LOW BOW is a two-man garage rock ‘n roll punk blues band made up of Richard Doran (Ireland) and Wang Xinjiu (China).
Beginning back in 2010, LOW BOW initially started out as a one-man band with Richard using a three stringed telecaster (didn’t need to learn chords) and a kick drum. Recordings and rehearsals being carried out in hotel rooms around China as Richard worked as a television presenter for China Central Television and started trying to make something to stay sane while on the road. The results were … chaotic noise but fun!
After playing a few shows at one of Beijing’s most beloved centers for experimental noise music, D-22, Richard met Wang Xinjiu who was at the time, drummer for one of China’s outstanding independent rock bands, ‘Birdstriking’ a friendship soon developed and the two decided to make some cheerful chaos noise together.
Inspired by the sounds of fuzzed out guitar rock from the late 60’s and 70’s and especially The Stooges, in addition to The Beat Happenings, Blues Explosion & Dirty Beaches, LOW BOW have been playing shows around China and filling rooms with screaming feedback and apoplectic drums which seems to have been going down well.
Despite having recorded and released several digital e.p’s on-line, it was only until 2014 that LOW BOW released their first vinyl on Genjing records, the brain child of Nevin Domer, a Beijing based, hard-core guitar playing, musical powerhouse and shows were played in Beijing and Shanghai to promote the release.
In 2014, Richard returned to his hometown of Dublin, Ireland but luckily, owing to the flexible nature of his new job, was able to return to China and continue to make music and perform with Wang Xinjiu.
In January of 2018, the pair went into the studio with Namu, a multi-award winning producer and recording engineer in addition with producing expertise from another Beijing-based American musician / producer, Brad M. Seippel and began recording what was to become their first full release entitled, ‘heavy days’ which the pair are very excited about and look forward to touring both in China and (fingers crossed) overseas.
You can hear more of LOW BOW’s music on their BandCamp page:
LOWBOWmusic.bandcamp.com

Heavy Days EP [JW021]

Low Bow - Gone

Low Bow - Heavy Days

Digital Naturism [JW022] is the first EP to be released by Solent on Jingweir,  recorded throughout 2018 in cooperation with producer Brad M. Seippel aka thruoutin at Brevity of Motion Sounds in Beijing, China.  The pieces have been constructed to represent a snapshot of modern life in Beijing as an outsider and onlooker of the unfolding spectacle: contrasting ideas and emotions, of both excitement and disappointment; layers of ambient sound and musical phrases designed to be meditative and immersing; and ultimately, a desire to escape self-imposed confines of modernity and submerge oneself in an alternative state.

The title of the EP reflects a paradox which is inherent to modern-day capitalism and global development, namely, that as we migrate further towards an ecosystem of digital devices and become fully immersed in the rhetoric of Dataism, there is a deep yearning for the ‘genuine’ and ‘natural’ in spite of these constructed artificial environments.  As a reaction to this phenomenon, the work of Solent attempts to provide an alternative auditory space for the listener to both exist in, and temporarily submerge themselves within.  Akin to the sensation of escaping to an alpine retreat, or secluded forest, the listener may rediscover their inner voice, and recalibrate accordingly.  This is the essence of Digital Naturism.

Solent is a British multi-instrumentalist based in the neo-capitalist urban sprawl of Beijing, China since 2008. Synthetic loops, samples, and field recordings all form the foundation of his tracks, presenting ideas which have been extracted from ambient, psychedelic, new age, and drone.  Solent has collaborated with a variety of platforms including labels such as Jingweir and Slow Pulse, Spittunes, the Bookworm Literary Festival and Dou Mi Ao International Art Festival, as well as taking part in performances produced by Shining Dimensions, Sound[E]scapes, and the inaugural installment of the “Yichang at Home” series.

https://solent.bandcamp.com/releases

Jingweir is a DIY record label and zine based out of Beijing, China which documents the creative scene from within.

https://jingweir.bandcamp.com
http://jingweir.tumblr.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jingweir_beijing/

Contact us:
jingweirbeijing@gmail.com

Solent - Submerging

Digital Naturism [JW022] is the first EP to be released by Solent on Jingweir,  recorded throughout 2018 in cooperation with producer Brad M. Seippel aka thruoutin at Brevity of Motion Sounds in Beijing, China.  The pieces have been constructed to represent a snapshot of modern life in Beijing as an outsider and onlooker of the unfolding spectacle: contrasting ideas and emotions, of both excitement and disappointment; layers of ambient sound and musical phrases designed to be meditative and immersing; and ultimately, a desire to escape self-imposed confines of modernity and submerge oneself in an alternative state.

The title of the EP reflects a paradox which is inherent to modern-day capitalism and global development, namely, that as we migrate further towards an ecosystem of digital devices and become fully immersed in the rhetoric of Dataism, there is a deep yearning for the ‘genuine’ and ‘natural’ in spite of these constructed artificial environments.  As a reaction to this phenomenon, the work of Solent attempts to provide an alternative auditory space for the listener to both exist in, and temporarily submerge themselves within.  Akin to the sensation of escaping to an alpine retreat, or secluded forest, the listener may rediscover their inner voice, and recalibrate accordingly.  This is the essence of Digital Naturism.

Solent is a British multi-instrumentalist based in the neo-capitalist urban sprawl of Beijing, China since 2008. Synthetic loops, samples, and field recordings all form the foundation of his tracks, presenting ideas which have been extracted from ambient, psychedelic, new age, and drone.  Solent has collaborated with a variety of platforms including labels such as Jingweir and Slow Pulse, Spittunes, the Bookworm Literary Festival and Dou Mi Ao International Art Festival, as well as taking part in performances produced by Shining Dimensions, Sound[E]scapes, and the inaugural installment of the “Yichang at Home” series.

https://solent.bandcamp.com/releases

Jingweir is a DIY record label and zine based out of Beijing, China which documents the creative scene from within.

https://jingweir.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/jingweir
http://jingweir.tumblr.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jingweir_beijing/

Contact us:
jingweirbeijing@gmail.com

Digital Naturism EP [JW022]

Solent - Future Of Flying

Solent - Conveyance

Solent - Arctic Ice Floes

A DIY record label and zine out of Beijing, China. Documenting the creative scene from the inside. The zine comes out every quarter while the label is always working on a fresh release or two. Check it out: