Rakhi Singhis a versatile UK-based artist known for her roles as a violinist, music director, curator, and composer. In 2016, she co-founded Manchester Collective, a progressive ensemble recognised by the BBC for ‘transforming all our perceptions of what a classical music group can be.’

Sabkha, the first single from Singh’s full-length debut album Purnima – is a captivating exploration into signal processing and multi-tracking for the violin. Singh’s own wordless vocals contribute to the hypnotic mood of this stirring stream-of-consciousness piece. Purnima, which translates literally from the Sanskrit as ‘she who is the full moon,’ is not only Singh’s middle name, it’s also a source of spiritual inspiration that has guided her own musical journey on the violin. Interpreting works by composers Alex Groves (Trace I), Emily Hall (Outshifts), Julia Wolfe (LAD) and Michael Gordon (Light Is Calling), and augmenting them with unearthly electronic and electro-acoustic textures, Singh creates a haunting dream world of melody and sound that doesn’t quite emit a completely ‘classical’ aura but instead suggests an altogether new one.