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FRKTL ( frac·tal ︎) is the solo experimental music project of British-Egyptian artist and composer Sarah Badr. A classically trained multi-instrumentalist working with sound synthesis and manipulation, improvisation, live sampling, field recordings and generative processes, she creates emotive and immersive explorations of sound.

Building systems for 3D graphics and spatial audio generation, she explores relationships between form and space in nascent technological domains. Her work is inspired and informed by nature — from world creation and biomorphic design, to simulations of complex organic phenomena.

FRKTL’s critically acclaimed album, Excision After Love Collapses, markes nearly a decade of independent, self-published works. She is also an Oram Award recipient for innovation in sound, music, and related technologies.

Links


✺  Bandcamp
✺  SoundCloud
✺  Instagram
✺  Facebook
✺  Twitter


Releases


✺  Atom
✺  B-Sides
✺  Descent / Fjäder
✺  Qualia
✺  Prose Edda
✺  Excision After
      Love Collapses 
✺  Azimuth

Extras


✺  NTS Episodes
✺  Resident Advisor
✺  HKCR Residency
✺  Currents Playlists
✺  Ware Collective 
✺  Edited Arts


Bookings 

hello@frktl.com

Commissions

hello@sarahbadr.com



✺  Press Kit         ✺  Licensing  



Disc





Azimuth 

    OST  2021
    01     Scene I: Terra Nullius  02:05
    02    Scene II: Desiderata Over Scale  00:49  
    03    Scene III: Self-Assembly  00:33    
    04    Scene IV: Our Ghosts Are Strata  04:41  
    05    Scene V: Aphercotropism  04:13     
    06    Scene VI: Finite State Machine  01:45
    07    السَّمْت Azimuth  14:10  ︎ video


Excision After Love Collapses

    LP   2020
    01     Sidereal II  02:34
    02    Fire Upon The Deep  07:22   ︎ video
    03    Gestalt Approach  05:55
    04    Eigenspace  07:22
    05    Will, Want, Desire  03:40    
    06    دَفْق (Crash Blossoms)  05:08
    07    Strange Attractors  03:22   ︎ video
    08    Excision After Love Collapses  07:22
    09    Dread Aversion  03:20        
    10    Haruspex  08:40   ︎ video
    11     Peak Experience  04:08
    12     Rhododendron Forest Rescue  04:12


Prose Edda 

    EP   2017 
    01    Prologue  06:52  ︎ video
    02    Sól tér sortna, sígr fold í mar  05:14
    03    Hverfa af himni heiðar stjörnur  04:54
    04    Hart er með hölðum  09:58
    05    Ulfa þytr  03:44
    06    Háttatal  06:28

Qualia

    LP   2016
    01    Ex Ante  02:19
    02    Leviathan Wakes  05:53
    03    To What End  05:28
    04    Pseudomorphs  06:08
    05    10279-60-4 Blue  03:27
    06    March Of The Danaïdes  04:01
    07    Akkadian Law  05:18
    08    Zero Point Field  05:40
    09    72-48-0 Red  03:32
    10     Qualia Pt. I & II  08:40
    11      Enheduanna  07:10   ︎ video
    12     Requiem / Escape Sequence  06:08
    13     Null States [Bonus Track]
             (21st Century Desire)  04:28


Descent / Fjäder 

    Double Single  2013  
      01    Descent  06:04
      02    Fjäder  07:14


Atom

    LP   2011
    01    Ön  02:45
    02    Tidal  03:30
    03    Atom  05:10
    04    Spöken  06:31
    05    Yra  02:51
    06    Miserere  06:40
    07    Maqam  05:36
    08    Spinn  08:40
    09    Vitöga  09:28
    10    Impulse / Ajnas  08:12
    11    Spinn (Reprise)  02:18


B-Sides

    Mini Album  2011
    01    Andra  06:55
    02    Iteru  05:44  ︎ video
    03    Synapse  06:28
    04    Concord  05:20
    05    Spinn (Radio Edit)  03:30


Remixes 

    Senyawa — Istana
    (FRKTL Remix)  07:06

    Lensk — Strained
    (FRKTL Manifold Remix)  05:18

    ABADIR — IV 
    (FRKTL Hyperstition Remix)  04:00

    Aho Ssan — Simulacrum I
    (FRKTL Remix)  06:40

    Gadi Sassoon — Bionico
    (FRKTL Remix)  07:35

    Kalas Liebfried — Engine Of
    Future Ruins (FRKTL Rework)  04:53


Compilations

    @0 Ambient Compilation
    Ninja Tune, 2021

    Ultimate Collection: Beech Trees  
    時の崖 tokinogake, 2021

    HYPER-POSSIBLE: Listening
    to the Anthropocene
    Coventry Biennial, 2021

    Below The Radar 43
    The Wire, 2020

    Nisf Madeena نصف مدينة
    Ma3azef, 2020

    Mind The Gap #146
    Gonzo Circus, 2020

    Anthology of Contemporary Music
    From The African Continent
    Unexplained Sounds Group, 2018

