He created the famous song

Disdain Contempt is a pattern of attitudes and behaviour, often towards an individual or a group, but sometimes towards an ideology, which has the characteristics of disgust and anger. The word originated in 1393 in Old French contempt, contemps, ...

for the Taiwanese singer Huang HongSheng. In 2014, he released his debut album ''EXIT'' and performed all over Asia's major stages, including the 30th anniversary concert of

Taipei Arena The Taipei Arena () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Songshan, Taipei, Taiwan, and it is operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC). Built in 2005, the large multi-purpose stadium can accommodate major international sport ev ...

, the 2013 Taipei New Year's Eve Concert, the '' SuperSlipper'', and also ''Asian Tours''. In addition to playing the key figure in the rock band, he also extended the music energy to behind-the-scenes production and film scoring. He used to be the producer of Beijing Huayi Brothers' co-operative film and television soundtrack. The representative works of the music include Jiangxi Satellite TV's " Three Bosom Girls" by

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and

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. Starring, as well as Guangdong Satellite TV "Monthly" starring Guo Jingfei, Zhang Yuxi, Chen He. In 2013, Fun4 debuted with the debut album "''Exit''". Some of the Chinese artists who have worked together with Jass Yang in music production and concert production includes Ren Xianqi, Huang Pinyuan, Huang HongSheng,

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, Haojiaxiangqi,

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茄子蛋, etc. In 2016, he left Taiwan to work as a producer and mixing engineer in London, England. Under the background of strong Chinese music and the rendering of British electronics, the first fusion of traditional opera and EDM produced a series of REMIX works "Miao Taiwan", and became the first Chinese music producer to be interviewed by the British National Radio BBC, and later combined with the traditional facial design, was shortlisted for the 16th Independent Music Awards.

Personal life and education

Born in

New Taipei City New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, be ...

, Jass Yang grew up in the area of Nanshijiao in

Zhonghe District Zhonghe District (, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hô Khu), also spelled Chūwa and Jhonghe, is an inner city district in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan. Geography and climate Zhonghe lies just south-west of Taipei City and shares borders with Banqia ...

. He was enrolled in Xingnan Elementary School in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City. He attended Zhonghe Junior High School in Taipei County and then graduated from

Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School (, CKHS; formerly Chien Kuo from the Wade-Giles transliteration) is a public high school for boys located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The school was established in 1898 during the early years of J ...

Awards and recognitions

* 2014 – Shortlisted for Singapore

Golden Melody Awards The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music in ...

for ''The most popular Group'' * 2018 Shortlisted for the 16th American Independent Music Awards IMA

References

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