Sofie Birch

Sofie Birch is a sound artist working with live ambient electro-acoustic music, using textures, frequencies, field recordings, synthesis, voice, and trance-based instruments to shape immersive sonic environments. Her practice approaches sound as both material and medium—capable of subtly shifting perception, attention, and states of presence. Ambient Abracadabra is her evolving sound practice, unfolding between radio, live performance, and immersive environments. It treats listening as a space in itself—where sound, atmosphere, and attention gently reshape experience. Each month, she hosts Ambient Abracadabra on NTS, a collage of listeners’ adventurous sound works interwoven with excerpts from conversations on natural medicine, spiritual inquiry, and the unknown. With more than ten years of experience, Sofie has composed and produced sound for theatre, film, and art installations. Her work has received recognition including the Carl Nielsen Talent Prize, as well as critical attention from platforms such as Pitchfork. She performs internationally, both solo and in collaboration with Antonina Nowacka. Alongside her touring practice, she runs a sound studio and cultivates a large garden with her partner, Anders Christophersen, on a small island outside Copenhagen. At the core of her work is an ongoing exploration of perception, interconnectedness, and the intelligence of nature. Working across sound, space, and form, she creates environments for deep listening—ranging from intimate acoustic settings to multichannel compositions, often incorporating visual and spatial elements such as costume and stage design. Her work invites a heightened sensitivity to sound as a vibrational and relational force—opening spaces for presence, subtle transformation, and attunement to the living world.