Max Lilja

Max Lilja, known as one of the most versatile and adventurous cellist of all times, is a Finnish cellist and composer. Lilja is a co-founder of the legendary cello rock band Apocalyptica and known for his collaboration with the world famous Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen.

Lilja's new album Morphosis will be out on the 10th of April 2015. In the nine instrumental songs you can hear influences from trip hop to electronica, from rock to classical, all morphed to the amazing cinematic images through Lilja’s cello.

"When I record I’m balancing in between the possibilities of the instrument added with the electronics and the challenges of doing it all on cello." says Lilja "Some of the lines require a very classical approach and in others I need to completely reform the original cello sound. I really enjoy going deep into the sonic possibilities, tweeking the knobs of analog effect devices and finding the perfect sounds for all the parts of the arrangements."

Morphosis is probably not the easiest music album in the world but the artist thinks that he has achieved something truly unique that the world has never heard before.