Nakul Krishnamurthy is an Indian artist based in Glasgow who works with Indian Classical music. He explores new ways of conceiving it at the intersection of Western Classical, experimental and electronic music traditions. Using procedural approaches and electronic music making techniques, his work experiments with and attempts to reconfigure the structural foundations of Carnatic and Hindustani musics to generate new interpretations and alternative modes of engagement with the art forms.

Through such radical reimaginations, which draw from his extensive study of Carnatic, Hindustani, Western Classical, and Indian Popular music, he attempts to imagine new possibilities for Indian Classical music—possibilities that are sensitive to its history of marginalisation, critically examine and challenge its power and hegemonic status within Indian society, and explore forms of migrant identity formation at the intersection and interstices of cultures.

Nakul’s debut album titled Tesserae was released on Café Oto’s label Takuroku. His work has been presented at various venues and festivals.

-- Sonia Killmann is a Glasgow-based international composer and multi-media artist. As a saxophone player, electronic musician, and audiovisual artist, they have performed across the UK and Europe and was nominated for best electronic 2022 in the Scottish Alternative Music Awards. In addition, Sonia is also currently working closely with Cryptic Glasgow as a Cryptic Artist. Her works are largely inspired by composers such as Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Alvin Lucier, and explore the relationship between sound and environment through audiovisual soundscapes. Sonia frequently collaborates with dancers and visual artists, such as Constant Vigier, with whom they worked on One Dance UK and BBC Dance Passion 2022 with, and created the Fringe Show "Bamboozled" (August 2022). They also created the electronic soundtrack to Jamiel Laurence's most recent ballet "Read Only Memory", which premiered in Newport this year. In Sonia's ambient duo Failed System Test, she uses coded visuals and Ableton Live to create an immersive experience through melodic saxophone playing and live digital processing of multiple mediums. Failed System Test have played in various venues across Glasgow, including Tramway where they were part of the SONICA Next-Gen audiovisual artists schemes, supported by PRS and PPL in association with Youth Music. The duo also supported Canadian Saxophone player Jason Sharp this year at the Glad Cafe.
Sonia also programs concerts and volunteers with the festival organisation Sound Thought who help promote the work of local and emerging artists. Sonia also teaches electronic music techniques and live visual coding with the aim to make electronic and audiovisual music more accessible.

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