The Kluane Compositions Music Film Premiere
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Yukon Folk/Pop Visionary Matthew Lien Releases 25th Album Full Circle in Immersive Binaural Format
Yukon musician/producer Matthew Lien has released his 25th album and his most ambitious to date. Seven years in the making, Full Circle features many of Lien’s trademark characteristics spanning acoustic styles from folk to pop wrapped up in environmental soundscapes, and all of it has been produced in Lien’s new award-winning immersive format developed especially […]
Recording Punjabi rap artist Jugraj Thandi
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Matthew Lien to airlift grand piano into Kluane National Park
Matthew Lien’s longtime dream of airlifting a grand piano into the remote and spectacular Kluane National Park may finally come true, thanks to some prize money from the Yukon government. His project is among the 3 winners of the 125 Prize, awarded to mark the territory’s 125th anniversary.
The Binaural Cafe Podcast
As your hosts in the brand-new podcast series The Binaural Cafe, Matthew Lien, Todd Hooge, and Paul Gatien invite you to explore field recordings Matthew has captured around the world, ranging from hidden underground bunkers in Scotland to bat caves in China, a deep-sea volcano in the South Pacific to a horse race in Mongolia […]
Taiwan documentary billed as “world music event of the year” is hosted by Yukon musician Matthew Lien
Taiwan’s government has published a 90-minute documentary introducing Taiwan to the international community. The documentary was supported by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, which had appointed Yukon musician Matthew Lien as Cultural Ambassador several years earlier. The Sound From Taiwan: Celebrating Taiwan’s World Music Soundscape was filmed in some of the most remote locations in Taiwan, […]
Matthew records Victoria Baroque for upcoming Full Circle binaural album
As production for the new album, Full Circle, nears completion, one of the last songs has benefited from the inclusion of Victoria Baroque, a renowned ensemble based in Victoria, BC. In keeping with the entire album’s production, the session was recorded in native binaural, at Sonic Forest Studios in Metchosin, BC, known for their Dolby […]
Matthew Lien holds 25th anniversary concert in Taiwan
WHITEHORSE, YT – Yukon musician Matthew Lien has staged his 25th anniversary concert in Taiwan celebrating a quarter century of performing in the island nation. The concert is the centrepiece of a documentary introducing Taiwan to the international community, being produced for the Ministry of Culture. Lien invited two Yukon musicians – Alana Martinson (fiddle, […]
Musicians rally around terminally ill colleague with final recording project
WHITEHORSE, YT – Yukon musician and producer Matthew Lien and eighteen Yukon and BC musicians have come together for their friend and colleague Paul Stephens, who had recently been diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of cancer. An accomplished bassist, vocalist and songwriter, Stephens was a principal member of the BC and Yukon music scenes, […]
Matthew Lien joins sound design team for 32-channel BCIT installation
Matthew Lien was chosen to join the sound design team for the creation of a 4-floor / 32-speaker sound/photographic installation at BCIT in Vancouver, BC. Working with renwowned Academy Award winning sound designer/audio engineer Jeff Wright, the team designed a four-level soundscape, seamless across each level of eight speaker channels, to breathe sonic life into […]