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Independent Rock Group of Paris, Other Lies mixes energy and the creativity of the movements from Punk (Alternative, New Wave, Post Punk, No Wave), the psychedelic electro-planing atmospheres and the richness of the sounds of acoustic instruments (Cithar, Santur). Drawing on his various influences, Other Lies is happy to experiment Outside of traditional writing rules.
The texts claim a cynical and poetic vision of the world and of the need to find an inner spiritual path in defiance of materialistic or nihilitic approaches. Initiatory journeys between East and West, Other Lies’ songs present nostalgic and hallucinatory visions, inspired by writers such as Hunter S. Thompson, Pierre Lotti or Stéphane Sweig.
The debut album «Beyond Fur» released in 2020 is characterized by a raw new wave sound based on a drum machine/bass pairing rough and airy guitars, the lyrics dealing with duplicity and the fear of abandonment.
Now, Other Lies unveil “Vanity Rewinds”, a new single that delves into the liminal space between death and judgement, where human illusions begin to collapse. Suspended in the afterlife while awaiting the Last Judgement, the narrator comes to a stark realisation: the corruption of the world was never the burden of one individual alone, but a collective condition.
Bei Bei (Bei Bei Monter, 荷蓓蓓）is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning artists. As one of the world’s premier guzheng musicians, she has played a key role in bringing this ancient Chinese instrument to a global audience. Since her 2006 debut, she has been featured on several Disney movie soundtracks, performed with Christina Aguilera, appeared as a soloist with the Pacific Symphony, and released several critically acclaimed original music albums. Her virtuosity and unique fusion of Chinese and Western music continues to resonate with a growing fan-base.
As a performing artist and composer, Bei Bei roots her art in classical music and expands into other styles, combining new with old into creative new expressions.
This is heard especially in her collaborations with musicians from
different genres such as funk, jazz, pop, electronica, hip-hop, and dance.
She released her debut album “Quiet Your Mind And Listen” in 2006
and her collaborative album “Heart of China” (Universal Music),
with Richard Horowtiz, in 2008. In 2009 Bei Bei started
collaborating with England’s prolific
producer / musician Shawn Lee. The team has
released two albums – “Into The Wind”
(Ubiquity Records) in 2010, and “Year of The Funky”
(Légère Recordings) in 2017. In 2024, Bei Bei
recorded the album Rhythm of China, released by
Hatch for Sleep. The album features five fully
improvised pieces, interwoven with embedded
audio interviews in which Bei Bei shares her
musical journey. In 2025, Bei Bei began a bold
new chapter with London-based
composer/producer Paul Simon Elliott.
Together, they released Walk the Fame
(guqin with downtempo electronic,
May 2025) and Silk Soirée (jazzy guzheng
with electronic beats, August 2025),
leading up to their full-length album
Two Moons, released in February 2026.
Eager to share her knowledge of music
and skill in guzheng with the world,
Bei Bei is both an author of guzheng
instructional texts and a teacher of this
classical Chinese instrument. She is the
author of “Gu Zheng Sessions” and
“Bei Bei’s Easiest Guzheng Course.”
In 2011, Bei Bei and her music
“Hot Thursday” were included in the
college textbook “World Music” by
Michael Bakan. Currently, she is the
director of her own music school –
Lotus Bud GuZheng Academy and
instructor at OC Music and Dance in
Irivne, CA.