Press

Bio
2023 Biography ◍
Releases Discography
(2010—2021)
Artwork
2021 OST Azimuth
2020 LP E. A. L. C.
2017 EP Prose Edda
2016 LP Qualia
2013 Single Descent / Fjäder
2011 LP Atom
2011 Demo B-Sides
† all artwork by Sarah Badr
Photos
2023 @ Iklectik Art Lab, London
by Matt Favero
2021 @ Minoritenkirche, Krems
by David Visnjic
2021 @ Gauja River, Sigulda
by Martins Rokis
2020 @ Ponta do Sol, Madeira
by Sarah Badr
2019 @ Musikbrauerei, Berlin
by Udo Siegfriedt
2019 @ Necropolis, Giza
by Yoseob Shin
2018 @ Heliopolis, Cairo
by Sarah Badr
2018 @ Sanssouci, Potsdam
by Zhiying Li
2017 @ Aldersgate, London
by Sarah Badr
2015 @ Kraftwerk, Berlin
by Camille Blake
Interviews + Features Geiger Septemberfest: Talk
Geiger Festival, Atalante

Emotions on a digital playground
Katrien Schuermans, Dissonant

Interview: FRKTL
Katrien Schuermans, GONZO Circus

Crucial Listening: FRKTL
Jack Chuter, ATTN:MAGAZINE

Album Covers of the Year 2020
Vivian Hua, REDEFINE Magazine

5時間前: FRKTL / New Rituals
時の崖 tokinogake

Promise No Promises! Podcast
Sonia Fernández Pan, Institut Kunst

Unusual Business: Decentralizing Music
Nusasonic, Goethe-Institut Indonesien

Mo w/ Ayaya & FRKTL
Mo Ayoub, Reprezent Radio

Artistic universe of Commonolithic
Léa Paule, Laval Virtual Blog

HKCR: broadcasts of expansive music
Peter Kirn, CDM

Egypt’s Top Producers: Home Studio Tips
Staff Writer, CairoScene

Egypt: Excelling in Experimental Music
Staff Writer, CairoScene

FRKTL Heading to RBMA Paris
Staff Writer, CairoScene

Selected Press FRKTL conjures organic textures
Henry Bruce-Jones, FACT Magazine

In FRKTL’s Azimuth, an ethereal world
Peter Kirn, CDM

Ten under-the-radar releases
Martyn Pepperell, Dazed

Release of the Month: Azimuth
Staff Picks, Field Notes Magazine

Nusasonic 2021: FRKTL
Goethe-Institut x CTM Festival

Acid Test: Comfy Synth, Symphonies
Miles Bowe, Bandcamp Daily

The Best Club Music on Bandcamp
Gabe Meier, Bandcamp Daily

FRKTL: Excision After Love Collapses
Louis Paulhus, Mes enceintes font défaut

Battiti: Una specie di promessa
Adriano Zanni, Rai Radio 3

Common Time 032: 2020 Recap
Dania Shihab, Common Time

Selections: Lyra Pramuk
Eoin Murray, DJ Mag

Bandcamp Friday: August 7th
RA News, Resident Advisor

For Club Use Only: October 2018
Gabe Meier, Fact Magazine

2020 Music: Pairing Mode Picks
David Abravanel & Peter Kirn, CDM

Electronic Music on Bandcamp Friday
David Abravanel & Peter Kirn, CDM

Bandcamp Recommendations: August
Martyn Pepperell, Test Pressing

First Floor #99 — New This Week
Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor

First Floor #46 — New This Week
Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor

Bandcloud 370: Weekly Roundup
Aidan Hanratty, Bandcloud

Bandcloud 307: Weekly Roundup
Aidan Hanratty, Bandcloud

AVYSS Encounters 2020 vol. 2
Artist Picks, AVYSS Magazine

Cúmbia do século XXI — lançamentos 25
GG Albuquerque, volume morto

Les Bons Plans de Hatch: October 2020
Staff Picks, Le Périscope

New Beirut Benefit Album
Noah Yoo, Pitchfork

Shattered into FRKTLs
Simon Helm, Cold War Night Life

Album Review: FRKTL’s Latest ‘Qualia’
Staff Writer, CairoScene

Fjord Oslo festival illuminates the city
Jennifer Hahn, Dezeen

إكسيجن آفتر لَف كولابسز | فرَكْتل
محمد أشرف, Ma3azef

أفضل الألبومات الإلكترونية في ٢٠٢٠
معازف, Ma3azef

Charts Elektroniskt i P2: Årsbästa 2020
Andreas Tilliander, Sveriges Radio

BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix
object blue, IGTV Live

BBC Radio 1 | Mo Ayoub
Mo Ayoub sits in for Benji

Boomkat End of Year Charts 2021
Artist Picks, Boomkat

Boomkat End of Year Charts 2020
Artist Picks, Boomkat

The Best Tracks of the Year 2020
Artist Picks, Mixmag

Motherboard: Januar 2022
Frank P. Eckert, Groove Magazin

Continental Drift: 20 Club Tracks
Gabe Meier, Electronic Beats

Adventures in Sound and Music
Meg Woof, The Wire Magazine

Wire Mix: C-drík
The Wire Magazine

30 albums we played like mad in 2020
Katrien Schuermans, Dissonant

Comfortnoise July 2020 Charts
Ink!, Comfortnoise & Dubexmachina

Best Albums of 2020 | MENA
Staff Picks, SceneNoise

34 albums die wij onterech
Daan Leber, Indiestyle

Plague Songs: The Top 20 of 2020
Simon Helm, Cold War Night Life

Ninja Tune Staff Picks: August 2020
Ninja Tunes, Buy Music Club

Twenty Alpha’s Top 20 Releases
Twenty Alpha Hong Kong

Radio Študent: Best Labels of 2020
Radio Študent Staff, 89.3 FM

HKCR 2020 Residents on Bandcamp
Hong Kong Community Radio, Buy Music Club

Essential Mix: object blue
BBC Radio 1

Elsewhere
✺ MOCA Toronto
moca.ca

✺ The Herbert
coventrybiennial.com

✺ CTM Festival
ctm-festival.de

✺ The Guardian
guardian.co.uk

✺ The Wire
thewire.co.uk

✺ Goethe-Institut
goethe.de

✺ HKCR Archive
hkcr.live

✺ NTS Radio
nts.live

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