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Ourself Beside Me

by Ourself Beside Me

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1.
Intro 01:03
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2.
Sunday Girl 04:00
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3.
Inter 00:58
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4.
Goo Goo Night 03:36
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5.
Bird + Elephant 02:58 video
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6.
Here I Come 01:57
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7.
Oh, Jim 01:43
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8.
Broken Heart Blues 02:29
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9.
Someone's Love Song 04:56
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10.
Tuuuuuuuuuuu 03:05
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11.
Holiday 06:44
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12.
Medicine Girl 02:30
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about

Ourself Beside Me were first formed in 2003 by former Hang On The
Box guitarist Yang Fan. Their line-up changed several times throughout
the years until Yang Fan (the main vocalist and guitarist) met the
then-still-a-drummer Xie Han through the internet in fall 2005, thanks
to a shared interest in the British band, Television Personalities. They
bonded immediately and started writing songs together. Xie Han started
playing the bass and in 2007, through a mutual friend, EMI (who hails
from Japan) was introduced into the group as the drummer. It wasn’t
until the second half of 2007 that this trio began performing regularly,
first at D22 and then at other clubs in Beijing. Touted almost from the
beginning by D22 regulars as one of the most exciting and innovative
bands to emerge from the Beijing scene, these three hard-charging ladies have swept everything before to become among the most admired and inspiring bands in China.

It is hard to describe their sound. They claim their inspirations began
with the sounds from old 60’s and 70’s bands such as the Velvet Underground, Syd Barrett, Can, Tom Waits, Soft Machine and the Fall. There is no denying these influences but they are also heavily influenced by New York’s East Village bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s but with a very Chinese obliqueness to their harmonies and musical approach and the typical Beijinger’s bluntness. They combine the rhythmic sophistication of bands like ESG and Bush Tetras with the eerie but jangly, sinuous guitar lines of Bush Tetra guitarist Pat Place and the strange harmonics of DNA. Amid their drawn-out sessions you can even sometimes hear the long, druggy patterns of the Doors. This is a band extremely sure of its sound and wholly dismissive of any attempts to mold their image or sound into a more pleasing outline.

After several heavily acclaimed concerts in Beijing’s major clubs P.K.14
frontman Yang Haisong took them to the studio to record and produce
their first CD. Almost as soon as Bing Ma Si/Maybe Mars was formed, in August 2007, the band was approached by the label to join their roster. Their as-yet-untitled and eagerly anticipated CD will be released by Bing Ma Si/Maybe Mars in September 2008.

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released January 15, 2009

Producer: Yang Haisong (from P.K.14)

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