Asma Maroof

Electronic musician born outside of Washington DC to Indian parents. Asma Maroofs father played classic Bollywood cassettes on car rides, while her mother sang Lata Mangeshkar hits in their living room. Music was always present in her home, and along with her own traditions, Hip-hop, R&B, as well as Baltimore club made up a large part of her makeup. Moving to Chicago to study film at SAIC, she was introduced to house music, Sun Ra, and improvisation, and she started making sounds with cheap gear. One day on her way home from school, found an old CDJ for $5 at a garage sale, obsessively using it to manipulate sounds. These early experiments eventually led her down the path to DJing and producing, and trying to make sense of it all. After relocating to Los Angeles, she began recording live improvisations and re-editing them with Daniel Pineda under the name Nguzunguzu. Asma now lives in Switzerland to work on soundscapes for theater at Schauspielhaus Zurich, marking a pivotal point in her career as a composer. Mesmerized by the connections sound makes internally, externally, and socially, she continues to explore its powerful storytelling capabilities, both behind the decks and on screen.