Synthetic Children

About the work

 

Synthetic Children is the solo moniker of Te Papaioea - and soon to be Pōneke - based artist Celina Goacher (either/eyether, Khaki Department, bitch whistle). Via hardware synths and drum machines she endeavors to create cathartic dancefloor experiences, navigating murky, dissociative atmospheres with her autotuned vulnerabilities, and discovering gender-euphoric climaxes atop weighty grooves. Her recent output spans experiments with guitar textures, blast beats and emo on 2024’s ‘like a peeled orange sinks in water’, whilst the bubbling beats and hyperpop vocals of 2025's ‘Smooch EP’ showcase “Palmy’s premier snack pack herself” (Diesel Jenny) taking her love for dance music to its transgender-runglist niche. She's also fond of a stupidly heavy sub bass, as seen on a recent UKG and dubstep inspired EP 'joint effort' with AndWahn, and again on Big Fresh Collective's infamous compilation Footmahi ‘25. Synny C is prolific, with an ever expanding back catalogue showcasing a dedication to DIY hardware experimentation across no fixed genre. This makes her live sets an ever evolving and ever improvised deep dive through old drum machine projects, and whatever lyrics and synth patches are dug up that day. As well as playing the likes of Tāmaki's Loud and Proud festival, Synthetic Children is just as stoked to play tunes for 5 mates and some late night shoppers, gaining brief small-town virality in a Tūrangi facebook group after taking her hardware electronic setup to the iconic shopfront of Sanjay’s Selections dairy alongside co-conspirator Diesel Jenny.