Laila Sakini
Aliases: Princess Diana of Wales
Member of: Princess Diana of Wales
Like A Gun
Following work with poet Lucy Van (Figures, Purely Physical 2017) and a string of highly alluring sound parcels via her Careful podcast series, the Melbourne-London based producer, DJ, curator, and performer presents two solo pieces of ambience and deftly arranged instrument-voice interplay.
A space is found within a mix of DIY instrumentation, science fiction rumination and the melancholic exotica of possible pasts. The eponymous opener, ‘Like a Gun’ pushes and pulls between a place of pure da…
Live
Laila Sakini’s side was recorded live at A Colourful Storm and Jolly Discs presents Thomas Bush, Princess Diana of Wales and Enchante at Cafe Oto, London on 10th July 2022. Thomas’s side was recorded live at FELT presents Laila Sakini and Thomas Bush at Ideal Bar, Copenhagen on 2nd March 2023.
Cupo
A hypnotic demonstration of improvisation, and an ode to the free-jazz and DIY cultures the two artists rose from, Cupo ultimately becomes an object of intuition that marks both a turning point and coming together of two of London’s most imaginative figures.‘Cupo’ is the debut collaborative album by London based producer/percussionist Valentina Magaletti and enigmatic artist Laila Sakini, deploying an orchestra-sized ensemble of instruments thru dub, ambient, modern classical, and effortlessly e…
Figures
Laila Sakini and Lucy Van’s sought after 2017 EP Figures resurfaces on a newly expanded and remastered edition, deploying taut poetry and creeping electro-pulses for an alchemical suite of slowly encroaching trip hop x dub-pop - highly recommended if you’re into CS + Kreme, Laurie Anderson, Leslie Winer, YL Hooi, Bullion, Jonnine, Kallista Kult - all the best stuff basically. Long before releasing her slow-burn classic ‘Vivienne’ and last year’s compelling Princess Diana of Wales album, Laila …
Paloma
*In process of stocking. Limited edition of 500 copies.* Laila Sakini's new album 'Paloma' arrives via Modern Love and is her most striking and ambiguous to date - a pointed and timely meditation on hope and hierarchies that riffs on Zbigniew Preisner's magical "The Double Life of Veronique" score and enduring outsider music tome "The Langley Schools Music Project". Subtly transcendent, fathoms-deep music that's had us in cold sweats for months - highly recommended if you’re into Dominique Lawal…