Wu Zhuoling

A Singer-Songwriter And Music Producer From Chengdu Sichuan Wu Started Her Musical Career Since She Self-Studied Guitar And Joined A Few Student’s Bands During Her College Years. In 2000 She Moved To Beijing Where She Met Three Other Musicians From Different Regions Of China And Formed The Trip-Hop Band Wednesday’s Trip In The Following Year. The Band Signed To Modernsky In 2003 And Its Critically Acclaimed Debut Album Secret Mission Was Issued In May 2005. But By That Time Wu Had Already Moved To Tibet And Started A Secluded Kind Of Life There For Almost Three Years During Which She Had Translated English Books As Winnie The Pooh Into Chinese And Began To Write Acoustic Songs. In 2007 She Returned To Beijing With Her New Songs And Played A Solo Show In The First Session Of Modernsky Music Festival. Her Previous Gloomy Electric Style Was Replaced By The More Mellow Music Texture And Naturalistic Narration Ways. In The End Of That Year She Was Recommended To A Taiwan Drama Talent Xu Sixian To Compose The Music And Play Live Performance For The Experimental Theatre Play 13 Millions Single Bathtubs Which Had Been Played In Beijing People's Art Theater Continuously For A Whole Month. The Next Year She Teamed Up With Su Yong A Music Producer Based In Shanghai And Formed An Experimental Group A-Z. Their Co-Works Are Matured Mixture Of Folk Modern Western Academic And Chinese Traditional Elements That Made Up Their Debut Album Then Which Was Issued By Modernsky In Feb. 2009. In 2008 While Writing Music For A-Z Wu Recorded Her Acoustic/folk Songs In Nanjing As The Material Of Her Solo Album. After Settling Down In Her Hometown Chengdu She Started To Explore New Musical Territories And A Series Of New Works Came Out In The Form Of Delicate Acoustic Songs Added In Subtle Electronic Components. These Works Were Unfolded Through Her Various Festival Shows As Well As In The Tours Of A-Z And Her Own. Since 2009 Wu Started A New Project With A Dutch Mixed-Media Desinger Frans Van Gastel Aka Youecho On A Number Of Exquisite And Atmospheric Tracks. Two Of Those Were Selected As The Sound Tracks For The Music Movie You Echo The Hills That Was Released On March In Holland. As The Result Their Long-Distance Co-Operation Was Upgraded To Youecho Vs Zhuoling With More Of Their Works Performed On Festival Noorderzon 2009 In August. In July Of That Year Wu’s Self-Produced EP Can This Just Eliminate The Distance? Was Released. Featuring Her Acoustic-Electronic New Works The EP Was Followed By A Summer Tour. Later In October The First Two Public Shows Of Youecho Vs Zhuoling In China Were Held In Chengdu And Beijing. Soon After That Wu Embarked On An Autumn Tour In HK And Major Southern Cities. In May Of 2010 Wu Was Invited To Perform In Zebra And Strawberry Festivals Before She Signed To Tree Music. From August To September She Was Traveling In Holland Belgium And Germany And Was Engaged In The First European Tour Of Youecho Vs Zhuoling Which Is Also The First Time That Her Music And Songs Were Spread To A New Continent. After Come Back To China She Began To Work With Live Bands And Played Festivals As Well As Unplugged Live Shows In Nanjing And Shanghai While Her Solo Album Featuring The Acoustic Songs She Wrote In Tibet Has Finished Producing And Is Ready To Be Issued. read less