Okuma is a duo based in Reykjavik, Iceland. They like to describe their music as post-apocalyptic, sourcing inspiration in reflections about our times.  Saxophone and electric guitar are interfaced with modular synthesizers and computers, fed through real-time processing units. A highly interactive setup providing a very open and intuitive playground. Okuma is  constantly exploring ways to unify these elements into a world of sound that leaves room for improvisation – complex harmonies and organic textures,  raw electronics, subtle melodies and unexpected rhythms.

Post-apocalyptic music for present times

To tackle the ever increasing harassment and prophecies about a collapsing world, Okuma opts for embracing the apocalypse as long begun and inherent to the present, and furthermore, projecting itself into a utopian, post-apocalyptic future that may neither be as distant nor dark as often predicted. Okuma imagines the curve of the apocalypse and its aftermath as a musical arch. From ancient rituals to postmodern electronics, it acknowledges that there is nothing new under the sun, and lives and breathes the past, present and future all at once: Okuma plants its flowers in an electronic wasteland.