KMRU Concert History

Joseph Kamaru (KMRU) is a sound artist and producer based in Nairobi. He is notable for making atmospheric and experimental music, frequently using locally obtained field recordings to create intricate sonic soundscapes.

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KMRU Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 05, 2026
Upcoming
Joy Guidry / Actress / KMRU

Joy Guidry / Actress at EartH - Evolutionary Arts Hackney

EartH London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 31, 2026
Upcoming
KMRU

Club to Club

Lingotto Fiere Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Oct 29, 2026 –
Nov 01, 2026
Upcoming
C2C FESTIVAL 2026
The Avalanches / ML Buch / Shygirl / Wendy Eisenberg / Arca / Chanel Beads / Oklou / Robyn / Theo Parrish / Underscores / Other People / Chuquimamani-Condori / Crystallmess / Elias Rønnenfelt / Joanne Robertson / Kelela / KMRU / Kode9 & RP Boo / liim / Visible Cloaks / Yung Lean & Bladee / Hundebiss / Smerz / Carl Stone / Grouper / Headache / Marina Herlop Show all bands
Lingotto Fiere Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Show Duplicate for Oct 29, 2026
Oct 09, 2026 –
Oct 10, 2026
Upcoming
Skaņu Mežs 2026
Smerz / AYA / KMRU / Krallice / Gudrun Gut / Ship Sket / Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals / Augustė Vickunaitė / Michael Foster / Leila Bordreuil / Chris Corsano / Joe McPhee / John Edwards / Klaus Kugel / Oren Ambarchi & Daniel O'Sullivan
Hanzas Perons Riga, Riga, Latvia
Sep 26, 2026
Upcoming
KMRU Orto Botanico Di Torino Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Jul 25, 2026
Carmen Villain / KMRU / Aho Ssan Cologne Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Apr 24, 2026
KMRU Arnolfini Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Apr 19, 2026
Roadburn 2026 Day 04
Krallice / Sir Richard Bishop / KMRU / Siem Reap / SLOW CRUSH / Primitive Man / Tomo Katsurada & Jonny Nash / Truck Violence / Lili Refrain / Inter Arma / Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat / Planning For Burial / Hugging / Sanam / Warning / Street Sects / Orcutt Shelley Miller / Dan Meyer / Crouch / Boris / Ak'chamel / Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean / Lijkschouwer / KOLLAPS / Echt! / K-X-P / Dj Haram Show all bands
  Setlists
Roadburn Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Show Duplicate for Apr 19, 2026
Apr 15, 2026 –
Apr 19, 2026
Roadburn 2026
Boris / Unsane / Teardrinker / Eyes / Truck Violence / Orcutt Shelley Miller / Industry / Sanam / Kowloon Walled City / Prostitute / Quest Master / Agriculture / Portrayal of Guilt / Heaven in Her Arms / Armand Hammer / Moloch / Yellow Eyes / Bosse‐de‐Nage / Blackwater Holylight / Saetia / Shearling / Lathe of Heaven / Slowhole / Traidora / Inter Arma / Elucid / Cult of Luna / Krallice / Warning / Crippling Alcoholism / Ufomammut / Milkweed / Bad Breeding / Filmmaker / Primitive Man / KMRU / Sir Richard Bishop / Oathbreaker / World Peace / Street Sex / Habak / SLOW CRUSH / Planning For Burial / Parrish Smith / Siem Reap / Street Sects / Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat / Otay: Onii / Aho Ssan / These New Puritans / dälek Show all bands
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Poppodium 013 Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Apr 09, 2026 –
Apr 12, 2026
Rewire Festival 2026
Oneohtrix Point Never / Actress / Xiu Xiu / Tortoise / Einstürzende Neubauten / Billy Woods / Laurel Halo / Armand Hammer / Smerz / Kim Gordon / Standing On The Corner / The Bug / Juana Molina / Joanne Robertson / James K / Colleen / Blawan / Acopia / Kode9 / Caterina Barbieri / Malibu / Pat Thomas / Oliver Coates / Jim O'Rourke / Moor Mother / Suzanne Ciani / Beverly Glenn-Copeland / Hayden Pedigo / Eiko Ishibashi / SUMAC / Ouri / Bby Eco / Niño de Elche / Horse Lords / Frankie / My New Band Believe / KMRU / By Storm / Ganavya / Hilary Woods / Pavel Milyakov / Purelink / Valentina Magaletti / Buttechno / Beatrice Dillon / Moritz von Oswald / KAVARI / Park Jiha / Deena Abdelwahed / Hieroglyphic Being / Nihiloxica / Raül Refree / Aaron Dilloway / Supersilent / Drew McDowall / Feeo / Mark Fell / 33 / Cerys Hafana / Rian Treanor / Kelman Duran / Tracey / Cello Octet Amsterdam / WaqWaq Kingdom / Joshua Chuquimia Crampton / Dagmar Zuniga / Rakta / Dis Fig / Shapednoise / Kee Avil / Ale Hop / John T. Gast / Raisa K / Eliana Glass / ØKSE / Arnold Dreyblatt / Mayssa Jallad / Jennifer Walton / Ex Libris / Devon Rexi / weed420 / Flur / Shishani / NVST / Leila Bordreuil / Jjjjjerome Ellis / KUNTARI / Sam Slater / Yamantaka Eye / Los Thuthanaka / Thomas Ankersmit / Natasha Pirard / Susu Laroche / Ex-libris / HIIIT / YPY / Jessica Ekomane / Ugnė Uma / Mette Rasmussen / HxH / HULUBALANG / Ensemble Klang / State OFFF / Suzan Peeters / Elischa Heller / Ash Fure / Mika Oki / Cara Tolmie / Milkweed (UK) / SANAM (Lebanon) / Khrystyna Kirik / Zeno van den Broek / Berlinde Deman / Fine Glindvad / Pedro Maia / Chunky Move / Nazar (UK - AO) / Asian Dope Boys / Aernoudt Jacobs / Mariska de Groot / Sól Ey / Nono Gigsta / OK Williams (UK) / Torus (NL) / Apparitions (NY) Show all bands
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Rewire Festival The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Apr 17, 2025
Loraine James / KMRU / Vivian Forever Cafe OTO London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 07, 2024 –
Nov 10, 2024
Le Guess Who? 2024
Yaya Bey / Darkside / Meshell Ndegeocello (fka Me'Shell NdegéOcello) / Chuck Strangers / Tropical Fuck Storm / AROOJ AFTAB / Kim Gordon / Scientist / Theo Parrish / Discovery Zone / Wu-Lu / Tucker Zimmerman / Lionmilk / Lustsickpuppy / Mabe Fratti / Bo Ningen / Demdike Stare / Rafael Anton Irisarri / Israel Fernandez / GNOD / Gaika / SHO MADJOZI / Adrian Sherwood / Still House Plants / Bedouin Burger / Abul Mogard / Florence Sinclair / KMRU / Coby Sey / Brian Jackson / Nick Leon / DJ Lag / Nazar / RP Boo / Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto / Waajeed / The Messthetics / Shabjdeed / ZSELA / Party Dozen / Eli Keszler / Al Nather / Lafawndah / Couch Slut / Abyusif / LYZZA / Elucid / Luzmila Carpio / Aja Monet / Myriam Gendron / Creation Rebel / Noura Mint Seymali / Wadada Leo Smith / Dawuna / HiTech (US) / James Brandon Lewis / Klara Lewis / Nídia / Blackhaine / King Jammy / James Massiah / The Growth Eternal / Jowee Omicil / Rafael Toral / otay:onii / Kelman Duran / Nadah El Shazly / Po / Kabeaushé / Alex Zhang Hungtai / Merope / Tashi Wada / Patrick Shiroishi / Maurice Louca / Mia Koden / Angry BlackMen / Dj Babatr / Raphael Rogiński / Kalia Vandever / Sex Swing / Aba Shanti-i / Asher Gamedze / Crystallmess / Ale Hop / Lamin Fofana / Military Genius / Sheherazaad / Water Damage / Lunch Money Life / Blanco Teta / Lord Spikeheart / Fuensanta / Kevin Richard Martin / Nik Colk Void / 3Phaz / Astrønne / Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti / Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra / Concepción Huerta / GAISTER / Sonic Interventions / Hyper gal / Erika Angell / Germán Bringas / Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė / MSYLMA / Haossaa / Liliane Chlela / Maya Al Khaldi / Cinna Peyghamy / Ex Easter Island Head / White Boy Scream / The Body & Dis Fig / Nooriyah / FYEAR / frank rosaly / Yuka C Honda / Gibrana Cervantes / 食品まつり aka Foodman / Phantom Orchard / Sandy Chamoun / Kahil El'zabar's Heritage Ensemble / Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou / Ill Japonia / Shards (Choir) / Hizbut Jamm / afromerm / Pedro Maia / Covco / Acidic Male / Sarouna / greetje bijma & oceanic / Rebecca Salvadori / VULVA (NL) / M. Takara & Carla Boregas / Akihide Monna (BO NINGEN) / Kayhan Kalhor + Erdal Erzincan / Olivia Salvadori / Alex Rita / Yuki Tsujii / livwutang / Tarik Barri / Retro Cassetta / Helen Papaioannou / DJ Lynnee Denise / Richard Akingbehin / Titanic / Actress / Christmas in Mourning (Sary Moussa, Abed Kobeissy, and Laurence Sammour) / Bela / Gorgonn / Israel Fernández, Lela Soto & Frente Abierto / Sary Moussa / Annie and the Caldwells Show all bands
  Setlists
TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Show Duplicate for Nov 07, 2024
Sep 24, 2024
Caterina Barbieri / KMRU

