The Soft Machine Productions
@thesoftmachineproductions.com
Ecstatic Entanglements of Live Music & Erotic Performance Art curated by @saijaidenlillith.com 🐍 Australian POC/Queer/SW Owned Ritual Carnival 🎪
www.thesoftmachine.com
www.thesoftmachine.com
Cheap Coffins took the stage with a new setup and a wildly overdriven sound, roaring through and shaking the underbelly of our vessels and venue... In this divine distortion all was made anew, strange artifacts unearthed and brought into screaming focus; a tortured vision of a deep underworld.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Cheap Coffins took the stage with a new setup and a wildly overdriven sound, roaring through and shaking the underbelly of our vessels and venue... In this divine distortion all was made anew, strange artifacts unearthed and brought into screaming focus; a tortured vision of a deep underworld.
FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | @australianschoolofsexuality.com | 29 Aug 2025
Kidskin in a wall of sound & rushing beats; a witch of the dance floor, calling out an ethereal invitation to writhe and move the flesh upon bones, shaking off the calcification of what we become.
📸 Rayveness Studios
Kidskin in a wall of sound & rushing beats; a witch of the dance floor, calling out an ethereal invitation to writhe and move the flesh upon bones, shaking off the calcification of what we become.
📸 Rayveness Studios
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | @australianschoolofsexuality.com | 29 Aug 2025
Kidskin in a wall of sound & rushing beats; a witch of the dance floor, calling out an ethereal invitation to writhe and move the flesh upon bones, shaking off the calcification of what we become.
📸 Rayveness Studios
Kidskin in a wall of sound & rushing beats; a witch of the dance floor, calling out an ethereal invitation to writhe and move the flesh upon bones, shaking off the calcification of what we become.
📸 Rayveness Studios
A reflection on why we do, what we do.
Art is resistance, sex is subversion.
thesoftmachineproductions.substack.com/p/carnal-kno...
Art is resistance, sex is subversion.
thesoftmachineproductions.substack.com/p/carnal-kno...
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A reflection on why we do, what we do.
Art is resistance, sex is subversion.
thesoftmachineproductions.substack.com/p/carnal-kno...
Art is resistance, sex is subversion.
thesoftmachineproductions.substack.com/p/carnal-kno...
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
TIDAL PLAYLIST because F*CK SPOTIFY - tinyurl.com/26bpcfrn
You can also find it at our website thesoftmachineproductions.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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
TIDAL PLAYLIST because F*CK SPOTIFY - tinyurl.com/26bpcfrn
You can also find it at our website thesoftmachineproductions.com
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
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
August 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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
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
@infernaldesiremachine.com
Von Riga / nest.of.ropes
@zclustermusic.com
Photos: Kierra Thorn
At the Bendigo Hotel, 26 March 2023
Von Riga / nest.of.ropes
@zclustermusic.com
Photos: Kierra Thorn
At the Bendigo Hotel, 26 March 2023
August 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
@infernaldesiremachine.com
Von Riga / nest.of.ropes
@zclustermusic.com
Photos: Kierra Thorn
At the Bendigo Hotel, 26 March 2023
Von Riga / nest.of.ropes
@zclustermusic.com
Photos: Kierra Thorn
At the Bendigo Hotel, 26 March 2023
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
August 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
TLDR Rope stuff loud dark feels
FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV - 29 August at Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
TLDR Rope stuff loud dark feels
FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV - 29 August at Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | 29 August | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | 29 August | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
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!
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
Come forth to Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs IV on 29 Aug, marking the commencement of @australianschoolofsexuality.com ’s ASSfest in Sydney!
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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!
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
Come forth to Flesh Rituals & Siren Songs IV on 29 Aug, marking the commencement of @australianschoolofsexuality.com ’s ASSfest in Sydney!
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
@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.
See them return to the stage in Sydney on 29 August at FRSS IV, the opening event for @australianschoolofsexuality.com 's ASSFest S25.
August 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
@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.
See them return to the stage in Sydney on 29 August at FRSS IV, the opening event for @australianschoolofsexuality.com 's ASSFest S25.
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
COME FKN WITNESS
29 August | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
COME FKN WITNESS
29 August | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
@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
Beautiful video / edits by @luxxandlumens.bsky.social
Shot at The Vanguard, Newtown
August 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
@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
Beautiful video / edits by @luxxandlumens.bsky.social
Shot at The Vanguard, Newtown
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
@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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
Witness @saijaidenlillith.com’s binding at the hands of Mistress Toyko, as she joins @shahaoul.bsky.social in the containment circle.
29 August | Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
Witness @saijaidenlillith.com’s binding at the hands of Mistress Toyko, as she joins @shahaoul.bsky.social in the containment circle.
29 August | Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
August 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
@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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
July 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
@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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
July 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
29 August | FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS IV | Darling Nikki’s, Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
The Hunger - @zclustermusic.com & Barefoot Juliette binding @saijaidenlillith.com at FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS III at Stay Gold, Melbourne
July 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Hunger - @zclustermusic.com & Barefoot Juliette binding @saijaidenlillith.com at FLESH RITUALS & SIREN SONGS III at Stay Gold, Melbourne
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
July 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
A collaboration with @australianschoolofsexuality.com for ASSfest S26…
ZCLUSTER + MISTRESS TOKYO
MYXI BUN
CHEAP COFFINS
INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINE
KIDSKIN
EM JADE
EVE X
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
A collaboration with @australianschoolofsexuality.com for ASSfest S26…
July 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
A collaboration with @australianschoolofsexuality.com for ASSfest S26…
ZCLUSTER + MISTRESS TOKYO
MYXI BUN
CHEAP COFFINS
INFERNAL DESIRE MACHINE
KIDSKIN
EM JADE
EVE X
thesoftmachineproductions.com/frss4
A collaboration with @australianschoolofsexuality.com for ASSfest S26…
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/FRSS4
With @zclustermusic.com / @mistresstokyo.bsky.social / @infernaldesiremachine.com / Cheap Coffins / Em Jade / Myxi Bun / Kidskin / Eve X
29 Aug | Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/FRSS4
June 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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
thesoftmachineproductions.com/FRSS4
With @zclustermusic.com / @mistresstokyo.bsky.social / @infernaldesiremachine.com / Cheap Coffins / Em Jade / Myxi Bun / Kidskin / Eve X
29 Aug | Sydney
thesoftmachineproductions.com/FRSS4
The conclusion of the Rites of Winter… with a feast of photos from MissTea Captures.
tinyurl.com/3db4ksx4
tinyurl.com/3db4ksx4
June 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The conclusion of the Rites of Winter… with a feast of photos from MissTea Captures.
tinyurl.com/3db4ksx4
tinyurl.com/3db4ksx4