Dis Fig (Felicia Chen) is a producer, vocalist, performer, and DJ who creates cinematic sonic expressions with weighty emotional intensity. As an artist who has long resisted simple categorization, she cut her teeth operating in New York City's scrappy DIY and experimental club scenes, refining her vast pool of influences into a cathartic distillate that oozes between vulnerable beauty and retching chaos. As a DJ she's become notorious for her curiosity and restless energy, but as a live performer she edges away from the club completely, using her acrobatic voice and entire body to transmit emotional complexity that's deeper than language.
From February 2024, Chen joined the community for a three-month residency, with a focus on developing new processes of production and performance delving more into improvisation. This residency supported the presentation of a new work commissioned by Somerset House Studios in collaboration with Goethe-Institut London and CTM Festival in Assembly, Somerset House Studios’ experimental sound, music and performance series which returned for its fourth edition in March 2024.
Following its premiere at Assembly, this new work by Dis Fig traveled to CTM Festival in January 2025, with the material forming the basis of an upcoming full-length release. Aiding her in this journey were drummers and producers Sam Jones and Spooky-J, who created skeletal experimentations within the performance. Together, Chen, Jones, and Spooky-J exercise their individual acrobatics in conversation with one another, speaking their truths in changing tandems.