Madelyn Byrd (they/them, b. 1992) is a Berlin-based musician, artist, and educator investigating connection, home, biophilia, and the adjascent possible, or ‘what if...’ Madelyn believes that stretching and pulling at the uncanny nodes of perception holds the power to conjure psychosocial transformation beyond human-centred perspectives. Fostering a deeply collaborative spirit, they engage with social praxis art, sound, somatics, and digital media to de/re-construct the perceptual realm and voice emergent patterns of interconnection. Their research-intensive approach to practice balances playful, unbound creativity with scholarship, positioning them at the fringe of experimental music communities and academia. 

Madelyn holds a Masters in Neuroaesthetics from Goldsmiths, where they researched the impact of collaborative imagination on measures of connection and hope in social praxis art. They teach sonic worldbuilding theory + music production courses with Soundial. Madelyn, alongside collaborator Lou Croff Blake, is currently a fellow at Zurich University of the Art’s School of Commons (SoC) developing their project, Chimera. Madelyn is the co-founder of Gravity Pleasure, an emerging record label and event series that highlights the intersection of hydrofeminism and queer ecology with sound and workshops by women, trans, and non-binary artists.

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Slowfoam is the genre-defying moniker Madelyn produces, performs, and DJs under. Slowfoam amalgamates a constellation of sound sources ~ electroacoustics, field recording, granulated synthesis, feedback, sound design, drones, and spoken word ~ into a/biotic relects from the aqueous deep. They sculpt performances for deep-listening environments, clubs, and everything in between. Slowfoam has performed and toured extensively, including recent performances at Subbacultcha (NL), Cafe Oto (London), The Lab (San Francisco), Morse (Tokyo), and Morphine Raum (Berlin). Their discography has been published with Somewhere Press, Mappa, Lillerne Tapes, and Jungle Gym Records. Their work has yielded features on Bandcamp, Electronic Sound Mag, DJ Mag, First Impressions, Pitchfork, Boomkat, The Wire Magazine, and Futurism Restated.