    CHAOS 1: Nirvana Is Leaking
    Into The Mainframe  
    Dream Catalogue, 2017

    Emmissions  
    Seagrave, 2017


Commissions

    Azimuth
    Coventry Biennial

    Growth, Change, Decay
    Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto

    Aliens Are Temporary: Second Mutation
    Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien

    Nomadic Signals: Mirages
    ISSUE Project Room

    Untitled 10′ 0″
     Center for Arts, Design + Social Research


Mixes

    NTS Radio: Alien Jams w/ FRKTL
    Edited Arts Correspondence FRKTL
    Radio Kapitał: Cold World w/ FRKTL
    Rinse France: POLAAR avec FRKTL
    Ma3azef: Drowned By Locals w/ FRKTL
    Noods Radio: Instant Yum! w/ FRKTL
    Friendly Potential Ep 244 w/ FRKTL [LV]
    UNIZONE: FRKTL [s02e16]
    IP Radio: Variations w/ FRKTL      
    IP Radio: Infidel Bodies w/ FRKTL
    IP Radio: Jaeho Hwang w/ FRKTL
    IP Radio: MIEDO TOTAL w/ FRKTL
    MESTIÇO Mixcast FRKTL x ASTMA
    Int’l Winners: States United FRKTL
    Movement: NatCase Oribitual w/ FRKTL
    Root: Sonic Liberation Front w/ FRKTL
    Rádio Quântica: Unknown Presets FRKTL
    Rádio Quântica: JEM w/ FRKTL
    JEROME Mixfile FRKTL
    BOCCARA Mix FRKTL
    NTS Radio: SIREN w/ FRKTL
    NTS Radio: ZULI w/ FRKTL
    Radar Radio: Braiden w/ FRKTL & Sigha
    Reprezent Radio: Mo w/  Girl Ultra & FRKTL
    NNWR: Beauty Sleep w/ Mytrip & FRKTL
    IDA Raadio: IDA Folder N1L & FRKTL


Live + DJ Sets

    WARE 360
    FRKTL DJ Set

    Ukraine Charity Stream
    FRKTL DJ Set

    LEAVE NO TRACE
    FRKTL AV Set

    B&&B by Zalando
    FRKTL DJ Set

    Club Matryoshka x CTM
    FRKTL Live Set

    Geiger Festival, Atalante 
    FRKTL Live Set



Residencies

    Hong Kong Community Radio
   Episode 01     5th November, 2020
   Episode 02    3rd December, 2020
   Episode 03    7th January, 2021
   Episode 04    4th February, 2021
   Episode 05    17th March, 2021
   Episode 06    16th June, 2021
   Episode 07    21st July, 2021
   Episode 08    18th August, 2021
   Episode 09    15th September, 2021
   Episode 10    20th October, 2021
   Episode 11     17th November, 2021


Charts

    Elektroniskt i P2: Årsbästa 2020
    Andreas Tilliander, Sveriges Radio

    BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix
    object blue, IGTV Live

    BBC Radio 1 | Mo Ayoub
    Mo Ayoub sits in for Benji
    Boomkat End of Year Charts 2021
    Artist Picks, Boomkat

    Boomkat End of Year Charts 2020   
    Artist Picks, Boomkat  

    The Best Tracks of the Year 2020
    Artist Picks, Mixmag

    Motherboard: Januar 2022
    Frank P. Eckert, Groove Magazin
    Continental Drift: 20 Club Tracks
    Gabe Meier, Electronic Beats

    Adventures in Sound and Music
    Meg Woof, The Wire Magazine 

    Wire Mix: C-drík
      The Wire Magazine
    30 albums we played like mad in 2020
    Katrien Schuermans, Dissonant  

