UPCOMING! --->>> 2024
UPCOMING! --->>>
11.08 - BERLIN, DE - gggglllloooossssaaaa - solo
17.08 - BERLIN, DE - richten25 - BEAM SPLITTER
06.09 - BERLIN, DE - hinterraum - w/ Kevin Ramsay
11.09 - VIENNA, AT - Unsafe&Sounds Festival - MOPCUT
01.10 - KRAKOW, PL - Unsound Festival - MOPCUT
03.10 - LUBLIN, PL - Avant Art Festival - MOPCUT
05.10 - TYCHY, PL - Auksodrone Festival - w/ Qba Janicki
USA TOUR 2024 - BEAM SPLITTER + PHIL MINTON
20.10 - PHILADELPHIA, PA - Asian Arts Initiative - BEAMS only
22.10 - BALTIMORE, MD - Redroom
23.10 - WASHINGTON DC - Rhizome
24.10 - RICHMOND, VA - Banditos
25.10 - DURHAM, NC - WXDU (artist talk)
25.10 - DURHAM, NC - Duke Coffee House
26.10 - DURHAM, NC - Synchronicity Arts
27.10 - DURHAM, NC - Synchronicity Arts (workshop)
28.10 - ASHEVILLE, NC - Bagatelle Books
29.10 - COLUMBIA, SC - Cola Jazz Office
30.10 - ATLANTA, GA - Georgia Tech (workshop)
30.10 - ATLANTA, GA - Emory University / Performing Arts Studio
31.10 - ATLANTA, GA - Emory University (workshop)
31.10 - BIRMINGAM, AL - East Village Arts
02.11 - NEW ORLEANS, LA - Zeitgeist
04.11 - HOUSTON, TX - Lawndale Arts Center - Chen/Minton duo
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06.11 - BERLIN, DE - Eavesdrop Festival / Silent Green - Audrey Chen + Hugo Esquinca
09.11 - KARLSRUHE, DE - ARD Radio Play Days / ZKM - Audrey Chen + Leona Jones
11.11 - BERLIN, DE - Sentimental Punk / Kotti Shop - matinee - Audrey Chen + Tara Transitory
17.11 - LODZ, PL - Musica Privata Festival - solo
20.11 - GLASGOW, SCT - The Old Hair Dressers - BEAM SPLITTER + Adam Campbell
23.11 - SUNDERLAND, UK - Boundaries Festival - BEAM SPLITTER
BEAM SPLITTER x XIU XIU :: DEDICATED PLAY
07.12 - BERLIN, DE - BEAM SPLITTER x Xiu Xiu :: DEDICATED PLAY FESTIVAL/KM28
08.12 - BERLIN, DE - BEAM SPLITTER x Xiu Xiu :: DEDICATED PLAY FESTIVAL/KM28
09.12 - BERLIN, DE - BEAM SPLITTER x Xiu Xiu :: DEDICATED PLAY FESTIVAL/KM28
11.12 - LONDON, UK BEAM SPLITTER x Xiu Xiu :: DEDICATED PLAY residency at CAFE OTO
12.12 - LONDON, UK - BEAM SPLITTER x Xiu Xiu :: DEDICATED PLAY residency at CAFE OTO
13.12 - LONDON, UK - BEAM SPLITTER x Xiu Xiu :: DEDICATED PLAY residency at CAFE OTO
FESTIVAL JAZZ A LUZ, LUZ SAINT SAVEUR, FR
FESTIVAL JAZZ A LUZ, LUZ SAINT SAVEUR, FR
https://jazzaluz.com/index.php/festival-jazz-a-luz-2024
JULY 12: 11:00 a.m. – Marquee
Audrey Chen (United States): vocals
Philipp Eden (Switzerland): synthesizer, electronics, snare drum, cymbal
Joaquin Ortega : guitar, effects
JULY 13: 9:30 p.m. – Marquee
The Philosopher
Hanne de Backer (Belgium): baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Audrey Chen (United States): vocals, electronics
Luc Ex (Germany): acoustic bass, samples
Raphaël Vanoli (Holland): guitar, electronics
Marta Warelis (Poland): keyboards
MORPHINE RAUM: GUSTAVO COSTA, BEAM SPLITTER+ADAM CAMPBELL, HYUNHYE SEO
Saturday, 04.07.24, door 20:00
20:30 Gustavo Costa (solo percussion), BEAM SPLITTER + Adam Campbell (voice, trombone, electronics), Hyunhye ‘Angela’ Seo (solo acoustic/processed piano)
10-15 Euro At The Door
Morphine Raum,
Köpenicker Str. 147, 10997 Berlin
Hinterhof 1. Etage
MORPHINE RAUM: Audrey Chen / Pablo Ulises Lienhard / Chris Pitsiokos
Hyperconnected and Happily Panicking - Day 1
Saturday, 15.06.24, door 20:00
20:30Pablo Ulises Lienhard (crackle synth, sampler) inviting Chris Pitsiokos (alto saxophone) & Audrey Chen (voice, analogue electronics)
10 Euro At The Door
Morphine Raum,
Köpenicker Str. 147, 10997 Berlin
Hinterhof 1. Etage
„Hyperconnected and Happily Panicking“ is a mini-festival taking place at Morphine Records Raum in Berlin-Kreuzberg on June 15th, 19th and 22nd.
