Masma Dream World (US)

Listening to Devi Mambouka, the artist known as Masma Dream World, is bearing witness to a personal journey through hell and back. The experimental project turned heads with her 2020 debut ‘Play at Night’, a record that established the multi-instrumentalist as a singular voice, combining field recordings, throttling bass, skittering electronics and traditional Gabonese rhythms for an awe inspiring, transportative sound, tipped by the likes of The FADER and The New York Times.

With roots in Gabon and Singapore, Mambouka is a child of the world. She recalls rainforest rituals and the presence of ghosts and spirits throughout her childhood in Gabon before immigrating to The Bronx. Here, instead of forests, she lost herself in record stores and began a spiritual, educational journey, DJing and immersing herself in NYC’s nightlife. A former Catholic school student, she studied religions of all kinds but found her guides in magic, maternal Hindu ancestors, the Black Madonna and Kali, the Hindu goddess of creation and destruction, and the mother of the forgotten ones.

New album ‘PLEASE COME TO ME’, released on February 21, 2025, beacons you to come into the darkness, inviting you into Devi Mambouka’s personal abyss. It’s music you hear in the middle of the night, happening upon a ritual already in progress, music meant to put you in a trance. Join Masma Dream World’s performance ceremony at Dunk! Festival, PLEASE. 

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