More recently, she has begun to shift back towards the exploration of the voice as a primary instrument often in interplay with the analog electronics, working to join these elements into a singular ecstatic personal language.

Now based in Berlin, Chen was born outside of Chicago into a family of material scientists, doctors, and engineers, and turned to the cello at age eight and voice at 11. After years of classical and conservatory training, she began new negotiations with sound in her late twenties to discover a more individual, honest aesthetic.

A large component of her music is improvised, completely un-processed with an extremely personal and visceral approach. Her playing explores the combination and layering of electronics with traditional and extended techniques in both the voice and cello – though more recently her focus has shifted towards exploring the voice as a primary instrument – joining these elements into a singular ecstatic personal language.

Aside from her solo concerts, Chen performs in duo with Phil Minton; as BEAM SPLITTER with trombonist Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø; as MOPCUT with Lukas Koenig and Julien Desprez; as HISS & VISCERA with modular synth player Richard Scott; as trio in SEN RYO NO with modular synth players Tara Transitory and Nguyen Baly; in duo with electronic music artist Kaffe Matthews; as AFTERBURNER for voice/live electronics/light with Doron Sadja; and as VOICE/PROCESS for voice/live digital process with Mexican sound artist Hugo Esquinca. Notable past collaborators include German conceptual artist John Bock and abstract turntablist Maria Chavez