Sun Yizhou was born in Beijing, 2000. He started experimental music performance in 2019 and has been particularly active in recent years. He has performed in many small venues and independent art spaces in China.

Sun Yizhou mainly uses electronic equipments including no-input-mixer feedback, MaxMSP, audio signal generator, and some mixtures between these. He also uses acoustic objects including small speakers, smartphone and small instruments. As experimental musicians usually do, the thought and attitude is more important to him than the gear he use.

Liang Hao was born in Guangdong, 1988. He is an oil painting artist and also plays guitar. Liang Hao was introduced to Sun Yizhou in a performance art event. Both of them live in the same neighborhood.

In the spring of 2021, Sun Yizhou and Liang Hao made some recordings, some of them became as cassette “Closer/Further”. Liang Hao played classical guitar on both sides, while Sun Yizhou used timer on Closer and audio signals generator on Further. Performances are light and careful. Liang Hao selected some specific notes on guitar, responding to the sound of audio signals generator and time length preset by timer.

The recordings were made in Liang Hao’s studio in Yanjiao, Hebei. Zhu Wenbo did the mixing and mastering work. What’s interesting is that in terms of hearing, the sound on Closer is very faraway, and Further is actually close to ear.

孙一舟是北京人，2000年出生。他从2019年开始做一些演出，最近几年特别活跃，在很多小场地与独立艺术空间都可以看到他的名字。

在演出中，孙一舟主要使用电子设备：无输入调音台反馈系统，MaxMSP，音频信号发生器，或者是这几种设备理念的混合。他也会用一些原声物件，小喇叭，小乐器什么的。就像是实验乐手通常会做的那样，用什么其实不是重点，背后的想法和态度更重要一些。

孙一舟的家在燕郊。在一位朋友的介绍下他认识了邻居梁浩。梁浩是广东人，1988年出生。他画油画，也弹吉他。

2021年春天，孙一舟和梁浩做了一些录音，就是磁带里的两首。在《更近》中，孙一舟使用计时器，在几个预设的时间点里打开计时器，梁浩选择几个特定的音符回应着时间的长度；在《更远》中，孙一舟使用音频信号发生器，同样是在几个时间段落里，电子长音和寥寥的吉他单音交织在一起。

录音是在梁浩在燕郊的工作室录制，朱文博做了后期的混音和母带。有趣的是，在听感上，《更近》其实更像是“更远”，而《更远》近在咫尺。

Liang Hao: acoustic guitar
Sun Yizhou: time keeper (Closer), audio signal generator (Further)

Recorded in Liang Hao Studio, Yanjiao, Hebei, March 2021.
Mixed and mastered by Zhu Wenbo