DJ Zhao

Born in Beijing and based in Berlin, Dj Zhao is a rhythm ambassador and musicologist, bringing a poly-cultural understanding of sound to his deeply percussive cross-genre sets. Not restricted by style or conventiion, Dj Zhao draws from wildly different times and places, connecting "East" and "West", acoustic and electronic, traditional and hyper-modern, with an artful sense of composition and mixing technique. Showcasing the sweetest and heaviest dance music from the global South, as well as revealing the ancient roots of contemporary "Western" electronic music, Dj Zhao doesn't only rock a party, but brings a sense of sonic adventure and the unexpected to his many epic nights. Often introducing the audience to new textures and flavors most likely never previously encountered, in the Studio Dj Zhao creates hybrid genres such as Gamelan-Step, Sufi-Bass, Voodoo-Dub, and Juju-Juke, making "Ancient-Futurist" musical collages at once mind expanding and dance-floor exploding. Performing solo and with NGOMA Soundsystem since 2007 all over Europe, DJ Zhao has shared the state or bills with artists such as Untold, Cooly G, Shackleton, Shangaan Electro, Konono No. 1, Rhythm and Sound, Appietus, and Pan Sonic. ____________________________ SELECT FESTIVALS: Fusion Festival (Germany) Club Transmediale (Germany) Incubate Festival (Netherlands) Worldtronics Festival (Germany) EXIT Festival (Serbia) Treffpunkt Afrika (Austria) Solar Weekend Festival (Netherlands) Ethnoport Festival (Poland) ____________________________ SELECT CLUBS: Berghain (Berlin, Germany) Ritter Butzke (Berlin, Germany) About://Blank (Berlin, Germany) Cassiopeia (Berlin, Germany) RAW Temple (Berlin, Germany) UT Connewitz (Leipzig, Germany) Klub K (Heidelberg, Germany) Palác Akropolis (Prague, Czech Republic) Leopold Museum (Vienna, Austria) Occii (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Klub Fabryka (Krakow, Poland) The Shrine Club (Chicago, USA) The Shrine (Harlem, NYC, USA) Ponyaza (Johannesburg, South Africa) Drum Ontologist, Rhythm Ambassador, Booty Shaker. https://soundcloud.com/djzhao