Biography

SHOP XU XU FANG VINYL, CD, T SHIRTS: xuxufang.com/shop Xu Xu Fang, brainchild of producer / songwriter, Bobby Tamkin, is a rock and electronic band from Mar Vista, CA. Hailed as "local innovators" by the LOS ANGELES TIMES, the band's latest album, Daylong Secret, featuring Michael Shuman (Queens of the Stone Age / Mini Mansions) premiered on ROLLING STONE who wrote, “Xu Xu Fang’s music is so moody and emotional it demands a visual accompaniment.” CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND raved, “Stunningly beautiful moments amidst the chaotic buildup of spiraling distorted guitars.” Kompakt Records released a 12” vinyl of Noir State Beach remixes, and Daylong Secret's second single and video (directed by Ladytron member Reuben Wu), Friend to the Unknown, premiered on VICE’s Noisey. Xu Xu Fang has licensed multiple songs to television shows, Gossip Girl, The Originals, Bates Motel, cosmetics empire, Sephora, and Sea Doo Watercrafts. “Enormous, dark, psychedelic, and beautiful, Xu Xu Fang is full of meditative moods that haunt the diaphanous triangle formed by Pink Floyd, Radiohead & Sigur Ros.” -THE ONION “Xu Xu Fang take ‘Fascination Street’ on a trip through Massive Attack's Mezzanine, with static crackle, flutes, and a portentous tom beat inverting the sentiment from wide-eyed wonder to heavy-lidded menace." -PITCHFORK “Xu Xu Fang’s baked trip hop China Girl beats the recognized talent.” -MOJO MAGAZINE "Xu Xu Fang is so much fun to listen to and so damn good.” -POP MATTERS