ELAINE MITCHENER: 5 DAYS IN MAY - DAY 1
5 DAYS IN MAY:
DAY 1: Collide and Coincide Pt. 1
daadgalerie, Berlin (free entrance)
Concert/Performance
15.05.2024 / 19:00 – 22:00
With Elaine Mitchener and Audrey Chen, Nick Dunston, Cedrik Fermont & Nina Guo
On the first night of her five-day series, Elaine Mitchener will gather Berlin based musicians Audrey Chen, Nick Dunston, Cedrik Fermont, and Nina Guo. Together, they will improvise in various group constellations.
https://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/events/5-days-in-may-day-1/
BEAM SPLITTER + PHIL MINTON PORTUGAL 2024
BEAM SPLITTER + PHIL MINTON PORTUGAL 2024
SATURDAY MAY 4: LISBON - SONORA - Carpintarias de São Lázaro - BEAM SPLITTER duo
SUNDAY MAY 5: LISBON - ROBALO MUSIC - Penhasco Arte Cooperativa - BS + PHIL MINTON
MONDAY MAY 6: LISBON - ROBALO MUSIC - Penhasco Arte Cooperativa - PHIL MINTON FERAL CHOIR WORKSHOP
TUESDAY MAY 7: GUIMARAES - BLACK BOX PLATAFORMA DAS ARTES E DA CriaTIVIDADE - BS + PHIL MINTON + FERAL CHOIR
WEDNESDAY MAY 8: AVEIRO - Aveiro Arts House - BS + PHIL MINTON + FERAL CHOIR
THURSDAY MAY 9: COIMBRA - Salão Brazil - BS + PHIL MINTON
CEASEFIRE NOW FUNDRAISER at AUSLAND (Berlin, DE)
SATURDAY, 06 APRIL, 2024 - 19:00
FUNDRAISER FOR GAZA
Doors 19.00 | Concerts 20.00 | All entrance goes to donation, recommended amount of 10€ and up
Following the positive response to the “Ceasefire Now” fundraiser event for Gaza that took place in March in Morphine Raum, we are happy to announce our second event on the 6th of April in ausland with several musical performances and sales of rare and wonderful LPs, CDs and T-shirts.
This event is a way to show our solidarity to the people of Gaza and to use our voice to call for an immediate ceasefire.
All the benefits will go to The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund providing medical attention to the children who need it the most and helping to relieve the medical sector in Gaza ( gabusittahchildrensfund.org/pages/about-the-ghassan-abu-sittah-childrens-fund ).
Hoping to be many to raise our voice together in Berlin and to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
MARCH 2024
FRIDAY MARCH 8: NO OTHER CURE NONE OTHER WORDS IN TALKING / KUNSTHALLE BADEN-BADEN - Opening March 8 - June 9 2024 - An exhibition by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi and Andrew Yong Hoon Lee
Curated by Christina Lehnert
with artistic contributions by Franziska Aigner, Audrey Chen, Lotus Laurie Kang, Hanne Lippard, Tanasgol Sabbagh, Fabian Saul, Hyunhye Seo, Senthuran Varatharajah, Alex Zhang Hungtai and Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili.
SUNDAY MARCH 10: MORPHINE RAUM / CEASEFIRE NOW! (Berlin, DE) - FUNDRAISER FOR GAZA
THURSDAY MARCH 14: HET BOS (Antwerp, BE) - MOPCUT + BR LASER
AUDREY CHEN / HUGO ESQUINCA performances and installations for MAERZMUSIK FESTIVAL’s TOPOGRAPHIES OF HEARING - BERLIN 18.03 - 22.03
MONDAY MARCH 18: VILLA ELISABETH / MM24 (Berlin, DE) - "YOUR MOUTH LIMB DISMEMBERED" 18:00
TUESDAY MARCH 19: BERLINER FESTSPIELE / MM24 (Berlin, DE) - "THE GRADUAL TONGUE" 19:00
WEDNESDAY MARCH 20: RADIALSYSTEM / MM24 (Berlin, DE) - "DISSECTED" 18:00
FRIDAY MARCH 22: AKADEMIE DER KUENST / MM24 (Berlin, DE) - "YOUR MOUTH LIMB DISMEMBERED, THE GRADUAL TONGUE DISSECTED" 19:00
FRIDAY MARCH 29: COURTISANE FESTIVAL / MINARD THEATRE (Ghent, BE) - SOLO
UPCOMING AUTUMN 2023
UPCOMING AUTUMN 2023
*more dates TBA!
