“One of heavy music’s most interesting bands”

“Rolling Stone” on The Body

“Extreme-metal titans”

“Pitchfork” on The Body

“Dis Fig’s presence here is transformative.”

“Resident Advisor” on Dis Fig’s previous projects

The Body & Dis Fig are a natural pair. Each has pioneered instantly recognizable worlds of sound all their own that defy any traditional categorizations or boundaries. The Body, Lee Buford and Chip King, continually challenge any conventional conception of metal, collaborating with myriad artists and from the folk-leanings of their work with BIG|BRAVE to their groundbreaking work with the Assembly of Light Choir to the intensity of their collaborations with OAA or Thou. Dis Fig, aka Felicia Chen, pushes electronic music into dark extremes, from warped DJ sets to avant production, from being a member of Tianzhuo Chen’s performance-art series TRANCE to being the vocalist with The Bug. The Body and Dis Fig find kinship in reimagining what it means to make “heavy music”. Their debut Orchards of a Futile Heaven, published by Thrill Jockey, is the perfect synthesis of two forces, twisting melodicism and intoxicating rhythms, layering a dense miasma of distortion with intense beats and a soaring voice clawing its way towards absolution.

Supported by Trust for Mutual Understanding.

Dis Fig appears at Skaņu Mežs with the support of Goethe-Institut Riga.