Aaken

Aaken is the stage name of Tôn-Thât An, a French born Vietnamese singer, composer, songwriter and pianist. His first album Circlesong (2005) blends down-tempo, classical music, electronic, indie pop, trip-hop, rock, Indian music, his Asian roots and a cinematographic approach to music. 'Hyperbody' (2010) his second album was recorded in Paris, Taipei, and Chicago and features collaborations with Portuguese songstress Bévinda as well as Beck's übercool mother, Bibbe Hansen.

Aaken is the stage name of Tôn-Thât An, a French born Vietnamese singer, composer, songwriter and pianist. His first album Circlesong (2005) blends down-tempo, classical music, electronic, indie pop, trip-hop, rock, Indian music, his Asian roots and a cinematographic approach to music. 'Hyperbody' (2010) his second album was recorded in Paris, Taipei, and Chicago and features collaborations with Portuguese songstress Bévinda as well as Beck's übercool mother, Bibbe Hansen. Beside his solo act, he also developed as a composer for the stage in the late 90's, first for theatre, then more significantly, for dance: Régine Chopinot for 'W.h.a.' (2003), Gang Peng for his hip-hop contemporary ballet 'Sur le Fil' (2007) and with Japanese choreographer Jo Kanamori and his company Noism. This encounter gave way to a fruitful artistic collaboration: 'NINA - materialize sacrifice' (2005), which toured in major cities around the globe, 'PLAY 2 PLAY' (2007), and 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' [The Tales of Hoffmann] (2010). Now based in Taipei, Aaken has recently been writing with choreographer Huang-yi on 'Second Skin' and 'Symphony Project' (2010), with fashion designer Johan Ku for 'The Hole' (2011) a conceptual short which was directed by Tsai Ming-Liang, and Jay Chern for his award winning short film 'Thief' (2011). 2012 projects: 'Just' with Sheu FangYi 'Double Yellow Line' with Huang Yi, (two dance pieces which will be premiered at the National Theatre in Autumn) 'Rowboat' a short film by CJ Wang, 'Pierre est heureux', a film by Bryan Kuo a duet album with Bévinda entitled 'Fukaeri'. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..