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Abigail Toll is a sound artist, composer and researcher who makes a beguiling mix of abstract minimalism, pensive drone and thrumming electronics (Boomkat). Her live shows melt together psychoacoustics, hypnotic vocals and noise to “both divine and terrifying” effect. 

Her debut record Matrices of Vision (rel. Shelter Press, 2023)  –  described as “40 exquisite moments” (Bandcamp) and “a fascinating record – hyper concentrated on [Toll’s] academic training [as] a kind of exorcism” (GRM/Radio France) – focuses on the sonic and emotional
potential of harmonics and data. It was originally premiered as an ensemble performance, featuring Rebecca Lane, Lucy Railton, and
Evelyn Saylor at Klosterruine with KW Institute of Contemporary Art in Berlin.

Toll’s current installations and artistic research  unearth and countermap* the more-than-human relations between psychoacoustics and pastoral tradition. In collaboration with several situated researchers, the body of work titled “Where Words Fail” explores the resonance between regional folk music, deep listening, drone, field recordings, pastoral traditions and sacred sites now imperilled by industrialisation and (settler) colonialism. 

*countermapping is the practice of creating  data and archives to challenge dominant power structures, and elevate marginalized perspectives and histories.

New Releases:

OUT NOW:     'Despair Rituals' (Tranceversal Voices) – collaboration with Helena Espvall
UPCOMING:  ‘IDOL’ (rel. Superpang, Oct. ‘25)


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.
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