In fact, the feeling I got while listening to this CD from the very first time is that there isn't a main character because the leading role is played by the music itself as a whole, as it happens in a band whose members have strong personalities but they play very well together, producing an overall sound that please your ears and your soul.

Except that, in this case, we have, for the most part, a one woman band, playing alone in the studio with electronic gear but with the live performance always in mind.

And that reflects the multi-talented and eclectic personality of Shueh-li Ong, a polystrumentist, composer, singer, programmer, arranger and producer, at her ease both with digital synthesizers and the guqin (a traditional chinese instrument 3000 years old); a musician able to learn to master a very difficult instrument like the theremin and to manage the technicalities of the recording studio in a creative way.... read more

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by Valerio Saggini editor TVox.com May 23, 2007