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Joji
started performing with Chinese flautist Guo Yue in the
late 80's. In 1991, Joji and Guo Yue formed a group `Trísan'
with Pól Brennan(ex-Clannad). They toured extensively
in the Europe, Canada, USA and Japan. Their album "Trísan(1993)"
won the best contemporary instrumental music by Tower
Records in 1993. Joji and Guo Yue also released another
album "Red Ribbon(1994)" which simply
features percussion and flutes.
They performed
at the Bruges Festival and toured in Belgium, Italy and the UK.
The Bruges Festival had the 15th anniversary in February
in 2002, and Joji and Guo Yue were chosen by the poll
of public audience to appear again. Guo Yue also joined
Joji's recording of new tracks for Japanese version of
"The Gate" at Real World Studios in March and
performed for the track 'Sansui'.
Guo
Yue
Guo
Yue was born and grew up in China, the son of a well-known
erhu (two-string violin) player and singer who died while
Yue was still a child. He began receiving flute lessons
at the age of seven, and by the age of twelve he was being
taught by a number of his fathers friends. Yue's music
career began at the age of seventeen when he joined Peking
Army Orchestra of the People's Republic of China. In 1983
he arrived in London and formed the Guo Brothers, a line
up of Chinese flute, sheng and Chinese percussion, with
his brother.
In 1989 Yue began a solo career and working with non-Chinese
musicians including Peter Gabriel, Sinead O'Connor and
Hothouse Flowers. He also performed and helped with the
composition on the soundtracks to the film The Last Emperor
and The Killing Field.
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