I. Nakhla works with audio recordings, writing, drawing and performance, shapeshifting, transcending and magnifying voice as an act of queer-feminist protest and play.
RELEASE #1
LOW LIGHT(S) FT. HAPTICTAPES
“Throughout my digital residency with IMT I will be approaching artists to send audio material (music, voice-notes, abstract soundscapes, field recordings etc.), which I will use as a starting point for a new piece of music. For each art release I will create a new musical work featuring a collaborating artist, alongside album artwork and an info-graphic/drawing related to the making process of the music.” – I. Nakhla
The first track in Nakhla’s collaborative album series is Low Light(s) ft. HapticTapes (run time 5:51), made December 2021.
Low Light(s) takes HapticTapes’ textural soundscape as a starting point to build an ambient-electro-pop-dance- tune.
The second track in Nakhla’s collaborative album series is What You Like ft. C.L.I.T (run time 9:34), made January 2022. Released on the label Sizable Fluff.
What You Like takes a conversation recorded by the collaborative duo C.L.I.T aka Colleen, Lloyd, Ian and Tina (Annie Murrells and I. Nakhla) as a starting point for an upbeat dance tune. The tune plays on a desire to be embodied, to roll around in dance music and connect with other bodies. The accompanying research text uses the wetness of the single cover image to play with thoughts and language provoked by the music.
The third track in Nakhla’s collaborative album series is Anymore ft. Fiorella Angelini (run time 6:13) made February 2022. Released on Sizeable Fluff.
Anymore takes a spoken word recording by artist Fiorella Angelini and combines it with Nakhla’s new dance tune inspired by emotive club music of the 90’s and early 00’s. Referencing loss, longing and desire, Angelini’s words connect with Nakhla’s own lyrics and musical moments, as the track moves through waves of congested vocals, ambient pop and uplifting dance. Playing on a yearning to feel close to other bodies, Nakhla aka end measure creates a space for the listener to contemplate the old whilst gearing up for the new. The accompanying research video hears Nakhla discuss her thinking alongside clips of music that inspired the new work.
The fourth track in Nakhla’s collaborative album series is Slobber ft. Holly Buckle (run time 6:04) made March 2022. Released on Sizeable Fluff.
Nakhla’s new work Slobber takes a synth recording and glitched spoken phrase by artist Holly Buckle as the starting point for a new piece of dance music. Building on the sticky nature of Buckle’s material, Nakhla presents a fleshy sonic world stuffed with their characteristically congested vocals and chaotic rhythms. Referencing glitch, dubstep, trap and house Nakhla aka End Measure, invites us to coat ourselves in a wet, messy, queer underworld. The accompanying gif, in the next post plays on the sloppy bodily feel of the new track.
The gif accompanies Nakhla’s music release Slobber ft. Holly Buckle, playing on the sloppy bodily feel of the new track.
The sixth track in Nakhla’s collaborative album series is Little bit of Fun ft. Frankie Roberts (run time 7:08) released on Sizeable Fluff.
Nakhla’s new work Little bit of Fun takes chosen samples and composed instrumentals by fellow Digital Residency artist Frankie Roberts as the starting point for a new piece of dance music. The comical and unsettling samples offered by Roberts lead Nakhla to produce a fast-paced fluid work that moves through house and drum and bass. Throughout the work Nakhla speaks and sings one of their recent texts, emphasising glitchy repetitions to create a running thread of play, tension and excitement.
The seventh track in Nakhla’s collaborative album series is Tongue Work ft. Rieko Whitfield (run time 7:57) released on Sizeable Fluff.
Nakhla’s new work ‘Tongue Work’ takes an acapella from fellow Digital Residency artist Rieko Whitfield’s song ‘Mother Tongue’, and mixes it into a brand new dance track. Nakhla responds to Rieko’s voice by building a charged, fast paced dreamscape that references UKG and DnB. The work behaves as a queer-offering to silenced histories.
The eighth track in Nakhla’s collaborative album series is The Plant ft. Pop (run time 4:40) released on Sizeable Fluff.
Nakhla’s new work ‘The Plant’ takes field recordings from Pop’s trips across the globe and mixes them into a fast paced track that plays with stylings of drum and bass. The Plant is an experiment into mixing drum breaks, rhythmic synthesis, and industrial soundscapes.
The nineth track in Nakhla’s collaborative album series is Wanting ft. ler-ka (run time 5:20) released on Sizeable Fluff.
Nakhla’s new work Wanting takes an array of melodic samples made by artist Valeria Radchenko aka ler-ka, and arranges them into an instrumental that Nakhla sings with. The work moves through anthemic feelings of sensuality and longing whilst experimenting with delayed percussion and glitch vocals.