23/08: PAS (Berlin, DE) - TASHI DORJI / AUDREY CHEN + MAXIMILIAN GLASS / ANTTI VIRTARANTA
28/08: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) - TASHI DORJI / AUDREY CHEN + HYUNHYE SEO
29-30/08: RADIALSYSTEM (Berlin, DE) - OUTERNATIONAL with AUDREY CHEN, TASHI DORJI, JESSIE COX, TRICKSTER ORCHESTRA and more
02/09: SOWIESO (Berlin, DE) - BEAM SPLITTER
06/09: RUHRTRIENNALE (Essen, DE) - MOPCUT feat. FARIDA AMADOU
07/09: UNSAFE/SOUNDS FESTIVAL (Vienna, AT) - SOLO
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BEAM SPLITTER USA
09/09: ISSUE PROJECT ROOM (Brooklyn, NY) - BEAM SPLITTER + ROSCOE MITCHELL & JOHN MCCOWEN
10/09: BOWERBIRD / UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN (Philadelphia, PA) - BEAM SPLITTER
12/09: GOETHE INSTITUTE / MIT & NON EVENT presents (Cambridge, MA) - BEAM SPLITTER + JAKE MEGINSKY
13/09: MIT SPATIAL SOUND LAB (Cambridge, MA) - artist talk
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20/09: AVANT ART FESTIVAL (Wroclaw, PL) - BEAM SPLITTER
13/10: BUI (Utrecht, NL) - LUC EX / THE PHILOSOPHER
14/10: NIGHT OF SURPRISE / STADTGARTEN (Cologne, DE) - KAFFE MATTHEWS / AUDREY CHEN
15/10: BIMHUIS (Amsterdam, NL) - LUC EX / THE PHILOSOPHER
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MOPCUT UK
27/10: UNIVERSITY OF YORK (York, UK) - MOPCUT
28-29/10: UNIVERSITY OF YORK (York, UK) - MOPCUT recording workshop with students
30/10: INDUSTRIAL COAST / AUXILIARY PROJECT SPACE (Middlesbrough, UK) - MOPCUT
31/10: WHARF CHAMBERS (Leeds, UK) - MOPCUT
01/11: KLANG / AATMA (Manchester, UK) - MOPCUT
03/11: IKLECTIK (London, UK) - MOPCUT
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05/11: NEW RIVER STUDIOS (London,UK) - BEAM SPLITTER / PHIL MINTON / ROBYN ROCKET
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AUDREY CHEN / BEAM SPLITTER / NICK KLEIN
09/11: BEEK (Hamburg, DE) - BEAM SPLITTER / NICK KLEIN
10/11: MAYHEM (Copenhagen, DK) - AUDREY CHEN / NICK KLEIN
11/11: IDEAL FEST / FOLKTEATERN (Gothenburg, SE) - AUDREY CHEN / NICK KLEIN
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17/11: WILLEM TWEE TOONZAAL (Den Bosch, NL) - SOLO
18/11: WEST GERMANY (Berlin, DE) - with Philipp Eden & Joaquin Ortega
25/11: National Natural Science Museum / UKHO (Kyiv, Ukraine) - BEAM SPLITTER
29/11: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) - with Tony Elieh & Saadet Turkoz
02/12: CRUCE (Madrid, SP) - BEAM SPLITTER / WADE MATTHEWS
3-10/12: SONOSCOPIA (Porto, PT) - BEAM SPLITTER
10-17/12: FORMATEM / TEATRE EL MUSICAL (Valencia, SP) - workshop
14/12: SITUACIONES / CCCC (Valencia, SP) - concert / BEAM SPLITTER
21/12: CAFE OTO (London, UK) - FERAL CHOIR + PHIL MINTON / AUDREY CHEN / MATT DAVIS / LUIGI MARINO
30/12: ROTER SALON (Berlin, DE) - AUDREY CHEN + ELVIN BRANDHI + BELA
AUDREY CHEN - WINTER/SPRING
rest of WINTER/SPRING 2023
(more dates TBA)
14.02: KLUB PRIMI (Copenhagen, DK) - BEAM SPLITTER // AUTOREVERSE
17.02: 4WALLS UNIFIED / VEJLE KUNSTMUSEUM (Vejle, DK)
21.02: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) - AUDREY CHEN / PABLO LIENHARD
3.03: GROßER WASSERSPEICHER / AUTOMATON (Berlin, DE) - AUDREY CHEN / FELICITY MANGAN
8.03: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) - DEDICATED PLAY SERIES - BEAM SPLITTER + Mo’ong Pribadi & Hyunhye Seo
17.03: NUMU (Baden, CH) - MOPCUT
18.03: TRANSIT (Chemnitz, DE) - MOPCUT
19.03: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) - MOPCUT
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~~ BEAM SPLITTER US DATES — SPLIT JAW ALBUM RELEASE TOUR ~~
23.03: SARA’S (New York, NY) - as part of Nick Klein’s "Bring The Flowers To The Theatre" exhibition
24.03: HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE (Amherst, MA) - TRIPTICKS SPLIT JAW release show
25.03: ATTENTION EVERYBODY / NOTICE RECORDINGS (Kingston, NY)
26.03: FRIDMAN GALLERY (New York, NY)
27.03: SARA’S (New York, NY) - BEAM SPLITTER + NICK KLEIN
01.04: ZEITGEIST / ANXIOUS SOUND (New Orleans, LA) - BEAM SPLITTER S w/ DAVE DOVE
03.04: NAMELESS SOUND LAWNDALE ART CENTER / THEY, WHO SOUND (Houston, TX)
04.04: NAMELESS SOUND (Houston, TX) - workshop
06.04: NEW QUORUM (New Orleans, LA)
~~ UK SPRING HOOPLA ~~
