"I think the album 'Not Great' is a great story of everyday life with both laughter and tears. It’s happy, sad, uplifting and deep. A pleasure to listen." (Mario Reijnen ~ Vital Weekly: http://www.vitalweekly.net/1312.html)
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Ambient artist charaxes creates the soundscape of an alien forest, with gentle melodies fading into environmental textures. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 10, 2023
Zero Grasses is yet another masterpiece by a truly unique artist. Jen Shyu is a consummate scholar-practitioner. Her vast knowledge of East Asian musical traditions is audible in her voice, its impeccable articulation and expressive range.
This album focuses decades of intense craftsmanship to bear on deeply personal reflections on family, loss and growing up as an Asian-American woman. It's a deeply touching, beautiful record that I cannot recommend highly enough. Cosmographer