The new release by Belle Chen entitled 'And It Rains (Sinemis Meditative Rework)' is now playing on M.P.R Ambient.
Release date: Aug 30, 2024
The original tune ‘And It Rains’ was inspired by the sound of raindrops on the forest canopy. Sinemis has taken key layers from the original track and created a beautifully luring and mysterious space for the listeners to fall into.
About Sinemis
Sinemis is the new solo project of Circassian-Turkish producer Sine Buyuka, who gently combines the ancestral Sufi music of her homeland with sophisticated techno-inflected ambient.
Sine Buyuka worked as a culture and arts journalist and hosted a radio show in her hometown Istanbul before moving to London in 2012. She has an MA in Culture, Media and Creative Industries from Kings College London and a master’s in composition in Electronic Music from Guildhall. She currently runs the experimental/electronic label Injazero Records, hosts a monthly radio show on sound art station Resonance Extra and is a professor at Guildhall at the electronic music department.
She has performed at venues like Somerset House, Iklectik Art Lab and St Matthias Church, festivals like Sonar Istanbul and onstage with musicians such as James Heather, Specimens, Midori Hirano, Laila Sakini and Chantal Michelle…
About Belle Chen
With a distinctive combination of piano melodies and evocative synths, pianist-composer Belle Chen's soundworld straddles acoustic and electronic realms. Having experimented with found sound in an extensive crowd-sourced project during the pandemic, and created classical dedications – such as Lullaby for Edward, a tribute to Edward Elgar – Chen's new album Ravel In The Forest is a compelling collection of original music with subtle references to woodland adventures and French impressionism.
The 2023 recording – Chen's debut release on the Platoon label – sees the composer develop her love for immersive audio, invoking striking images and stirring the imagination through her playful pieces.
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chen grew up in Australia and New Zealand before moving to the UK. She's just as influenced by travel and people as by her classical training, and her music spans multiple genres. In fact, it's difficult to pin-point Chen's style – surely the sign of an interesting artist – which adds a pinch of exciting, biting electronica to the lush, sometimes minimalist melodies, of post-classical pianism.
Belle Chen performs across the globe, with highlights including the Royal Albert Hall’s Steinway Series, Milano Piano City Midnight Main Stage, Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide, Kulturhuset Najaden Concert Hall and the National Theatre of Korea. Chen was the first Australian artist to officially showcase at Classical:NEXT, where she performed in 2018.
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