DJ Aven Pan: Chinese club-goers a bit shy
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DJ Aven Pan spins energized circuit house mixed with female vocals, electro and progressive house.
The 24-year-old Shanghai native is music director of the dance club ICON in Shanghai Stadium.
He recently finished the latest Heaven Circuit Party, spinning with DJ Alex Acosta from Mexico. He’s planning the next Heaven Summer Party in June.
“Heaven belongs to Shanghai, but also to China,” goes the party slogan, and every event attracts locals and visitors from far and wide.
Strong beats and meaningful tracks about love are Pan’s favorite.
“Being a DJ is great, and there are lots of talented DJs in Shanghai, which puts you under more pressure,” he says. “But I see it as a motivation to move on, to communicate with those talented musicians, and to draw inspiration on producing and DJing.”
Pan started his DJ career in 2009.
Since he was 18, he was interested in DJing, scratching “and stuff,” he says. After spending his younger days in Singapore, Pan returned to Shanghai and pursued his interests in a city that has more DJ parties and dance shows.
“The party crowd here loves to come, hear, listen and see many different kinds of artists performing in the city. It mixes people from different parts of China and the world. It’s very unique,” Pan says.
Now the DJ party scene is becoming worldwide culture.
“More big music festivals and top DJ shows bring people from many countries together in one place. Electronic dance music definitely blows people's mind. I believe more dance music will be accepted by the public,” says the young man.
Concerning the different party cultures in China and the West, Pan says Chinese tend to be more formal, preferring to sit together in a club and play dice.
“They feel shy about expressing their feelings. Western people are more into partying and dancing. They seem to have more fun at parties,” he explains.
Pan says he would like the city to embrace more big music festivals, bringing together more Chinese and international artists.
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