Sofie Royer

Sofie Fatouretchi Royer is an artist and musician, born in California to Austrian and Iranian parents. She is based between Vienna and Paris, and has released two solo albums, Cult Survivor, 2020 and Harlequin, 2022. Classically trained, she spent her teenage years in Vienna studying concert violin and viola at the Konservatorium; performing with the Junge Philharmonie in the Volksoper, Musikverein, Konzerthaus, and various concert halls. As an adult she has played in the Vienna Akademische Philharmonie.

Her work in music began when she started interning at Stones Throw Records, an independent music label based in Los Angeles, and was subsequently hired as digital manager, a role which expanded to A&R duties; bringing several artists to the label. Her foundations in DJing began at a Stones Throw hosted night called 56, which took place at the now defunct Mr T’s Bowl in Highland Park. There she connected with Boiler Room, when they scheduled their first West Coast broadcast in 2012, and she was booked to open for Dam-Funk, J Rocc and Peanut Butter Wolf. She quickly became responsible for the Los Angeles outpost, curating and hosting shows, later expanding her role within the company to business development, merchandise and creative direction, a move that saw her moving to New York and London. She has also had radioshow residencies on East Village Radio, NTS, Rinse FM, and ORF’s FM4.