Soce, the elemental wizard

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soce, the elemental wizard
soce, the elemental wizard
The correct title of this article is soce, the elemental wizard. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

soce, the elemental wizard (born Andrew Singer) is a New York City-based rapper and producer. One of the rap scene’s few openly gay MCs, soce has been favorably featured in magazines such as the Village Voice, NY Daily News, The New York Press, Time Out New York, Time Out London, Du&ich (Germany), The Forward, Out Magazine, Gay.Com, Trust Magazine (Germany), Siegessaule (Germany), Gay City News, The Source, Trust Magazine (Germany), Butter (Austria), Big Shot, URB Magazine, American Hunger Digimag, The San Francisco Bay Times, Film Maker Magazine, Whoopsy! Magazine, and New Hampshire Union Leader, and has been praised live on the radio by Michael Musto. His religious ancestry is Jewish.

He also recently appeared on MTV, VH1, HERE TV, Logo, WNYC and Sirius Satellite Radio, (OutQ, Raw Dog Comedy and Shade 45). He produces music for many other performers, including the track "Lick It" by God-des and She, which they performed live on the season finale of The L Word. He also produced "The Whole World" by MF Grimm, which appears on Grimm's new album American Hunger.

In addition to rapping onstage, soce plays the violin, piano, guitar and bass. During his performances, he typically dons a wizard’s cap. His latest shows have been at the Queens Museum of Art, Central Connecticut State University, Hunter College High School, Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College and The Knitting Factory, as well as in Berlin, London, Sheffield, Boston and NYC. He has upcoming shows scheduled in Chicago, Iowa City, Dubuque, Minneapolis, San Diego and Los Angeles. He currently has four flash featurettes: Sad and Lonely, RPG Interlude, Internet Treasure Quest and The Shortest Adventure Game You'll Ever Play. Sad and Lonely has been screen at film festivals in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Brazil. Look for four new flash cartoon videos coming soon: Party Foul, Not Ready, Slippin Away and IDL. He's also written a few ongoing stories, including Castle of DOOM, Life in Ancient Greece and the s.t.e.w. show.

soce is a graduate of Yale University and Phillips Exeter Academy.

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