Through the Walls
Nine expansive songs moving through witness, intimacy, ritual and political unease.
- Dog Whistle
- The Daily Mail
- Mosaic
- One More Day
- Death Bed Kiss
- Another Day
- Liturgy
- Eyewitness
- Soft Snow
Knomad Spock
Music
Folk, hip-hop, spoken word and experimental sound, moving between intimate songwriting and layered collaborative work.
Albums
Complete albums
Every album and track is visible here without an embedded scroll. Select a track to listen on Bandcamp.
A Darker Light
A song cycle in nine parts, tracing shifting forms of light through voice, acoustic instrumentation and experimental arrangement.
- Candlelight Pt.1
- Candlelight Pt.2
- Firelight Pt.1
- Firelight Pt.2
- Fightlight Pt.3
- Starlight Pt.1
- Starlight Pt.2
- Starlight Pt.3
- Spotlight Pt.1
Winter of Discontent
The critically acclaimed debut Knomad Spock album: ten songs spanning folk, spoken word, hip-hop and atmospheric experimentation.
Listen or buy on BandcampEPs and collaborations
Further releases
Experimental collaborations and guest appearances across rap, poetry and sound.
000
BØMBED BUILDINGS × Knomad Spock
Black Fuzz · Last Of The Panda · Morning Coffee · Harp Tech · Stop · Terrified
Listen on Bandcamp →
Preludes
A record released under the moniker Nomad.
Chester P and Jehst
Recorded collaborations with two leading figures in UK hip-hop.
Creative lineage
Bands, collaborators and formative voices
A practice built through long-running exchange across music, visual culture and live performance.
Ongoing exchange
Jamie Smith, Stewart Baxter, Oliver Kilpatrick, Mark Slater, and Mark and Daniel Richardson of Original Brew are frequent collaborators across music and interdisciplinary work.
From Hull to London
Earlier projects include Hull favourites Silence in the Streets—also remembered in a diary by comedian Amy Gledhill—and London post-hardcore band Roll Call for the Second Site, with drummer Nic Crawshaw of Los Bitchos. Elmi also played in Scarecrows with Jon Kilburn (DJ Severe of DMC Ink).
DJ Chile and Rob Marenghi
Both played an important part in informing Elmi’s creative development and musical thinking.
Across UK hip-hop
Guest work and recordings include collaborations with Chester P and Jehst, alongside BØMBED BUILDINGS and other independent artists.
Selected recognition
Press and radio
Music reviewed and broadcast across national and independent outlets.
Critical press
Clash, Afropunk, Buzz and Record Collector.
Broadcast
Featured on BBC Radio 6 and performed live in session for Janice Long on BBC Wales.
Performance
Live work combines music, spoken word, poetry and collaborative performance.