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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · 2d

Echoes from the underworld, a recollection of images and words from Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs IV.

Feat.
KIDSKIN / CHEAP COFFINS / INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINE / EVE X / SAI JAIDEN LILLITH / MYXIBUN / BETTIE BANDIT / ZCLUSTER / MISTRESS TOKYO

Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs IV - Concluded

Fragments of the Reverberant Underworld

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 29

Tonight!

Set time changes -

7:20-8pm - KIDSKIN
9:30-10:10pm - MYXI BUN + EVE X

The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 27

FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV - SET TIMES
29 Aug, Darling Nikki’s

7pm: Doors
7:20-8pm: MYXI BUN
8:20-8:30pm: BETTIE BANDIT
8:30-9:10pm: CHEAP COFFINS / INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINE
9:30-10:10pm: KIDSKIN / EM JADE
10:30-11pm: INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINE
11:10-12:10pm: ZCLUSTER / MISTRESS TOKYO
1am: Close

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 29

A reflection on why we do, what we do.

Art is resistance, sex is subversion.

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 29

We’ve had some amazing bands go through The Soft Machine Productions, here’s a growing playlist of lovely humans who have made it through our ranks!

TIDAL PLAYLIST because F*CK SPOTIFY - tinyurl.com/26bpcfrn

You can also find it at our website thesoftmachineproductions.com

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 28

Unfortunately due to a family emergency Em Jade has had to pull out of Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs IV. ❤️‍🩹

@theevex.bsky.social will be stepping in on the collaboration with Kidskin 🙏

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 27

FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV - SET TIMES
29 Aug, Darling Nikki’s

7pm: Doors
7:20-8pm: MYXI BUN
8:20-8:30pm: BETTIE BANDIT
8:30-9:10pm: CHEAP COFFINS / INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINE
9:30-10:10pm: KIDSKIN / EM JADE
10:30-11pm: INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINE
11:10-12:10pm: ZCLUSTER / MISTRESS TOKYO
1am: Close

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 27

@infernaldesiremachine.com
Von Riga / nest.of.ropes
@zclustermusic.com

Photos: Kierra Thorn

At the Bendigo Hotel, 26 March 2023

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 27

Throwback to Sex Ropes & Rock’n’Roll #1, the first of its name. Never did I dream that this weird little sideshow inspired by Industrial music, BDSM art and a general can-do fuck-you attitude would be filling up venues but HELL YEAH HERE WE ARE

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 26

A re-union of TSM soul brethren @infernaldesiremachine.com & Cheap Coffins, in an invocation of primal chaos and dissolution.

TLDR Rope stuff loud dark feels

FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV - 29 August at Darling Nikki’s, Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 26

An unholy union for the Rituals and Songs - Aerial dervish Em Jade joins sonic seamstress Kidskin on the stage for beautiful madness and mayhem.

FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | 29 August | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 25

A delightful addition to the lineup, my old friend Bettie Bandit will be throwing their flesh magics into the ritual fires…

Come forth to Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs IV on 29 Aug, marking the commencement of @australianschoolofsexuality.com ’s ASSfest in Sydney!

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 24

@theevex.bsky.social casting spells and raising hell at Sex Ropes & Rock & Roll III.

📸 photoyunist

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 23

@zclustermusic.com / @themistresstokyo.bsky.social in a rite of Ordeal at Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs I, The Vanguard Hotel.

See them return to the stage in Sydney on 29 August at FRSS IV, the opening event for @australianschoolofsexuality.com 's ASSFest S25.

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 22

Delightfully unhinged bunny goblin creature Myxi Bun will be disgracing the stage for Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs IV!

COME FKN WITNESS

29 August | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 21

@infernaldesiremachine.com at the last Sex Ropes & Rock'n'Roll before it was transmuted to Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs...

Beautiful video / edits by @luxxandlumens.bsky.social
Shot at The Vanguard, Newtown

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 13

The sex magics of temple priestess @theevex.bsky.social weave through the night, on and off the stage… bear witness.

29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 9

@zclustermusic.com & @mistresstokyo.bsky.social unite once more on stage in service of sufferance.
Witness @saijaidenlillith.com’s binding at the hands of Mistress Toyko, as she joins @shahaoul.bsky.social in the containment circle.

29 August | Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 5

Cheap Coffins blurs the lines between the witness and witnessed, stepping over the stage lines and into the fray. A one man chaos machine, as much performance art as they are an aural assault.

29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Aug 1

Come let your eyes and ears be ravished by the deranged electro stylings of myxi bun, the masked aural avenger.

29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Jul 28

@infernaldesiremachine.com return in ritual and ropes, slinging jute and invocations into the night to light the flames.

29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Jul 26

Whirling aerial dervish Em Jade joins us to venture skywards… Hard as nails and untameable, they push the boundaries of the flesh with brutal grace and abandon.

29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Jul 26

The Hunger - @zclustermusic.com & Barefoot Juliette binding @saijaidenlillith.com at FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS III at Stay Gold, Melbourne

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Jul 20

Welcome KIDSKIN to the Soft Machine fold…

Experimental retro electro synth beats, freshly returned from Dark Mofo and bringing the winter chills with them.

29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s / St Peters

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Jul 16

The Rites of Opening… FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV hits Sydney 29 Aug…

ZCLUSTER + MISTRESS TOKYO
MYXI BUN
CHEAP COFFINS
INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINE
KIDSKIN
EM JADE
EVE X

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A collaboration with @australianschoolofsexuality.com for ASSfest S26…

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The Soft Machine Productions @thesoftmachineproductions.com · Jun 30

SYDNEY! A Rite of Opening in collaboration with @australianschoolofsexuality.com to launch ASSFest S25.

With @zclustermusic.com / @mistresstokyo.bsky.social / @infernaldesiremachine.com / Cheap Coffins / Em Jade / Myxi Bun / Kidskin / Eve X

29 Aug | Sydney

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