Arys Chien
Arys Chien is a producer, songwriter and arranger in the Chinese music industry. He is also involved in soundtrack production, recording and mixing (recorded music)|mixing]. Currently, he produces commercial and film soundtracks in Deepwhite Studio, and handles recording and mixing in Little White Fish Studio. Arys also co-owns a record label A Whiter Day Music, which distributes work for independent artists. In addition, he still releases music as a member in the duo “Deepwhite".
Career
Early career
After graduating from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at National Taiwan University in 1995, Arys joined Friendly Dog Entertainment as a production assistant. Since 1996, Arys Chien, Junyang Chen and Hua Chen began releasing work under the same pseudonym "Deepwhite", with parenthesis behind to include their English for distinguishing one person from another. For example, Arys Chien's work was signed as "Deepwhite ".Since 1997, Arys's works have been selected multiple times for singers under record companies such as Linfair Records, What’s Music International Corp., and Warner Chappell Music. The artists include William Wing Hong So, Kelly Chen, IPIS, Where Chou, Chin Chyi, Valen Hsu, Power Station, Denise Yuen, Miriam Yeung, Sammi Cheng, Stefanie Sun, Na Ying, etc.
In 2005, Arys and his girlfriend Zoe Huang formed the duo "Deepwhite" under Avex Trax, and released two original albums in 2006 and 2007. After the end of their contract with Avex in 2008, Arysserved as the music director in Enjoy Records until 2010, and then resumed to be a freelance songwriter.
Songwriter and producer
Arys has written lyrics or compositions for over 400 songs so far, including albums by singers like A-Mei, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng, Faye Wong, Stefanie Sun, Angela Zhang, Christine Fan, Na Ying, William So, Joey Yung, Rene Liu, Elva Hsiao, Rachel Liang, Chin Chyi, Eason Chan, Gigi Leung, Kay Tse, Terry Lin, Faye Wong, Kitty Chan, etc. In addition, Arys has also written Chinese lyrics for many Korean idol groups, such as Exo, NCT Dream, Pentagon and so on.As for music production, Arys has produced singles or albums for many singers, such as Where Chou, Xian Zi, Sasha Li, Bii, Andrew Tan, Miu Chu, Vivian Hsu, Leheane Palray, Megan Lai, Celest Chong, Chris Ke, Sunny Lin, etc.
In addition to songwriting in the pop music industry, Arys also produces soundtracks for commercials. He now has accumulated more than 200 works including Hennessy's 2014 commercial song “Wo Yuan Xiang Xin 我願相信", JD.com, 7-ELEVEN, HNCB’s annual single “Shou Hu Ni De Chu Zhong 守護你的初衷", Shinkong Mitsukoshi x World Order, McDonald's 2017 single “Power to the M 超麥力", Nike, Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Lexus, Johnson & Johnson Beijing Olympics, CCTV Spring Festival Gala, UnionPay, etc.
His film soundtrack works include “Do You Love Me As I Love You 可不可以，你也剛好喜歡我" in 2020, “Zui Xing 罪‧形" in 2019, Hsien Yung Pai's biography documentary “Multiflorate Splendour 奼紫嫣紅開遍" in 2015, “Return Ticket 到阜陽六百里" in 2011, etc.
Performing career
Around 2000, Arys asked his girlfriend to sing a demo for him, and several record labels have shown interest in signing them. Thus, the two formed a singer-songwriter group “Deepwhite”, and signed a contract with Avex Trax in 2005. They released two albums,”Deepwhite" in 2006 and “Hua Huo 花火" in 2007.Other than Deepwhite, Arys also participates as the guitarist and main songwriter in other bands like "GooDDD" and “Ouch Youths".