KMRU´s new album ¨Peel¨ is out now on Edititos Mego.
Peel is KMRU´s debut in Editions Mego, a six-piece work in which he mixes " field recordings and electronics that unravel at a slow and repetitive rate to expose a rich tapestry of sound that has been revered for its ability to cross borders with a deep stream of emotional content. "
The album was written during his trip to Montreal in March where he played at the Mutek Festival, as well as the journey back to Nairobi before borders closed for lockdown.
Head here to listen, download or pre-order a copy of Peel.
Katiusha talks to Ransom Note: “Radio in the Context of Social Isolation”
Katiusha got the feels about radio during lockdown time; she has written about it for @thisisransomnote.
"Thanks to @kmah_radio, @bradley_zero and @noodsradio for sharing their thoughts (and s/o to my one and only @cashmere_radio for just being great) 🐐📻 Link is in the ol’ bio. Also worth adding that since the time of writing @resident_advisor have done a really great The Hour on the topic, which goes into more detail – so if you wanna hear more in this vein, go check that out on their Soundcloud 👍"
Read more here:
Announcing Mr. Redley joins the roster
We are stoked to welcome Mr. Redley to the Delia gang!
Mr. Redley is a purveyor of Black Electronic music, with both his radio show and his DJ sets melding the eclectic rhythms of the UK’s electronic dance scene with the deep and soulful history of America’s House and industrial Techno Movements. Find out more...
New mix up for SIREN from Katiusha
https://soundcloud.com/sirenldn/sirenmix016
ICYMI: Ribeka at Lente Kabinet for the Dekmantel crew
https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/ribeka-at-lente-kabinet-festival-2019
Listen back: SOUVENIR play for Man Band on Rinse FM France
https://soundcloud.com/man-band/rinse-france-man-band-w-souvenir-july-2019
Listen: Katiusha flexin’ her unique style at Cosmic Roots Festival
https://soundcloud.com/cosmicrootsfestival/katiusha-live-cosmic-roots-festival-2019
Listen back: Jessica plays her best set yet at Headroom festival
Headroom kicked started it's inaugural year in Wales last weekend!
Co-hosted by our powerhouse, Jessica, you can listen back to the big party vibes, so close your eyes and pretend you're on the dance floor again! Thank us later!
"Recording of my set at Headroom Festival Aug 2019. I played in Room 1 after Jake Hodgkinson and before Gwenan. 90 mins of full party rollers. Excuse the silent gaps at the end, there was singalongs happening ha.
Thanks again to everyone involved on this wonderful weekend. Hope you enjoy listening back x"
Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/jessica_dj/live-headroom
Latest Mix: Above The Clouds #6 with Katiusha: Cloudless
Aired on 23rd July, Katiusha's latest mix on Cashmere Radio is online for your ears only!
What would happen if there were never any clouds at all? If clouds are the notation; the rhythm – would no clouds leave us with silence?
This midsummer episode honours the outstretched blue-sky that provides an eternal canvas for every cloud expression there is. This month and this month only, Above The Clouds sinks into expansive ambient, ethereal soundscapes and wistful vocals for an hour and a half you can really lie on your back to.
https://cashmereradio.com/episode/above-the-clouds-6-with-katiusha-cloudless
KMRU’s new mix online for Open Editions / British Earways
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Unseen Objects
KMRU
Joseph Kamaru (aka KMRU) is a DJ and producer based in Kenya. Although an active participant on the Nairobi electronic music scene, he is less known in the UK. Let’s hope that’s about to change...
His programme for British Earways, ‘Unseen Objects’, will be an unwinding, ever evolving, body of work that meanders between the real and imaginary. Field recordings made in his home town (as well as locations as far flung as St Petersburg and Berlin) are threaded on a chain of ambient events that suspend actuality: somewhat in the manner of a score for a film that will never be made.
Bringing to mind the philosophical conundrum about whether a falling tree in a forest makes a sound as it crashes to the ground if no one is present to hear it, ‘Unseen Objects’ raises a metaphysical question about unperceived existence. To invert the maxim that ‘to be is to be perceived’, KMRU’s redolent synth improvisations and eavesdropping on everyday life, once heard, bring a whole other world into precise existence.