Cold Fairyland, (冷酷仙境, Lěngkù Xiānjìng) is based in Shanghai, China. Their style combines Eastern melodies and rhythms with Western symphonic rock and classical music. These two sides allow them to play in concert halls as well as in rock clubs.

Born in 2001, ColdFairyland began as the project of coworkers Lin Di (Vocals/Pipa/Keyboard) and Suyong (Bass). Taking the name from the Chinese translation of one of Lin Di’s favorite books by author Haruki Murakami, they reworked several songs they had each previously written and made a demo. Unofficially released online, it was soon picked up by underground record company LStape and released on cassette. Now this demo is available as their first CD demo “Flying Over the City”.

Next, 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. From there they played out regularly, doing a mix of cover songs and their own material. In September of 2001 they played a cancer benefit at XinTianDi’s ARK; thus began their long relationship with the club, playing most months at least once, as sort of a home base and live practice performance. They have played in many cities across the country, and yearly return to the MIDI music festival, often referred to as the “Woodstock of China” .

ColdFairyland began a rotation of guitarists until 2003, settling on Song Jian Feng, a midi device engineer who works with Suyong. Next came the cellist known as “Yao Yao” (Zhou Shen An), from the Shanghai opera. Xi JinE was added as a keyboard player in summer of 2008, and Jeremy Lasry replaced Seppo Lehto on bass guitar in Jan. 2011.

Composer, arranger. keyboardist and pipa player LinDi has been playing pipa since she was 4 years old. Her arrangement skills often bring out very surprising elements from the mix of cello, pipa, keyboards, bass. drums and guitar.

Performances include concerts in Europe, Japan and around China including The Beijing MIDI Music Festival 2004 and 2006, 2011 Early in 2008 Cold Fairyland toured five cities in Finland with Magyar Posse. In December CFL played  the Jetlag 08 Festival in Bilbao, Spain.  The band performed at the  Zhenjiang Midi Festival, Shanghai JZ Music Festival, and Hangzhou Xihu Music Festival, Strawberry Festival etc...