Keju Luo [罗可居] was born in Kunming, China. Growing up during the final years of the dakou era, he was deeply influenced by rock music of the late 90s and early 2000s. He played with several bands in Beijing in the early 2010s.
Active as Broken Thoughts since 2011, he makes dark and brooding music incorporating sample-based drones and delicate beat structures.
As a film composer and sound designer, he has worked with some of China's top directors and animation artists. Films he has worked on have been shown worldwide at festivals such as Berlin, Venice, Rotterdam, and Annecy.
He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Latest:
- Short film The Poison Cat enters the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival
releases
Broken Thoughts - Hearing Ghosts
[2020 | album | Merrie Records]
Broken Thoughts - Realign
[2017 | album | Heteromorphism Production]
Broken Thoughts - 20160730
[2016 | live ep | self-released]
Broken Thoughts - Wave Function Collapse
[2015 | album | Abstrakt Reflections]
In It - None of That Matters
[2011 | album | Weary Bird Records]
compilations/collaborations
Anthology Of Experimental Music From China \ Broken Thoughts - vaguely remembered
[2021 | v/a | Unexplained Sounds Group]
Dark Paradise Records I6: Royal Beluga \ Broken Thoughts - Things Kept Falling
[2018 | v/a | Dark Paradise Records]
closeyoureyes - vulnerabilis (remixes) \ regrets (Broken Thoughts remix)
[2018 | ep | Abstrakt Reflections]
Jiazheng Li, L+R, Helen Feng, Keju Luo feat. Tan Weiwei & Kun Chen - 狂禅•RGB
[2017 | live performance]
Lu Wang, Jiazheng Li, Keju Luo - Waking of the Insects
[2016 | ep | self-released]
Keju Luo, Daiguo Li - Hidden Forest Fashion Show
[2016 | live performance]
Broken Thoughts Duo (with Yuchen Li) - Wave Function Reconstructed
[2015 | live performance]
contributions
The Swan and Blossoms - World Below the Moon \ Burn That Tree (arrangement, guitar)
[2024 | album | Merrie Records]
Reonda - Love Again (co-production, arrangement)
[2024 | theme song for documentary Chinatown Cha-Cha]
Lu1 - blue \ lights - outro (samples, arrangement)
[2023 | album | Mintone Records]
Expectations For Fireworks \ Late Troubles - A Good Day Song (synth, mixing, mastering)
[2021 | v/a | Merrie Records]
The Wind-blown Town \ L.O.B.I. - Shinjuku (arrangement, mixing, mastering)
[2020 | v/a | Merrie Records]
West By West - West By West (mixing)
[2020 | album | Merrie Records]
Late Troubles - Language Barrier (mixing, mastering)
[2020 | ep | Merrie Records]
Chunyang Yao - Shining Cracks (mixing, mastering)
[2016 | album | BlankSounds]
Baishui - Sound in Motion: Prologue (synth, mixing, mastering)
[2015 | ep | BlankSounds]
Ocean Walker - Ten Worlds (bass/synths, production)
[2015 | album | Weary Bird Records]
Baishui - The Dead End (arrangement, mixing)
[2015 | soundtrack | self-released]
Even Less - Soundtrack to a Wasted Day (guitar, vocals, production, arrangement, mixing, mastering)
[2012 | ep | Pest Productions]
music for films
My Father’s Son
[2025 | 108’ | director: Sheng Qiu]
Magic Molly
[2024 | 16’ | director: Longwei Deng]
The Poison Cat
[2024 | 17’ | director: Tian Guan]
In the Water
[2024 | 17’ | director: Zale Zheng]
Her Wish
[2023 | 15’ | director: Baoxingchen Yi]
The End of Love
[2023 | 20' | director: Yanwenjun Liu]
Perfect City: The Bravest Kid
[2023 | 6' | director: Shengwei Zhou]
JIE
[2022 | 8' | director: Eddie K]
Tiger Stabs Tiger
[2022 | 22' | director: Jie Shen]
Perfect City: The Mother
[2022 | 12' | director: Shengwei Zhou]
The Loach
[2022 | 7' | director: Chen Xi, An Xu]
Still Hunting
[2022 | 18' | director: Chris Vinan]
Statues Game
[2021 | 5' | director: Xiao Hong]
Little Dan
[2021 | 5' | director: Yingdan Lai]
Lullaby
[2020 | 12' | director: Lin Zhang, Qinnan Li]
Damp Season
[2020 | 107' | director: Gao Ming]
Footprints
[2019 | 1' | director: Jie Shen]
The Six
[2019 | 6' | director: Chen Xi, An Xu]
Offside
[2019 | 100' | director: Miguel Gaudêncio]
Splash
[2018 | 12' | director: Jie Shen]
Whisper
[2018 | 6' | director: Chen Lu]
One Day in Gaoyi
[2018 | 18' | director: Muqiu Qin]
Shadow
[2017 | 5' | director: Lei Lei]
Health Poverty Action in Kachin
[2016 | 8' | director: Celeste Shen]
Panda
[2016 | 3' | director: Jie Shen]
Fish Tank
[2016 | 6' | director: Haoge Liu, Ruomei Zhao]
Cell's Amusement Park
[2016 | 4' | director: Cai Caibei, Li On]
Niu Ya
[2015 | 2' | director: Jie Shen]
Monkey
[2015 | 5' | director: Jie Shen]
other commissioned works
Feinaki Animation Week 2023 Opening Titles
[2023 | director: Zhiheng Wang]
MAYALI AW2022 - Manifesto
[2022 | director: Maya Li]
Game for Peace - Awakening of the Four Sacred Beasts
[2021 | director: Rimble Lin]
Feinaki Animation Week 2020 Opening Titles
[2020 | director: Dian Liang]
Feinaki Animation Week 2019 Opening Titles
[2019 | director: Shilei Wei]
Lenovo Yoga 920 Tablet
[2017 | director: Somei, Ray]
MI 6 Smartphone - Becoming Pure
[2017 | director: Somei]
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