Slowfoam, aka Madelyn Byrd, is a Berlin-based DJ, sound artist, educator, and co-founder of Gravity Pleasure, a FLINTA-focused label and platform. Moving fluidly between-and-beyond genre, they blur the peripheries of drone, field recording, spoken word, electro-acoustics, breakbeat, and dubwise terrtitories. Spanning deep listening and club environments, Slowfoam’s live & DJ sets are tenderly crafted reflection zones for multifaceted moods and queered resonances, inviting listeners to dive into possibilia, catharsis, and the magic of the in-between.

in March 2024, Slowfoam released their acclaimed debut LP, Transcorporeal Portal, with Somewhere Press, featured as one of Bandcamp’s Best Ambient Albums of 2024. They have also released music with Mappa, Lillerne, Knekelhuis, and Archaic Vaults, amongst others. Over the past decade, they have performed and toured extensively, including Subbacultcha (NL), Cafe Oto (London), The Lab (San Francisco), Morse (Tokyo), and Morphine Raum (Berlin). They are one of Musicboard Berlin’s 2025 scholarship recipients for their forthcoming album, Rig, set to be released in 2026. Slowfoam was the winnter of the 2025 raster open call: European Soundtrack prize in the category ‘Elegiac’.

Slowfoam is 1/3 of the spoken word project, Songs for the Crossing, alongside Pablo Diserens and Lou Croff Blake, and 1/4 of the experimental quartet FEU FOU, alongside Diane Barbé, Mondlane and LOH. They are a current resident of School of Commons, hosted by Zürich University of the Arts, as CHIMERA alongside Lou Croff Blake. In collabortion with slyn in 2025, they co-founded Gravity Pleasure, a FLINTA-focused label and music platform for aqueous sounds, education, and solidarity. Madelyn is also an educator, project consultant, and creative mentor working with artists who want to expand & queer their practice, build creative resilience, and cultivate meaningful work amidst friction-filled times.