Jessica Ekomane

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Jessica Ekomane
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Ekomane in 2018
Background information
Born France
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Musician
Years active2018–present
Labels
Website jessicaekomane.com

Jessica Ekomane is an electronic musician and composer. Born in France, she lives and works in Berlin. [1] [2] [3] Her work often utilizes computer music techniques, sound synthesis and algorithmic composition. [4]

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Her debut album Multivocal was released in 2019 on Important Records.

In 2024, she released Manifolds, a piece commissioned by the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) for its loudspeaker orchestra, the Acousmonium. It was released as a split with Laurel Halo's Octavia. The release appears on the Portraits GRM record series, a joint series between the GRM and its label partner Shelter Press, a collaboration originally started with Peter Rehberg of Editions MEGO.

She was awarded with a Villa Romana Prize, [5] as well as a ZKM Giga-Hertz production award in 2023 (alongside Lea Bertucci and Laurie Spiegel). [6]

She was one of the composers chosen as collaborators by Natascha Sadr Haghigian for her installation Ankerzentrum at the German pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2019. [7]

Discography

Solo

Manifolds – split album with Laurel Halo's "Octavia" (2024, Shelter Press / Portraits GRM) [8] [9] [10]

Multivocal (2019, Important Records) [11]

Compilations

"MR.2023.9.5-A3" – Temporary Stored II (2024, OFNOT). With KMRU, Aho Ssan, Lamin Fofana, Nyokabi Kariũki.

"First Light" – XKatedral Anthology II, An Anthology of Slowly Evolving Timbral Music (2023, XKatedral). With Kali Malone, Mats Erlandsson, Theodor Kentros, Wilma Hultén, and Maria W. Horn.

"Iteration" – with Zoë McPherson, Ostgut Ton Fünfzehn +1 (2021, Ostgut Ton) [12]

Other

"Latitudes" – Sonneurs 2 (2022, Buda Musique). With Erwan Keravec and Sonneurs.

References

  1. ↑ "Artist Focus: Jessica Ekomane". Cycling 74. April 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Stream a live excerpt by Jessica Ekomane". The Wire.
  3. ↑ "To put a hold on perfectionism. Interview with Jessica Ekomane". hangar.org.
  4. ↑ "Son[i]a #346. Jessica Ekomane". MACBA Barcelona. 7 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Villa Romana Prize 2023". e-flux. August 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Giga-Hertz Festival 2023: Jury Statements". ZKM.
  7. ↑ "Natascha Sadr Haghighian Becomes Natascha Süder Happelmann". Berlin Art Link. 3 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Laurel Halo And Jessica Ekomane Release Record For Portraits GRM". The Quietus. 5 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "L'expérimentale. Invitée : Jessica Ekomane". Radio France. March 7, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Jessica Ekomane, Laurel Halo. Octavia / Manifolds (vinyl LP)". Les Presses du Réel. April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Viking's Choice: New Sounds Now, New Sounds Forever". Npr.org. October 22, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Jessica Ekomane X Zoë Mc Pherson. Ostgut Ton aus der Halle am Berghain". Arte.tv.
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