Formerly studying sound art in Berlin, Joseph Kamaru aka KMRU is a Berlin-born Nairobi-based sound artist whose work is based on field recordings, noise and the discourse of sound art. His work proposes a listening culture that extends sound thought and sound practice, making claims that go beyond normative considerations and reflections on auditory culture, and awareness of the surrounding environment through creative works, installations and performances.

I listened to Limen, the disastrous debut album by MRU and Aho Ssan, which reflects on the catastrophe that is now erupting, and Joseph “KMRU” Kamaru, who lives in Berlin, whose gorgeous ambient works often begin with live recordings, often from his home in Kenya or elsewhere in East Africa. in Kenya or elsewhere in East Africa. Paris-based Aho Ssan, meanwhile, is known for building virtual instruments and dense Max/MSP structures. On Limen, their proximity connects like sparks hitting dry brush, leaving hellfire in their wake. I felt the power of nature in the piece, the onslaught of bass and electronics made me feel as if I were seeing a volcanic eruption engulfing everything, a punishment for man’s destruction of the earth.