The Shanghai Restoration Project (TSRP)

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The Shanghai Restoration Project is a contemporary electronic music group formed by Chinese American producer Dave Liang. The project debuted as MSN Music’s “New Artist of the Week” in Jan. 2006, reaching #1 on the site’s Top 100 Electronic Albums Chart that month. The release gained recognition globally, rising to the top 10 in several electronic charts, including Amazon, iTunes, and MSN Music. Since then select tracks have been licensed to numerous advertising campaigns, television shows, and films around the world. In late 2007, Shanghai Restoration Project partnered with China Records (the Chinese government’s record label) to release Remixed and Restored Vol. 1, a project remixing select classic Chinese hits from 1930s Shanghai. In 2010, Shanghai RestorationProject earned a New York Emmy® Award for the special entertainment news coverage of “New York 360 Angle: Shanghai Restoration Project” produced by Limei Wang.

Producer Dave Liang was born in Lawrence, Kansas and attended high school in upstate New York, where he was selected as the pianist for the NY All-State Jazz Ensemble. He attended college at Harvard University where he majored in Applied Mathematics and Economics. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, NPR’s All Things Considered, BBC World Service, FADER Magazine, Wired.com, PRI’s The World, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He has worked with artists on Bad Boy, Nettwerk, Yamaha, Warner, and Universal.

The Shanghai Restoration Project has also produced releases for various artists including Universal J artist MEG, Yamaha J-pop artist Miu Sakamoto, electro pop artist Di Johnston, singer-songwriter Heath Brandon, and Japanese jazz artist Emi Meyer.