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Eight Horses

by Wang Wen

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1.
北方向北 / Northern North 10:25
2.
大连天空 / Sky of Dalian 07:19
3.
第八层地狱 / The Eight Layer of Hell 07:06
4.
万佛朝宗 / Ten Thousand Buddhas 09:01
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逃离母宇宙 / Escape from Mother Universe 10:28
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酒神经 / Dionysus 04:45
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最后旅程 / The Last Journey 08:49
8.
Welcome to Utopia 09:27

about

Wistful, dreamy, romantic, visceral and truly eclectic, Wang Wen, is the diamond in the rough. If there was ever a Chinese language inflected band that proves western influenced post-rock is spreading throughout the world like wild fire, it is this quintet from the unlikeliest of locals, the heart of PRC shipping mecca, Dalian. Led by singer/ principal songwriter/ guitarist/ laptop meistro/ antiquated electronics aficionado Xie Yugang, Wang Wen formed in 1999. Six albums and one EP later, they haven’t looked back since.

The Eight Horses double LP, Wang Wen’s first for Genjing Records, runs like a thick melancholic molasses peppered with progressive indie-rock sensibilities, while consistently flowing and soaring with the beauty of a dream. “There is a Chinese saying, which goes, ‘When I start to move, I can be faster than a rabbit: when I come to a rest I am like a sleeping baby,” elaborates Xie Yugang. “Our music is like this. We want to make fast music that wakes people up, that moves people. Yet again, we want to make calm music that makes people dream like a newborn child.” Sung in contemporary Mandarin with an extremely modern twist, Xie Yugang is true to his word. Check out the drawn-out, melancholic rock eruption that is “Escape From Mother Earth ” and the cathartically concise melancholy of opener "Northern North”.

Is it odd that a band from China could appeal to western audiences? Not according to Xie Yugang, “We all have the same longings and desires,” he says. “Music is the one thing that transcends cultural boundaries. It’s a language that can be understood all over the world.”

credits

released November 11, 2014

Written and Performed by Wang Wen

Recorded by An Jiguo at Echo Library, Dalian, China in March 2014

Mixed by
Wouter Vlaeminck (The Last Journey, Welcome to Utopia)
Yang Haisong (Sky of Dalian, Ten Thousand Buddhas, Dionysus)
Wang Yanan (Northern North, Escape from Mother Universe)
An Jiguo (The Eight Layer of Hell)

Wang Wen are
Xie Yugang - Guitar & Vocals
Geng Xin - Guitar
Xu Zengzheng - Bass
Zhang Yanfeng - Piano, Strings Arrangement, Melodica
Zhou Lianjiang - Drums
Huang Kai - Trumpet & Alto Horn

Additional Musicians
Qu Ruining and Wang Yanan from Which Park

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Genjing Records 北京市, China

Genjing Records is a DIY vinyl label based in Beijing, China.

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