Elan Tamara's 2009 Concert History

Fascinated by Balinese Gamelan and Steve Reich, Elan Tamara makes music as uncategorisable, as heartfelt and beautifully otherworldly as anything you're likely to hear. Over three EPs (Gold Fishes, Shadows and Organ) she has carved out a space so unique and unclassifiable that people have fallen back on namechecking other female artists with a distinctive aesthetic and outlook – Nina Simone, Bjork, Laura Nyro and their ilk. Needless to say, she doesn't sound like them, either.