Songpot · Amsterdam Dance Event 2026
Temple Rat
Erhu-led live electronics from Chengdu via Berlin
Based in Berlin, Germany · From China · Plays most in Berlin, Shanghai, Beijing
The core instrument is the erhu, folded into electronic production rather than used as decoration. Her live work tends toward cinematic, organic textures, with bowed lines, field-like atmospheres, and club pulse held back in favor of space and detail.
More about Temple Rat
Temple Rat is May, a Chengdu-born, Berlin-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who built her project from Chinese folk instrumentation and underground electronic practice. Her profile and ADE bio both place her between Chinese traditional music, Berlin club culture, and site-specific performance, with appearances at Berghain, RSO, and Boiler Room cited on her own site and RA.
A story
She started learning the erhu at age 9 in Chengdu. In their own words
Playing
- 2026-10-24 20:30 · Minimal Collective x Oude Kerk: Post-Space - Saturday · Oude Kerk Amsterdam
Start here
- Whispers of Water and Spring (2026)
The piece she is reinterpreting at ADE.
Read
- Will The Pandemic Spark A Return To Local Lineups? Resident Advisor, 2020
- Temple Rat - The Composition Of Air Resident Advisor, 2023
- Various - Kāthā Resident Advisor, 2021
For fans of
Aïsha Devi, Hatis Noit, JlinOfficial links
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