Sarahsson

Devonshire-born Sarahsson is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist and DJ living and working in Bristol. Inspired as much by the natural world as she is by gore and harsh noise, Sarahsson fuses elements of classical music with metal, experimental electronics and folk. Her 2022 debut album ‘The Horgenaith’ draws on personal and cultural mythologies of femininity, transition and synaesthesia.

With a grant from Saffron Records in 2021 she spent time at a woodwork studio carving a Daxophone, a wooden bowed instrument, which has become an integral and unpredictable part of her live performances. Her soundtracking work began in 2016 with the Parisian fashion brand Maldito (formerly Neith Nyer), scoring their runway shows for four seasons, and more recently includes the BAFTA Cymru & Iris Prize nominated ‘Nânt’ (2022) dir. Tom Chetwode-Barton, ‘Protopia Futures’ (2021) with Monika Bielskyte, and Acne Studios’ Fall/Winter 2023 runway show.

Sarahsson has brought her unique ear for melody, rich textural harmony and dramatic narratives to an eclectic range of venues across Europe since 2020, playing alongside artists like Lyra Pramuk, Rachika Nayar, Nkisi, Marina Herlop & LEYA. Beginning her first European tour at Rewire Festival’s 2023 edition, and her second at Bendik Giske’s eponymous album release in Berlin’s Volksbühne, she finished in the main hall of Berghain for Creamcake’s 3HD Festival with a 3D-printed ornamental bow handle in the shape of a white horse’s back leg and tail designed by Leo Carlton.