INFO
FRKTL is the solo experimental project of Riga/London/Cairo based interdisciplinary artist Sarah Badr.
A classically trained multi-instrumentalist utilising live sampling and improv, vocal manipulation, field recordings and generative rhythms, she composes intensely emotive and immersive explorations of sound.
Her critically acclaimed sixth release and third full-length album, Excision After Love Collapses, marks nearly a decade of fully independent, self-published works.
Links
Bandcamp
SoundCloud
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
Releases
︎ Atom
︎ B-Sides
︎ Descent / Fjäder
︎ Qualia
︎ Prose Edda
︎ Excision After Love
Collapses
Bandcamp
SoundCloud
Releases
︎ Atom
︎ B-Sides
︎ Descent / Fjäder
︎ Qualia
︎ Prose Edda
︎ Excision After Love
Collapses
Extras
︎ Resident Advisor
︎ For Club Use Only
︎ Currents Playlists
︎ HKCR Residency
︎ NTS Episodes
︎ Edited Arts
Bookings
hello@frktl.com
Commissions
hello@sarahbadr.com
︎ Resident Advisor
︎ For Club Use Only
︎ Currents Playlists
︎ HKCR Residency
︎ NTS Episodes
︎ Edited Arts
Bookings
hello@frktl.com
Commissions
hello@sarahbadr.com
DISC
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
Remixes
︎ Lensk — Strained
(FRKTL Manifold Remix) 05:18
Compilations
︎ Emmissions (Seagrave, 2017)
︎ CHAOS 1: Nirvana Is Leaking Into
The Mainframe (Dream Catalogue, 2017)
︎ Anthology of Contemporary Music From
The African Continent (USG, 2018)
︎ Below The Radar 43 (The Wire, 2020)
︎ Nisf Madeena نصف مدينة (Ma3azef, 2020)
︎ Mind The Gap #146 (Gonzo Circus, 2020)
Residencies
︎ Hong Kong Community Radio
Episode 1 (5th November, 2020)
Episode 2 (3rd December, 2020)
Episode 3 (7th January, 2021)
Mixes
︎ NTS Radio: Alien Jams w/ FRKTL
︎ Edited Arts Correspondence FRKTL
︎ Radio Kapitał: Cold World w/ FRKTL
︎ Ma3azef: Drowned By Locals w/ FRKTL
︎ UNIZONE: FRKTL [s02e16]
︎ 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
︎ 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
︎ 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
Remixes
︎ Lensk — Strained
(FRKTL Manifold Remix) 05:18
Compilations
︎ Emmissions (Seagrave, 2017)
︎ CHAOS 1: Nirvana Is Leaking Into
The Mainframe (Dream Catalogue, 2017)
︎ Anthology of Contemporary Music From
The African Continent (USG, 2018)
︎ Below The Radar 43 (The Wire, 2020)
︎ Nisf Madeena نصف مدينة (Ma3azef, 2020)
︎ Mind The Gap #146 (Gonzo Circus, 2020)
Residencies
︎ Hong Kong Community Radio
Episode 1 (5th November, 2020)
Episode 2 (3rd December, 2020)
Episode 3 (7th January, 2021)
Mixes
︎ NTS Radio: Alien Jams w/ FRKTL
︎ Edited Arts Correspondence FRKTL
︎ Radio Kapitał: Cold World w/ FRKTL
︎ Ma3azef: Drowned By Locals w/ FRKTL
︎ UNIZONE: FRKTL [s02e16]
︎ 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
︎ 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
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
Live + DJ Sets
︎ WARE 360 FRKTL DJ Set
︎ B&&B by Zalando FRKTL DJ Set
Commissions
︎Untitled 10′ 0″ (Center for Arts, Design
and Social Research, August 2020)
Selected Press
︎ إكسيجن آفتر لَف كولابسز — فرَكْتل
محمد أشرف, Ma3azef MENA
︎ أفضل الألبومات الإلكترونية في ٢٠٢٠
معازف, Ma3azef MENA
︎ CTM 2021: FRKTL
Club Matryoshka x CTM Festival DE
︎ Acid Test: Comfy Synth, Symphonies
Miles Bowe, Bandcamp Daily US
︎ The Best Club Music on Bandcamp
Gabe Meier, Bandcamp Daily US
︎ FRKTL: Excision After Love Collapses
Louis Paulhus, Mes enceintes font défaut CA
︎ Common Time 032: 2020 Recap
Dania Shihab, Common Time AU
︎ 2020 Music: Pairing Mode Picks
David Abravanel & Peter Kirn, CDM DE
︎ Electronic Music on Bandcamp Friday
David Abravanel & Peter Kirn, CDM DE
︎ 34 albums die wij onterecht, jul-dec 2020
Daan Leber, Indiestyle NL
︎ Bandcamp Recommendations: August
Martyn Pepperell, Test Pressing NZ
︎ First Floor #46 — New This Week
Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor ES
︎ Cúmbia do século XXI — lançamentos 25
GG Albuquerque, volume morto BR
︎ Les Bons Plans de Hatch: October 2020
Staff Picks, Le Périscope FR
︎ Bandcloud 307: Weekly Roundup
Aidan Hanratty, Bandcloud IE
︎ New Beirut Benefit Album
Noah Yoo, Pitchfork US
︎ Continental Drift: 20 Club Tracks
Gabe Meier, Electronic Beats DE
︎ Album Review: FRKTL’s Latest ‘Qualia’
Staff Writer, CairoScene EG
︎ Plague Songs: The Top 20 of 2020
Simon Helm, Cold War Night Life UK
︎ Fjord Oslo festival illuminates the city
Jennifer Hahn, Dezeen UK
