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Underground Dance

from Guardians by Annie Chen

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Continuing the album with a post-apocalyptic premonition, Underground Dance imagines a future with an environment so ravaged that humans are forced to live underground. Its labyrinthine structure and twisting rhythms seem to take the listener on a tour of an infernal system of tunnels. This vision is the first invocation of the theme of the guardian - placing the responsibility on humans of today to prevent the unfolding of such a future.


lyrics

Under the world, the bridge to sky was broken.
There's a tearing bloodless moon, hanging where the ocean died.
Holding shadow of my end, losing light of the land.

Darkness, hellish sound, prayer he could never find.
The king of ninth world, mocking my weak human hopes.

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from Guardians, released February 23, 2024
Music and Lyrics by Annie Chen
Arrangement by Rafał Sarnecki

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Annie Chen New York, New York

Vocalist, composer, and bandleader Annie Chen has led ensembles varying from duos up to her current octet, and has performed her original music at major venues in the city. Chen’s original compositions which reveal a cohesive musical vision that integrates her influences from across traditional Chinese, Western classical, gospel, Middle Eastern, Eastern European and alternative rock music. ... more

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