LT CHI SOUND SYSTEM are composers Liz Chi Yen Liew and Tom E Morrison
who were recently commissioned by the Greenwich and Docklands Festival to write and record a soundtrack to the forthcoming show TIME IS LIKE WATER FLOWING..for performances at the O2 Arena between 19-22 June 2008.
Drawing on the virtuosic skills of French aerial performance company Les Passagers, Beijing visual artist Huang Yan, and innovative Chinese multimedia duo 8gg, Chinese landscape painting is brought to life on an epic scale blending traditional and contemporary artforms depicting the passing of time and the four seasons, creating a spectacular performance. http://www.festival.org/timeis2008.htm
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BIOGS:
British-Chinese musician/composer LIZ CHI YEN LIEW performs as one half of electro-acoustic violin band Chi2 (www.chi2.co.uk) a dynamic fusion of acoustic, Chinese and electric violins and electronic beats. Dubbed as "double violin assault specialists", they regularly perform throughout the UK and have toured in Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Macau and China in conjunction with British Council and MTV, presenting their unique sound throughout South East Asia. Chi2 have just toured their MONKEY KING: A MODERN BEIJING OPERA (www.chi2.co.uk/monkey) multi-media show in the UK as part of CHINA NOW and with support from the Arts Council. As a session musician she has toured/performed/ recorded with Moby, Gnarls Barkley, Nelly Furtado, Lamb, Boy George, KLF/Orb, Barry Adamson amongst others.
Award-winning producer and composer TOM E MORRISON has worked in an eclectic musical arena, mixing and engineering for legendary UK band Underworld, remixing for P Diddy’s Bad Boy label, to scoring for prestigious TV , film and documentary projects. He has recently completed an 11 album production project for world music label Casa Paradiso and his collaboration with the legendary Kuljit Bhamra is due to be released this Autumn. Together with his wife, highly acclaimed vocalist Rachel Morrison, he performs and writes for the band project Bliss (www.blisstheband.com)
