Annie Chen bridges musical continents, singing on her compositions with a mix of Eastern and Western sounds with Marius Duboule/g, Fung Chern Hwei/vi-va, Mathew Muntz/b, Alex LoRe/as-fl-bcl, Vitor Goncalves/p-acc and Satoshi Takeishi/dr-perc. Her bold and confident voice, high pitched, brings in Asian harmonies with LoRe’s alto sax on the evocative “Rozpacz (Despair) and teams with Goncalves’ accordion on the complex “Underground Dance”. Some Middle Eastern harmonies join with Duboule’s guitar on “Gul Gule Istanbule” and tender droplets of guitar and violin are impressionistic for “Rosemary’s Lullaby”. A four part “Guardians Suite” includes some other-worldly voices and drums on “The Northern Eyes”, with the rhythm team digging in on “The Whale River Song” and trudging through “Jellyfish All Around”. Something flavorful and pungent.