Lin Shengxiang (Mandarin: æÂÂçÂÂ祥)(November 25, 1971âÂÂ) is an independent music composer born in Meinong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, known for his Hakka compositions sung in the Hakka language, which are concerned with his hometown.
Lin Sheng Xiang graduated from Tainan No. 2 High School and Tamkang University. During his college years, he founded the Kuan Tsu Music Pit (Mandarin: è§ÂÃ¥ÂÂé³æ¨ÂÃ¥ÂÂ) and served as guitarist and vocalist.
After returning to Meinong, Kuan Tsu Music Pit reformed into "Labor Exchange Band" (Mandarin: 交工æ¨ÂéÂÂ), playing guitar, Yueqin, sanxian, and vocals, and after Labor Exchange Band disbanded, Sheng Xiang and Wajao Pit 3 (Mandarin: çÂÂ祥èÂÂç¦窯åÂÂ3) formed for the release of the album "Getting Dark" (Mandarin: è¨æÂÂ), playing guitar and vocals. After that, he played guitar, Yueqin and vocals for "Sheng Xiang & Band" (Mandarin: çÂÂ祥æ¨ÂéÂÂ) with an indefinite number of members.
After Labor Exchange Band disbanded in 2003, Lin Sheng Xiang continued to collaborate with Chung Yung Feng (Mandarin: é¾永è±Â) on lyrics, and since the album "Planting Trees" (Mandarin: 種樹), he has been working with Japanese guitarist Ken Ohtake (Mandarin: 大竹ç Â) on his music.
Bassist Toru Hayakawa (Mandarin: æ©å·Âå¾¹) joined the band in the spring of 2010 on Ken Ohtake's recommendation, and they have been working together since the album "The Land Is My Study" (Mandarin: 大å°æ¸æ¿), and in the summer of 2011, percussionist Alex Wu (Mandarin: å³æ¿åÂÂ) joined the band before they went to Japan to perform at the Fuji Rock Festival, and in July 2012, the band changed its name because their friends made a stroke of their name and thought that it would be good luck for the band to be named "Sheng Xiang & Band" (Mandarin: çÂÂ祥æ¨ÂéÂÂ).
In 2012, the band commissioned luthier Liu Zhi-Wei to make a six-stringed Yueqin, Kanaji Kawabaka (Mandarin: å·ÂçÂÂå®Âä¹Â) to make an electric moon organ, and customized a unique moon organ.
In 2015, he recorded the anti-air pollution concept double album "Village Besieged" (Mandarin: Ã¥ÂÂåºÂ), including the second part "Village Besieged" and the third part "Moving On" (Mandarin: Ã¥ÂÂ身) of the "I-Village Trilogy" (Mandarin: æÂÂåºÂ), with musicians Ken Ohtake, Toru Hayakawa, Noriaki Fukushima (Mandarin: ç¦Â島ç´ÂæÂÂ), Alex Wu and Huang Po Yu (Mandarin: é»ÂÃ¥ÂÂè£Â). The "Village Besieged" concept double album sought to raise funds on online platforms in 2016 as it did not receive record label investment. The Village Besieged double album was released on May 21, 2016, and has been on campus tour since of October 2016, eventually winning the Golden Melody Award Jury Prize.
In 2017 Lin Sheng Xiang and Wang Zhao-hua (Mandarin: çÂÂæÂÂè¯) collaborated to produce the movie soundtrack of "The Great Buddha+" (Mandarin: 大ä½Âæ®æÂÂæ¯), which won the Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song and the Golden Melody Award for Best Single Producer.
Other awards
On August 14, 2013, Lin Sheng Xiang, film director , screenwriter Neil Peng, environmental lawyer Robin Winkler, writer Nan Fang Shuo, and retired professor emeritus of National Tsing Hua University Ming-Fui-Pang (Mandarin: å½ÂæÂÂè¼Â) launched the "Constitution 133 Practice Alliance" to promote the recall of legislators who are "following Ma and violating public opinion, to show that democracy is not only about elections held once every four years, and recall is not only an empty word written in Article 17 and Article 133 of the Constitution. The Alliance issued a "Statement on Citizen's Recall Campaign", but because the threshold for recalling the president is too high, it will mobilize to recall Ma's legislators from each constituency.