“can play to anything, and will try anything” (Tricky, Pitch Perfect PR)
Marie-Claire Schlameus, also known as mcchaos, is a cellist, producer, composer, and vocalist whose open and experimental approach has led to collaborations across a wide range of genres.
Her main focus is toechter, a Copenhagen–Berlin-based string trio that creates electronic and experimental music entirely from strings and voices. In her project Sometimes with Others, she develops raw, guitar-driven soundscapes together with Kristof Hahn (lap steel) and Mika Bajinski (guitar, vocals). Alongside these projects, she works as an arranger for bands, films, dance, and theatre. She was recently commissioned to compose music for Germany’s renowned crime series Tatort – Colonius, inspired by the aesthetic of Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix), and co-wrote the score for Porcelaine, a short film by Annika Birgel, together with Sam Bower. She is currently developing a new soundtrack inspired by the music of Schubert, which will premiere at this year’s Berlinale.
Since 2022, MC has been part of the live bands of Danish artist Agnes Obel and German rapper Casper. With Agnes Obel, she weaves live warm orchestral loops while singing simultaneously; with Casper, she merges vocals, sampled strings, and synth-like cello sounds.
Her performances have taken her across Europe, the UK, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.
In the studio, she has collaborated with Agnes Obel, Swans, and Ólafur Arnalds, and appeared on recordings by Tricky (including the KEXP Live Session). MC studied violoncello and chamber music at the University for Music and Theatre Leipzig.
As a composer, she is signed to Random Musick Berlin.