Portfolio of Electroacoustic Music Compositions on Auditory Experiences of Nairobi Bus Soundscapes and Sexual Harassment

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Less than 140 is an eleven-minute audiovisual composition created in 2019, centring the #mydressmychoice campaign, highlighting a historic moment in women’s and girls’ rights activism in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Aware is a stereo composition ten minutes and twelve seconds long, created in 2021. Focus is on the concept of the “outer reality” of the sounds within these bus soundscapes while exploring the “inner reality” of the intended context and sexual harassment

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Developed in 2023, this composition is nine minutes and twelve seconds for stereo format. The composition focuses on the “Appraisal” phase of Huron’s (2007) ITPRA theory of expectation. It follows Aware and analyses elements of Nairobi bus culture.

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Mashine is a multi-channel (8-channel) composition that premiered in 2023 at the University of Greenwich's Sound/Image23 Conference and again at BEAST FEaST 2025 at the University of Birmingham. The word Mashine is Swahili for Machine.

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In-situ, a twelve-minute and thirty-two-second film, was released in 2023. It is a multi-channel composition (for 8-channels), and was performed at Composing (with) Systems 2025.

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Released in 2023, this composition is for stereo format and is fourteen minutes and eight seconds in length. It centres the Prediction response from Huron’s (2007) ITPRA theory of expectation, exploring responses related to socialisation and patriarchy.

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This composition, released in 2024, is ten minutes and thirty-four seconds long. It’s a multi-channel composition (8-channels). It centres the Tension response from Huron’s (2007) ITPRA theory of expectation.

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