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South London saxophonist, singer-songwriter, electronic producer, and field recordist Laura Misch has shared a transformative rework of her single ‘Alchemy’ by renowned ambient producer KMRU. The track is the first offering from her forthcoming ‘Ambient Reworks EP’, set for release on November 27th via One Little Independent Records.
Alongside the new music, Misch has announced her biggest headline show to date: a landmark performance at The Barbican on July 3rd, 2026.
The new EP expands on ‘Alchemy‘, which Misch released in February. It will also feature a reimagining from celebrated composer Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Emma). Misch explains the EP was organically inspired by a lyric from the original song: “tear apart our elements and they’ll recombine.” She describes the original track as an exploration of “destruction and creation being the process of recombining what is,” weaving together “reverberant synth saxophone clouds” and “percussive shells and stones.”
KMRU (Joseph Kamaru), an acclaimed figure in experimental music, reshapes ‘Alchemy’ into what Misch describes as a “light meditation.”
“Joseph’s rework feels like the song is floating and suspended in time,” Misch says. “The threads of the song have been untied and are blowing freely in the wind.” KMRU himself notes the “effortless” process: “it’s always a delicate process reworking an original piece, but sometimes the pieces just flow… and Alchemy felt this way.”
The EP will also feature Isobel Waller-Bridge’s version, which Misch says “feels like she’s created a portal.” Waller-Bridge adds that she wanted to “dissolve… further” into the track’s beauty, reframing it as a “non-linear piece” to let the listener “drift through a boundless cosmos.”
This project follows Misch’s acclaimed 2024 project ‘Sample The Earth’ and her debut LP ‘Sample The Sky’, which established her unique dialogue between the natural world and electronic sound.
Alchemy ‘Ambient Reworks’: https://lauramisch.bandcamp.com/album/alchemy-ambient-reworks-1
Live dates
03.07 – The Barbican, London, UK
