ICNISP
Institute for Certified Nomadic Illicit Sonic Practices (ICNISP) is the Berlin-based duo of Brazilian musicians Marina Cyrino (flute) and Matthias Koole (electric guitar), formed in 2018. With a mixture of electronic and acoustic sound sources, objects and preparations, internal amplification and no-input mixing, the duo produces a lively and highly imaginative approach to their instruments. […]
Marruska Ensemble
The Spanish Marruska Ensemble arose in the wake of the F(r)icciones release by A. Maiah, Arruska member Asier Pérez Basterra, fulfilling a need to materialize a series of live compositions in which canonical musical genres are contrasted with sonic elements that exert a subtle friction, aiming to generate a certain feeling of discomfort in the […]
Margaux Gazur
Margaux Gazur is a composer, musician, producer and DJ. Her music is influenced by musique concrète, experimental jazz, world music and electronic music. She is constantly on the lookout for deep, organic sounds to create intimate atmospheres. Over the years, she has cultivated her own unique approach to music, her projects including DJing, live performances […]
Steph Kretowicz & Ben Babbitt
Steph Kretowicz are a writer, editor and journalist specializing in music, contemporary art and online culture. Their writing appears in Flash Art, Dazed & Confused, Resident Advisor, The Fader and The Wire, as well as The Guardian, Somesuch Stories, and Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Research Platform, among others. Ben Babbitt is a Los Angeles-based […]
Ravenna
Ravenna is from Porto, but now lives in Lisbon, after having spent time in Brazil, Spain and Italy in a process of self-discovery. After her idiosyncratic and direct experiments with electronics under the RVN alias, which left a legacy of performances and digital releases that would go from raw noise to almost ambient textures, Ravenna […]
Mankiyan
Mankiyan’s spatial sets are full of depth and intuition, spanning across heady dub, rave, UK bass and grime. She toys with complex rhythm sequences and easily switches genres, with healthy splashes of bright twists – but always with an impeccable sense of pace and flow. Mankiyan is injecting community-driven, unpretentious and unadulterated love for rave […]
Inês Malheiro
Inês Malheiro creates sound narratives using the human voice as raw material, whether improvised or premeditated – recycling broken voices and dismembered songs. In 2022, Malheiro released her debut album Deusa Náusea on Lovers and Lollypops, and between 2018 and 2020, she created The Endless Chaos Has An End, a music series based on moments […]
Mich L & Joris Perdieus A/V
Mich L. creates abstract, experimental music with a meditative character that requires careful and deep listening and a willingness to accept a certain degree of uncertainty. His compositions are produced with (analogue) electronic instruments, filters, a 4-track tape machine, effects pedals, processed instruments and field recordings. His work is mysterious and direct and embraces minimal […]
Ugnė Uma
Ugnė Uma’s musical stance is influenced by experimental poetry and Lithuania’s 20th century underground music scene – jazz and folk, resulting from the liberation of the country’s independence movements. She hosts a radio show about contemporary jazz called Hao Dao and also works as an art writer and essayist. Together with saxophonist Sam Gendel, she […]
Nina
There is a sureness that underlies Nina’s sets. A ricocheting swarm of musique concrète’s contemporary tearaway forms sit at the deep end, and an assembly of exploratory sound practices beckon us out from the shallows. Liable to combust into a wave of percussive shards and staccato shrapnel to rival techno’s own claims. Working as a […]