Laryssa Kim is an Italo-Congolese singer and composer with an arresting set of influences. Her first forays into music took place in Rome, writing and performing with reggae musicians and DJs. Here she honed her instinctual strengths in a predominantly live setting.She relocated to Amsterdam in 2008 and immersed herself in contemporary dance and physical theatre, broadening her toolset in an environment that supported and encouraged playful experimentation around composition. Basing herself in Brussels since 2013, Laryssa went on to formally pursue her interest in electro acoustics by completing a master’s program at the Royal Conservatory of Mons in acousmatic music composition. The landscape of Laryssa Kim’s music is impassioned and mesmerizing. Employing her voice as her central instrument, hypnotic swells of elegant lyrical forms are scattered around finely braided electronics and instrumental motifs that gather into tender song structures. Laryssa Kim’s debut EP Lov’em All was warmly and widely received, leading to performances across Belgium since its release in 2019. Her debut album 'Contezza’, released in February 2024 through the Belgian imprint City Tracks and co-published withInFiné, received outstanding attention from both the public and the press.Her live show integrates lighting and video projections that create an intriguing blend of live music and performance art