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Wire mix: KMRU

December 2024

To mark Nonclassical’s 20th anniversary, the Kenyan born musician KMRU creates an exclusive mix of experimental classical and electronic music for The Wire

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Nonclassical, the record label and events producer focussed on classical, experimental and electronic music.

In celebration, the Kenyan born, Berlin based experimental musician KMRU (Joseph Kamaru) has made a special mix highlighting some of the label’s artists and associated contemporary classical and electroacoustic musicians.

Tracklist

John Wall “String Theory”
perila “mola”
Ulver “Darling Didn't We Kill You (Resurrected From The PC Sessions)”
Mat Ball “To Catch Light II”
Doltz “Hitotoki”
Lucy Railton “Not A Word From Me”
Lungwah “Nomos”
KMRU “241130_005”
87 “Central-Trap”
Langham Research Centre “Dinotique (KMRU Remix)”
Valerio Tricoli “The Hallowed Receiver”
yvanko “Exeunt”
Kassel Jaeger “Fernweh 2”
Valance Drakes “No Room For Preference Only Duty”
IQ+1 “Dustbin”
Dub Squad “Blown Fruit”
Tetsu Inoue “Inter Link”
KMRU “Lamu FR_ Sina Jina”
Peter Rehberg “Liminal States” (excerpt)
Ryo Murakami “Reminiscence”

Nonclassical has just released the five track EP Nonclassical At 20 featuring remixes by Matthew Herbert, Christina Vantzou, Pavel Milyakov, KMRU and Nailah Hunter.

Beatrice Dillon’s performance as part of the label’s anniversary event, which took place at London’s Hackney Empire, is reviewed by Jo Hutton in The Wire 491/492. Wire subscribers can read the review online via the digital archive.

KMRU was interviewed by Ilia Rogatchevski in The Wire 485. Wire subscribers can read the interview online via the digital archive.

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