13.04: GLAD CAFE / SOUND THOUGHT (Glasgow, Scotland) - CHEN / CAMPBELL / WELCH
14.04: GIANT TANK / WAVERLEY BAR (Edinburgh, Scotland) - CHEN / CAMPBELL
15.04: EROTEME (Manchester, UK) - 3 SOLOS - VICTORIA SHEN - HENRIK MUNKEBY NØRSTEBØ - AUDREY CHEN
17.04: CAFE KINO (Bristol, UK) - CHEN / MINTON / NØRSTEBØ / DAVIS
20.04: UNIVERSITY OF ARTS LONDON (London, UK) - Sound Arts Lecture Series
20.04: ROBYN’S ROCKET at CAFE OTO (London, UK) - SOLO
21.04: RAMMEL CLUB (Nottingham, UK) - SOLO
24.04: UNIVERSITY OF ARTS LONDON (London, UK) - workshop
25.04: UNIVERSITY OF ARTS LONDON (London, UK) - workshop
26.04: THE ROSE HILL (Brighton, UK) - SOLO
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28.04: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) - DEDICATED PLAY SERIES - BEAM SPLITTER + Mariam Rezaei + Elaine Mitchener
29.04: AKADEMIE DER KUNST / KIEZSALON (Berlin, DE) - live premiere AUDREY CHEN & KAFFE MATTHEWS
13.05: ASPHALT FESTIVAL (Düsseldorf, DE) - SOLO
24.05: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) - DEDICATED PLAY SERIES - BEAM SPLITTER + BLACK TOP (Pat Thomas and Orphy Robinson)
27.05: CODES FESTIVAL (Lublin, PL) - SOLO
31.05: TRICKSTER (Berlin, DE) - Hiss & Viscera
16.06: TRICKSTER (Berlin, DE) - AUDREY CHEN / HUGO ESQUINCA - voice & process
19.06: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) DEDICATED PLAY SERIES - BEAM SPLITTER + MAURICIO TAKARA + CARLA BOREGAS
AUDREY CHEN - JANUARY 2023
JANUARY 2023
JAN 6: GRM (Paris, FR) - SOLO
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CHEN/MINTON UK DATES:
JAN 7: KINGSHEAD INN (Woodbridge, UK)
JAN 8: THE ROSE HILL (Brighton, UK)
JAN 9: CUBE CINEMA (Bristol, UK)
JAN 11: WHARF CHAMBERS (Leeds, UK)
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MOPCUT FRANCE + ITALY DATES:
JAN 14-16: INSTANTS CHAVIRES (Paris, FR) residency
JAN 17: INSTANTS CHAVIRES (Paris, FR) concert
JAN 18: PIETRA TONALE (Torino, IT)
JAN 19: ANGELICA (Bologna, IT)
JAN 20: TBD (Foligno, IT)
JAN 22: AREA SISMICA (Forli, IT)
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JAN 30: CTM WORKSHOP PROGRAM /MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin, DE) - Artist Talk
JAN 31: CTM FESTIVAL / BERGHAIN (Berlin, DE) - 10PM <PIERCE.> new work by Audrey Chen + Hugo Esquinca + Doron Sadja
AUDREY CHEN AUTUMN DATES 2022
AUTUMN 2022 ——- (MORE DATES TBA)
23.09: NTNU (Trondheim/NO) - Artist Talk
02.10: TOU (Stavanger/NO) - BEAM SPLITTER plus Eivind Lønning and Espen Reinersten
08.10: OUT.FEST (Barreiro/PT) - SOLO
11.10: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin/DE) - REUNION RITE - durational solo for voice, electronics and cello
14.10: SOWIESO (Berlin/DE) - CHEN/HENKEL/HEATHER/CARROLL
20.10: AUX ANGES (Guern/FR) - RHOMBE
21.10: LA PASSERELLE / ATLANTIQUE JAZZ FESTIVAL (Brest/FR) - RHOMBE
23.10: LIVE BAR (Nantes/FR) - RHOMBE
05.11: WELS UNLIMITED FESTIVAL (Wels/AT) - BEAM SPLITTER
06.11: WELS UNLIMITED FESTIVAL (Wels/AT) - FUTURE ORCHESTRA
08.11: JEU DE PAUME (Paris/FR) - "Where does any Miracle start?" by Katarzyna Krakowiak Balka w/ Audrey Chen, Isabelle Duthoit and Ute Wassermann
9.11: HOTELIER-O (Porto/PT) - solo
10.11: COSSOUL (Lisbon/PT) - solo/combo
11.11: ZDB (Lisbon/PT) - duo with Pedro Melo Alves
13.11: ÁGUA ARDENTE (Lisbon/PT) - solo
30.11: REDROOM (Baltimore/MD/USA)
03.12: CATALYTIC SOUND (Asheville/NC/USA)
14.12: ACUD (Berlin/DE) - YIP/HEIN/UENO/CHEN
15.12: FYLKINGEN (Stockholm/SE) - MOPCUT
29.12: TRICKSTER (Berlin/DE) - duo with Pablo Lienhard
AUDREY CHEN SUMMER DATES 2022
SUMMER 2022 ——- (more dates tba)
19.06: ESCHSCHLORAQUE (Berlin/DE) - Steel & Skin CSSE2 event CHEN & ESQUINCA (voice/process)
25.06: LA NATURE FESTIVAL (Ardennes Forest/BE) - MOPCUT
27.06: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin/DE) - BEAM SPLITTER - Dedicated play #4 / w/ PAK YAN LAU
29.06: ALTO ADIGE FESTIVAL (Bolzano/IT) - MOPCUT
05.07: IKLECTIK (London/UK) - Jaap Blonk / Phil Minton / SJ Fowler / Audrey Chen
08.07: THE OLD HAIRDRESSER’S (Glasgow/SCT) - Russell Haswell, Audrey Chen / Julien Desprez / Mariam Rezaei, Kenosist
09.07: WEE RED BAR (Edinburgh/SCT) - Audrey Chen / Julien Desprez, Tom Mudd,
10.07: TUSK YEAH YOU / LIVE THEATRE NEW CASTLE (Newcastle/UK) - MOPCUT and combos!
