The diverse sonic worlds that Carmen Villain has built over her career are shaped by her natural curiosity for sound. Her music hits a sweet spot between dub’s blunt rhythmic lilt and cosmic fourth world, with snatches of instruments such as the flute, voice, and clarinet creating evocative granular soundscapes and melodies. Her most recent studio album, Only Love From Now On, was released to critical acclaim, hailed as a masterpiece of jazz-informed ambient and downtempo. Last year, she released Music from The Living Monument, with selections from the score she composed for Eszter Salamon’s contemporary dance performance for the Norwegian National contemporary dance
company, Carte Blanche. She has collaborated with artists including Actress, Arve Henriksen, Biosphere, Huerco S, and rRoxymore. She is half Norwegian, half Mexican, and lives in Oslo.
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