Reflections

Epiphany Arts Center Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 20, 2024 –
Sep 22, 2024
Making Time 2024
Bicep / Floating Points / Nia Archives / Jessica Pratt / Nicola Cruz / John Talabot / Leon Vynehall / Daniel Avery / Laurel Halo / DjRUM / Nabihah Iqbal / Theo Parrish / Avalon Emerson / Marie Davidson / John Glacier / Skee Mask / Model/Actriz / Palms Trax / Anish Kumar / Caterina Barbieri / Kiki / Malibu / King Britt / Astrid Sonne / Paranoid London / Optimo / Mabe Fratti / Claire Rousay / Rebolledo / SSIEGE / Yu Su / Rich Medina / Cosmo Vitelli / KMRU / Bendik Giske / Marcellus Pittman / Nailah Hunter / Valentina Magaletti / Simo Cell / Khidja / KIA / Niecy Blues / Salome / Wata Igarashi / Full Circle / DJ Stingray / Aurora Halal / Paula Tape / Doctor Jeep / Job Jobse / Purelink / Alex Kassian / Ami Dang / Veronica Vasicka / Keen / 2manydjs / Ayesha / Black Rave Culture / Bitter Babe / Jake Muir / Shubostar / Chaperone / Death Is Not The End / FUJI|||||||||||TA / Jdh / Rob Paine / Jewelssea / Elena Colombi / CCL / Dee Diggs / Budino / Nosedrip / Zillas on Acid / Kassie Krut / Ma Sha / Infinity Machine / Carista / apologist / Cashu / Universal Cave / LYDO / Chuck Van Zyl / mad miran / John Raffaele / Gabrielle Kwarteng / Blazer Sound System / Mario Cotto / Dj Papaya / Mark Knekelhuis / Adab / 93 Canal / Eve Swords / Dryw Scully / Lady Prowl / Low Iron / Earth Beat / Time is Away / Matt Werth / kilopatrah jones / Scott Zacharias / Russell Alexander / Hudson River / Kiernan Laveaux / Yosuke Kawasaki / westov temple / Samer Ghadry / Phil Yeah! / Identified Patient / Fcukers Show all bands
  Setlists
Fort Mifflin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Show Duplicate for Sep 20, 2024
Jul 20, 2024
KMRU

Odysseus Festival

Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Jul 13, 2024
KMRU La Casa Encendida Madrid, Madrid, Spain
May 18, 2024
KMRU / Noble Leisure / Dylan Henner The Flying Duck Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
May 17, 2024
KMRU / Dylan Henner The White Hotel Salford, England, United Kingdom
May 03, 2024
KMRU Casa Montjuïc Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Apr 05, 2024
KMRU

Reflections: KMRU + Lucy Liyou

Immanuel Presbyterian Los Angeles, California, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 05, 2024

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Big Thief / KMRU on Jun 27, 2022 [601-small]

Big Thief / KMRU
Jun 27, 2022
 Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Big Ears Festival 2024
Mar 21 - 24, 2024
 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Genres:

Electronic
Experimental
Ambient
Drone
Neo-Psychedelic
Indie Soul
Electroacoustic
Musique Concrète
Deconstructed Club
Fourth World
Sound Art
Field Recordings
New Isolationism
Kenya
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 10 concerts
2025 1 concert
2024 15 concerts
2023 8 concerts
2022 31 concerts
2021 2 concerts
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