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Crucial Listening #58: KMRU

Waves of timelessness, electromagnetic chandelier recordings, Minilogue improvisations. The Nairobi-based sound artist discusses three (well, four) important albums.

Joseph’s picks:

Ana Roxanne – ~~~
Chris Watson – El Tren Fantasma
Rival Consoles – Persona

Honourable mention:
Idrissa Soumaoro – Djitoumou

The new KMRU record Peel is out now on Editions Mego. KMRU is on Bandcamp and has a website over at kmru.info. Also be sure check out Black Bandcamp – a crowd-sourced database of black artists and producers on Bandcamp.

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