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location: Mfinda
Acousmatic piece in three movements:
I. Battement emporté (0:00)
II. Échos follets (3:04)
III. Nganga – Healing Memory (7:18)
Mfinda is a spiritual concept of the forest in Bakongo religion, the meeting place between the physical world and the ancestors’ realm. This project explores Afro-descendant memory in Europe – often fragmented or erased – using Congolese sound archives from the Royal Museum for Central Africa. These recordings surface in flashes within a broader sonic tableau, mirroring Kim’s own relationship to African origins. Through this work, she asserts her presence in contemporary acousmatic music while creating space for dispersed memory to recombine. Conceived in 16.2 channels, the piece bridges electroacoustic writing, archives, and rhythm. Ultimately, it celebrates transmission, ancestry, healing, and rebirth.
Laryssa Kim is an Italo-Congolese composer, singer, producer, and DJ whose oneiric soundscapes bridge concert halls, acousmatic cycles, stages, and screens. Born in Rome and shaped in Amsterdam’s dance-theatre scene, she settled in Brussels in 2013, earning a Master’s in Acousmatic Composition in Mons. Her works have been presented at leading festivals, including Espace du Son (2025), and she received the Métamorphoses award in 2020.