Dis Fig

Artist

Dis Fig
Agent

Arthur Janssen
Based

Berlin
Label

Thrill Jockey

As a producer, performer, singer, and DJ, Felicia Chen (Dis Fig) has long resisted simple categorization. She cut her teeth in New York City’s scrappy DIY noise scene before finding her footing in Berlin’s experimental electronic scene. Her debut album ‘PURGE’ (2019, PTP) substantiated her artistic voice, distilling a vast range of influences into a cathartic sound that moves between vulnerable beauty and visceral chaos. Known for her intensely physical live performances, she dissolves boundaries between audience and performer, using her acrobatic voice and full body to transmit emotional complexity that’s deeper than language, inviting shared vulnerability and collective catharsis. Her work is marked by dense, immersive sonic worlds shaped by emotional intensity and viscerally transformative depth.

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In 2020, Chen collaborated with veteran British producer Kevin Martin (The Bug) to imagine what Resident Advisor described as “ambient dancehall and sensual trip-hop” on their album ‘In Blue’ (Hyperdub). This time, she assumed the role of front-woman, augmenting Martin’s fractured, dubwise productions with intimate cabaret echoes and blood-curdling screams. Concurrently, she has maintained a long-standing collaboration with radical multi-disciplinary artist Tianzhuo Chen, scoring several of his ambitious operatic performances, including ‘TRANCE’, a 12-hour, three-day durational psychedelic and ritualistic saga. And in 2024, she connected with acclaimed post-metal operators The Body on ‘Orchards of a Futile Heaven’ (Thrill Jockey), using her signature atmospheric production and her voice to offset the duo’s grinding drones. Together they reimagined the possibilities of “heavy music” which landed them on the cover of The Wire Magazine.

Internationally acclaimed, Chen’s work has been recognized by The Guardian, The Wire, The Quietus, and NPR, with performances at festivals around the world including Mira, Roadburn, Dark Mofo, Le Guess Who, Rewire, CTM, and Unsound.

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