Audrey Chen
Audrey Chen is a 2nd generation Taiwanese American (born 1976) living in Berlin. Through extreme, un-processed hyperextensions of her voice in tandem with the chaotic glitch of a Ciat Lonbarde “Fourses” synthesiser, she invokes a highly amplified joint resonant body/space transforming itself in a feedback loop of imagination, touch, vibration, sound and aural sensation. For over two decades, she has been touring extensively, appearing worldwide and aside from her solo concerts, Chen performs currently in her longest running duo project since 2005 with Phil Minton; as BEAM SPLITTER with trombonist Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø; as MOPCUT with Lukas Koenig and Julien Desprez; with electronic music artist Kaffe Matthews; with American sound artist Nick Klein, in duo for voice/live digital process with Mexican sound artist Hugo Esquinca and in trio with Vietnamese/German and Singaporean artists Nguyễn + Transitory. Writing for The Wire, Julien Cowlez describes her practice as »uncompromising and idiosyncratic music, tightly disciplined yet acoustically wild and heavy with implication..."
Audrey Chen
"I use the Fourses as a kind of chaotic and intuitive foil to my un-processed voice. The relationship of material and analog touch feels almost as if I'm working with another person."