B6 is China's most prolific and respected independent electronic musician.
Lou Nanli (born 1981 in Shanghai), best know under nickname B6, is a multi-talented electronic music pioneer, DJ, renowned graphic designer, and multimedia artist.
As a teenager, B6 started his own inde record label (Isolation Music), and composed critically-acclaimed experimental sound art, ambient, and post-rock albums while also producing sound and designing album covers for various alternative music acts in China.
Also under real name Lou nanli, his installation art works have been exhibited in museums in the UK, Europe, and North America.
In the years since, B6's productions have explored a variety of genres, from electro to IDM, and in 2006 released a 6 CD box set of his early works. In 2007, B6 teamed up with singer JJay to complete a radiofriendly but cutting-edge synth-pop album called IGO
"Synth Love", released on Universal Music HK.
In 2008, B6 released a solo album "Post Haze" on China's Modern Sky Records. "Post Haze" shows a new maturity in B6's music, with precision programming, dance-floor rocking rhythms and glitch-happy beats. Starting with smooth, atmospheric minimalism,
moving into mind-bending tech-house, then a bit of bangin' techno, "Post Haze" promises to be a landmark release out of China's developing independent music scene. In 2009, "Post Haze" second edition was released in Sweden 2009.
In 2010 - 2011, B6 put out several singles and remixes in Europe and has received great reviews by the European electronic music community. He has since toured globally, performed DJ and live set at Shanghai Expo, Berlin’s legendary Tresor club, K?ln’s
Kompakt Total Confusion party, Denmark’s Distortion and Spot Festival, Sweden's VOLT Festival, Belgium's Vooruit, and many others.