WangWen(惘闻)

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Wang Wen Intro

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Wang Wen(pinyin of its simplified Chinese:惘闻) are an Chinese rock band who initially earned wide recoginition for their genre of post-rock incorporationg variety of characteristics, including ambient, experimental. The Band are now known for one of the representative bands of Chinese post-rock and psychedelic rock.
Wen Wen were formed in Dalian in 1999 by two guitarists, passionately keen on The Smashing Pumpkins. Drummer joined the band naming themselves "Wang Wen" (Chinese meaning:showing no awareness of the the rest of the world) then. The band recorded first demo The Animal World(动物世界) in the beginning year. Later their style varies continuously as the frequent exchanges of members. "LingShui River"(LingShui river lies in southwestern of Dalian,凌水河),the second demo was produced in 2000. The band switched onto pure instrumental music in 2002 when the third demo "Obscure Road of Yin Yang" was made, in which they gradually abandoned song and voice by its ambience. It was claimed that they were affected by Mogwai, Red Red Meat, Mono, Explosion in the Sky, Polvo, Tortoise,GYBE.

Band members:
Guitar: Xie yugang(谢玉岗)/Geng xin(耿鑫)
Bass: Zheng zi (铮子)
Drums: Lian jiang (连江)
Keyboard:Zhang Yanfeng (张岩峰)

WangWen Myspace:http://www.myspace.com/wangwenchina

Memorabilia

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(Source: WangWen MySpace)

2003: released the debut album ‘Diary of 28 Sleepless Days’ 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 CDs 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.
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 EP "0306" (100 copies limited)

Albums

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1. Diary of 28 sleepless days(2003) 二十八天失眠日记(Diary of 28 Sleepless Days)

垂死的岁末(moribund end-of-month, included in Diary of 28 sleepless days):

Lyric (in simplified Chinese):

叶子哭了，花也哭了，连水的泪都快流干了，
所有美丽的和自认为美丽的东西，都出来吧，
我们一起等着最恐惧也是最安详的时刻的到来，
或许那一样的没有意义，或许一样的讲不清道理，
或许现在就是个错误，或许将来也是个错误，
可我，可你，还是……
在床上的时候我就想，那里会是什么样子呢？
我的爱人在那里又会是什么样子呢？
一切都是未知的，不能预见的，不可想象的。
在厕所的时候我又想，我得到的，失去的即将不存在意义了，
我的躯体不会再有意义了，我的思想也没有意义了，
我的灵魂还有意义吗？我的至爱还有意义吗？
我的爱人还有意义吗？我的小拇指还有意义吗？
你的爱心还有意义吗？你的无聊还有意义吗？
你的自卑还有意义吗？
在坐公交车的时候我想，眼前的人会有意义吗？
眼前的楼房还有意义吗？我的啤酒还有意义吗？
我的香烟还有意义吗？我的惭愧还有意义吗？
……
上班的时候我会想，我的同事还有意义吗？
我的科长还有意义吗，我的处长还有意义吗？
我所有的领导还有意义吗？这个办公室还有意义吗？
在做音乐的时候我想，我的吉他还有意义吗？
我的效果器还有意义吗？我的摇滚乐还有意义吗？
我的理想还有意义吗？我的所有还有意义吗？