︎ 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
Live + DJ Sets
︎ WARE 360 FRKTL DJ Set
︎ B&&B by Zalando FRKTL DJ Set
Commissions
︎Untitled 10′ 0″ (Center for Arts, Design
and Social Research, August 2020)
Selected Press
︎ إكسيجن آفتر لَف كولابسز — فرَكْتل
محمد أشرف, Ma3azef MENA
︎ أفضل الألبومات الإلكترونية في ٢٠٢٠
معازف, Ma3azef MENA
︎ CTM 2021: FRKTL
Club Matryoshka x CTM Festival DE
︎ Acid Test: Comfy Synth, Symphonies
Miles Bowe, Bandcamp Daily US
︎ The Best Club Music on Bandcamp
Gabe Meier, Bandcamp Daily US
︎ FRKTL: Excision After Love Collapses
Louis Paulhus, Mes enceintes font défaut CA
︎ Common Time 032: 2020 Recap
Dania Shihab, Common Time AU
︎ 2020 Music: Pairing Mode Picks
David Abravanel & Peter Kirn, CDM DE
︎ Electronic Music on Bandcamp Friday
David Abravanel & Peter Kirn, CDM DE
︎ 34 albums die wij onterecht, jul-dec 2020
Daan Leber, Indiestyle NL
︎ Bandcamp Recommendations: August
Martyn Pepperell, Test Pressing NZ
︎ First Floor #46 — New This Week
Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor ES
︎ Cúmbia do século XXI — lançamentos 25
GG Albuquerque, volume morto BR
︎ Les Bons Plans de Hatch: October 2020
Staff Picks, Le Périscope FR
︎ Bandcloud 307: Weekly Roundup
Aidan Hanratty, Bandcloud IE
︎ New Beirut Benefit Album
Noah Yoo, Pitchfork US
︎ Continental Drift: 20 Club Tracks
Gabe Meier, Electronic Beats DE
︎ Album Review: FRKTL’s Latest ‘Qualia’
Staff Writer, CairoScene EG
︎ Plague Songs: The Top 20 of 2020
Simon Helm, Cold War Night Life UK
︎ Fjord Oslo festival illuminates the city
Jennifer Hahn, Dezeen UK
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
Playlists
︎ 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
Interviews
︎ Emotions on a digital playground
Katrien Schuermans, Dissonant BE
︎ Interview: FRKTL November 2020
Katrien Schuermans, GONZO Circus NL
︎ Crucial Listening: FRKTL October 2020
Jack Chuter, ATTN:MAGAZINE UK
︎ Egypt’s Top Producers: Home Studio Tips
Staff Writer, CairoScene EG
︎ Egypt: Excelling in Experimental Music
Staff Writer, CairoScene EG
︎ FRKTL Heading to RBMA Paris
Staff Writer, CairoScene EG
︎ Radio 1 Essential Mix August 2020
object blue, IGTV Live UK
︎ Mo w/ Ayaya & FRKTL August 2020
Mo Ayoub, Reprezent Radio UK
Charts
︎ Elektroniskt i P2: Årsbästa 2020
Andreas Tilliander, Sveriges Radio SV
︎ Boomkat End of Year Charts 2020
Artist Picks, Boomkat UK
︎ The Best Tracks of the Year 2020
Artist Picks, Mixmag UK
︎ AVYSS Encounters 2020 vol. 2
Artist Picks, AVYSS Magazine JP
︎ 30 albums we played like mad in 2020
Katrien Schuermans, Dissonant BE
︎ Comfortnoise July 2020 Charts
Ink!, Comfortnoise & Dubexmachina CH
︎ Best Albums of 2020 (MENA)
Staff Picks, SceneNoise EG
︎ Bandcamp Friday: August 7th
RA News, Resident Advisor UK
︎ BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix: object blue UK
︎ Ninja Tune Staff Picks: August 2020 UK
︎ HKCR 2020 Residents on Bandcamp HK
︎ Twenty Alpha’s Top 20 Releases 2020 HK
︎ Radio Študent: Best Labels of 2020 SI
︎ 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
Playlists
︎ 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
Interviews
︎ Emotions on a digital playground
Katrien Schuermans, Dissonant BE
︎ Interview: FRKTL November 2020
Katrien Schuermans, GONZO Circus NL
︎ Crucial Listening: FRKTL October 2020
Jack Chuter, ATTN:MAGAZINE UK
︎ Egypt’s Top Producers: Home Studio Tips
Staff Writer, CairoScene EG
︎ Egypt: Excelling in Experimental Music
Staff Writer, CairoScene EG
︎ FRKTL Heading to RBMA Paris
Staff Writer, CairoScene EG
︎ Radio 1 Essential Mix August 2020
object blue, IGTV Live UK
︎ Mo w/ Ayaya & FRKTL August 2020
Mo Ayoub, Reprezent Radio UK
Charts
︎ Elektroniskt i P2: Årsbästa 2020
Andreas Tilliander, Sveriges Radio SV
︎ Boomkat End of Year Charts 2020
Artist Picks, Boomkat UK
︎ The Best Tracks of the Year 2020
Artist Picks, Mixmag UK
︎ AVYSS Encounters 2020 vol. 2
Artist Picks, AVYSS Magazine JP
︎ 30 albums we played like mad in 2020
Katrien Schuermans, Dissonant BE
︎ Comfortnoise July 2020 Charts
Ink!, Comfortnoise & Dubexmachina CH
︎ Best Albums of 2020 (MENA)
Staff Picks, SceneNoise EG
︎ Bandcamp Friday: August 7th
RA News, Resident Advisor UK
︎ BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix: object blue UK
︎ Ninja Tune Staff Picks: August 2020 UK
︎ HKCR 2020 Residents on Bandcamp HK
︎ Twenty Alpha’s Top 20 Releases 2020 HK
︎ Radio Študent: Best Labels of 2020 SI