    Comfortnoise July 2020 Charts
    Ink!, Comfortnoise & Dubexmachina 

    Best Albums of 2020 | MENA
    Staff Picks, SceneNoise

    34 albums die wij onterech
    Daan Leber, Indiestyle 

    Plague Songs: The Top 20 of 2020
    Simon Helm, Cold War Night Life 

    Ninja Tune Staff Picks: August 2020
    Ninja Tunes, Buy Music Club 

    Twenty Alpha’s Top 20 Releases 
    Twenty Alpha Hong Kong
   
    Radio Študent: Best Labels of 2020
    Radio Študent Staff, 89.3 FM 

    HKCR 2020 Residents on Bandcamp
    Hong Kong Community Radio, Buy Music Club

    Essential Mix: object blue
    BBC Radio 1 


Playlists  

    Currents.fm
   01 ╱ 1    26 Jan 2020
   01 ╱ 2    28 Jan 2020
   01 ╱ 3    29 Jan 2020
   01 ╱ 4    30 Jan 2020
   02 ╱ 1    03 Feb 2020
   02 ╱ 2    15 Feb 2020
   02 ╱ 3    25 Feb 2020


Selected Press

    FRKTL conjures organic textures
    Henry Bruce-Jones, FACT Magazine

    In FRKTL’s Azimuth, an ethereal world
    Peter Kirn, CDM  

    Ten under-the-radar releases
    Martyn Pepperell, Dazed

    Release of the Month: Azimuth
     Staff Picks, Field Notes Magazine 

    Nusasonic 2021: FRKTL
    Goethe-Institut x CTM Festival

    Acid Test: Comfy Synth, Symphonies
    Miles Bowe, Bandcamp Daily

    The Best Club Music on Bandcamp
    Gabe Meier, Bandcamp Daily  

    FRKTL: Excision After Love Collapses
     Louis Paulhus, Mes enceintes font défaut 

    Battiti: Una specie di promessa
    Adriano Zanni, Rai Radio 3 

    Common Time 032: 2020 Recap
    Dania Shihab, Common Time

    Selections: Lyra Pramuk
    Eoin Murray, DJ Mag

    Bandcamp Friday: August 7th
    RA News, Resident Advisor 

    For Club Use Only: October 2018
    Gabe Meier, Fact Magazine

    2020 Music: Pairing Mode Picks
    David Abravanel & Peter Kirn, CDM 

    Electronic Music on Bandcamp Friday
    David Abravanel & Peter Kirn, CDM  

    Bandcamp Recommendations: August
    Martyn Pepperell, Test Pressing

    First Floor #99 — New This Week
    Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor
    First Floor #46 — New This Week
    Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor 

    Bandcloud 370: Weekly Roundup
    Aidan Hanratty, Bandcloud
    Bandcloud 307: Weekly Roundup
    Aidan Hanratty, Bandcloud

    AVYSS Encounters 2020 vol. 2
    Artist Picks, AVYSS Magazine

    Cúmbia do século XXI — lançamentos 25
    GG Albuquerque, volume morto

    Les Bons Plans de Hatch: October 2020
    Staff Picks, Le Périscope 

    New Beirut Benefit Album
    Noah Yoo, Pitchfork

    Shattered into FRKTLs
     Simon Helm, Cold War Night Life
    Album Review: FRKTL’s Latest ‘Qualia’
    Staff Writer, CairoScene

    Fjord Oslo festival illuminates the city
    Jennifer Hahn, Dezeen
    إكسيجن آفتر لَف كولابسز | فرَكْتل
    محمد أشرف, Ma3azef

    أفضل الألبومات الإلكترونية في ٢٠٢٠
    معازف, Ma3azef   



Interviews + Features

    Geiger Septemberfest: Talk
    Geiger Festival, Atalante 

    Emotions on a digital playground
    Katrien Schuermans, Dissonant

    Interview: FRKTL
    Katrien Schuermans, GONZO Circus

    Crucial Listening: FRKTL
    Jack Chuter, ATTN:MAGAZINE 

    Album Covers of the Year 2020
    Vivian Hua, REDEFINE Magazine

    5時間前: FRKTL / New Rituals 
    時の崖 tokinogake

    Promise No Promises! Podcast
    Sonia Fernández Pan, Institut Kunst

    Unusual Business: Decentralizing Music
    Nusasonic, Goethe-Institut Indonesien

    Mo w/ Ayaya & FRKTL
    Mo Ayoub, Reprezent Radio

    Artistic universe of Commonolithic
    Léa Paule, Laval Virtual Blog

    HKCR: broadcasts of expansive music
    Peter Kirn, CDM

    Egypt’s Top Producers: Home Studio Tips
    Staff Writer, CairoScene

    Egypt: Excelling in Experimental Music
    Staff Writer, CairoScene

    FRKTL Heading to RBMA Paris
    Staff Writer, CairoScene