Eight Horses, by Wang Wen

Eight Horses

by Wang Wen

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Logen Ninefingers They've been around for 2 decades and are known for their sweeping, cinematic Post-Rock sound. And the Chinese sextet continue bringing the instrumental granduer, along with some Prog and Post-Hardcore, the melancholic melodies contained within reminding of Yndi Halda on tracks such as 'Northern North'. The orchestral & brass passages on several tracks are lush, giving a sense of catharsis when they build from the serene to the apocalyptic. 8 records in Wang Wen still have plenty left to say. Favorite track: 北方向北 (Northern North).

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Double Vinyl LP
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Beautiful gatefold sleeve.

Includes unlimited streaming of Eight Horses via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	北方向北 (Northern North) 10:25	buy track
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	buy track
5.	逃离母宇宙 (Escape From Mother Universe) 10:28
6.	酒神经 (Dionysus) 04:45
7.	最后旅程 (The Last Journey) 08:49	buy track
8.	Welcome to Utopia 09:27	buy track

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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.”

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released January 3, 2015

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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