FM3

Located in Beijing, the experimental electronic group FM3 — experienced rock and roll musician Christiaan Virant and prolific session keyboardist Zhang Jian — shaped in 1999 and obtained some recognition for his or her development of the Buddha Machine, a little, battery-powered box having a speaker that performs some brief drones. With some recordings in it — for brands like Staalplaat, Sublime Frequencies, Mutek, Bip-Hop, and Nascente — FM3 released Hou Guan Yin for the Lona label in 2006. They’ve performed in the Louvre, the 2004 Shanghai Bienalle, and Bern’s PROGR Zentrum für Kulturproduktion.