For the final Phase Group Mix of 2022 we invite Loma Doom from Amsterdam to the series. 

Loma Doom - real name Femke Dekker - lives in Amsterdam where she's a vital member of the music scene, a seasoned digger and radio host as well as a curator and educator of contemporary art. Her dedication to radio is quite amazing, holding residencies on Radio Tempo Nao Para, Echobox Radio and Stranded FM as well as Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee, an online radio station dedicated to art.

For her Phase Group Mix she has gifted us with an expertly composed deep listening experience. One hour of shamanic trance moving through dark droning soundscapes, tribal percussion and ancient voices chanting echoing incantations, recorded live at the Radio Tempo Nao Para studios in Amsterdam. Thanks Femke!

Artwork by Andrija Čugurović.

Phase Group Mix - Loma Doom

Rami Abi Rafi’s work captures the essence of his migratory experiences. Born in the UK and of Lebanese heritage, he nowadays bridges between two burdened and deeply absorbing cities: Berlin and Beirut. The journey from London to Beirut, and current presence in Berlin, breathes the life into his work and inspired him to harmonize these influences in the different facets of his oeuvre.

As a DJ, Sound Artist, and Photographer, Rami's practice reflects a life lived at the crossroads of cultures and places. Subtly confronting and surprising, his works aim to empower imagination as they retell stories through music. They are an invitation to explore themes of memory, time, migration and forced existential exile. 

His first live performance was in Madame Claude’s infamous EXPERIMONTAG nights, one of the strongholds of Berlin’s experimental music scene. From there he appeared at Tresor’s New Faces, Silent Green, OHM, and ELSE and established a presence in Berlin's night culture. Rami has also made a name as radio host through monthly residencies on Radio Alhara, Noods Radio, and Cashmere Radio. 

Insijam, his show on Cashmere Radio focuses on the essence of chances and encounters. In Arabic, Insijam means harmony, and in this show different sounds peacefully coexist and enhance each other. Musique Concrète naturally merges with traditional Lebanese music, spoken words, and improv jazz. In these performances, Rami forms an auditory journey that deeply resonates with feelings of displacement and the eternal quest for belonging. To deliberately bring about this sentiment, Rami is versatile in using media - tapes, recordings and vinyl collected in the fragmented places that influenced him, are puzzled and layered together. They build fluid structures that bring people together and make them belong- through the experience of listening. 

For “love is on my side” on Noods Radio, Rami showcases Cold Wave, Post Punk and Synth tunes with a focus to offer a space for reflection. 

"Layali Insijam" on Radio Alhara, is a continuation of the INSIJAM project by documenting Folk music from Lebanon by highlighting musical plays and instrumental pieces. Radio is an important vessel of self-expression for Rami, and in his words, working with Radio made him a better listener and DJ.  

Moreover, Rami’s sound projects extend to sound art by amplifying chairs and manipulating samples of traditional Lebanese instruments. The Oud, Nay, Qanun, and Tabla intertwine with electro-acoustic elements, field recordings from Beirut and Berlin, and spoken words to evoke a sense of contemplation. 

But his examination of places and spaces and their significance for one’s identity and sense of belonging doesn’t stop here. As a photographer Rami’s current focus is on taking urban pictures. He seeks to find a deeper understanding of boundaries. They either separate or unify public and/or private realms, giving birth to spaces, which Rami coins as a “diasporic field”. Within these newly human-defined spaces, the pictures serve as a mirror. They capture and reveal these for Rami so important themes of remembrance and displacement.

Rami’s pursuit of harmonizing a fusion of influences - may it be via sound or visual art - acts as a reminder to embrace the beauty of chance encounters and form deep contemplations about belonging and the fluidity of cultural identity.

Written by Theresa Baumel -

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2025 summer:

05.12 Minimal Mondays @ Vilnius
06.23 Minimal Mondays @ Kaunas
06.28 Rąžė @ Palanga
07.12 Yaga Gathering @ Spengla
08.11 River Sound Showcase @ Minimal Mondays, Vilnius
08.16 River Sound Festival @ Kernavė

2024:

01.13 Radio TNP @ Amsterdam
03.08 Kaskados @ Sodas 2123
03.30 Hao Dao @ Sodas 2123
04.05 MM Birthday @ Gallery_1986, Vilnius
05.25 Rievės @ Alytus
05.31 Area127 @ Opium Club, Vilnius /w Woody92
06.07 Audra Festival @ Kaunas
07.27 Minimal Mondays @ Vilnius
08.23 Rąžė @ Palanga
08.30 Montag Tanzen @ Tema, Klaipėda 
09.14 Opium Club, Vilnius
10.12 Estrada, Vilnius
11.22 Forever and Sunsmell @ Sodas 2123, Vilnius
12.05 Amulet of Tears @ Draugų vardai, Vilnius
12.31 NYE @ Lukiškių kalėjimas 2.0, Vilnius

2023: 

01.28 Refuge Worldwide @ Berlin
03.04 Dykuma @ Lizdas /w Vladimir Ivkovic, Manfredas
04.22 Isla to Isla @ Gallery_1986
05.06 Radio Vilnius B-day @ Gallery_1986
06.03 Rąžė @ Palanga
06.12 Minimal Mondays @ Vilnius
06.16 O Kodėl Ne? @ Kaunas /w Elboe
06.22 Audra Showcase @ Utopia, Vilnius
06.30 Audra Festival @ Kaunas
07.05 Rąžė @ Palanga
07.15 Yaga Gathering @ Spengla
07.22 Parkas, Vilnius
07.28 Art Cue @ Kupolas, Nida
08.14 DT CAMP Afterparty 
09.28 Hao Dao Special @ SODAS 1323, Vilnius
10.15 Godo Bar, Kaunas
12.26 Apres Ski @ Ipanema, Kaunas
12.31: NY Party 2024 @ Sodas 2123, Vilnius

2022:

01.22 Dykuma @ Opium Club w/ Circus Operandi
03.10 Kiosk Radio @ Brussels
06.10 Opium Club
07.14 Yaga Gathering 
07.30 Kupolas, Nida
08.04 Marsas Bar @ Vilnius
08.12 Ošia Bar, Palanga
08.29 Minimal Mondays, Vilnius
10.31 Dykuma @ Lizdas Club, Kaunas /w Zohar
11.11 Opera Social House, Vilnius
12.31 Lukiškių kalėjimas 2.0 @ Vilnius

2021:

12.10 Dykuma @ Opium Club w/ Alexis Le-Tan, Patricia Kokett
11.26 Biblioteka @ Vilnius
10.22 All nighter @ Space Bar, Šiauliai
08.21 Dykuma @ Opium Club, Vilnius w/ Roe Deers
08.20 Highlights @ Space Bar, Šiauliai
07.23 Ant Bangos Festival @ Nida
06.23 Dykuma @ Opium Club, Vilnius w/ Marijus Klimaitis, Psychotropin