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FEN

4 x 4

Label: Meenna

Format: CD

Genre: Experimental

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€12.20
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*300 copies limited edition* FEN (Far East Network) is an improvised music ensemble made up of Otomo Yoshihide, who lives in Tokyo; Seoul-based Ryu Hankil; Yuen Chee Wai, who lives in Singapore; and Beijing-based Yan Jun. Since FEN's formation in 2008, the four members have gathered and performed in various countries on an intermittent basis.

In 2018 FEN exhibited an eight-channel sound installation at the Gwangju Biennale 2018—an international contemporary art exhibition held in Gwangju, Korea—as part of the group's collaborative project with Singaporean contemporary artist Ho Tzu Nyen. For the installation, the four members of FEN decided to start by providing four 15-minute tracks each (without listening to or obtaining any information about the other members' works in advance), for a total of 16 tracks. But Otomo Yoshihide forgot the preset rule and created and sent only one 15-minute track, so Yan Jun cut this track into four parts and, without listening to it, rearranged it as four 15-minute tracks with many blanks. Next, he randomly mixed each member's track one at a time, then completed the four tracks without further editing. This CD contains the four final 15-minute tracks. As for the instruments, Otomo Yoshihide played guitar, Ryu Hankil used Max/MSP, Yuen Chee Wai played guitar and electronics, and Yan Jun used field recordings.

Details
Cat. number: meenna-943
Year: 2025

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