Wind Music (), formerly Wind Records is an independent

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

based 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 ...

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 ...

specializing in traditional

Taiwanese Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, ...

and

Chinese music Music of China refers to the music of the Chinese people, which may be the music of the Han Chinese The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, ma ...

. The company has recorded a number of collections of documentary recordings, notably of the music of the minority peoples of Taiwan and China.About Us
at Wind Music official website The company was founded in 1988 by flautist Ken Yang (). Wind Music artists include musicians from both China and Taiwan, as well other countries. Wind Music's output is classified into six categories: traditional Chinese

instrumental music An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

, Chinese health music, ethnic music, Chinese religious music including Buddhist music, Chinese

new-age music New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation technique, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management to bring about a state of ecs ...

/ Chinese ambient music, and Wind's popular collections. Wind has recorded projects by artists such as

Matthew Lien Matthew Carl Lien ( ; born 10 May 1965) is a Canadian world music singer-songwriter and producer. His primary lyrical and musical focus is on environmental and cultural themes. Career During his childhood in San Diego, Lien would visit his fa ...

and founder Ken Yang himself.

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Wind Music
official website
Wind Music
official website
"Wind Records is Taiwan’s most successful alternative music label."
By Cheryl Robbins. ''Taiwan Formula''. March 2003.

with Rachel Chiou, translated by Cheryl Robbins.
"Matthew Lien - An Arctic Musician Strikes a Warm Chord with Taiwan."
''Sinorama''. November 1999. p. 102. 1988 establishments in Taiwan Taiwanese record labels World music record labels New-age music record labels IFPI members {{Taiwan-record-label-stub