History
Liem was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He has also been a member of Sea Snakes, Jim Guthrie Band, Nathan Lawr and the Minotaurs and Tusks.
In 2007, he participated in the global launch events for Tenori-On, an instrument designed by Toshio Iwai.
The I am Robot and Proud live band includes Toronto musicians Jeremy Strachan, Robin Buckley and Mike Smith. Previous members have included Jim Guthrie, Samir Khan, Gus Weinkauf and Simon Osbourne. In 2009, Liem collaborated on a performance with media artist Daito Manabe, combining Manabe's physical music visualizations with improvised composition. In 2010 he also performed a live collaboration set with Boredoms drummer Senju Muneomi and Tokyo computer-composer Yuri Miyauchi.
Liem has also worked extensively as a remixer, in 2010 being tapped to rework Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yukihiro Takahashi's project Pupa. He has also worked with labels such as Arts & Crafts, Ghostly International, Asthmatic Kitty, Avex Trax and EMI Music Japan .
He has recently collaborated with game designer Jonathan Mak on the game for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita Sound Shapes, for which he will serve as a co-designer and composer. He participated in a roundtable discussion on the topic of independent videogame music at the 2009 Game Developers Conference together with the composers of independent game titles PixelJunk Eden, Flower and Night Game.. Sound Shapes won the 2012 Game Critics Awards for best mobile/handheld game, and was declared E3 Game of Show by 1UP.com. It also won Best Song and Best Mobile game at the Spike Video Game Awards.
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