angela wai nok hui, percussionist, sound designer and multidisciplinary artist based in London and Hong Kong. Graduated from the Royal College of Music in (MMus) with distinction as a classically trained percussionist and timpanist and now she is seeking different art-forms to express herself. She is dedicated to new music and has collaborated with many composers, artists and ensembles including the Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, Explore Ensemble, and more. She is a member of a percussion collective, Abstruckt. A 1/2 of a sonic noise duo - Understanding of Skinning. Also a co-founder of Hidden Keileon CIC, a cultural enterprise working with migrant and queer people to imagine futures with freedom and justice for all by dreaming and leading multidisciplinary and life-affirming projects.
Fascinated with sounds that are not meant to be, devoted to expanding the boundaries of music performances; she has a passion for experimenting with different art forms through the recreation and reimagining noise and sonic art. She has released two solo albums/ major works. Her debut solo work 'Let Me Tell You Something' engages with political references and themes of identity. The album has been described as“leave an appetite wanting to see more of her live in action.” (theQuietus), ...“the uncanniest debuts we’ve heard in years” (Boomkat)./
Reviews:
"one of the uncanniest debuts we’ve heard in years. Blessed with an extraordinary, curious sound sensitivity..." BOOMKAT on Let Me Tell You Something
"her music spins cocoons, wrapping around and immersing your mind in a time and space equal parts intimate and strange." THE QUIETUS on /the plum/
photos by Venetia Jollands
angela wai nok hui, percussionist, sound designer and multidisciplinary artist based in London and Hong Kong. Graduated from the Royal College of Music in (MMus) with distinction as a classically trained percussionist and timpanist and now she is seeking different art-forms to express herself. She is dedicated to new music and has collaborated with many composers, artists and ensembles including the Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, Explore Ensemble, and more. She is a member of a percussion collective, Abstruckt. A 1/2 of a sonic noise duo - Understanding of Skinning. Also a co-founder of Hidden Keileon CIC, a cultural enterprise working with migrant and queer people to imagine futures with freedom and justice for all by dreaming and leading multidisciplinary and life-affirming projects.
Fascinated with sounds that are not meant to be, devoted to expanding the boundaries of music performances; she has a passion for experimenting with different art forms through the recreation and reimagining noise and sonic art. She has released two solo albums/ major works. Her debut solo work 'Let Me Tell You Something' engages with political references and themes of identity. The album has been described as“leave an appetite wanting to see more of her live in action.” (theQuietus), ...“the uncanniest debuts we’ve heard in years” (Boomkat)./
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Angela Hui Wai Nok
wainokangela@gmail.com
IG @huiwainokk
+44 7775538690