Aaken is the stage name of Tôn-Thât An, a French born Vietnamese singer, composer, songwriter and pianist. His first album Circlesong (2005) blends down-tempo, classical music, electronic, indie pop, trip-hop, rock, Indian music, his Asian roots and a cinematographic approach to music. Beside his solo act, he also developed as a composer for...

Aaken is the stage name of Tôn-Thât An, a French born Vietnamese singer, composer, songwriter and pianist.
His first album Circlesong (2005) blends down-tempo, classical music, electronic, indie pop, trip-hop, rock, Indian music, his Asian roots and a cinematographic approach to music.

Beside his solo act, he also developed as a composer for the stage in the late 90’s, first for theatre, then more significantly, for dance: Régine Chopinot for ‘W.h.a.’ (2003), Gang Peng for his hip-hop contemporary ballet ‘Sur le Fil’ (2007) and with Japanese choreographer Jo Kanamori and his company Noism. This encounter gave way to a fruitful artistic collaboration: ‘NINA - materialize sacrifice’ (2005), which toured in major cities around the globe, and ‘PLAY 2 PLAY’ (2007), his most ambitious work so far.
The two teamed up again this year for ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ (The Tales of Hoffmann), a new full scale dance piece based on E.T.A’s stories, and which premiered this summer in Japan.

Aaken has recently composed the score of ‘Auntie’ (2008), a musical play by Taiwan based “Theatre Company of Lee Qing Zhao the Private”.
Now based in Taipei, Aaken is currently working with choreographer Huang-yi and dance company CloudGate 2 on a piece entitled ‘Symphony Project’. Premiere will be in December

‘Hyperbody’, his second album was recorded in Paris, Taipei, and Chicago and will feature collaborations with Portuguese songstress Bévinda as well as Bibbe Hansen (Beck’s übercool mother). Release is stated for this autumn.

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