Rainbow Chan - Fabrica EP

Rainbow Chan - Fabrica EP



FABRICA 巧
"I am a tender creature with no edges.
Across the road, the last light of an office building is being switched off. I lay on my apartment floor with one hand on my stomach. Through an old cotton t-shirt, I feel my breaths—deep and drawn out. I have so many questions and not enough tears to shed as placeholders for the answers. Where do we start sifting through the ruins?

One must be very clever to be a liar. After all, the word “fabricate” is derived from fabrica, which means skilfully crafted. I mull over the ways language can be twisted and spun. With enough repetition, fictions turn into truths. Fabrications are woven into a social fabric that envelopes all bodies.

It was Vesalius who used the word fabrica to describe the skilful design of the human anatomy. In many ways, he was right. I am a resilient machine; my body, a wondrous assemblage of parts. Just as a piece of fabric can withstand tension, I am soft, yet I am strong. But today, I am very, very tired.

A shapeless mass on the floor, a scrunched-up cloth."

released November 17, 2017
All songs written, performed, produced & recorded by @rainbowchanmusic
Mixed by Matthew Hadley.
Mastered by Andrei Eremin.
Drawings by Merryn Sommerville.
Released by Healthy Tapes.


Rainbow Chan is a singer, producer and multi-disciplinary artist. Since winning FBi Radio's Northern Lights Competition (2011), Chan has built a reputation as one of the most innovative artists in Australia with her idiosyncratic brand of pop and vibrant aesthetics.

She often draws on nostalgia, diaspora and her Chinese heritage—the result is a collage of seemingly disparate sounds and cultures. Her debut album Spacings (Silo Arts) was chosen as feature album on FBi, Radio Adelaide, RTRFM, and received 4 stars from Rolling Stone. She scored FBi's most played artist and song of 2016, and received two SMAC Award nominations for Best Live Act and Record of the Year. ​

Rainbow has toured extensively including performances at the Sydney Opera House, Iceland Airwaves, Vivid, Mona Foma and Melbourne Music Week. In October 2016, she was invited to perform at Longli International New Media Arts Festival, China. She has worked with MusicNSW as a mentor for Women in Electronic Music, and was a recipient of an Opportunity Development Grant. Rainbow teaches the Bachelor of Contemporary Music Practice at the University of Sydney and has facilitated production workshops at Girls Rock! Canberra and Bunga Barrabugu Summer/Winter Program, Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Rainbow recently released a new EP, titled FABRICA, via Healthy Tapes.