My friend christen lien and her debut music video "backed" by Diego Rivera
Half Vietnamese, quarter Celtic and quarter Slovenian, using a bow, a viola, and an effects processor, Christen Lien’s unique fusion of East and West, classical and postmodern, acoustic and electronic, has created an entirely new sound that is both uncannily ancient and reassuringly contemporary. Not since Sigur Ros’s Jon Thor Birgisson have we seen an original musical genius of this nature. Christen Lien exudes an exalted vibration meant to lead us home in an historical moment that marks the end of empire and the beginning of a new dream of consciousness. Everywhere you listen, you hear suffering and surrender, rage and redemption, and ultimately, unity. Her name translates historically, and to us, as Christ Lotus. Her music is both beautiful to the ear and healing to the soul.
~ Camilla Griggers
www.itsnotaviolin.com
Half Vietnamese, quarter Celtic and quarter Slovenian, using a bow, a viola, and an effects processor, Christen Lien’s unique fusion of East and West, classical and postmodern, acoustic and electronic, has created an entirely new sound that is both uncannily ancient and reassuringly contemporary. Not since Sigur Ros’s Jon Thor Birgisson have we seen an original musical genius of this nature. Christen Lien exudes an exalted vibration meant to lead us home in an historical moment that marks the end of empire and the beginning of a new dream of consciousness. Everywhere you listen, you hear suffering and surrender, rage and redemption, and ultimately, unity. Her name translates historically, and to us, as Christ Lotus. Her music is both beautiful to the ear and healing to the soul.
~ Camilla Griggers
www.itsnotaviolin.com