Born in Michigan but raised in Oslo, Carmen Maria Hillestad aka Carmen Villain is a Norwegian-Mexican producer and electronic musician whose career to date has to a certain extent been marked by a progressive transformation. From fashion model in her late teens and early twenties to indie-rock singer songwriter and guitarist in ... [Continue Reading]
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KMRU: Peel
If a piece of music blends well with field recordings, there’s this sense of not knowing if the music is happening. Joseph Kamaru From Nairobi, Joseph Kamaru is a Kenyan electronic musician, sound artist and improviser who articulates his work around field recordings and found sounds. Sharing his time between his home country ... [Continue Reading]
Ordnance Survey: Field Work
Neil O’Connor is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and electronic musician based in Dublin who has been releasing music under the Somadrone moniker since the late 1990s while also working with Irish rock bands such as The Redneck Manifesto and Jape. Initiated in 2018, Ordnance Survey is a new collaborative project which sees the ... [Continue Reading]
Nala Sinephro: Space 1.8
There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres - Pythagoras Nala Sinephro is a young harpist, keyboard player and composer from Belgium now based in London. Composed and recorded between 2018 and 2019 and released on 3 September 2021 last on Warp Records, Space 1.8 blends ... [Continue Reading]
Galya Bisengalieva: Aralkum
Born in Kazakhstan and based in London, Galya Bisengalieva is a classically-trained violinist, composer and electronic musician. As the current leader of the London Contemporary Orchestra, she has been involved in a series of high profile collaborations with musicians as diverse as Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Suzanne ... [Continue Reading]
Úna Keane: Collaborations
Based in Dublin, Úna Keane is a modern classical pianist who thrives on a multi-disciplinary approach to performance by blending classical instrumentation with electronics, spoken word and visuals. Collaboration between musicians of different backgrounds is a favourite practice and can take many forms - from extensive rehearsals ... [Continue Reading]
Bohren & Der Club of Gore: Patchouli Blue
Formed in 1992, Bohren & Der Club of Gore is a German dark ambient jazz band from Mülheim an der Ruhr which originally emerged from the doom metal and grindcore scene. Comprised of Christoph Clöser, Morten Gass, Robin Rodenberg and Thorsten Benning, the band settled as a quartet from the late 1990s onwards until the ... [Continue Reading]