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
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
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
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Roadburn Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
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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 Show all bands
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Poppodium 013 Tilburg, North Brabant, 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
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TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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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 / 2Many DJs / 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
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Fort Mifflin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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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
Apr 03, 2024
KMRU 2220 Arts + Archives Los Angeles, California, United States
Mar 30, 2024
KMRU The Lab San Francisco, California, United States
Mar 21, 2024 –
Mar 24, 2024
Big Ears Festival 2024
Kurt Vile / Herbie Hancock / Digable Planets / Beth Orton / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Kronos Quartet / Adrianne Lenker / Hermanos Gutiérrez / Brad Mehldau / Jon Batiste / Fatoumata Diawara / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Kokoroko / Mavi / Laurie Anderson / Colin Stetson / Carl Craig / Rhiannon Giddens / Roc Marciano / Aoife O'Donovan / Billy Woods / Sam Amidon / Julian Lage / Kristin Hersh / Unwound / Colleen / Christian McBride / Edgar Meyer / Armand Hammer / Bar Italia / Joan Shelley / Jlin / Marc Ribot / Laraaji / Tord Gustavsen Trio / Roger Eno / Charles Lloyd / King Britt / Slauson Malone 1 / Secret Chiefs 3 / Dibia$e / Jason Moran / Leyla McCalla / Resavoir / Silkroad Ensemble / John Paul Jones / Sleepytime Gorilla Museum / Joanna Sternberg / Cedric Burnside / John Medeski / Horse Lords / Joe Russo / Finom / Fred Frith / Kassa Overall / Trio Mediaeval / Yasmin Williams / J.G. Thirlwell / Bitchin Bajas / Low Leaf / Third Coast Percussion / Chocolate Genius Inc. / Nik Bärtsch's RONIN / Samora Pinderhughes / Rafiq Bhatia / Mary Halvorson / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / Brandon Coleman / Son Rompe Pera / Suzi Analogue / Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog / Dave Holland Quartet / The Messthetics / ZSELA / Henry Threadgill / Computer Jay / Faun Fables / Jana Horn / KMRU / Shabaka / Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe / Ahleuchatistas / Sexmob / Claire Rousay / Hatis Noit / Jake Blount / James Brandon Lewis / Elliott Sharp / Myriam Gendron / Darcy James Argue's Secret Society / Francesco Turrisi / Pura Fe / Mighty Poplar / Aja Monet / DJ Heather / David Virelles / Sofia Rei / Nadah El Shazly / Charlie Dark / Colloboh / Suphala / Evan Lurie / Anssi Karttunen / River Guerguerian / Tredici Bacci / Helen Gillet / Matt Mitchell / Kirk Knuffke / Jorge Roeder / Min Xiao-Fen / Ka Baird / Eric Mingus / Jjjjjerome Ellis / Mr. Sun / Anna Webber / Molly Lewis (whistler) / Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang / Titan To Tachyons / Davone Tines / Tomeka Reid Quartet / Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet / Sons of Chipotle / MYRA MELFORD`S FIRE AND WATER QUINTET / Knoxville Symphony Orchestra / Ash Fure / Void Patrol / Ches Smith: Laugh Ash / RINGDOWN - Caroline Shaw & Danni Lee / Brandon Ross Phantom Station / The Harvest Time Project / Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant avec Folie a Quatre / Tomas Fujiwara's 7 Poets Trio / Robin Holcomb / Peggy Lee / Paul Lazar: Cage Shuffle / Joe Russo's Selcouth Quartet / Fly Siifu / dragonchild x Sunken Cages / Cyro Baptista's Chama / Yvette Janine Jackson / Andre 3000 / Secret Chiefs 3: Ishraqiyan Show all bands
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Big Ears Festival 2024 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Mar 20, 2024
KMRU Public Records New York, New York, United States
Mar 19, 2024
KMRU City Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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