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CHTHONIC's New York Concert To Feature Second Act With Oriental Violin

September 13, 2007

The New Jersey-based "erhu rock fusion" group HSU-NAMI — who, like Taiwanese extreme metal band CHTHONIC, prominently features the two-stringed Oriental violin called the erhu, also known as the hena — has been added to CHTHONIC's "UNlimited New York" September 16 concert at Manhattan's Highline Ballroom.

"We are really excited for open up for CHTHONIC and see them perform live," says HSU-NAMI violinist Jack Hsu. "We have heard a lot about them from friends from Taiwan, and it'll be great to see a celebration of Asian culture with a western influence. I think both bands share this in different ways."

"It's exciting that we can play with a different genre of rock band with the same Oriental instrument after we've toured with metal bands for more than two months," says CHTHONIC vocalist Freddy Lim. "I believe it's a good opportunity for all fans to discover new kinds of music!"

In concert, CHTHONIC (pronounced "THON-ick") will continue to perform the tour's theme song, "UNlimited Taiwan", written and recorded this spring "to emphasize the 'UNlimited' potential of Taiwan and the Taiwanese people," Lim says. Like the tour — which kicked off in Taipei earlier this summer following the international re-release of 2002's "Relentless Recurrence" and last year's "A Decade On The Throne" two-CD/DVD live set — the song was named to protest how the United Nations (UN) limits Taiwan's full participation as an independent country. The Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune, among others, have recently devoted lengthy features to the message behind the tour.

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