YuFeiMen (与非门), also known as YFM or Nand, is a
Guangzhou
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-based Chinese
indietronica
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band founded in 2001. The Chinese name literally means
NAND gate
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and phonetically sounds like the English phrase "You feel me?"
The band consists of three members, Jiang Fan (蒋凡), the female vocalist, Atsing (阿庆; A Qing), the programmer and guitarist, and San Shao (三少), the songwriter and DJ. Having worked with international producers such as
Howie B
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on its albums, the band had toured
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Japan
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Singapore
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and
Malaysia
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once praised them as having "a sense of
EBTG".
Discography
Studio albums
*2001: ''01''
*2003: ''10 Happy Paradise'' (10乐园)
*2005: ''11''
*2009: ''Shi Yu Fei'' (是与非; "Yes and No")
Compilation albums
*2005: ''A Luoji'' (A逻辑; "A Logic")
*2022: ''YuFeiMen: 20 Years'' (与非门·廿年)
EP
*2001: ''Zuo Ai Zuo de Shi'' (做爱做的事; "Do the Enjoyable Things")
References
External links
yfmcn.blog.sohu.com (official blog)weibo.com/yfmcn (Atsing's microblog)Page on rockinchina.com
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Musical groups from Guangzhou
Chinese rock music groups
Indietronica music groups