The emotional singer of the ending song of Qin Shi Mingyue

Singer: Crystal Butterfly Band Lyricist: Wang Wenwei Composer: One of the ending songs of Wang Wenwei's cartoon "Qin Shi Mingyue"

Crystal Butterfly

English name: Crystal Butterfly

Established: June 1998

Music genre: Space Rock / Local Rock

Music influences: U2, Cure, Verve, Depeche Mode

Location: Shanghai

Company: Xinfeng Music

Band introduction

Birth

Four members of Crystal Butterfly They are both from Shanghai. Li Pang met his senior brother Wen Wei as early as when he was attending art school. At that time, Wen Wei was the guitarist of the "Lunar Eclipse" band. Soon the two started playing music in school because of their similar interests in music. Later, through music, I met Chen Song, who was studying Chinese at Shanghai Normal University but often secretly learned the drums in the drum room. The three came together. After several years of training, together with the members of the Lunar Eclipse Band, After disbanding, the three finally decided to form a brand new band, so in June 1998, "Crystal Butterfly" was officially established.

Naming

The reason why the band was named "Crystal Butterfly", guitarist Wen Wei said: "Crystal Butterfly" is a very surreal name - crystal is very noble. and gorgeous, while butterflies are neutral and flirtatious. Drummer Chen Song believes that "butterfly" as an "element" feels too simple, so he chose "crystal", a mysterious and beautiful substance, for decoration. The combination of two natural lives forms a surreal image, which in reality It does not exist, but the band can find it through music, or create it; lead singer Li Pang said in summary: Although the band's name is just a symbol, the name "Crystal Butterfly", which is full of elegance and beauty, is very consistent with the overall temperament of the band. , so he decided to name his band after "Crystal Butterfly".

Approval

In November 1998, just the fifth month after the band was formed, "Crystal Butterfly", which had already emerged in Shanghai, signed up to participate in the joint competition between YAMAHA and MTV Music Channel. The "Thunder in the Music World" competition was held. Although the band had just been formed at the time, with years of tacit understanding, solid technology, and passionate yet romantic stage performance, the band's works and live performances were highly praised by the judges at home and abroad. In the end, they won the overall championship in the Shanghai Division and won three professional awards for Best Band, Best Guitarist, and Best Bassist.

Signing

After the band won the award, they used the bonus to buy an MD eight-track machine and began recording their own demos. Since then, the band has been active in the Shanghai music scene. After a series of performances, the band has attracted the attention of all parties with its unique live performances and attracted the attention of more and more music fans, becoming a representative band in Shanghai. The band's tours in Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing and other places also attracted the attention of various record companies. In the summer of 1999, Li Pang, who was traveling in Beijing, met Xiao Nan, the lead singer of the band Cobra and the production department of the independent label "Xinfeng Music", and through her, he handed over the demo of "Crystal Butterfly" to the boss of "Xinfeng Music" Qiu Ao. Qiu Ao was very excited after listening to the demo of "Crystal Butterfly" and immediately called Li Pang. Li Pang had not returned to Shanghai at that time. The person who answered the phone was Wen Wei who lived in the same room with him. The two chatted What a speculation. After that, the band and Qiu Ao kept in touch, and Qiu Ao also attended every performance the band performed in Beijing. After several rounds of flirting, the two parties finally came together. On November 18, 2000, "Crystal Butterfly" officially signed a contract with "Xinfeng Music".

Recording

After signing the contract, "Crystal Butterfly" began to concentrate on preparing its first album under the arrangement of the company. During this period, the band also recruited Qiqi, a live bass player, which also made Li Pang more comfortable when singing live. In March 2002, the band arrived in Beijing and stayed in an apartment arranged for them by the company. After that, the band started touring in various bars and clubs, and warmed up for the pre-recording work of their first album. In May 2002, the band started recording the demo of their first album and named the album "Mysterious Journey". After the album demo recording was completed, the band returned to Shanghai for vacation, and in September they were the only Chinese band invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the "Shanghai International Tourism Festival". At that time, Feiyu, a band affiliated with Xinfeng Music, came to Shanghai to promote their first album "The Grapes of Wrath". The performance of the two bands on the same stage caused quite a stir in the local area. On December 6, 2002, "Crystal Butterfly" returned to Beijing and officially entered the studio to record an album. During the recording period, the band was also invited to participate in the New Year countdown performance held in Xintiandi, Shanghai. In March 2003, the pre-recording work for the album was successfully completed.

Long vacation

The sudden SARS epidemic made it impossible to proceed with the post-production work of the album, so the band returned to Shanghai in time to rest. In August 2003, Qiqi, who had been working together for more than a year, officially joined "Crystal Butterfly" as the bassist.

The injection of new blood allowed the band to start performing non-stop in a completely new state. On September 15, 2003, the band was once again invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the "Shanghai International Tourism Festival". Subsequently, "Crystal Butterfly" participated in the annual Shanghai Asia Music Festival performance held in Pudong Century Park on November 8. The performance was themed "Supporting Genuine, Suppressing Piracy, and Promoting Original Music" and featured performances by artists from China and Japan. Ten bands took turns to perform. In this rock concert that lasted for nearly six hours, "Crystal Butterfly" shocked the nearly 10,000 spectators with their gorgeous music and passionate live performance. On December 24, "Crystal Butterfly" and the other two brother bands "Feiyu" and "Kungfu" under "Xinfeng", as well as three other bands, went to Hefei to participate in the Christmas Rock Festival held at the Anhui Provincial Stadium. night.

During the vacation, the lives of the four members also experienced some changes, and the band also encountered some development problems. After all, as a veteran band in Shanghai, they felt a little disappointed when they saw newcomers releasing albums one after another, while their already completed records were delayed due to company plans. After a period of adjustment, they gradually calmed down in reality.

Spreading Wings

In May 2004, while Crystal Butterfly came to Beijing to participate in Chaoyang Pop Music Week performances, lead singer Li Pang went into the studio to record "Mysterious Journey" and "Scattered". English version. Producer Qiu Ao continued to make final touches on the arrangement of the completed album, during which many artists under Xinfeng Music contributed to the album. The mixing work of the album began in September. In the early morning of November 18th - the fourth anniversary of Crystal Butterfly's signing, all the album's production work was completed. Subsequently, the single "Scattered" as a pilot work won the runner-up on the Shanghai Oriental Chart, and Crystal Butterfly was included in the candidate list for the best band of the year.

In early 2005, after discussion, Xinfeng Music Production Department decided to divide all the works previously recorded by Crystal Butterfly into two albums for release. This also means that this record of Chinese rock music will be broken by Crystal Butterfly. At the same time, the production department also plans to edit some of the works not included in these two albums into an online EP in the autumn of 2005, which will only be available in the online field in the form of MP3 published.

On May 25, Crystal Butterfly's first album was finally released, and thousands of white butterflies suddenly appeared in Shanghai that day. The media immediately reported "Shanghai is greeted by butterfly rain, Crystal Butterfly's first album" "Album coming out" news was published. The day after the album was released, New Bee Music authorized the release of a preview of the entire album on the "Independent Diary" music blog base, which aroused strong reactions from netizens. In the early morning of May 30, three servers were paralyzed due to a firestorm on the Internet.

Crystal Butterfly has accumulated a lot of experience and has released two albums, "Mysterious Journey" and "Dream Forest". They are the pride of Shanghai band culture and the pride of Chinese independent music.