Cloth

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Cloth (布衣, bù yī), Folk-Rock band originating from Yinchuan, Ningxia province

Cloth

Background Information
Name (English)	Cloth
Name (Chn.)	布衣 / bù yī
Origin	Yinchuan (now: Beijing)
Genre	Folk rock
Years active	1995 - present
Members
Vocal/Guitar: Wu Ningyue (吴宁越) Chinese Zither/Guitar: Zhang Wei (张巍) Bass: Xiao Niu (小牛) Drums: Wu Rui (武锐)

Introduction

Buyi formed in May 1995 in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province. They show their unique musical temperament based on the land of Northwest China in their folk-rock and have received wide-spread critical acclaim. Buyi has taken part in MIDI Music Festival, Helan Mountain Music Festival, Inner Mongolian Grassland Music Festival, Only One Ningxia and other big music events. They produced music for the movies Crazy Stone and Big Movie, toured Japan and invited Funky, the famous Japanese musician and Wyn Davis, recording director of Guns'N'Roses to produce their new album.

History

The band was formed in May 1995, and came to Beijing in 1999.

2000 Best main vocal prize and third place, "Thunder of Music" contest.

2000 signed contract with Wei Ku website, published the single "Autumn", "Free Bird" and "Thirty Miles Village (San Shi Li Pu)".

2000 "Autumn" and "Free Bird" were selected by the CCTV (China Central Television) 4 into its column "New Folk Music".

2001 Best Original Band prize, Ningxia People's Radio Station.

2002 participated in the Third Midi School Music Festival.

2003 participated in the "Hear to the Ground" concert series activities funded by Volkswagen Music Foundation.

October 2004, Cloth performed during the Midi Modern Music Festival 2004.

In October 2005, they performed during the Midi Music Festival 2005.

2006, October, they performed during the Beijing beer and rock festival 2006.

2007, December, their album That Long is released.

2008, June 1st, their live album Endless Wine is released, which was recorded on February 28th 2008 in the Star Live, Beijing.

On January 1st 2011, they performed at the 2 Kolegas. According to Beijing Daze: I’ve given them a hard time recently because they kept playing the same songs over and over! I take it all back… the previous shows at 2 Kolegas were just a way to keep the band in shape while waiting for original bassist, Li Na, to return and record the new album. I’ve seen them a good 20+ times by now and it was the first time with Li Na… and it freaking kicked ass!!! Zhen Kai did an admirable job filling in while she was on maternity leave but it doesn’t compare to the real thing! She brought a new energy to the band! They played a lot of songs of their new record, Autumn, including the song “buyi” which is one of my favorites. Heck, the album itself is pretty solid and will be reviewed shortly. A testament to the audience being freaking amazing that night is that Buyi was called back for two encores.. and guess what, both encores consisted of variations of “la la la la la” that the crowd ate up. I can’t recall seeing that much energy at 2 Kolegas in a long time, or ever…^[1]

Participated Festivals

Modern Sky Festival 2007 - 2007, October	Lijiang Snow Mountain Music Festival 2007	Beijing beer and rock festival 2006 - October 2006	Midi Music Festival 2005, October 2005
Midi Music Festival 2004, October 2004

Discography

Albums

Endless Wine - 2008, June

That Long - 2007, December

Compilations

Midi Music Festival 2005 (VA) - 2006, May	Pocket Music Hits Vol. 1 (VA) - 2005, September	Beijing Midi Festival 2004 (VA) - 2005, March	Badhead 3 花园村 (VA) - 2004, September
Midi 2002 Live (VA) - 2002, July