12.07: WHARF CHAMBERS (Leeds/UK) - AUDREY CHEN + TERRITORIAL GOBBING
13-15.07: ZERO PARAMETERS FESTIVAL / AME (Huddersfield/UK) - Audrey Chen & Elaine Mitchener & Mariam Rezaei - residency and premiere
16.07: NNOI (Grosswoltersdorf/DE)
17.07: STAALPLAAT (Berlin/DE) - Phil Minton / Audrey Chen / Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø
19.07: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin/DE) - BEAM SPLITTER Dedicated Play #5 w/ MIEKO SUZUKI
06.08: KUNSTHAUS HAMBURG / 4FAKULTÄT SERIES (Hamburg/DE)
24.08: MÉTÉO FESTIVAL (Mulhouse/FR) - RHOMBE
26.08: MÉTÉO FESTIVAL (Mulhouse/FR) - MOPCUT + KAFFE MATTHEWS
27.08: MÉTÉO FESTIVAL (Mulhouse/FR) - MOPCUT + RABIH BEAINI
02.09: MEAKUSMA FESTIVAL (EUPEN/BE) - MOPCUT
03.09: IMPAKT KÖLN (Köln/DE) - MOPCUT
07.09: ACEPHALE (Köln/DE) - TASHI DORJI / AUDREY CHEN DUO premiere!
09.09: PHOTOBASTEI ZURICH (Zurich/CH) - concert with Steamboat Switzerland
AUDREY CHEN SPRING 2022
AUDREY CHEN SPRING 2022
(more dates TBA)
MARCH:
19.03: TAKTLOS FESTIVAL (Zurich, CH) - AUDREY CHEN solo (hyper-extensions for voice and analog electronics)
21.03: MAERZMUSIK/CASHMERE RADIO (Berlin/DE) - Off Space/On Air
24.03: THE GREY SPACE/CTM FESTIVAL (Den Haag/NL) - AUDREY CHEN solo
29.03: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin/DE) - BEAM SPLITTER - Dedicated play #1 w/ Yara Mekawei
31.03: NYLYD (Skien/NO) - BEAM SPLITTER w/ Eivind Lønning & Espen Reinertsen
APRIL:
03.04: PØKK (Trondheim/NO) - BEAM SPLITTER w/ Eivind Lønning & Espen Reinertsen
09.04: CCAP (Stockholm/SE) - AFTERBURNER (Audrey Chen & Doron Sadja)
12.04: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin/DE) - BEAM SPLITTER - Dedicated play #2 w/ Hugo Esquinca
20.04: EXPERIMENTIK (Berlin/DE) - BEAM SPLITTER (Henrik Munkeby Nørstebo & Audrey Chen)
21.04: ROTE FABRIK/GAMUT KOLLEKTIV (Zürich/CH) - AFTERBURNER (Audrey Chen & Doron Sadja)
28.04: WURM/KLAPPFON (Basel/CH) - Audrey Chen (voice) & Hugo Esquinca (process)
29.04: LUCERNE UNIVERSITY (Lucerne/CH) - artist talk
30.04: LUCERNE UNIVERSITY (Lucerne/CH) - workshop
MAY:
01.05: WORM (Rotterdamm/NL) - AUDREY CHEN solo
07.05: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin/DE) - BEAM SPLITTER - Dedicated play #3 w/ Eivind Lønning & Espen Reinertsen
10.05: HOSEK CONTEMPORARY (Berlin/DE) - Audrey Chen, Simon Rose, Nicola Hein
11.05: PATCHPOINT (Berlin/DE) - solo set
12.05: MICHELBERGER HOTEL (Berlin/DE) - PEOPLE mixtape #3
16-18.05: CONFORT MODERNE (Poitiers/FR) - RHOMBE residency and concert - Julien Boudart, Audrey Chen, Toma Gouband
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-MOPCUT SPRING TOUR 2022- CANADA/USA-
20.05: FIMAV (Victoriaville/Quebec/CA)
21.05: MUSIQUE DE CREATION (Saguenay/Quebec/CA)
23.05: NAMELESS SOUND (Houston/TX/USA)
24.05: TRUMPET BLOSSOM CAFE/FMWT (Iowa City/IA/USA)
25.05: ROZZ-TOX (Rock Island/IL/USA)
26.05: ELASTIC ARTS (Chicago/IL/USA)
27.05: ROULETTE (Brooklyn/NY/USA)
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-BEAM SPLITTER SPRING TOUR 2022- USA-
28.05: 10 FORWARD (Greenfield, MA/USA)
29.05: NOTICE RECORDINGS PRESENTS (Kingston, NY/USA)
30.05: THE LODGER (Newburgh, NY/USA) - BS + MATT MOTTEL
JUNE:
02.06: OUTPOST/FIRE OVER HEAVEN (Ridgewood/Brooklyn NY/USA) - BS + MV CARBON
04.06: LA MONDO (Baltimore/MD/USA)
05.06: RHIZOME (Washington DC/USA)
08.06: ZEBULON/UPEND (Los Angeles/CA/USA) - BS + VICTORIA SHEN
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19.06: ESCHSCHLORAQUE (Berlin/DE) - CSSE2 Preview Event w/ CHEN + ESQUINCA
SUMMER 2022 ——- more dates TBA
25.06: LA NATURE FESTIVAL (Ardennes Forest/BE) - MOPCUT
27.06: MORPHINE RAUM (Berlin/DE) - BEAM SPLITTER - Dedicated play #4 / w/ Pak Yan Lau
29.06: ALTO ADIGE FESTIVAL (Bolzano/IT) - MOPCUT
MOPCUT PLUS+ at Au Topsi Pohl, Berlin, DE
MOPCUT PLUS+
FEB 22-26 2022
TUE FEB 22: MOPCUT plus FARIDA AMADOU
WED FEB 23: MOPCUT plus HENRIK MUNKEBY NØRSTEBØ
THU FEB 24: MOPCUT plus KAFFE MATTHEWS
FRI FEB 25: MOPCUT plus LUCY RAILTON & RABIH BEANI
SAT FEB 26: MOPCUT plus ANDREA PARKINS & RAED YASSIN
MOPCUT are
LUKAS KOENIG (drums/electronics)
JULIEN DESPREZ (guitar/electronics)
AUDREY CHEN (voice/electronics)
