Audrey Chen
Photo © Udo Siegfriedt
FR 26.06.2020
Aural Haptics
Audrey Chen (Beam Splitter) – Voice/Electronics
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø (Beam Splitter) – Trombone/Electronics
Megumi Eda, Yuko Kaseki – Dance/Choreography
“Audrey Chen has created an uncompromising and idiosyncratic music, tightly disciplined yet acoustically wild and heavy with implication. Her ultra-verbal vocalising, often reminiscent of the visceral and emotionally charged sound poetry of François Dufréne or Henri Chopin, exposes physiological aspects of utterance that are concealed within standardised articulation and day to day speech. Fleshy, breath-driven and flecked with spittle, Chen’s voice emanates not just from her mouth but from an ensemble of upper body surfaces, channels, passages, and cavities.”
– Julien Cowley THE WIRE