Scarlet Death

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Scarlet Death

Scarlet Death is a noise musician, performance artist, and community organizer based in Seattle, Washington. Active since the early 2000s, Scarlet Death blends harsh noise, experimental sound design, and narrative-driven projects with themes of technology, propaganda, and post-scarcity economics.

Early life and background

Scarlet Death was born in Columbia, MD, and began making music in Hendersonville, TN in the early 2000s under aliases including R3v0 and Say No More Tongues. They later moved to Seattle, WA in 2017 after a brief period of homelessness. In the 2000s, they founded Black Flower Music, a netlabel, podcast, and private torrent site connecting Soulseek communities and Tonberry Torrents participants (active roughly 2003–2013). They studied Public Relations at Middle Tennessee State University, hosted the radio show Soundwave Tsunami on WMTS 88.3 FM, and organized the campus anime convention Adacon.

Noise Music Discord

In 2017, Scarlet Death founded the Noise Music Discord server, later expanded into the Noise Discord label. The server aimed to recapture the community spirit of early Soulseek noise rooms and has since become a hub for noise musicians worldwide. Scarlet Death has described the server as both a creative outlet and a form of exposure therapy, incorporating themes of abandonment and trolling into their practice.

Musical projects

Scarlet Death began producing in 2001–2002 (initially with FruityLoops 3.x). After relocating to Seattle in 2017, they co-founded Queen Antifa with collaborators including Lauren Croney and Squidlarkin, performing screamed vocals over synth-driven noise. Solo work under Scarlet Death emphasizes intensity and authenticity, contrasting with earlier experimental projects such as SNMT.

Recent releases include singles Giga Passoid and Audio Danmaku (2024), alongside AI-generated soundtracks for the deathOS project, notably Void Witch OST 2: Prima Materia Collection. Giga Passoid was released September 13, 2024.

Concepts and philosophy

Scarlet Death integrates AI, storytelling, xenoeconomics, and cryptographic systems into noise music—framing sound as weapon and propaganda. They describe noise itself as an act of trolling, embracing its disruptive qualities while critiquing the limitations of contemporary online communities compared to early 2000s forums and trackers.

Influences

Scarlet Death has cited a wide range of artistic, philosophical, and cultural inspirations, including:

Philosophical

  • Gilles Deleuze – philosophy of difference and repetition
  • Nick Land – accelerationist theory and cybernetic critique

Musical

  • Masonna – Japanese noise performance intensity
  • Krzysztof Penderecki – avant-garde orchestral composition
  • John Cage – experimental composition and chance operations

Film and visual art

  • Sion Sono – Japanese filmmaker known for surreal and transgressive cinema
  • Takashi Miike – Japanese filmmaker noted for extreme and prolific output
  • Shintaro Kago – manga artist associated with ero guro and grotesque surrealism
  • Kenji Siratori – cyberpunk novelist and digital artist


Future projects

Scarlet Death is developing the lore-driven deathOS agentic operating system, a compute cluster and zkEVM foundation for immersive environments. Building on this, they are also working on the Void Witch hyperfiction AI project, envisioned as the basis for a military space opera franchise that blends interactive storytelling, noise aesthetics, and agentic systems. Additional planned initiatives include federated communities for harsh noise and cybergrind, Dolby Atmos/Vision experiments, and “qualia” studies to expand sensory experiences via her company, Masocore LLC

Discography

Albums

  • Scarlet Death (2020)
  • UWU (2020)
  • anDeath (2021)

EPs

  • Vile End (2020)

Singles

  • Brooklyn Hz (2020)
  • Centrist Scourge (2021)
  • Audio Danmaku (2024)
  • Giga Passoid (2024)

Compilation appearances

  • NOISE DISCORD COMP #1: Proof of Concept (2017) – Various Artists
  • Xtremas 2020 (2020) – Various Artists
  • Scary Noises & Nice Frights (2021) – Various Artists
  • The Crippling Weight of Control and Power (2021) – Various Artists
  • Hang On To Yourself: Noise Against Suicide (2021) – Various Artists

