Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: Different Rooms

Different Rooms is a collection of songs and musical motifs we composed, edited, and collaged in the weeks between late 2024 and early 2025. Most of the recorded material was performed during that editing process, except for live performances taken from improvisations we recorded with Jeff Parker and Josh Johnson some time in 2023. In our typical process, much of our material is collaged and combines moments of live improvisation, field recordings, and in-studio experimentation. This record, however, marks an evolution in our approach to studio production. Our studios are side-by-side. When we were writing this album, you might have found us tracking viola stacks in one studio while, in the other, we were writing through-composed themes and rearranging the material. Granular synthesis and tape manipulation are key tools we use to create variation and movement in a composition. This process often yields surprising results, capturing the emotion but expressing it in unexpected ways. It feels essential that we embrace a bit of chance. All Compositions by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer; except “Side by Side” composed by Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer, and Jeff Parker, and “Different Rooms” composed by Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer, and Josh Johnson. Performed, recorded, and arranged from November 2024 – January 2025 by Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer in Los Angeles, with additional performance recordings from Amsterdam, London, and Hamburg.