Elvin Brandhi
KMRU presents WAI8
Improvising lyricist, producer and sound artist Elvin Brandhi explores the most playful and abrasive edges of the ambient music spectrum. Her production develops on distorted bases that act as an unstable platform on which she sings and performs her improvised stream of consciousness lyrical trips. Leaning at times toward hyper-digital aesthetics, her work incorporates programmed patterns and glitchy, synthetic textures reminiscent of the soundscapes of video games. At times deeply furious, at other times nonsensical, her spoken word lies on explosive and aberrant beats from field recordings, tape, vinyl, instrument and voice.
This artist is part of the program curated by KMRU. The sound artist presents WAI8, an eight-hour durational performance that examines time and attention through the practice of waiting as an active form of engagement. Its iteration at Le Guess Who? features nine performers, positioning waiting as a space where sound is allowed to breathe, decay and resonate over time.
