A plain juxtaposition of convenience and pain, satisfaction and discomfort, fragile and extreme from the Glasgow-based artist, DJ and manufacturer.
KAVARI’s efficiencies and DJ sets strike a disconcerting contrast inbetween mild atmosphere and dark balanced energy. Born in Birkenhead and now based in Glasgow, KAVARI draws motivation from drum and bass, commercial, difficult dance, sound and ’90s electronica, developing tonally and rhythmically elaborate tracks and modifies that cross into the pop world. Her 2021 launching, If the Benign Was to Ever Be So Pure, shows this broad noise. Bookended by 2 beatless tracks whose tunes recall some of the more haunting minutes of Warp’s early brochure, the EP is filled out with propulsive breakbeats and ’90s rave energy.
This EP won KAVARI a election at 2022’s Scottish Alternative Music Awards for Best Electronic Artist, and was followed by a series of self-released mixtapes, EPs and songs. Her mostcurrent EP, Suture, shows how much her noise has developed in simply a year, including 4 tracks that are darker in tone and significantly more abrasive in texture. This ferocity is a crucial particular of her Fact Mix, which KAVARI states was “focused on contrast and strength”, and includes numerous of her own tracks togetherwith music from Yves Tumor, Skee Mask, Oli XL, FKA branches, Arca and Varg2TM.
“A plain juxtaposition of convenience and pain, enjoyment and discomfort, fragile and extreme,” KAVARI states, “sewing together a haunting mix of creative motivations from both ends of the noise spectrum.”
Follow KAVARI on Instagram and SoundCloud. Find her music on Bandcamp.
Tracklist:
clipping. – ‘Haunting (interlude)’
Yyed – ‘An Instant Folded Over Itself Into A Knot’
Five Star Hotel – ‘Pendant’
IC3PEAK – ‘THIS WORLD IS SICK’
Death Grips – ‘Two Heavens’
Noisia – ‘Machine Gun’ (16bit Remix)
Himera – ‘Here’
Arca – ‘LANA MONUMENT 116BPM’
Yves Tumor – ‘Perdition’
KAVARI – ‘Yearn’
KAVARI – ‘Maimed’
KAVARI – ‘Attachment Style’
Sleepnet – ‘Love No More’
Moody Good – ‘Noise Floor’
Genesis P-Orridge & Merzbow – ‘Flowering Pain Give Space’
Varg2TM – ‘Forever 21 / Valium’
Crystal Castles – ‘Pale Flesh’ (KAVARI Interlude Mix)
KAVARI – ‘Healing Spring’
KAVARI – ‘Lavender’
Lag Switch – ‘Banshee’ (KAVARI Remix)
KAVARI – ‘Dysmorphia’
Sectra, Doja Cat, Rico Nasty – ‘Lusk Tia Tamera’ (KAVARI DJ Tool)
FKA Twigs –