LumiLiu

Beijing

Lumi Liu is an experimental musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work merges minimalist structures with profound emotional tension. As a core member of Re-TROS, she shapes the band’s sound by intertwining electronic textures, acoustic instruments, and spatial awareness, creating music that is both conceptually rich and emotionally resonant. Her lyrics are philosophically infused, reflecting on existence, memory, and time. In her solo projects, Lumi pushes musical boundaries. In the soundtrack Thirteen Themes for a Play, she replaces the traditional suona with synthesizers in the funeral piece Dust to Dust, using sparse lines to evoke eeriness and mournful melancholy. Her music, influenced by classical minimalism, experiments with sound placement in virtual space to depict abstract scenarios and create immersive, multilayered soundscapes. Looking ahead, she explores blending Chinese traditional culture, particularly opera, with electronic and experimental music. Her per