念佛機（Buddha Machine）是亞洲佛教徒常用的小盒子，內置的記憶體裝著梵唄或者佛號。FM3也發明了自己的 "唱佛機"，他們把佛號換成了九段聲音素材，做成七種顏色。唱佛機的英文又可稱為「Buddha Box」，FM3自己加上了進行時態，成了「佛打架」（Buddha Boxing）。演出通常分為兩部分，成員表演完後，觀眾拿唱佛機做自己喜愛的聲音拼貼。九段loop隨著觀眾選擇產生不同效果，可以聽六段，聽四段，也可以高聲聽，低聲聽，現場也變成為一個依據不同音景而變化的空間。《Grooves》雜誌和「boingboing」網站都提到了唱佛機「反i-pod」的性質，在i-pod已經將人異化成了「i-poder」時，小塑膠盒子的「FM3唱佛機」則變成了重新喚起聽覺的潛意識與進入冥想世界的密鑰。
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About FM3：
Founded in 1999 by Christiaan Virant and Zhang Jian, two active members of the Beijing music scene, FM3 are considered pioneers of electronic music in China.
Known for dedicating prime space for “live” aspects within their work, FM3 produces mysterious, meditative and minimalist soundscapes, while subtly adding elements of Chinese folk tradition into a universe abundant in micro-sounds and synthetic glitches.
FM3 has been called “the most prominent experimental act in China” by the US magazine Grooves. XLR8R described FM3’s sound as “poetic noise” and the UK magazine The Wire calls FM3 live sets “meditative,” “soothing” and “engagingly intimate.”
In 2004, FM3 was commissioned by the Louvre museum in Paris to provide a new soundtrack for the 1930s film “La Croisière jaune.” The project concluded with three live performances at the Louvre Auditorium in early June.
FM3’s sound installations have been featured at the 2004 Shanghai Bienalle as well as the Beijing-Tokyo Art Project, the Dashanzi International Art Festival and the Kulturhallen Dampfzentrale in the Swiss capital of Bern.
The mass-produced FM3 Buddha Machine loop box was named of the best “boxed sets” of 2005 by the New York Times and was one of the top selling electronic releases of 2005-06.
FM3 has released music on a number of European and North American labels, including Staalplaat (DE), Staubgold (DE), Bip-Hop (FR), Mutek_Rec (CAN), Mousike (ITALY), Nascente (UK), Leerraum (CH), Lona (HK) and Sublime Frequencies (USA).