Zohar

Amsterdam's Zohar operates from the shadows. Though she has a reputation for mysteriousness, there is no escaping the earth-rattling rhythms she lays down in the booth. Leftfield electronics, distorted vocals and industrial sounds with 90s roots feature in her sets, as well as in productions for Clone and her own DIY Zohar label. Her Object album, the second entry in her highly personal ZHR series, is a mix of sound experiments, glitchy textures and abstract rhythms. Her sets are full of similar sonic sorcery: squealing electronics and fizzing textures evoke dystopia as crunching drums come and go, moments of eye-watering density give way to empty spaces that leave you hanging before the next rhythm arrives. Brain and body music rarely collide in such a singular fashion.