EPK
“A careful balance of soft harmonics, Eno & Lanois-esque melodic detail, slo-mo chordal shifts, and drifting, dreamlike field recordings”
Artist Bio:
sohme production is the sound-based practice of producer, performing artist and architectural designer Saumon Oboudiyat. Based in Philadelphia, PA - sohme’s work is informed by nearly a decade of work as an architectural designer and a lifetime of musicianship - integrating analog & digital synthesis, acoustic instrument performance, and field recording - into experimental, textured, cinematic, and immersive compositions.
His debut album Palm (out now in digital album & vinyl formats via Phantom Limb Spirituals imprint) reflects on new fatherhood, cultural duality, and shifting stages of life through a delicate synthesis of acoustic instrumentation, electronic textures, and environmental sound.
Official Releases: Listen to Palm (album) & The Wound Where The Light Enters (film score) below.
Also available on streaming DSP’s (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.)
Live Performances:
Selected Performances & Presentations
2026
Asian Arts Initiative
Supporting LEENALCHI 이날치. Presented by R5 Productions.
October 28, 2026
The Rotunda at UPenn
Presented by The Event Horizon Series (lineup TBA)
October 16, 2026
Phasing Series — A quarterly immersive listening series curated and performed by sohme, featuring live synthesis and locally harvested field recordings.
Presented in collaboration with Move With Love.
August 14, 2026
Pageant : Soloveev
Supporting Spite of Darkness. Presented by Fire Museum Presents & Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture.
July 18, 2026
2223 Fish
Supporting with Matt O’Hare for Vildava & Peretsky’s June Tour with visuals by Luminous Abstract.
June 7, 2026
Johnny Brenda’s
Supporting Cole Pulice’s North American Spring Tour.
May 13, 2026
Passages S4/P6 at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
With Earthen Sea, Kiernan Laveaux, David Scott Kessler, and Malzof with projections by Klip Collective & Luminous Abstract.
Resident Advisor Pick / Sold Out
March 21, 2026
Launderette Records
With Asphalt Savannahs and Being Made Like God. Presented by Outside Noise.
January 23, 2026
2025
Vox Populi
Supporting Kyle Turgeon’s Trying.
September 30, 2025
SOUND HOUSE
With Blank For.ms, Matthew Ryals, and Tether. Presented by The Low Pass & Fire Museum Presents.
September 12, 2025
Installations, Public Art & Interdisciplinary Work
Association for Public Art — Finalist
Finalist for the 2026 Art on the Parkway civic public art commission.
Proposal: Many Philadelphias — a geolocated soundwalk and mosaic installation developed in collaboration with Kristen Kneville Taylor.
Lectures & Workshops
Guest lectures: Reverence & Sound Crafting
December 3–4, 2025.
sohme Live Set at Passages
Photo by: Justin Gibbon (Great Circles)
Press / Interviews / Radio / Blog Features
N.T.S. Radio
Resident Advisor
First Floor Newsletter
Jazz Music Hi-Res
Atmospheric Music Alliance
WRTI 90.1 (Philadelphia, PA)
2SER 107.3 Radio (Sydney, Australia)
Zabrij Radio (Zagreb, Croatia)
Silent Radio UK
Midbrow
Porch Swing Orchestra
Music For The Rest Of Us
Endaural
Son Of Marketing
Cyclic Defrost
A Closer Listen
Radiant Sound
“Hypnotic, its lilting pads moving with the grace of a ballet dancer before the whole song suddenly evaporates into the ether”
Contact Information:
General Inquiry: info@sohmeproduction.com
Booking: booking@sohmeproduction.com
Label Inquiry: james@phantom-limb.co.uk
Phone: (610) 864-6100
Social Media Links:
Instagram
Bluesky
Sync Interest: Past commissions and demo reel.
DISCO.AC link for Palm album release.
Downloadable Assets:
Press Photos, Credits, .WAV Masters (Sync), Press Release/Artist Bio