“A mixtape of unreleased music and a few collaborations with friends which I thought would be a perfect mix for a Monday listen.”

KMRU, also known as Joseph Kamaru, is a sound artist originally from Nairobi and currently based in Berlin. He explores sound to convey various interpretations in his work, drawing from his listening experiences in Nairobi and beyond and grounded in the discourse of field recording, noise, and sound art.

Working under the guidance of Jasmine Guffund at Berlin’s Universität der Künste (better known as UDK), KMRU looked at waveforms and embarked on a process where he would “write scores from the shapes, gradually turning the scores into raw synth sounds.”
 

Kamaru’s ambient-experimental music has taken him to the Barbican, Berlin Atonal, Présences
électronique, and seen releases on Editions Mego, Subtext, Seil Records.

His new LP ‘Dissolution Grip,’ released on his OFNOT imprint, marks a shift in his approach, blending field recordings with synthesized sounds, hinting at his evolving musical direction.

With all that in mind, we thought we’d ask Kamaru to put us together this week’s mixtape for a Monday… let’s get stuck in.

@kamarujoseph

INTERVIEW

KMRU - The Ransom Note 'Monday Is OK' Mixtape

https://soundcloud.com/forlornforlorn b2b https://soundcloud.com/hadrihadrihadri

forlorn b2b hadri (28/10/23)

Detox № 28 - Emre Girginkaya

Tracklist:

IRVING BERLIN, PRO MUSICA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, ROBERT ASHLEY - Remember (edit)
KARRIEM RIGGINS - daooooh!!
field recording Cidrerie 2022
JONATHAN SCHERK - A6 (reverse)
EXCERPT OF LICHT - Stockhausen's Legacy
MARK FELL - Intra-3
LEAFAR LEGOV - Fade (Jan Jelinek remix)
FRANÇOIS BAYLE - Journal (edit)
ANDREW PEKLER - Love You You Know
J DILLA - Jay Dee (Instrumental 16)
JONNY GREENWOOD, KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima (edit)
THELONIOUS MONK - Ugly Beauty
JEFF PARKER - Ugly Beauty
MASAYOSHI FUJITA - Moonlight (Jan Jelinek remix)
field recoding Liège 2022
JAN JELINEK - Corridors III
HARETON SALVANINI - Salamandras
JAN JELINEK - Silver Circle
Shortwave clips from 1982 Tape 1
ANTOINE BERJEAUT - Frontera (loop)
GUY REIBEL - Canon sur une trompe africaine
STEPHAN MATHIEU - Day Is Young
CHRISTINA VANTZOU - Wild Beast
JAN JELINEK - Western Mimikry
GEORGIA SPIROPOULOS - Brut (edit)
BRIAN WILSON - Oh Lord
TERRE THAEMLITZ - A-Program
Steve Albini cutting and splicing tape
PANORAM - Bad Request
DAVID VERSACE - Awake For You
ROBERT ASHLEY - She Was A Visitor (edit)
ROMÉO POIRIER, PHILIPPE POIRIER - Gibs
AMERICAN CREAM BAND - Magic Spells Reunite
DAPHNE ORAM - Melodic Group Shape III
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - Zure
PHILIP GLASS - Einstein On The Beach: Knee Play 5
ORFF: CATULLI CARMINA - Stravinsky: Les Noces (The Wedding) (1923 Version): Part 1 Scene 1: The Bride’s chamber

©Lamiral Poirier

https://lyl.live/episode/romeo-poirier

Roméo Poirier - lyl radio 20.12.2023

info + tracklist: https://radio.syg.ma/episodes/sinister-flower-w-seagit-arc
https://soundcloud.com/seagit_arc

sinister flower

sinister flower w/ Seagit Arc

Detox № 33 - fdg.

or the first NARR Radio episode this year, I’ve teamed up with Domingo, my counterpart on bad lsd trips. Our set mirrors both our sonic preferences and music-making approach, leading to the creation of our second album set to be released via enmossed later this year. Expect the unexpected in this eclectic mix of hums and sounds, featuring early industrial sounds, dark atmospheres, psychedelic textures, and layers of disjointed dialogue. Enjoy the trip!

Doris Dana - Bad Lsd Trips Takeover 14/01/24

a chasmic trip by Mattia Onori (@hrnrmusic) — a prelude to their upcoming album on @southern-lights-rec

₀₂₃ 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶

PortaRadi0 w/ Slyn 08-02-2024

@somewherepress
Somewhere Press is a Glasgow-based record label that embodies the emotive, narrative-led spaces in sound work, uplifting outsider voices and queering notions of experimental music and print. 

This mix explores the discrepant sounds of dream states.
Ethereal choral vocals are entangled with distorted and disturbed voices and a drifting psychedelic ambience is broken apart by rumbling atmospheres of industrial.
As layers break apart, raw and resonant drones float beneath the surface; an opiated, eternal delirium.

Photo credit: Marilena Vlachopoulou

Knekelhuis # 110 - Somewhere Press

A special message from Regenerative Spiritual Reset - don't take yourself & others too serious...

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