Info
FRKTL (frac·tal ︎) is the solo experimental music project of British-Egyptian artist and award-winning composer Sarah Badr.
A classically trained multi-instrumentalist working with live sampling, improvisation, vocal manipulation, field recordings and generative systems, she creates emotive, immersive explorations of sound.
Her critically acclaimed album, Excision After Love Collapses, markes nearly a decade of independent, self-published works. She is an Oram Award recipient for innovation in sound, music, and related technologies.
Links
✺ Bandcamp
✺ SoundCloud
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.comCommissions
hello@sarahbadr.comDisc
Azimuth
OST 202101 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 202001 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 201701 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 201601 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 201101 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 201101 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 CompilationNinja 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
AzimuthCoventry 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/ FRKTLEdited 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 360FRKTL 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 2020Andreas 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.fm01 ╱ 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 texturesHenry 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: TalkGeiger 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