Jass Yang (; born 3 February 1991) is an independent musician and producer from Taiwan. He is the lead singer and guitarist of the Taiwanese band , and a founding member of the group.

Career

Jass has written songs for many notable Chinese artists. At the age of 15, he became the youngest licensed street performer in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. At the age of 18, he signed in

Rock Records The Rock Records Co., Ltd. () commonly known as Rock Records (), is a record label based in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in the 1980s as the Rock Music Publishing (滾石有聲出版社; ) by Tuan Chung-tan and Tuan Chung-i, It is the largest record ...

with his band FUN4 and released two EPs. He created the famous song

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for the Taiwanese singer Huang HongSheng. In 2014, he released his debut album ''EXIT'' and performed all over Asia's major stages, including the 30th anniversary concert of

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, the 2013 Taipei New Year's Eve Concert, the '' SuperSlipper'', and also ''Asian Tours''. In addition to playing the key figure in the rock band, he also extended the music energy to behind-the-scenes production and film scoring. He used to be the producer of Beijing Huayi Brothers' co-operative film and television soundtrack. The representative works of the music include Jiangxi Satellite TV's " Three Bosom Girls" by

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and

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. Starring, as well as Guangdong Satellite TV "Monthly" starring Guo Jingfei, Zhang Yuxi, Chen He. In 2013, Fun4 debuted with the debut album "''Exit''". Some of the Chinese artists who have worked together with Jass Yang in music production and concert production includes Ren Xianqi, Huang Pinyuan, Huang HongSheng, Liu Liyang, Haojiaxiangqi, 2moro, EggPlantEgg茄子蛋, etc. In 2016, he left Taiwan to work as a producer and mixing engineer in London, England. Under the background of strong Chinese music and the rendering of British electronics, the first fusion of traditional opera and EDM produced a series of REMIX works "Miao Taiwan", and became the first Chinese music producer to be interviewed by the British National Radio BBC, and later combined with the traditional facial design, was shortlisted for the 16th Independent Music Awards.

Personal life and education

Born in

New Taipei City New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in regions of Taiwan, northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 4,004,367 as of January 2023, making it the most populous city in Taiwan, a ...

, Jass Yang grew up in the area of Nanshijiao in

Zhonghe District Zhonghe District (, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hô Khu), also spelled Jhonghe, is an inner city district in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan (ROC). Zhonghe was founded in 1946 as an urban township in what then known as Taipei County in Taiwan Pro ...

. He was enrolled in Xingnan Elementary School in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City. He attended Zhonghe Junior High School in Taipei County and then graduated from

Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School (CKHS; ), also historically known as Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, is a State school, public Secondary school, high school for boys located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The school was esta ...

Awards and recognitions

* 2014 – Shortlisted for Singapore

Golden Melody Awards The Golden Melody Awards (), commonly abbreviated as GMA, is an honor awarded by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Formosan-languages popular and traditional music ...

for ''The most popular Group'' * 2018 Shortlisted for the 16th American Independent Music Awards IMA

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Jass 1991 births Living people Taiwanese lyricists Musicians from New Taipei Taiwanese composers