their latest albums on Trost: https://trostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/accelerated-frames-of-reference
and Opal Tapes / Ventil Records: https://opaltapes.com/album/jitter
The trio lean inward, bestial and chaotic, Chen's primitive huffing and reptilian bubble blowing lending each track a human disorder which spars perfectly with the pugilistic pops of Koenig's digital kicks and Desprez desert of atomic guitar scree. The 25 tracks of JITTER are a condensation of EAI's performative history, with all silence ejected. Space and time is filled with their hyper kinetic approach leaving little respite for any listener. It's as repulsive as it is fascinating. As exhausting as it genuinely would be to live a 24 hour life, be that blue bottle or snare skin. - about Jitter/MOPCUT 2021 Opal Tapes
VOICE STORIES with Audrey Chen / Markus Suihkonen at STAATSOPER HANNOVER
In this discussion format with music, which takes place live again after a few digital episodes , singers from our opera ensemble and guests from other singing traditions talk about their (not only) musical origins. Audrey Chen (born in 1976 into a Chinese-Taiwanese-US-American family) is a guest in January. She understands her voice as a medium of experimental music like few others. She creates spaces of absolute presence, of immediate improvised expression. In the intimate setting of Ballhof Zwei, she meets the Finnish bass Markus Suihkonen, who has been with the Staatsoper ensemble since this season. One can look forward to the many sensually perceptible answers to the question at the heart of the Voice Stories stands: Why does one sing? why are you singing?
https://www.staatstheater-hannover.de/de_DE/programm-staatsoper/stimmen-voice-stories.1317353
EROTEME and CURIOUS EAR presents AUDREY CHEN / PHIL MINTON at THE ANTHONY BURGESS CENTER, MANCHESTER, UK
Eroteme team up with Curious Ear to start the year off with National Treasure Phil Minton who having turned 80 in 2020 shows no signs of slowing down. Performing with him is regular sparring partner and fellow explorer of the human voice Audrey Chen.
"Singing with Audrey is like working with all the possible noises of the universe and beyond, earthquakes,
colliding galaxies and slugs sliding down a wet window, very quiet."
— Phil Minton, Minton at 80, The Wire Magazine December 2020
For your safety we ask you to wear a mask and you'll need to bring with you proof of a negative lateral flow test taken within 24 hours of arrival. A picture of one as proof is fine.
Jan 13th - Anthony Burgess Center
7:30 - 10PM / £10 entry
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AUDREY CHEN & PHIL MINTON (VOICES)
With primary focus on the interplay between the uttered sounds of the mouth and vocal chords, Minton and Chen plumb the depths of their most inherent and bodily instruments. Their improvisations are fearless, fragile, hungry, passionate, riotous, ululating and animalistic, yet are also in all respects, human. They express, pronounce and intensely articulate (in their fashion) the many nuanced shades of their individual and collaborative conditions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd69J7XVo1M
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MINIMUM WAGE IMMANENCE UNIT (GUITAR, VOICE, ACCORDION & BASS CLARINET)
David Birchall, Adam Fairhall and Michael Perrett meet regularly as Minimum Wage Immanence Unit to try and find the meeting point between spectralism, free improvisation and English folksong. When it goes well it sounds like a Pelt album from 1999. They’ll be joined in this endeavor tonight by a special guest, vocalist Odie Ji Ghast.
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RICHARD SCOTT
(MODULAR SYNTHESIZER)
Is an electroacoustic composer and improviser living in Berlin, Germany working with gesture-controlled interfaces, modular synthesizers and sampling.
Co-curator of Basic Electricity and Auxxx clubs in Berlin. Member of Grutronic and Twinkle³.
Scott has been composing and performing improvised music for over 25 years, producing, performing and recording with artists such as Evan Parker, Twinkle³, Edward Barton, Clive Bell, Olaf Rupp, David Ross and Grutronic.
