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Cold Fairyland

Cold Fairyland () is a Chinese rock music group based in Shanghai. Their style combines Eastern melodies and rhythms with Western symphonic rock and classical music. The band has two sides: classical and rock, which allows them to play in concert halls as well as in rock clubs. CFL's music has influences from Portishead, Dead Can Dance, Radiohead, early Genesis, Jethro Tull, Wong Faye and Dou Wei, and their genre is best described as progressive rock.

Cold Fairyland was established 2001 by Lin Di (vocals/pipa/keyboard) and Su Yong (bass). They reworked several songs they had each previously written and made a demo. Unofficially released online, it was soon picked up by the underground record company LStape and released on cassette. This demo later became available as their first CD, ''Flying Over the City''. Later that same year, drummer Li Jia joined the band, and with a few others who came and went, they had their first show at a bar called NowhereTown. In September 2001, they played a cancer benefit at XinTianDi’s ARK Rock Club in Shanghai; this marked the beginning of their long relationship with the club, and they played there at least once a month. They have played in many clubs and festivals across China, including The Beijing MIDI Music Festival, often referred to as the Woodstock of China. CFL began a rotation of guitarists until 2003, settling on Song Jianfeng, a MIDI device engineer who works with Su Yong. Next to join in 2004 was the cellist known as Yao Yao (Zhou Sheng'an) from the Shanghai Opera. Xi Jin'e was added as a keyboard player in the summer of 2008, and Seppo M. Lehto replaced Su Yong on bass guitar in August 2008. Jeremy Lasry took over on bass in 2011.

The name Cold Fairyland comes from a Chinese translation of one of Haruki Murakami's books (known in English as "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World") that Lin Di favored. The name reflects the sometimes dark tones of their music.

Composer/arranger/keyboardist and pipa player Lin Di has been playing pipa since she was 4 years old. Her arrangements often bring out elements from cello/pipa/keyboards/bass/drums and guitar.

Cold Fairyland has released six albums, two in Taiwan (as Lin Di / Cold Fairyland) and four in China.

Performances include concerts in Europe, Japan, and across China, including the The Beijing MIDI Music Festival in 2004, 2006, and 2009 (in Zhenjiang). In 2004, Cold Fairyland contributed to the John Lennon Tribute of Yu Yin Tang Music and performed and recorded the song "Eleanor Rigby".

The band is made up of 3 married couples: Lin and Lasry, Zhou and Li, Song and Xi. Provided by Wikipedia