From their website at www.twelvegirlsband.com: Hailing from the People’s Republic of China, the Twelve Girls Band is already one of that country’s most popular ensembles. The Twelve Girls Band takes 1500 years of Chinese musical tradition and makes it contemporary. By fusing traditional instruments with modern harmonies and vibrant performances, they create a sound that crosses all cultural barriers, bringing unique tonal colors not only to their own compositions, but western standards as well. Each member is conservatory trained and a veteran of top orchestras, including the China Academy of Music, the Chinese National Orchestra and the Central Conservatory of Music. All members are multi-instrumentalists, and perform with classic instruments such as the gu zheng (ancient zither with movable bridges and 16-25 strings) pipa (four-stringed lute with pear shaped body) yang qin (Chinese hammered dulcimer with a near-square soundboard), erhu (two stringed Chinese fiddle) and dizi (bamboo flute) along with other traditional instruments. Their influences range far and wide, weaving jazz and pop styles into classical Chinese music. The group’s appeal is equally as broad, with children, teens, adults and even grandparents filling arenas to see the Twelve Girls Band perform. The group presents a strong new voice for global music culture. That voice has been heard loud and clear, as Twelve Girls Band emerges as the most successful act on the international stage. In Japan alone, the band’s debut album remained at the top of the charts for 30 weeks and sold more than 2 million copies. A Japanese DVD of the Twelve Girls Band live in concert sold over 200,000 copies, and their live performances has been telecast around the world. This year they were named “International Artist of the Year” at the 2004 Japan Golden Disc Award ceremonies. Past recipients of this honorary award include Madonna, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey. The band’s origin help explain this remarkable success. To begin with, twelve is an important figure in Chinese numerology. There are twelve months in a year, twelve jinchai (or golden hairpins, representing womanhood) in ancient Chinese mythology. For inspiration, The Twelve Girls Band turned to the art of Yue Fang, the female ensembles that played in the royal courts of the Tang Dynasty, centuries ago.

Eastern Energy is an album by Twelve Girls Band. It consists of fourteen songs in a sort of modernized Chinese form on one audio CD and a DVD featuring the video for the song "Freedom" and other material. It was released on Platia 72438-64515-0-7 in 2004. This album is also considered as the debut album in USA. It debuted at #62 on the Billboard 200.

The track "New Classicism" is a modern-day melody of Symphony No. 40 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the overture to The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini. "Freedom" is a remake of Santuri Ethem Efendi's Şehnaz Longa. "Clocks" is an innovative version of the Coldplay song of the same name and "Only Time" a cover of the single by Enya. "Reel Around the Sun" is from the Riverdance dance performance particularly popular in the late 1990s.

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