PHIL MINTON, ROGER TURNER, JOHN EDWARDS, AUDREY CHEN, JOHN BUTCHER, ADRIAN NORTHOVER, VERYAN WESTON at CAFE OTO, LONDON, UK
"In an age when everything appears irreparably phony, fabricated, badly acted out, half an hour of Phil Minton is sufficient to restore a measure of hope in the continuation of something that lives, moves relentlessly, fights. In its own way." – Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes
AUDREY CHEN LIVE - FALL 2021
AUDREY CHEN LIVE - FALL 2021:
——>> more dates to be added and TBA!
8.19: MORPHINE RAUM, BERLIN, DE - SOLO (as part of Raed Yassin’s Phantom Orchestra)
8.20: AU TOPSI POHL, BERLIN, DE - duo with Michael Thieke
8.21: BOHEMIAN DRIPS SPEICHER V FESTIVAL, BERLIN, DE - HISS & VISCERA with Richard Scott
8.24: AU TOPSI POHL, BERLIN, DE - evening with TALIBAM!
8.26: SOWIESO, BERLIN, DE - SUCCULENT PHASE with Steve Heather and Andrea Parkins
8.28-29: OUTSIDE IN INSIDE OUT/oiioiooi, STADT WEHLEN, DE - SOLO
8.31: KM28, BERLIN, DE - KARL RECORDS EVENING - trio with Aidan Baker and Ale Hop
9.1: COLOGNE JAZZWEEK, KÖLN, DE - MOPCUT with Lukas Koenig and Julien Desprez
9.4: SKANU MESZ, RIGA, LATVIA - SOLO
9.7-8: MOERS FESTIVAL - 50 WEEKS, 50 GREETS, DE - CHEN/MINTON and with TALIBAM!
9.9: KW GALLERY, BERLIN, DE - an evening with QUEER EAR MASTERING (talk plus solo)
9.11: KUNSTFEST WEIMAR, HOLZDORF, DE - SOLO and with Yuko Kaseki and Shingo Inao
9.12: KUNSTFEST WEIMAR, HOLZDORF, DE - trio with Yuko Kaseki and Shingo Inao
9.24: SEANAPS FESTIVAL, LEIPZIG, DE - VOICE/PROCESS with Hugo Esquinca
9.25: DENSITES FESTIVAL, FRESNES-EN-WOËVRE, FR - with MOPCUT
9.26: TERMINUS, SAARBRÜCKEN, DE - SOLO
9.30: AVANT ART FESTIVAL, WARSAW, PL - with BEAM SPLITTER duo with Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø
10.1: CASHMERE RADIO, BERLIN, DE - BEAM SPLITTER presents “OMA”, a radio play in three parts plus live performance and broadcast
10.3: STAALPLAAT, BERLIN, DE - AUDREY CHEN + VICTORIA SHEN
10.5: STADTWERKSTADT, LINZ, AT - with MOPCUT
10.6: LIQUID LOFT STUDIO, VIENNA, AT - with MOPCUT
10.7: MUSIKPROTOKOLL FESTIVAL, GRAZ, AT - with MOPCUT (new album Jitter official release concert)
10.8: KINO SISKA/SONICA, LJUBLIANA, SL - with MOPCUT
10.10: ENJOY JAZZ FESTIVAL, HEIDELBERG, DE - with MOPCUT
10.15: ATHÉNÉE THEATER LOUIS-JOUVET, PARIS, FR - IN THE HEART OF THE OCEAN, an opera creation premiere with Le BALCON, Frédéric Blondy, Arthur Lavandier, Halory Goerger - singers: Phil Minton, Han Buhrs, Ute Wassermann, Audrey Chen, Isabelle Duthoit, Alex Nowitz, Claire Bergerault
10.16: ATHÉNÉE THEATER LOUIS-JOUVET, PARIS, FR - IN THE HEART OF THE OCEAN
10.17: ATHÉNÉE THEATER LOUIS-JOUVET, PARIS, FR - IN THE HEART OF THE OCEAN
10.21: FLUCTOPLASMA FESTIVAL, HAMBURG, DE - SOLO
10.22: MORPHINE RAUM, BERLIN, DE - Instruments Project
10.23: SILENT GREEN, BERLIN, DE - with AFTERBURNER (Audrey Chen/Doron Sadja) presents “For Those of Us”
— PHIL MINTON IN BERLIN 2021 —
10.25: LABOR SONOR, BERLIN, DE - CHEN/MINTON
10.26: WEST GERMANY, BERLIN, DE - with Kaffe Matthews/Audrey Chen/Ute Wassermann/Phil Minton + DJ Schlucht
10.27: SOWIESO, BERLIN, DE - Audrey Chen/Phil Minton/Richard Scott
10.28: KM28, BERLIN, DE - Bertucci/Tanrikulu + Voice/Process + Phil Minton solo
10.29: LIEBIG12, BERLIN, DE - Phil Minton/Alexander Frangenheim/Christian Kesten/Audrey Chen
10.30: AU TOPSI POHL, BERLIN, DE - CHEN/MINTON/NØRSTEBØ
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11.7 - 15: SONOSCOPIA RESIDENCY/CONCERTS, PORTO, PT - new collaboration with Alexandre Soares
Mystery Music Mixtape # 2 - Michelberger Hotel, Berlin, DE
BEAM SPLITTER joins
Michelberger's Mystery Summer
Mystery Music Mixtape # 2 - LIVE
04.07.21 in Berlin, Michelberger Hotel
Sunday 04.07.21
Entrance: 16 Uhr, Start: 17:30 Uhr
Michelberger Hotel , Warschauer Str. 39-40, 10243 Berlin
Beyond excited for Mystery Mixtape #2 !
