BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28776@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:DIS FIG (US) + ASCH DTSTAMP:20261015T224003Z DTSTART:20261203T193000Z DESCRIPTION:DIS FIG (US\, THRILL JOCKEY) + ASCH (GESELING + SVARTVIT)\n\nDI S FIG (US\, Thrill Jockey)\n\nAs a producer\, performer\, vocalist\, and D J\, Felicia Chen (Dis Fig) has long\nresisted simple categorization. She c ut her teeth in New York City’s scrappy DIY\nnoise scene before finding he r footing in Berlin’s experimental electronic\nunderground\, where her dis tinctive artistic sensibility began to crystallize.\nChen‘s work is define d by dense\, immersive sonic worlds where crushing heaviness\nmeets startl ing vulnerability\, anchored by a voice whose instinctive\nconnectiveness cuts through even the densest sonic landscapes.\n\nKnown for her intensely physical live performances\, Chen dissolves boundaries\nbetween audience and performer\, using her acrobatic voice and full body to\ntransmit emoti onal complexity that’s deeper than language. Whether through\noverwhelming walls of sound or barely audible whispers\, her work invites shared\nvuln erability and collective catharsis.\n\nDis Fig has become one of the defin ing voices reshaping what heavy music can be.\nOn her acclaimed debut albu m ‘PURGE’ (PTP)\, she established a singular artistic\nlanguage\, distilli ng noise\, industrial\, electronic music\, and melodic songcraft\ninto a s ound that moves effortlessly between tenderness and brutality. Since\nthen \, she has continued to expand that language through collaborations with T he\nBug on ‘In Blue’ (Hyperdub)\, The Body on ‘Orchards of a Futile Heaven ’ (Thrill\nJockey)\, and with Asian Dope Boys\, contributing performance a nd score to\nTianzhuo Chen’s immersive\, ritualistic durational works. No matter the context\,\nDis Fig brings an unmistakable sense of cohesion and emotional intention\, making\neven her most extreme sonic explorations fe el deeply human.\n\nInternationally acclaimed\, her work has been recogniz ed by The Guardian\, The\nWire\, The Quietus\, and NPR. She has toured ext ensively and performed at leading\nfestivals including CTM\, Unsound\, Rew ire\, Roadburn\, Le Guess Who?\, Dark Mofo\,\nMIRA\, and Nyege Nyege.\n\nS even years after ‘PURGE’\, Chen returns with her long-awaited second solo album\,\n‘What To Make Of These Mortal Hands’\, released by Thrill Jockey on October 23.\nAn ambitious widening of her sonic and artistic scope\, th e record expands both\nthe scale and subtlety of her practice\, carefully carving intricate detail from\nits sonic extremes. Spanning 63 minutes\, h er most emotionally expansive work to\ndate unfolds like a film\, explorin g humanity’s capacity for both beauty and\ndevastation.\n\n<\;a\nhref="h ttps://disfig.bandcamp.com/album/what-to-make-of-these-mortal-hands">\;W hat\n[https://disfig.bandcamp.com/album/what-to-make-of-these-mortal-hands ">\;What]\nTo Make Of These Mortal Hands by Dis Fig<\;/a>\;\n\n“a st rong contender for the most sonically arresting and intense release of\n20 26”\nThe Wire\n\nASCH\nFamiliar faces treading unfamiliar territory.\n\nAs ch is an experimental noise duo emerging from the underground noise scene in\nthe Netherlands. Formed by longtime comrades Svartvit and Geseling\, t he duo\ncreates abrasive soundscapes that blend textural sound layers and\ nelectroacoustic improvisations. Their live performances are known for den se\nlayers of distortion\, feedback and immersive sonic intensity\, placin g them\nwithin the contemporary European industrial noise tradition. Asch has recently\ntoured Europe\, and with a debut album on the way\, they are set to make a strong\nimpact on the Dutch underground scene.\n\nFFO: Viol ent Shogun\, Kyle Flanagan\, Spring of Life URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/dis-fig-us-asch GEO:52.354338;4.8553367 LOCATION:OCCII - Amstelveenseweg 134\, 1075 XL Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-zuid,blues,concrete music,dj,electronics,experimental, experimental electronics,festivals,film,improv,industrial,live,music,perfo rmance,schinkelbuurt,sonic exploration X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

DIS FIG (US, Thrill Jockey) + ASCH (Geseling + Svartvit)

DIS FIG (US, Thrill Jockey )

As a producer, performer, vocalist, and DJ, Feli cia Chen (Dis Fig) has long resisted simple categorization. She c ut her teeth in New York City’s scrappy DIY noise scene before finding her footing in Berlin’s experimental electronic underground, where her distin ctive artistic sensibility began to crystallize. Chen‘s w ork is defined by dense, immersive sonic worlds where crushing heaviness m eets startling vulnerability, anchored by a voice whose instinctive connec tiveness cuts through even the densest sonic landscapes.

Known for her intensely physical live performances, Chen dissolves boundaries between audience and performer, using her acrobatic voice and f ull body to transmit emotional complexity that’s deeper than language. Whe ther through overwhelming walls of sound or barely audible whispers, her w ork invites shared vulnerability and collective catharsis.

Dis Fig has become one of the defining voices reshaping what hea vy music can be. On her acclaimed debut album ‘PURGE’ (PTP), she established a singular artistic language, distilling noise, industrial, el ectronic music, and melodic songcraft into a sound that moves effortlessly between tenderness and brutality. Since then, she has continued to expand that language through collaborations with The Bug on ‘In Blue’ (Hyperdub), The Body on ‘Orchards of a Futile Heaven’ (Thrill Jockey), a nd with Asian Dope Boys, contributing performance and sco re to Tianzhuo Chen’s immersive, ritualistic durational w orks. No matter the context, Dis Fig brings an unmistakab le sense of cohesion and emotional intention, making even her most extreme sonic explorations feel deeply human.

Internationally acclaimed, h er work has been recognized by The Guardian, The Wire, The Quietus , and NPR. She has toured extensively and perfor med at leading festivals including CTM, Unsound, Rewire, Roadburn, Le Guess Who?, Dark Mofo, MIRA, and Nyege Nyege .

Seven years after ‘PURGE’, Chen returns with her long-awaited second solo album, ‘What To Make Of These Morta l Hands’, released by Thrill Jockey on October 23. A n ambitious widening of her sonic and artistic scope, the record expands b oth the scale and subtlety of her practice, carefully carving intricate de tail from its sonic extremes. Spanning 63 minutes, her most emotionally ex pansive work to date unfolds like a film, exploring humanity’s capacity fo r both beauty and devastation.

&lt;a href="https://disfig.bandcamp.com/album/what-to-make-of-these -mortal-hands"&gt;What To Make Of These Mortal Hands by Dis Fig&am p;lt;/a&gt;

“a strong contender for the most sonically arresti ng and intense release of 2026”
The Wire

ASCH
Familiar faces treading unfamiliar territory.

Asch is an experimental noise duo emerging from the underground noise sc ene in the Netherlands. Formed by longtime comrades Svartvit and Geseling, the duo creates abrasive soundscapes th at blend textural sound layers and electroacoustic improvisations. Their l ive performances are known for dense layers of distortion, feedback and im mersive sonic intensity, placing them within the contemporary European ind ustrial noise tradition. Asch has recently toured Europe, and with a debut album on the way, they are set to make a strong impact o n the Dutch underground scene.

FFO: Violent Shogun, Kyle Fl anagan, Spring of Life

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