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ugne&maria is a collaboration between Marija Rasa Kudabaite and Ugnė Vyliaudaite, both based in Belgium. They made their live debut in Brussels in 2016 and continued experimenting with violin, synthesizers, and sampling techniques. Their compositions have a down-tempo as well as a dance-oriented approach, including multilayered compositional principles and improvisation. With a mosaic of samples and carefully triggered field recordings, in dialogue with Vyliaudaitė’s violin, the duo makes intricate and calming music that stands far from ambient. Snippets of text or recognisable samples serve as textures rather than as location markers or figures to which one could reliably ascribe meaning. The electronics offer hints of house music or half-remembered techno, the violin bathes the entire thing in a wash of otherworldly elegance. The duo has presented their music internationally: Meakusma festival, Les Ateliers Claus, Arkaoda, Sameheads, Spettro, Beursschouwburg, RECYCLART, SMOG, HORST festival, etc. ugne&maria’s debut LP “Healing” is released on Brussels and Rotterdam based label Futura Resistenza.