Having started as a Duo in 2015 and doing their first Uk & Ireland tour, Reuben Hester and Chloë Bebbington went onto busk around Europe for a year. Returning to the UK they felt inspired and compelled to evolve their sound. In came guitarist and producer Jack Candela and Keys / synth player and Producer Danny Marland this was the perfect addition needed to finalise the current line-up of China Lane. Creating a mementos buzz the band’s Similarities have been mentioned to the likes of Empire of The Sun, Chvrches and The 1975 with a ‘retro edge’ being compared to legendry Manchester bands including New order, Electronic and The Pet Shop boys.
2016 saw China Lane being asked to support British synth legends, Heaven 17 as well as receiving the invite only request to perform at the ‘Sofar Sessions’ in Manchester. December 2016 was ended with an ‘electric’ performance for their first headline show at Gulliver’s Manchester which sold out weeks prior to the event.
The band spent the majority of summer 2016 busking extensively around Europe, playing acoustic and live Electronic street versions of their music.
The hype for China Lane already for 2017 is making serious progress with subscribers adding themselves daily and statistics for their music streaming growing extensively.
