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Reflector is a Punk artist , originally from Beijing.

General information about Reflector

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Reflector

English Name Reflector
Chinese Name 反光镜 / fǎnguāngjìng
Genre Punk
Origin Beijing
This is an artist which could be a band, musical project, solo musician or any other kind of music collective. For a more precise definition, see Category:Artists.

Band members

Lead Vocals / Guitar: Li Peng
Bass / Vocals: Tian Jianhua aka Tj
Drum / Background Vocals: Ye Jingying

Former band members


History

In 1997, three kids from Wudaokou – Guo Feng, Ye Jingying and Tian Jianhua, who had been friends since grade school got their hands on a Guns n' Roses record. The boys immediately decided to form a band, which we now known as Reflector (反光镜). They pretty much did nothing but "practice", and by '98 they were performing in a series of gigs at Scream! Club, where they started doing some DIY shows, made it into foreign media highlights the likes of Sky News, CNN and Newsweek (and even had a brief stint with an Italian exchange student in another Chinese early punk-era band, Rockstar). Reflector recorded eight songs on the Wuliao Contingent four-band double-disc compilation in '99 (Scream! Records), and began to build a colorful repertoire of experience in various bars all over Beijing. In 2000, Scream Club was featured in the soundtrack to the film Warm Summer Day. Scream! Records later went on to record a video of Scream Club (which only took one day to tape by the way), following the guys on a frolic through the Beijing hutongs dressed as peasant girls. Needless to say, this video never made it to MTV, VH1 or even Channel V, but you can find it if you look hard enough.

In 2001, attracting media attention as the first Chinese punk band to tour America, Reflector performed at Washington State University and performed in seven cities on the west coast – the highlight of which was a opening gig with Anti-Flag in Sacramento. Upon returning to China, Li Peng (former Premier) joined Reflector. Sadly, Guo then left the band in early 2002, and it took the band another 5 months to record their first EP Reflector, which was released by Japanese record label People’s Records in July of 2002.

Reflector continues to play gigs all over Beijing and China, and has played over 500 shows, including the Live Vocals festival, organized by Cui Jian (August 2003) and the 2003 Midi Music Festival (October 2003). Reflector signed with the Beijing promotion company Newbees Music in February to December 2003.

-- from their website

December 2007, their song 晩安北京 appeared in the X-Music Magazine no. 355.

March 7th 2009, Reflector played together with Dragon Pizza and Pinkberry at the Yu Yin Tang. According to Andy Best: Reflector took the stage and it went insane.[1]

In the February 2010 issue of TimeOut Beijing, Zeng Yu named them as one of the top acts in 2010.[2] April 3rd, they performed at Shanghai's Yuyintang. According to Jake Newby: Their set tonight was really strong and their professionalism showed throughout. They were thoroughly entertaining and the crowd lapped it up. (...) tonight was all about Reflector and the fans who turned up in droves were rewarded with a top show.[3] On May 2nd, they performed at the Midi Music Festival 2010. On May 3rd, they performed at the Strawberry Music Festival 2010. According to Beijing Gig Guide: The first song we heard as we rounded the cor­ner was a cover of You Are My Sun­shine, which the crowd sang along to whole-heartedly, and from that moment I knew I wasn’t walk­ing away until their set was over. The crowd was fever­ish, and the band was burst­ing with energy, excited to be par­tic­i­pat­ing at Straw­berry for the first time, and it was an intox­i­cat­ing mix. If these guys are ever near you, get out to see them. You will not be disappointed.[4]

Participated Festivals

Appearances in Press/Books

  • Mentioned as "Other Notable Act" in the Insider's Guide to Beijing 2008.
  • Mentioned as "Yaogun band to watch" in the Insider's Guide to Beijing 2007.

Discography

Albums

Compilations


Further Information

Official pages

Other pages

Interviews

References

  1. ↑ Andy Best (Kungfuology.com) (2009-03-08). "Reflector blow the roof off Yuyintang". Retrieved on 2009-05-16.
  2. ↑ TimeOut Beijing, Music - Eye of the tiger, Page 61, February 2010, issue no. 64
  3. ↑ Jake Newby (2010-04-04). "Reflector at Yuyintang". Retrieved on 2010-04-04.
  4. ↑ Beijing Gig Guide (2010-05-04). "Strawberry Festival Highlights!". Retrieved on 2010-05-04.


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