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Ally

by Chen Brothers

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Stretch 00:26
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2.
Flow 01:15
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3.
Anti-podal testament 04:37
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4.
Zero Sum + One 05:54
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5.
One Possibility Is 03:29
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Failure (Hitting the Fan) 00:48
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7.
Resistance 02:02
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about

Originally released on Suppedaneum in 2013, the Chen Brothers’ «Ally» was a limited edition of 50 archival CD-R’s in recycled, hand-made packaging designed and printed by Jeremy Chen with sound by Jonathan Chen.

In a reversal of the usual procedure, the packaging—designed by Jeremy, complete with track titles and times—was made before the music that it accompanies and served as the score for Jonathan, who used the specified titles and timings as a framework within which to improvise.

“Several years ago, my brother Jeremy and I began discussing the possibility of a collaborative project. Our initial idea was just that the collaboration would have something to do with the creation of an album: I would be responsible for the sound, and Jeremy would be responsible for the visual. As our discussion continued, we decided that Jeremy would design the sleeve before I would make the music, reversing the way recordings normally proceed. Thus, Jeremy would determine all the visual content of the sleeve, including the track names and times, and I would create the music to fit these parameters. This turned out to be a difficult task for me. I wasn’t used to accommodating a time frame in such a specific way as a composer. I made several versions of a couple of the tracks, but I didn’t feel like they were right.

“Meanwhile, the sleeve, which had the year 2006 printed on it, was missing its well past due CD. I had put the project aside for a couple of years when I decided on a different approach. I decided that maybe my brother was the composer here and that I was the performer/improviser. He had determined the track times and the instruction to me was to “do something within that time.” I treated each of the times as a stopwatch score with the instruction being to start and stop within the given time frame. Within that given time frame I improvised on electronics, in this case feedback. The recording was made at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in Troy, NY”

. –Jonathan Chen

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released January 1, 2013

All sound by Jonathan Chen
CD track titles, times, and design by Jeremy Chen

The packaging of «Ally» was produced by the Chen brothers and released in collaboration with Suppedaneum.

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