some projects: solo, duo with phil minton, duo with frederic blondy, ISABEL: duo with katt hernandez, atlas: duo with alessandro bosetti, heave and shudder: duo with nate wooley, silo: trio with nate wooley and leonel kaplan, trockeneis: quintet with catherine pancake, dan breen, andy hayleck and paul neidhardt, cave of the tigers: duo with gianni gebbia, nakatani/chen duo
audrey chen is a chinese-american musician and performance artist born outside of chicago in 1976. using the cello, voice and analog electronics, chen’s work focuses on the combination and layering of traditional and extended techniques. a large component of her music is improvised and her approach to this is often extremely personal and visceral. her performance work incorporates sound, movement and visual/sculptural concepts. chen performs solo and in collaboration with a wide number of musicians and dancers. among musicians, she has worked with phil minton, elliott sharp, aki onda, phill niblock, alessandro bosetti, mike cooper, mats gustafsson, frederic blondy, roger turner, nate wooley, sten sandell, mazen kerbaj, gunda gottschalk, michael zerang, tatsuya nakatani, assif tsahar, scott rosenberg, le quan ninh, joe mcphee, susan alcorn, michele doneda, paolo angeli, gianni gebbia, and many others... chen has performed in eastern and western europe, russia, australia, new zealand, china, japan, taiwan and the USA. She is currently based in Baltimore, MD USA where she is member of the red room and high zero collective, an on-going series and international festival devoted to experimental improvised music. www.redroom.org www.highzero.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>i am attempting to make an example of why i can only approximate the languages i speak.. one and a half bona fide and the rest entirely subject to hunger, temperature, humidity.. cello, voice, electronics on occasion. live performance and antics.. cardboard spaceship shields, underwater mumbling, body/sound installations. sometimes just me, sometimes with others. enjoy.
HELLO AUDREY, THANKS FOR THIS WONDERFUL MUSICAL TRIP. I SPENT A VERY NICE TIME IN YOUR SPACE. THANKS FOR THE ADD !!!! SEE YOU SOON. CHEERS. MOLECULE. (paris)
thanks for joining my circle. I'm enjoying your work, and I'm delighted to have you as a friend,
Marc,
p.s. You might enjoy having a look at my new book, "Pillow Talk" an exploration of the human comedy in erotic haiku and gestural drawings in graphite, the latter by noted artist Gabrielle Senza. We'll be reading from the book with a group of wonderful musicians at Issue Project Room on May 8th. Pillow talk is available at gspotpress. com.
Dear Audrey, thanks for your kind interest and add... Nice to meet you and your music here! Icestorm - is my special fav. :-) I wish you all my best great succes to your fine music!
James Blackshaw & Jozef Van Wissem form a Holy Alliance on this palindromatic masterpiece, based on the heretic writings of 13th Century mystic Marguerite Porete.
