Contact Wave: KMRU
10.16.22
Co-hosted by Chris Kissel and Chuck Soo-Hoo, the twice-monthly dublab program Contact Wave enthusiastically celebrates the best experimental, avant-garde, psychedelic, and off-the-grid music crafted in L.A. and beyond.
This week’s show features a conversation with KMRU, the recording name of Kenya-born, Berlin-based composer Joseph Kamaru. Over the last few years, KMRU has gained attention in experimental music circles for his atmospheric ambient recordings, often centered around field recordings presented and manipulated in various ways. Among other things, we spoke with KMRU about his newest release, don’t linger they might see you, the sound of life in Berlin, and his project archiving the work of his famous grandfather, the Kenyan Benga and gospel musician also named Joseph Kamaru.
Tracklist:
**KMRU Interview**
KMRU – dont linger they might see you (2022)
KMRU & Aho Ssan – Rebirth – from “Limen” (Subtext) (2022)
Mbé – Cerimônia (part. Juçara Marçal) – from “ROCINHA” (QTV) (2021)
MimiCof – Journey IV – from “Modulisme Session 072” (Modulisme) (2022)
Jessica Moss – This Continuous Spectrum – from “Galaxy Heart” (Constellation) (2022)
Pancèn Ora Disedya – from “Street Musicians of Yogyakarta” (Mississippi) (2011)
Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer – Held – from “Februarys” (Dauw) (2022)
Midwife – Sickworld (Hardly Art) (2022)
James Newton – Arkansas Suite (Solomon’s Sons) – from “Flute Music” (Morning Trip) (1975/2022)
Masahiko Togashi with Don Cherry & Charlie Haden – Oasis – from “Song Of Soil” (WEWANTSOUNDS) (1979/2022)
Dezron Douglas – Atalaya – from “ATALAYA” (International Anthem) (2022)
Oren Ambarchi – IV – from “Shebang” (Drag City) (2022)
KATE NV – kiss – from “bouquet” (RVNG Intl.) (2022)
Tokio Ono – VB12 – from “Individuals” (Not Not Fun) (2022)
June Chikuma – Something is Technically Wrong – from “The Midas Touch” (Star Creature Universal Vibrations) (2022)