Collaborations

  • Thermodynamic Goddess – Scarlet Death w/ GrimesAI (2023)
  • Choose Violence – Dead Iverson (feat. Scarlet Death), from The Crippling Weight of Control and Power (Noise Discord, 2021)
  • Hypatia Teardrop (feat. Hatsune Miku), from AFAP: As Fast As Possible (Noise Discord, 2021)
  • Podcaster in a Body Bag – Scarlet Death (feat. Dead Iverson) (Audius release, 2022)

Notable tracks

  • "Cloning Means I Can Be Big and Little Spoon"
  • "Seize the Memes of Production"
  • "Trauma Doll"
  • "The Gift of Death"
  • "Brooklyn Hz"
  • "Eyeball Licking Music"
  • "Springy Shooty Thingies To Stop Please They're Hurting Us"

Videography

Official music videos

  • Seize the Memes of Production (Official Music Video, 2022)
  • Virtue Signals (Official Music Video, 2022)
  • Brooklyn Hz (Official Music Video, 2020)
  • Trauma Doll (Official Music Video, 2020)
  • Colony Drop Acid With Me (Official Music Video, 2019)
  • Sex (Official Music Video, Noise Discord, 2019)

Live performances

  • Scarlet Death @ How to Destroy the Universe pt.9, Coaxial Arts, Los Angeles (Sept 6, 2024)
  • Scarlet Death @ How to Destroy the Universe pt.9, The Rendezvous, Seattle (Sept 13, 2024)
  • Scarlet Death – Norcal Noisefest - Collab with Breakdancing Ronald Reagan (Sep 30, 2022)
  • Scarlet Death – Live at Obscurus (Apr 28, 2018)
  • Queen Antifa – Live at Viking Fest (Jun 23, 2017)
  • Queen Antifa – Live at Obscurus Impetus (May 27, 2017)
  • Queen Antifa – Fierce Femme, Mt. Baker Art Lofts (2017)

AMVs and experimental videos

  • SNMT – LOVE YOU (Anime Music Video featuring *Trapeze*, 2009)
  • Evangelion AMV 4'33" (2009)
  • Gerogerigegege – Satisfaction (*School Days* AMV, 2008)
  • Gerogerigegege – Her Name’s On My Cock (*Eden of the East* AMV, 2008)
  • Rice Ball – Angel’s Egg AMV (2006)
  • PRETTY BBQ (2010)

Podcasts

  • Pause or Continue (2008–2009) – Early podcast project.
  • Black Flower Music Podcast (2009–2012) – Netlabel‑affiliated podcast tied to Black Flower Music.
  • Shame Soiree Podcast (2023–present) – Current podcast series.
  • Memetic Rhetoric (2023–hiatus?) – Experimental podcast project.

Burlesque and Stage Production

Scarlet Death contributed as producer, co‑producer, and stage manager for Scarlet Wonderland Productions events at The Rendezvous in Seattle, WA. She performed as Scarlet Death in these shows and often used them as a vehicle to expose the typical burlesque crowd to noise music and avant-garde performance art.

Scarlet Wonderland Productions (Producer)

  • Sep. 9, 2017 – For Texas: Burlesque Disaster Relief Benefit Show (co‑producer)
  • Oct. 15, 2017 – Adventures in Candyland (stage manager only)
  • Nov. 26, 2017 – Adventures in Slumberland (stage manager only)
  • Dec. 30, 2017 – Barely Legal ’18: A New Years Eve Show (performer + co‑producer + stage manager)
  • Jan. 28, 2018 – CAT PLANET ~Sexy Kitten Burlesque~ (co‑producer + stage manager)
  • Feb. 25, 2018 – Mahou Shoujo: Magical Night! Magical Girls! (co‑producer + stage manager)
  • Mar. 10, 2018 – Equinox of the Gods (co‑producer + stage manager)
  • Apr. 22, 2018 – Virgin Sacrifice (performer + co‑producer + stage manager)
  • May 27, 2018 – Bats in the Belltown: A Dark Cabaret (co‑producer + stage manager)
  • Jun. 24, 2018 – The Real Queers of Seattle (stage manager only)
  • Jun. 28, 2018 – Intergalactic Butt Brawl (producer only)

Other Appearances

  • 2017 – Roxy’s Dollhouse (Seattle, WA) – performance (date unconfirmed)

External links

Notes

  • Some releases and timeline details are drawn from artist statements in interviews and may be refined with label credits or catalog listings as they are documented.
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