Recording of my stream on December 17, 2022.

it's giving sensual trance, industrial hum, classic techno, a sprinkle of drum and bass and loads of hard percussion where i want it, just the way i like it

let me know if you’re into it xxox

softchaos | [redacted] DECEMBER 2022

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Jensen Interceptor with softchaos - 21 February 2023

softchaos For Cult Classic Radio

Recording of my NTS Live mini-mix for NTS Fridays aired on September 22, 2023.

It's giving percussion and heavy groove with a sprinkle of a conversation, and my version of slowed-down hardcore, but all v much made for you to shake ass. It's funky and from the heart, enjoy x

Find my tracklist here: https://bitly.ws/VCf7

softchaos x NTS 1 - Platos Combinados | SEPTEMBER 2023

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Club Heart Broken presents Softchaos - 21 December 2024

Talk by softchaos
ig: https://www.instagram.com/softchaosssss/
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/softchaosssss
resident advisor: https://ra.co/dj/softchaos

Also available to watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHaB2OOQ7k

This presentation, consisting of a lecture and reading, will explore the fundamental question of who is permitted to be experimental? In extension, it is an investigation into the aesthetics of the black radical tradition. Through the prism of radical black thought and culture, the lecture extends the work of Lorraine O’Grady, Tony Cokes, and Hannah Black in asking about modalities of consent, affect, and risk in music making and more generally, who gets to be loud? Who is heard when they are being honest about the world in their music?

Drawing from softchaos’s own study of black trans/black femme music history and theoretical practice of those writing about how sound moves, the lecture will focus on the history of discourse of sound politics and attempt to re-position and reclaim black art as a force of social generative power. For softchaos, improvisation in lecture/performance provides a unique epistemological standpoint from which to investigate the provocative connections between black aesthetics and Western music making. As the critical, lyrical, and disruptive performance of the human, softchaos’s concept of lecture experimentation also brings such figures as Lil’ Kim and Sylvia Wynter, Jeff Mills and Slim Soldedad, Moor Mother, and Immanuel Kant into conversation with each other.

During the lecture, they will read excerpts and present visuals from two of their previous (and ongoing) works. »Where did these plants come from and other ontological stress« (2021), first staged at Matadero Madrid Centro de Creación Contemporánea explores the critical dissonance between black culture’s trans-continental generative power and how it’s valued. »voice works 5: WAKE IT UP WITH SALT« (2024), first shown at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, draws from works by Édouard Glissant and Fred Moten and personal sound archival materials to recreate a spiral telling of the body.

Friday 31 January 2025
CTM 2025
radialsystem

CTM 2025: Freaky Belladonnas: Permission, Risk and Movement in Experimental Music by softchaos

Recorded on 21.03.2025 in Weißensee, Berlin.
Enjoy!

softchaos | Studio Weißensee

For the 30th (!) edition no other than icon softchaos is contributing a mix <3 

"This set is a blend of straightforward techno that leads with groove, gets a little glitchy + hypnotic with jacking tracks for the swing. It's sensual on purpose, and as per usual, it's very much percussive. There's even an electro moment if you listen for it. 

More specifically, it's a select blend of punchy early 90's sound, some more contemporary 909-heavy tracks I've been sitting on, and a few leftfield tracks for good measure. It lends itself to permission to ride the rhythm and deeper listening if you're into that. No fast cuts, just sustained heat for wherever you like that sort of vibe."

SC: @softchaosssss
IG: @softchaosssss

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TILT.cast 30 softchaos

The song was conjured from the quiet lives of objects, and drawers, keys, and letters were allowed to speak without voices. Gestures were folded into shadows, and almost-moments were carried like whispers that had been breathed into the air. Cups trembled, faucets hummed, and sunlight was invited to linger where it had not been asked, all of it shaping the inheritance that had been hidden in plain sight.

Absence was listened to, and memory was exhaled until it became visible in the tremor of a hand or the echo of a step. Chaos was folded into care, care into learning, and learning into the hum of what had been forgotten. Each micro-moment was allowed to live, contradict, and guide, leaving traces that could be followed without being grasped.

Rising was witnessed quietly, and resilience was folded, lifted, and carried in secret. Inheritance was recognized in the unseen, in almost-actions, and in the hum of things that had been present all along. In that invisible carrying, it was hoped that you were carried too—and that, finally, you rose anyway.

INHERITANCE [CARRY IT ANYWAY!]

Anbid Zaman is a queer activist and artist whose work rises from a life marked by displacement, resistance, and the insistence on living fully even when the world tries to deny that possibility. Born in Bangladesh and shaped by grassroots queer organizing from a young age, they grew into their voice through community struggle — learning early that courage isn’t an act, but a daily discipline.

Their journey from danger to refuge transformed them without erasing their origins. Living in Germany, Anbid continues to work at the intersections of identity, migration, and liberation, supporting queer people who face violence and navigating the complexities of chosen family, safety, and belonging. Their activism is guided by deep commitments: justice without compromise, solidarity across borders, and an unshakeable belief that marginalised voices should be heard not with pity, but with respect.

These values spill directly into their music. Anbid’s sound blends testimonial storytelling, emotional minimalism, and atmospheric layers shaped by memory — the quiet of hiding, the noise of protest, the ache of leaving, the thrill of surviving. Each track carries the weight of lived experience and the brightness of hope that refuses to die. Their art is not just expression; it is continuation, resistance, and a reminder that stories carry power long before the world acknowledges them.

Berlin’s CTM Festival supports an open, networked, mutually-collaborative, global music culture through its yearly 10-day festival as well as countless collaborative and research initiatives, co-commissions, concerts, and other constantly-evolving formats. The 2 decades old festival stands out for its conscious pairing of daring artistic content and adventurous club experiences with an in-depth discourse programme, framing today’s sounds and music cultures within a shifting, hybrid global society.

Booking: sarah@tilt-label.com

Artists & Residents:
@bunsenhh
@cryptofauna
@ennio
@faerbermusic
@hamy303
@n0rem
@radicalsoftness

softchaos is an artist traversing the intersections of popular music and performance art. 

Both thoughtful and commanding, softchaos’ sets are watermarked by their meticulous pairing of groove-driven music along with aggressive percussive tracks in unison with far-reaching electronic sound.

Harnessing their punk ethos, and referencing classic landscapes of New York City and Detroit, their selection of techno, breaks, and rebellious sounds offer a transcontinental call and response and an offering to dancefloors everywhere. 

Embracing this practice, their sound embodies reverence to techno while staying locked into the new turn in electronic music, blending with finesse. 

They hold a residency on Oroko Radio, and host Black Rhizome, a show that platforms multidisciplinary artists across diaspora.

For bookings and other inquiries please email softchaosletters@gmail.com

Cult Classic is a multidisciplinary collective commissioning and publishing creative works. Our archival practice engages with artists and thinkers whose uninhibited perspectives are shaping the world we want to live in.

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