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Born in China, partly educated in Japan and now residing in Paris, her work came to the attention of a wider circle of listeners when she was invited by Laurel Halo to perform as part of a 10-hour durational ambient concert at London’s Mode Exchange in 2019. Inspired by personal touchstones including Tarkovsky’s Solaris, the subtly wavering grids of Agnes Martin, and the heterophonic layers of Chinese traditional music, Amosphère uses a careful selection of vintage electronics, sophisticated harmonic sense, and keen compositional intelligence to invite listeners into a meditative sonic space. At times starkly minimal and making bold use of the stereo field, Amosphère’sproduction approach keeps the grit and grain of her analogue gear intact, at times calling to mind the work of pioneers like Delia Derbyshire and Eliane Radigue. Calling up a pantheon of electronic music pioneers while shaping her rich analogue sound palette into affecting forms with a distinctly contemporary sensibility, Amosphère emerges here as an artist fully formed, carving out a very personal niche in the edifice of 21st century electronic music.