CISA–Audrey Chen

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Audrey chen improvisation workshop

Audrey Chen, as a musician, always surpasses expectations and insists on advancing the music industry. She is a second-generation Chinese-American of Taiwanese descent, and unlike the rest of her family’s professional background, Chen decided to pursue music. She started playing the cello at the age of 8 and experimented with using her voice as an instrument at the age of 11. 2003 marked a major turning point in her career, a new artistic journey in which she negotiated with her voice in search of a more authentic and intimate musical expression.
Cellos, vocals, and occasional analog electronics are used in Chen’s music to explore non-linear narratives. One of the important characteristics of her music is improvisation, which is unmodified but represents truth and enthusiasm. It is a special, energetic and intimate musical language that is expressed by her.

Music review：
Her music completely makes sense of why uniqueness and subjectivity are her trademarks. She samples different sounds, from reality or through synthesis, and at times seems to be somewhere between music and contextual resetting – the listener can return to or rather see or even puzzle over the scenes heard in their minds. However, it sometimes causes a bit of confusion for the listener, can this be so called music?

The sound of saliva, the sound of saliva, the feeling of suffocation. The howling wind fits the heavy theme very well. The continuous and rapid electronic sound and the blessing of electronic instruments give her works a strange sense of narrative. Her music perfectly explains why uniqueness and subjectivity are her trademark. She samples different sounds from reality or through synthesis, which also means that all meanings are meaningful to her, and she seems to be able to put it in place to form a complete composition. Sometimes it seems to be somewhere between the music and a context reset – the listener can go back or rather see or even be confused about the scene they heard in their head. However, sometimes it confuses the listener a bit. Can this be called music? Or is it a piece of audio and a foreshadowing of the story?