DJ & MUSIC
Chooc Ly is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, music producer, DJ, event organiser and voyager.
As a self-taught composer and music producer rooted in sound installation, film and DJing, Chooc Ly approaches sound as a physical medium — shaped, processed and subverted until it proposes something unexpected. Their practice synthesises concrete noise with abstract synthesis, classical instrumentation with frenetic beats, field recordings with the alien soundscapes of cosmic forests: an unorthodox, politically charged way of working that defies both popular and avant-garde categories. Their debut EP is the score for FOREST COSMOS – their first 3D-animated film, to be released in Autumn 2026.
Recent live sets in collaboration with Mohammed Rowe include performances at Camden Art Centre for A---Z and Iklektik's fundraiser for Resonance FM, both in London (2025).
DJ sets are always context-specific. On the dancefloor, Chooc Ly forges astral connections through kaleidoscopic spectrums of club music and futuristic sound – fierce and emotional. For radio, Chooc Ly expands their sonic palette to pay homage to composers and producers who have pushed the limits of sound — contemporary classical, post-punk, experimental, textural, music that has no name yet — sometimes building meticulous soundscapes that incorporate spoken word and field recordings. They have broadcast on NTS, Refuge Worldwide, Radio Al Hara, Resonance FM, RTM and Internet Public Radio for Vitamins among others.
Past gigs include: Femme Brutal at Mir (Oslo, Norway), After-Eight at Radar (Reykjavík, Iceland), Asian Core at La Station – Gare des Mines (Paris), GGI 끼, Body Movements Festival, Howl Queer City IV, Queering Now (all in London), Swallow (Los Angeles), Regenerative Feedback (WORM, Rotterdam), Chalet Wote Festival (Accra, Ghana), and Poekhali! (Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway).
Recent music release include Exaltation Onirique on the Chinabot compilation ‘5’, ‘coeur bioluminescent’ for OUTPUTS sampler1, and remixes on metronomicon, Lost Map and La Boocle.
︎GIGOLOGY
︎ SOUNDCLOUD
︎ BOOK DJ CHOOC LY: chooclytan.studio[a]gmail.com
Videostill from Monsoon Session (Kent Chan / Gasworks, London)
︎ Play DJ action @ Gasworks, London - clip 1
︎ Play DJ action @ Gasworks, London - clip 2
︎ Play DJ action @ Chalet Wote 2019, Ghana
︎ Play DJ action @ Gasworks, London - clip 1
︎ Play DJ action @ Gasworks, London - clip 2
︎ Play DJ action @ Chalet Wote 2019, Ghana
︎ PHOTO GALLERY
DJ set at Futur.Shock, FOLD, London. Videostill by @therecordingrat.
Live Set in collaboration with Mohammed Rowe, at « Always Coming Home », Camden Art Centre, London.Photographies by Anna Lena Krause.
