KMRU

Joseph Kamaru, better known as KMRU, is an ambient musician. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and later relocated to Berlin, Germany.

Musical career As a child, Kamaru played the guitar and sang in a choir. He first discovered electronic music in high school, after finding a copy of FL Studio on the school's computers.

Kamaru is known for being prolific; he published almost twenty releases on Bandcamp between 2017 and 2021. His 2019 extended play Erased used piano, field recordings, and synthesized drums. The same year, he released a collaborative album, Limen, with Aho Ssan.

In 2023, he released Dissolution Grip, which represented a sonic shift away from field recordings. The album received critical acclaim from the publications Loud and Quiet and Pitchfork. After his death in 2018, the younger Kamaru reissued some of his albums, attempting to introduce a new audience to his music.

Kamaru was born in Nairobi, Kenya. He later moved to Berlin, Germany, in October 2020.

Discography

Albums

Euphoria (2017) Variations [Installation] (2019) Saal (2020) Variations [Radiophonic] (2020) Peel (2020) Jar (2020) Logue (2021) Temporary Stored (2022) Don't Linger They Might See You (2022) Epoch (2022) Glim (2023) Dissolution Grip (2023) Stupor (2023) Natur (2024) Kin (2026)

Collaboration albums

Peripheral with Echium (2021) Limen with Aho Ssan (2022) Disconnect with Kevin Richard Martin (stylized as KRM:KMRU; 2024)

EPs

Noize (2017) Erased (2019) OT (2019) Luft (2020) Continual (2020) Odra (2020) Drawing Water (2020) Ftpim (2020) Inter Alia (2021) As It Still Is (2021) There Was Nothing in Between (2022) Imperceptible Perceptible (2022) Windbags/Lune'' (2024)