Wang Wen (惘聞) - Eight Horses （八匹馬)

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Wang Wen (惘聞) - Sweet Home, Go! [2016]

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Sparrow (文雀) - Wild Goose (大雁) [2017]

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Wang Wen (惘聞) - Invisible City (看不见的城市) [2018]

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Hualun (花伦) - Asian River [2010]

Wuhan, China is an industrial wasteland; crowded, dusty and forebodingly urban. Driving through the city, it is hard to miss the scenic views of cordoned off construction sites with their massive cranes and bulldozers, either erecting new high rise skyscrapers or destroying old buildings for the sake of better urban planning. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and also the hometown of Hualun, one of the few post-rock bands in China. Two years after their debut, Silver Daydream, they release their sophomore album Asian River, a more cohesive and polished effort.

Post-rock has always been interested in exploring the dichotomy between quiet build ups and controlled noisy chaos. Asian River explores this traditional concept with great care, featuring the classic post-rock template of clean and reverbed guitar melodies which coalesce into crescendos of distortion and delay, supported by clear cut drumming and solid bass lines. During the relatively silent sections, there is minimal interplay between the guitars, allowing for more appreciation of the individual trickling string melody.

The first half of the album evokes shades of Mono, with long and intricate passages (all songs are over six minutes long) and strikingly epic climaxes. Songs like ‘Echo’ and ‘The Pilot’ showcase disciplined driving bass lines around which the guitars faithfully build their melodies. The album ender, ‘Shanghai Tourists,’ takes a familiar Chinese string tune and reworks it into a beautiful modern day interpretation with a gentle duel between the rhythm and lead guitar. The band is careful in reeling in their indulgences; the songs never overstay their welcome.

The album is relatively short for a post-rock album, with seven songs barely crossing over the forty seven minute mark. The production is refreshingly traditional, in that there are no drum machines, synthesizers or any overt digital manipulation, allowing the instruments to shine in their rightful manner. Hualun doesn’t test the boundaries of the genre, but, it does an excellent job of working within its confines. The songs are forceful in evoking feelings of melancholy and nostalgia; perhaps longing for a simpler time in industrial Wuhan.

-Ashish Lohani

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Edit: I have been told that the 3rd song wasnt listed in the zip file I posted. My apologies. Here is the link for Track 3 (Songs of Maldoror: Six) which is probably the best track on the album.

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Maze (迷宫) - Akstrize (2009)

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Maze: Stream of Consciousness rock band. Was born in nothingness, follow the consciousness of the slurry into the illusion of hidden whirlpool. Low vision, sound from a nuclear explosion like jumping into instant turmoil, all the dim sound of bursting after the burst of agitation in the given rise to redness of the skin, or in the icy silence of the steel strings, echo in the mountains between all the poetic depths of the sea to kill the moment.



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Wang-Wen - L & R [2010]

Album mixed by Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You! Black Emperor)

L & R


Other albums by Wang Wen

Hualun - Silver Daydream [2008]

This upcoming and a crowd a favourite band in Wuhan started out as a Britpop influenced band in 2004 and has undergone several changes. The band’s interest slowly changed to the howling wall of Post-Rock noise and melody and thus settled on this very sound in late 2006. Since, then they have extensively toured the east coast and have received widespread attention and public recognition. They finally released their highly-anticipated album in early 2008 and have been regarded as the pioneers of the new wave of Post-Rock bands in China.

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Xela- For Frosty Morning and Summer Nights [2007]

John Twell's first album as Xela, 2003's For Frosty Mornings and Summer Nights, is a quietly accomplished full-length debut that reflects the main thrust of electronic music in the early 2000s without being too derivative. The small, crispy-sounding, abstract beats, deep basslines, and wistful melodies that dominate the album sum up IDM in the late '90s and early 2000s, and the influence of Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and Broadcast can be felt throughout. However, the flair for intricately detailed tracks that somehow never feel overwrought is all Twells, and that, along with his ways with mood and melody (particularly on "Afraid of Monsters," "Bobble Hats in Summer," and "Last Breath"), is what makes For Frosty Mornings and Summer Nights unique. - Heather Phares

For Frosty Morning and Summer Nights

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Giants- They, The Undeserving EP

Giants, located in the heart of Iowa, is a five-piece instrumental band that recently released their full-length album, “They, The Undeserving” with Medical Abuse Records in California. Well-known for their high-energy, climatic builds and anticipated time between songs, Giants originally formed in Summer of 2005 as a four-piece band leaving room for vocals-which is evident in their self-titled EP. They have since added guitarist Steve Carlson (ex Here's The Kicker) who has helped shape Giants into the dynamic, lush-sounding instrumental band that they are. Giants are currently working on a 7-inch through Medical Abuse and an extensive summer tour.

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Wang-Wen Megapost [Post-Rock, China]

Hailing from the busy port city of Dalian in Northeast China, Wangwen/Wang-Wen/ 惘闻 cite their influences among groups such as Mogwai, Red Red Meat, Mono, Explosions in the Sky, Polvo, Tortoise and GYBE. Formed in 1999 by two awkward guitarists crazy about The Smashing Pumpkins, by the time of the release of their second album “Re:Re:Re” in 2004 they had become a five-piece and their sound had evolved into instrumental Chinese-tinged post-rock, acid-rock. Their third album “7 Objects in an Infitinte Space” not only cemented their reputation as one of the leading bands in China’s post-rock scene, but drew them attention internationally, leading to their first European Tour in June 2008 to promote the release of their fourth full album, titled simply “IV”.

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Here are four albums for your listening pleasure.


Diary of 28 Sleepless Days [2003]

Re;Re;Re [2006]

7 Objects in Another Infinite Space [2007]

IV [2008]

48V (Post-Rock/Electronica/IDM)

Obscure Post-Rock/Electronica/IDM from Changsha, China. Good all around solid album. Worth the download.

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This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About

1. Hallogallo - Neu!

2. (Arrow) - Boredoms

3. Lazy - Low

4. Praha in Spring - The Ruins

5. I'm a a mindless idiot - Meat Puppets

6. Les Yper-Sound - Stereolab

7. Tnt - Tortoise

8. Did They Ever Tell Cousteau? - Esbjörn Svensson Trio

9. II Porno Star - Shellac

10. Seeland - Neu!

11. Oh Yeah - Can

12. Blitzkrieg Bop - Yo La Tengo

13. Isobell Campbell and Mark Lanegan - It's hard to kill a bad thing

14. Freedom in F major - Karmavalanche

15. Good Comrades go to Heaven - Solex

I don't know if people even visit this blog. Its a purrrtyy dull and boring Saturday afternoon and I was listening to this old mix tape I had that I made a long time back exclusively for the road. Thought I'd put it up. Hope you like.

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