HWA

HWA (aka ELVIS.T) was born in Taipei. He is a DJ, electronic music producer, label manager, mastering engineer and sound designer. He is a pioneer in the field of electronic dance music in China.

In 2007, he moved to Beijing and established Acunpuncture Records. Later, the Lantern Club, which he co-founded, has also become an outstanding representative of China’s local underground culture. ELVIS.T is also one of the founders of INTRO Festival, the earliest local electronic music festival in China.

After consolidating Techno’s dominance in China’s underground nightlife scene, the name ELVIS.T disappeared like a god among the leafy club and music festival posters. Instead, HWA, a creative concept based on experimental synthesizer music, began to actively use this code name to erase the musical imprint of the past ten years and continue to expand the boundaries of personal sound.

In 2016, HWA began an in-depth exploration of modular synthesizer systems. He used modular synthesizers as the core equipment for music production and live set performances, exploring more random and experimental sound design and rhythm sequences. He participated in the launch of “The Modular Commune”, Beijing’s most high-profile community of modular synthesizer artists in recent years, and actively promoted modular synthesizer technology and conceptual aesthetics in China. Through his music works and live performances, HWA has developed a complete Techno music system based on modular synthesizers into his unique label in the scene.

In 2023, he founded a new music label, Eskape, which aims to combine contemporary experimental electronics with the classic psychedelic sound of the early 1990s, and continue to output sounds that cannot be copied in the Asian electronic music industry.

HWA（ELVIS.T）出生于台北，身兼DJ、电子音乐制作人、厂牌主理人、母带工程师以及声音設計師等多重身份，是中国电子舞曲领域的先锋人物。

2007年移居北京，并成立了 Acunpuncture Records（针刺疗法）。随后其参与创立的 Lantern Club，亦成为中国本土地下文化的杰出代表。ELVIS.T 同时也是中国最早的本土电子音乐节 INTRO Festival 发起人之一。

在夯实了 Techno 在中国地下夜生活图景里的统治地位之后，ELVIS.T 这个名字如神隐一般消失于枝繁叶茂的俱乐部和音乐节海报之中。取而代之的则是 HWA 这个基于实验合成器音乐延伸出来的创作概念，开始积极地用这个代号抹平过往十数载的音乐烙印，并不断地拓展着个人声音的边界。

2016年 HWA 开始了对模块合成器系统的深入探索，他使用模块合成器作为音乐制作和liveset现场演出的核心设备，探索更加随机和充满实验性的声音设计及节奏序列。他参与发起了模块合成器艺术家社区“交流方式” （The Modular Commune)，积极在中国推广模块合成器技术和概念美学。HWA 通过他的音乐作品和现场演出，将一套完整的基于模块合成器的 Techno 音乐体系，塑造成了他在场景中独树一帜的标签。

2023年他开创了新音乐厂牌Eskape，旨在结合当代实验电子和90年代初的经典迷幻之声，继续不断的输出着亚洲电音界无法复制的声音。