Neo Geodesia is Saphy Vong, a French Cambodian audio visual artist born in a Thai refugee camp after his parents fled the Khmer Rouge, and grew up in the suburbs of Nancy, northeastern France. His unique musical outlook fuses the experimental and DIY ethos that can be found in both the local Nancy Hardcore and Grindcore scene that embraced him as a teenager, and the sounds broadcasted from Cambodia into his home through his parents pirated tapes and videos of Khmer pop, karaoke, monk chants and movies.
His recent project has been dedicated to fusing experimental electronic processes with traditional Khmer music and exploring the far edge of sonic expression to include noise, Bek Sloy, Funeral Smot and Roam Vong.
Over the years, however, he has focused his approach less upon heaviness than slipperiness, granular textures and head-spinning polyrhythms.
Active for more than a decade under the alias Lafidki, he has produced, composed and released electronic music for Orange Milk Records. His music has been featured in Resident Advisor, NPR, NTS, BBC, Mixmag, The Quietus and Bandcamp Daily.
NEO GEODESIA has performed with the likes of Foodman, Evicshen, Object Blue, Why Be, Zoë mc Pherson, Sunik Kim, Ecko Bazz, Still in locations as Cafe OTO, Tate Britain, Museum of Asian Arts in Turin.. His music was played by Drew McDowall, Hiro Kone, Zuli, Animistic beliefs.
He currently lives in London and runs the multidisciplinary Asian platform and record label Chinabot, on which he released his latest album 2562 Neon Flames.
“anticipation and frenetic discord into something more dreamlike, with delicately plucked and breathy arpeggios melting into sombre synth-organ – it evokes some massive futuristic requiem and cinematic longing; proto-religious and majestic.” – If Only UK
“Calmly negociating iridescent electronic and ancient acoustic instruments, the track plays out like an odyssey, some long, winding tale which leaves much up to the imagination. Piercing Asian instruments duet - or duel, depending on your stance” – Inverted Audio
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