B6 (musician)


Better known as B6, Lou Nanli is a Chinese DJ, music producer, multimedia artist and graphic designer. He began producing electronic music and sound art in 1999 as B6, and graduated from the China Academy of Art in 2004. He is often cited as being one a pioneer of the Chinese electronic music scene.

Biography

In 2000, he founded the independent record label, Isolation Music. He also released a series of his own compositions while producing the sound and album artwork for a number of alternative underground musicians. His own music covers a variety of genres ranging from techno and house, to IDM, Ambient, Electro, Experimental and Industrial Noise. He is also the co-founder of the arts and culture website Neocha.com, and Antidote Shanghai.
In 2006, he released B6 Box, a six-CD compilation of his early work. In 2008, his solo album Post Haze dropped in China and was reissued for the European market by Swedish record label Substream in 2009 to critical acclaim. Over the years, Lou Nanli has teamed up with other musicians to produce collaborative work as AITAR, Dust Box, Igo and ISMU. Touring extensively across the world, Lou Nanli has performed at several legendary music venues and festivals, alongside artists like Richie Hawtin, Juan Atkins and Sven Vath.
In 2008, he was featured on a special episode titled "The Culture Show Goes To China" of The Culture Show, a TV program on BBC television in the UK.
As a multimedia artist, his work has been displayed at galleries and venues in Europe, North America and the UK. One of the most popular of these is an audiovisual installation titled "Sound of the City" that was showcased at the V Arts Centre in Shanghai in 2011 as part of the group exhibition, Alternative Narrative: Chinese Video Art in the New Decade.

Discography

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