Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh
COMPOSER
COMPOSER
My album Animus is coming out soon on EPR (Every Possible Recordings), featuring 5 new electronicacoustic compositions.
Initially conceptualized as a collection exploring the formation of the self, the composition process of Animus evolved to become a chronicle of a unique journey through the destruction and transformation of an identity, and the reconfiguration and reassemblage of something new. In this unfamiliar existence, the internal system feedback evokes traces and premonitions of what was once human, floating above an ocean of piano sounds lingering from a time before, idling, reaching, processing.
Tracklist:
Blades - Sirens - Untitled_Amnesia - Are you still there (keep dancing)- Island of One
Album art by Angela Washko
Interactive media and video art by Jesse Stiles
Mastering by Edward Hamel of Identity Mastering
Available on Bandcamp, vinyl, and other major streaming platforms on November 8th 2025
We started talking about Swell back in late 2023, and little did I know what kind of piece it was going to turn out to be. Over the last 18 months or so, the concept of reverberation has evolved into an inquiry into the relationship between memories and space, and how they together shape our understanding of who we are.
Thanks to MPAC and Phoebe for staying with me throughout the process. I think we made something special.
Documentation coming soon
HORSES & FOXES is a 40-minute durational immersive performance featuring dance, sound, and sculpture performed live by three artists, three women. A collaboration with Heidi Wiren Kebe and Veronica Santiago Moniello.
My piece, 3,6, for open instrumentation was presented at the 2025 MaerzMusik in Berlin, as part of the final concert "I am all Ears".
This was a version for spatialized brass sextet curated by my dear friend Wojtek Blecharz.
Thanks for having me, it was truly special.
I collaborated with video artist Johannes DeYoung on his video mural - The Endless Mile in this year's Digerati Emergent Media Festival, Syncopated Image on 09/21/2024
The artwork takes the form of an infinitely scrolling shadow play, that never repeats itself. Each time the artwork is presented, new arrangements of visual elements are assembled in unique combination from an underlying index of parts. Elements within the work "listen" for sound-input and respond to audio frequencies, enabling the artwork to be performed live in collaboration with sound artists or musicians. Given the artwork’s computational affordances, its presentation format and duration are both adaptable.