An Ecuadorian-American artist and DJ traversing the intersections of electronic music, art and performance.

Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Both thoughtful and commanding, their DJ sets are watermarked by their meticulous pairing of groove-driven music along with aggressive percussive tracks in unison with far-reaching electronic sound. Harnessing the spirit of American funk and groove, and referencing the classic soundscapes of Detroit, Chicago and New York City, their selection of rebellious sounds from North America center a transcontinental call and response, keeping in line with the revolutionary spirit of techno. Embracing this practice, their sound embodies nods to the old school, while staying locked into the new turn in experimental music, blending with finesse.From delivering one-of-a-kind sets at international festivals to  exerting their notorious stamina behind the decks at renowned global club stages, they are at the forefront of playfully avant-garde and disobedient techno globally.

Their passion and commitment shapes special moments at home and on international stages alike. They hold a residency on Oroko Radio, and host Black Rhizome, a show that platforms artists across diaspora.They are a trans artist working across sculpture, durational performance, music and text. In their work, they blend theoretical, historical and personal material, paralleling spaces of presentation. Their work draws from their life experiences of illness, participation in prison abolition movements, and their trans identity, tackling the subjects of the construction of subjectivity, consumption of the body, mediated via technology and spectacle, collective memory, opacity and alternative temporalities. At the heart of this is intervention, attention to the artist as archivist, with research and ontological study as method.

Selected works include:“voice works 5: WAKE IT UP WITH SALT” (2024), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, “This Mix Isn’t for Dancing”, Cult Classic Magazine (2023), “Cultures of Consent” Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (2023),  “Where did these plants come from and other ontological stress” (2021), Matadero Madrid Centro de Creación Contemporánea, The Modern Middle Passage: Anti-Blackness Operationalized in the Architecture of European Union’s Externalization Processes, Cambridge University (2019), Discourses of Securitization, Oxford Law Faculty, Oxford (2018).softchaos holds a BA in Liberal Arts from The New School, Master of Science from University of Oxford Law Faculty and a Master of Philosophy in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge.

  • softchaos x NTS 1 - Platos Combinados | SEPTEMBER 2023 by softchaos

  • softchaos x NTS 1 - Platos Combinados | SEPTEMBER 2023 by softchaos