Whatever The Weather
KMRU presents WAI8
Producer Loraine James has established her identity through a blend of refined composition, gritty experimentation and unpredictable, intricate electronic programming. While titles released under her given name tend toward IDM-influenced, vocal-heavy collaborations, James reserves her alias, Whatever The Weather, for a more impressionistic, inward gaze. Rich worlds of layered textures flow seamlessly from hypnotic ambience to mottled rhythms to cut-up collages of diaristic field recordings, in which every piece is titled based on its “emotional temperature”. The result is a uniquely fractured beauty, born from a compelling union of organic and human elements, processed through a variety of digital and analogue methods.
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.
Photography by Darryl Daley
