LAFIDKI is the moniker of Saphy Vong, who has been releasing experimental electronic since 2008. He was born in a refugee camp in Phanat Nikhon (Thailand) to Cambodian refugee parents who fled Pol Pot's regime. He released his EP ‘Absynthax’ via Orange Milk records. He's a sound artist and conceptual collagist who performs around the world. His music is an confluence of ideas, synthesising multiple underrepresented histories, geographies, musical genres and cultural signifiers into compelling, colourful sonic material that packs contemporaneous dancefloor weight.

LAFIDKI has played at a number of international festivals: Donau Festival 2018 (Krems), VIA 2012 (Pittsburgh), Nuit blanche - French Institute 2016 (Kyoto/Japan), represented Cambodia at Tallinn Music Week. He has shared stage with Hype Williams, KXP, Tzusing, James Ferraro, Nightmares on Wax, Molly Nilsson, Andy Stott, Varg, Tropic of Cancer, Laurel Halo, Amnesia Scanner, Faka and James Holden.

PRESS:

Interview on Bandcamp:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/08/14/chinabot-electronic-label-feature/

Interview on ATTN:
https://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/features/13169

Interview on SecretThirteen::
https://secretthirteen.org/st-spotlight-chinabot/

"The insistent gong chime of Lafidki's slow burning rave with the arrythmic turbulence of colossal, layered synth loops, the Chinabot project is only at the beginning of what is bound to be a vital and illuminating journey" The Wire Magazine

"Lafidki’s Chinabot is a high-sheen, psychedelic mish-mash, riding pulsing synths into differing J- and K-pop-like states of hyperreality. It’s tinted by regional traditions, veers into manically noisy instrumentals, and is colored by the contributions from the various guests." Daily Bandcamp

'Lafidki is Saphy Vong creating dance electronic collage, a series of bursts of ecstatic energy, reminiscent of caboladies jamming out with a techno version of the boredoms in a nightclub' Orange Milk

'The only tracks you need to hear' on Dazed and confused Magazine
http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/36074/1/the-only-tracks-you-need-to-hear-this-week

"...the brightest synth patterns and the biggest beats, doing some sort of amplified tropical rhythm along with starry, crystalline synths. Basically, it sounds like staring up at the stars and zoning out while dancing for a few minutes..." Foxy digitalis