The Taiwanese performance company A Moving Sound will be performing at the Rich Mix cross-arts centre in London at the start of June.
A Moving Sound (AMS, www.amovingsound.com）has attracted international attention for opening doors to the under-explored territory that is Pan-Asian music. The group is intensely passionate about how it presents the use of traditional instruments in its contemporary sound. Their approach is to be holistic – combining art, spirituality, social awareness, and a universal love of humanity play key roles in the creative process.
Traditional Taiwanese, Chinese and neighboring Asian music forms are fused in new original song compositions. Instruments such as the Chinese erhu (a vertically held, bowed instrument), the zhong ruan (Chinese guitar), an assortment of western instruments, and the transcendent vocals and dance of lead singer Mia Hsieh, transport listeners on a journey that Global Rhythm magazine describes as "...delicately balanced between many worlds…an entryway to Eastern music and artful expression of the human condition."
The performance will start at 8pm on the 1st of June at Rich Mix in London’s Shoreditch area. Tickets will cost £11 on the door or £8 in advance via the venue’s website http://www.richmix.org.uk.
"[AMS is] one of the few groups offering truly creative music from Asia." Marco Werman, BBC Public Radio International
"[AMS vocalist] Mia Hsieh is a great, young woman singer putting a new spin on old traditions with her group A Moving Sound." Lucy Duran, 'World Routes', BBC Radio 3
"One of the most original outfits working in the world music arena today." Tom Pryor, National Geographic World Music
