KMRU
Nairobi-born field-recording artist and ambient composer
Based in Berlin, Germany · From Nairobi, Kenya
KMRU’s pieces pull everyday environmental sound into long-form ambient structures: hum, static, distant mechanical tones, air, and field-recorded detail. For WAI8 he’s not playing a normal set so much as building a durational listening space where sound can decay, accumulate, and reset.
More about KMRU
Joseph Kamaru makes work from the overlap of field recording, noise, and sound art, with a practice that moved from Nairobi to Berlin. His recent releases on Editions Mego and his own site show him working from environmental capture, electromagnetic tones, and extended composition rather than club form.
A story
His 2023 project Temporary Stored received an honorary mention from Prix Ars Electronica.
Labels
Start here
- Kin (2026) · Editions Mego
Latest full-length on a major home for his sound. - Natur (2024) · null
Electromagnetic city-sound study, harsher than the early pastoral work. - Peel (2020) · Editions Mego
The record people usually start with.
Worked with
- Fennesz featured on
- Kevin Richard Martin collaboration
For fans of
Ryoji Ikeda, Loraine James, Fennesz, William BasinskiOfficial links
Le Guess Who?BandcampRASpotifyWebsite
Plan Le Guess Who? 2026 with Songpot · Ask about KMRU in ChatGPT or Claude