Abigail
Toll is a sound artist, composer and researcher who
engages with the physical and metaphysical aspects of sound in space through electroacoustic music and drone. Her live shows combine solo and ensemble performances comprising of flute, strings, percussion and vocals that melt together psychoacoustics and “noise” to both divine and terrifying effect. Her second solo album 'Idol' releases on 07 November 2025 on Superpang.
Toll’s current installations and artistic research explore the ways that beings can relate to one-another across time, geographies and species through ancient and contemporary forms of deep listening, pastoral tradition and traditional music.
Toll’s current installations and artistic research explore the ways that beings can relate to one-another across time, geographies and species through ancient and contemporary forms of deep listening, pastoral tradition and traditional music.
PRESS
Toll’s debut record ‘Matrices of Vision’ (rel. Shelter Press, 2023) premiered as an ensemble performance, featuring Rebecca Lane, Lucy Railton, and Evelyn Saylor at Klosterruine with KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin. It was described as:
“40 exquisite moments” (Bandcamp)
“a fascinating record” (GRM/Radio France).
“Magical stuff, and the more you observe it, the more fascinating it becomes” (Boomkat).
EXTENDED BIO
Toll studied English Literature and Art History (BA) at Sussex University (Brighton, UK), Electroacoustic Composition (MA) at KMH–The Royal College of Music in Stockholm (SE) and is the recipient of numerous scholarships. She was an artist in residence for the Amplify Berlin programme in 2018 with Caterina Barbieri and Maya Shenfeld, shortly after which she released her first EP Old World | New Ruins in 2019 under the moniker Ionian Death Robes. She is an artistic programmer for Tranceversal Voices – a multidimentional format for deep listening, drone, hypnotic club music and poetry resonating beyond categories, and at HOLON – an interdisciplinary format exploring the social discourse between art, music, design and emerging technologies. She presented a collaborative exhibition exploring data and co-creation with Stina Baudin for the series Rehearsing Moves on Hazy Paths in 2023. Her work and performances have been shown at: Heart of Noise (Innsbruck, AU); Gibanja, Kontejner (Zagreb, CR); tekhne, GMEA (Albi, FR); Casa del Popolo (Montreal, CA); Klosterruine; KW Institute for Contemporary Art; ZK/U; Kunsthalle Gent; The Lucerne School of Music (Lucerne, CH); LAS – Pawilon (Poznan, PL); Volksbühne (Berlin, DE); Swedish Association of New Music Promoters, (Gävle, SE); l’Ancienne Belgique (Brussels, BEL); The Drone Society (London, UK); Lisa (Lisbon, PT); UT Connewitz, (Leipzig, DE); Arttheater, (Cologne, DE); and with Tiara Roxanne at re:publica (Berlin, DE), Images Festival (Toronto, CA) and AMOQA (Athens, GR) among others.
Bookings: abigail.j.toll(at)gmail.com
Publishing: Abigail Toll Publishing