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Lim Giong (;also known as Lin Chiang, born 7 June 1964 in Changhua, Taiwan) is a musician, artist, DJ, composer, songwriter, music producer, music director and also an actor. Now, he is a leading figure on the Taiwanese techno music scene.

His musical career began with the release of his 1st album, "Marching Forward" in 1990. In his early days, he gave rousing performances of folk-pop music (mainly sung in Taiwanese language) in Taiwan. Then, from his 3rd album "Entertainment World" recorded in England in 1993, his compositions become increasingly infused with electronic music, evolving even from drum and bass, break beat, ambient and electronica, to more experimental and freestyle work.

He introduces Taiwanese notes into pop-rock culture, and weaves complex musical fabrics. In his works, the tradition meets the modernity, which creates the world of his own. He arranges the traditional music with the electronic flavour quite successfully in his 4th album "China Fun" in 2002, and 5th album "Folk Paradise" in 2003.

And since he studied acting and appeared in some movies as an actor, stimulated by the world of cinema, he became the favorite composer of Hou Hsiao-Hsien , for whom he wrote the music of Goodbye South, Goodbye and Millenium Mambo.

From the experience in the world of cinema, he has his original perspective in the interaction of the sound and the image. He tried to exceed the genre of music in his work, which is developed in the form "Three Dimensional Sound Picture(立體音畫)" that aims at uniting the sound and the image.

His latest album “Insects Awaken" was released in 2005 in Europe on a French label, MK2.

In 2005, the Cannes Film Festival invited him to perform at an outdoor event. There he performed music from "Insects Awaken", with the images which include the elements of the National Palace Museum's collection.

He also produces the music for the special 90 seconds commercial film of National Palace Museum that celebrates its 80th anniversary in October, 2005. The concept of this film, "OLD IS NEW" coincides with his detached stance.

And now he is participating in the activity of the Creative Commons in Taiwan, and undertakes the responsibility of the CC Party.

Discography

Marching Forward:向前走(1990)
Spring Breeze Young Bro.:春風少年兄(1992)
Entertainment World:娛樂世界(1993)
The Best of Linchung:2001向前走林強 (2001)
China Fun:歡樂電子中國年 (2002)
Folk Paradise:電民謠(2003)
Insects Awaken (2005)

Filmography

Actor

Dust of Angels :天幻城市(1992)

directed by Hsu Hsiao Ming (徐小明), and Hou Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢) is credited as an executive producer

Treasure Island :只要為你活一天 (1992)

directed by Chen Kuo-Fu (陳國富), and Hou Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢) is credited as an executive producer

The Puppetmaster :戲夢人生 (1993)

directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢)

Good Men, Good Women
:好男好女 (1995)

directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢)

Goodbye South, Goodbye
:南國再見,南國 (1996)

directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢)

March of Happiness :天馬茶房 (1998)

directed by Lin Cheng-Sheng (林正盛)

So-Called Friend :哥兒們 (2000)

directed by Dai Tailung(戴泰龍).Lian Jinhua(連錦華)

Composer

Goodbye South, Goodbye(1996) directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢)
Millennium Mambo(2001) directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢)
The World (film)
(2004) directed by Jia Zhangke
(賈樟柯)
Quiet Summer (2005) directed by Shuhei Fujita (藤田修平)

Narrator

Emerald Horizon (documentary film:2005) directed by Liang Yin Kuo(郭亮吟), Shuhei Fujita(藤田修平)

Award Wins

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (金馬獎)

Best Original Film Song 1996: Goodbye South, Goodbye

Best Original Film Score 2001: Millennium Mambo

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