Biography
Katia Krow is the ambient electronic project of New York City–based Emirati artist Odi Suood Bashir (b. October 8, 2006, Dubai, UAE). Working between the sonic geographies of Dubai and New York, Bashir constructs immersive electroacoustic worlds shaped by field recordings, textured synthesis, glitchy rhythms, and slow-moving experimental composition.
His work has been featured on BBC Radio, The Economist, Foxy Digitalis, and PopMatters. He is also associated with Analog Amigo Records and the Fastest Ascent collective. Selected works were presented at the State of Play Festival at ODC Theater in San Francisco (2024) where they were integrated into live choreography. And at the Venice Conference hosted by Becoming Press (2026) where they were presented as part of an art installation.
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He is the founder of Kay Krow Records, an independent label and publishing platform for experimental music and writing. Through it, he publishes The Big Foist, a zine dedicated to underground sound and art, and curates The New Haunt, a compilation series documenting contemporary ambient, folk, and drone artists, alongside an expanding network of collaborative releases.
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