Summary from 7 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated KMRU's catalog across 6 albums from 7 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated KMRU album is Peel (2020) with a 9.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Dissolution Grip and Natur. The discography on Wavelength spans 2020 to 2026.
Kin
“The prolific Kenyan artist’s latest release feels like a companion to his 2020 breakout. Here, the tracks’ inner complexity simmers beneath gravelly, overdriven textures.”
Natur
“The Kenyan artist’s new release is a stunning portrait of the electromagnetic sounds and hidden noises of his hometown. In its swelling electrical currents lies a thesis about the richness and drama of everyday sounds.”
Dissolution Grip
“Dissolution Grip exists outside of time and place, while deep inside them both. As might be expected given his back catalogue, each of the sounds on KMRU’s latest project started as a location-specific field recording, but were ultimately sculpted and retooled in the image of an orchestra, giving up their origins in the pursuit of beauty. And while their birthplace might have been obscured, the s”
Dissolution Grip
“The prolific Kenyan-born, Berlin-based electronic musician departs from his typical use of field recordings, but environmental sound still makes its mark on his immersive, long-form explorations.”
Logue
“There’s an almost intimating depth to the sprawling, intricate music of KMRU. On the surface, it nods towards giants of ambient and drone like William Basinski and Tim Hecker, all seismic pads and glacial pacing. On further inspection, though, there’s something else going on here, woven between the processed field recordings that evoke the likes of Manchester’s Space Afrika or Stuart Hyatt’s Field”
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