Old Festival friends returning to make music together and spark once again every fibre of our space with collective sound.
We hope to see you all July 4th!
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Coming together again for Live Music !
We pick up on the spirit of our Festivals from the Mystery Music Festival in 2011 to PEOPLE Festival in 2018. On Sundays this summer, we host an early evening full of music, food and togetherness! Each session curated and put together by a group of musicians, old and new friends, that take the stage together, one after another or however and with whatever they would like to share. Surprise, mystery, all about music and the experience it ignites. The Artists will not be announced. You will know once the music begins.
We ignite the fireplace in the yard and our kitchen, so you are taken care of from all sides if you wish. All seated, with or without table. DJ from 4pm melting into live performances at around 5pm. Anywhere from 2-4 hours of live music awaits you. Come alone, come with friends and pick the ticket of your choice.
We are very much looking forward to seeing all your faces again ! Your Michelbergers and the Mystery Artists from Mixtape #2 :)
Our Restaurant and Winebar will serve food and drinks.
Entry possibly with negative test of less then 24h, proof of immunization or recovery. Details closer to date.
All current Hygiene Standards & Regulations in place.
https://www.michelbergerhotel.com/en/whats-on/events/mystery-music-mixtape
LIVE STREAM - BEAM SPLITTER + ANDREA PARKINS at AUSLAND, BERLIN, DE
BEAM SPLITTER + Andrea Parkins
Audrey Chen – voice, electronics
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø – trombone, electronics
Andrea Parkins – accordion, electronics
BEAM SPLITTER – Audrey Chen and Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø – is a duo for amplified voice, trombone and occasional analog electronics. Utilizing the pure sounds of acoustic and closely amplified sound sources, the duo joins together two individual voices into a distinct dialog that delves beyond the borders of the corporeal elements of extended technique and sound. There is an intimacy and conflict that becomes evident as the two personas intertwine, in moments joining together seamlessly and in the next, being left with the feeling of irrevocable fracture. The two manage between these extremes with a kind of improvised grace that reveals an effort towards a common goal. It is an honest metaphor for a human relationship in process that even in the most serene moments can leave one raw and entirely exposed.
Andrea Parkins is a sound artist, composer, and electroacoustic performer known for her pioneering approach on her electronically processed accordion and investigation of embodiment and chance with her self-designed virtual sound-processing instruments. Described as a “sound-ist,” of “protean,” talent by critic Steve Smith, Parkinsʼ laptop electronics, amplified objects, and Fender-amped accordion create sonic fields of lush harmonics and sculpted electronic feedback, punctuated by moments of gap and rift. Parkins' works encompass multi-diffusion audio installations; electronic music pieces; electroacoustic solo and ensemble compositions; and sound for contemporary dance, experimental film and intermedia performance.Parkinsʼ recent projects include her large-scale amplified performance drawing series, developed in 2017 when she was an invited resident artist at the Rauschenberg Residency in Captiva, Florida; and her site-based performance/installation, Two Rooms – Variation 1, for 40 loudspeakers and Solo Performer which premiered in 2016 at Akousma Festival in Montreal.
Supported by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa
Presented by Digital in Berlin
Chords for Calling: Public Intervention at DAAD, BERLIN, DE
"Chords for Calling" was developed by Stine Janvin in winter 2020–21 at the invitation of Deutschlandfunk Kultur and premiered as a radio concert for Art’s Birthday on January 17, 2021. It will now be performed live on June 11 in front of an audience for the first time.
The project is inspired by the tradition of Norwegian Lokk singing – a mixture of calling and singing with significant ornamentation and microtonal tuning – used in earlier times to call animals home from the grazing fields. In order to bridge the often-great geographical distances between caller and animals, high pitches were preferred and voices were amplified as they echoed through the valleys, mountains, and forests of the landscape. Chords for Calling is a reworking and adaptation of Karoline Bergseth’s song Kulokk.
Stine Janvin translates and adapts this age-old oral tradition for the big city: Chords for Calling is an ensemble piece for six performers in an outdoor setting in the city center of Berlin. In this case, the urban landscape of closely opposing building facades on Oranienstraße is used to amplify the six voices. From the daadgalerie’s windows, the ensemble calls out to neighborhood residents to join together in a communal experience after the long pandemic winter. In doing so we are reminded that, especially in difficult times, we must find ways to reaffirm our nature as social beings and strengthen community beyond our closest circles.
With: Stine Janvin, Audrey Chen, Elisabetta Lanfredini, Liina Magnea, Evelyn Saylor & Cansu Tanrikulu
https://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/events/chords-for-calling-outdoor-intervention/
CAMARGO FOUNDATION, CASSIS, FR
GMEM IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE CAMARGO FOUNDATION in CASSIS, FRANCE
Accompanied by two guests, Julien Desprez and Audrey Chen, the two musicians of NOORG (Loïc Guénin and Eric Brochard) offer two concerts on the horizon, outdoors, within the exceptional site of the Camargo Foundation in Cassis.