2005.1.26 - Musique

Wang Wen 惘闻 Wǎng Wén Dalian Post Rock Band Wang Wen's Music Is A Mix Of Sad Sweet Melodies Heavy Noisy Guitars And Chinese Scales. Close Your Eyes And You Will Easily Lose Yourself In The Ambiance Created By Their Music. It Takes You Back To The Scenes Of Your Favorite Movies. Wang Wen Are Influenced By Tortoise Mogwai Mono And Red Red Meat. Their New Album Will Be Released On The New Record Label Recently Founded By Beijing Record Dealer Zhao Chenhong. Line-Up Guitar Xie Yugang 谢玉港 / Geng Xin 耿鑫 Bass Zheng Zi 铮子 Drums Lian Jiang 连江 History The Band Was Formed In The City Of Dalian A Busy Seaport In Northeast China In The Year Of 1999. Wangwen Was At First Started By Two Awkward At That Time! Guitarists Who Were Crazy About The Smashing Pumpkins And Later Joined By The Drummer Who Also Brought Along The Band Name Representing The Idea Of An Unknown Band And Insensibility To What Others Say. The Band Began To Record Their First Demo- ’the Animal World’ On Their Own In The Same Year They Formed. Since Then The Band Members Had Been Changing While Continuous Creation Of New Pieces Of Music And Performing. ‘lingshuihe’ ‘the IceWaterRiver’ Was Recorded On Their Own In 2000 And The Third Demo ‘the Tenebrous Yinyang Road’ Was Also Completed Two Years Later. During This Period The Music Style Of The Band Had Been Gradually Changing From Vocal To Instrumental And Started To Draw Broad Attentions Both From The Reviews And The Audience As Well. It Was Considered As One Of The Leading Bands From China In The Fields Of Post-Rock And Acid Rock. The Band Was Influenced By Mogwai Red Red Meat Mono Explosions In The Sky Polvo Tortoise -- GYBE Etc. Timeline 2003 Released The Debut Album 二十八天失眠日记 By So Rock! Records Mar.2004 Received Interview From A Famous Chinese Rock Music Journal So Rock. 2004 Two Songs ‘the Dying End Of Year’ And ‘Plentiful Harvest’ From The Album Were Chosen For The ‘Collection Of The Year’ By The Journal ‘So Rock’. 2004 Recorded The Single ‘Tide’ Which Lasted For 20 Min Long And Released In The Bonus CD Of The Journal ‘So Rock’ And ‘X Music Magazine’. Jul.2004 Received Interview From Another Famous Chinese Music Journal The X Music Magazine. Beginning Of 2005 Self-Released The Album 6 Tales For 50 People Recorded At The End Of 2004. Jun.2005 Rock Action Club Was Founded By The Band And Has Now Become The Only Live House For Rock Music In Dalian. Nov.2005 Remixed The Album 6 Tales For 50 People And Released The New Version With The Album Name Changed To RE RE RE . Jan.2006 Recorded The Track ‘APPLE’ For The DVD Documentary Of MIDI Music Festival Beijing 2005. May 2006 The Band Participated For The First Time In The Midi Music Festival Experimental Stage Oct.2006 Signed Up With Scream Records And Released The Album RE RE RE . Apr.2007 Released Their Fourth Full Length Album 7 Objects In Another Infinite Space Under The Label Fox Tail Records And Started Out For Their Tour Around The Nation. Dec.2007 Released Their 0306 100 Copies Limited May.2008 Released Their Fifth Full Lenght Album IV read less