  We consider SU(N) Chern-Simons theory coupled to a scalar field in the
fundamental representation at strictly zero temperature and finite chemical
potential for the global U(1)_B particle number or flavour symmetry. In the
semiclassical regime we identify a Bose condensed ground state with a vacuum
expectation value (VEV) for the scalar accompanied by noncommuting background
gauge field matrix VEVs. These matrices coincide with the droplet ground state
of the Abelian quantum Hall matrix model. The ground state spontaneously breaks
U(1)_B and Higgses the gauge group whilst preserving spatial rotations and a
colour-flavour locked global U(1) symmetry. We compute the perturbative
spectrum of semiclassical fluctuations for the SU(2) theory and show the
existence of a single massless state with a linear phonon dispersion relation
and a roton minimum (and maximum) determining the Landau critical superfluid
velocity. For the massless scalar theory with vanishing self interactions, the
semiclassical dispersion relations and location of roton extrema take on
universal forms.
