Nanwu
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Nanwu (南无, nán wú or according to buddhistic Sanskrit nā mó, the term for namas or namo), short characterization (a folk rock band from Beijing)
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Lineup
Vocals and guitars: Liu Xiangsong 刘相松
Guitar and backing vocals: Zhang Lan 张岚
Bass: Li Si 李斯
Keyboards and folk instruments: Xia Guoxing 夏国兴
Drums: Guo Peipei 郭倍倍
Percussions: Zhang Shuo 张硕
History
Nanwu was found in 2007, signed to Shixi Music (视袭音乐) in 2010. Nanwu's music nutrition is the rich soil of Chinese culture, watered with contempolary western multi elemental methods in play style, all steered together into stasty mix traditional Chinese art and youth humor, the Nanwu-Art as the band calls it.
Nanwu's music expresses the deep thought of this new generation of young Chinese about themselves and their social life, singing about small stories and bigger senses of what lies underneath the skylines of the City. Their songs and live shows achived a common sense of feeling, understanding and resonance among listeners with all different backgrounds.
南无乐队2007年成立， 2010年签约视袭音乐。乐队成员由主唱兼主音吉他刘相松、和声兼节奏吉他张岚、贝司李斯、键盘兼民乐夏国兴、鼓手郭倍倍以及小打击乐张硕组成。他们汲取中国文化的根基营养，寻求中西音乐多元的表达手段，创造出富有中国美学韵味和青年幽默特色的杂交再生品种，这种风格被乐队称之为“南无文艺”。
南无乐队的作品表达了新一代中国年轻人对于自身与社会生活的深度思考，真诚自然的吟唱那些潜伏于市井的小故事、大道理，以与时俱进的音乐方式和现场表现获得了不同领域观众的接受、理解、共鸣。乐队遵循思考之独立、艺术之跨界的“南无文艺”大路线，力求将南无的能量涉及音乐、表演、写作、设计等领域。
taken from beijinggigguide.com:
Nanwu has a highly melodic style, integrating Chinese and Western music so that audiences always find them refreshing. With continuous development of the band, their music content is constantly enriched, and they strive to make a broader range of people accept their music. In August 2009, the Nanwu released their debut independent EP.
On May 4th, 2010, they performed at the Midi Music Festival 2010.
On June 17th, 2011, they won the Summersonic festival band competition finals at the Mao Livehouse and got thereby a stage slot at the Japanese Summersonic festival.[1] July 31st, they performed at the InMusic Festival in Zhangbei. According to Ruby of Beijing Daze: Worried we’d missed Nanwu who were scheduled to play at 2.45, as we walked in the gates we heard the familiar sounds of the flute, woodblock and beijinghua and were relieved to find they’d just started – the festival was running nearly an hour late already! Nanwu are always crowd pleasers and they didn’t disappoint. Their songs are just so catchy, you can’t help singing and dancing along with them.[2]
Participated Festivals
 Midi Music Festival 2010, May 1st-4th 2010 |
Further Information
Official pages
References
- ↑ Beijing Daze (2011-06-18). "Nanwu wins out at Mao Live’s Summersonic Competition". Retrieved on 2011-06-24.
- ↑ Ruby (Beijingdaze) (2011-08-03). "Festival’d out? No way! Long Live Rock in the Grasslands!". Retrieved on 2011-08-07.
