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Standing somewhere between neo-impressionism and electronica, Isnaj Dui (real name Katie English) conveys a minimal yet capturing sound using electronically manipulated flutes and homemade instruments. Cited as a distinct voice, taking the flute away from its pastoral image whilst maintaining its unique mellow sound, English has released several critically acclaimed albums including 2010's Protective Displacement (Rural Colours) and Unstable Equilibrium (Home Normal, 2009). She has appeared at venues such as the National Portrait Gallery and Union Chapel in London and has received play on Radio 3's Late Junction and BBC 6 Music. As a classically trained flautist, English has also studied electroacoustic music, alternative tunings and Javanese and Balinese gamelan. Using the pure tones of concert and bass flutes alongside home made dulcimers and electronics to fuse together many styles, English creates a unique sound, infusing tranquil melodies with a dark edge. Keith Moline of Wire writes of 2007s 'Patterns In Rocks' '...English manages to take the [flute] into darker realms while maintaining a lovely, sleepy languor. Working entirely without laptop processing, English uses acoustic instrumentation with minimal effects, building loops to create immersive yet restrained textures that weave in and out of eachother. Through intense refinement of pieces during which ideas will come and go, the recording process and live performance become one of the same with recordings often done in one take. As well as her solo work, Katie plays in littlebow with Keiron Phelan and has collaborated live and on record with Orla Wren, Konntinent, Hybernation and The Owl Service amongst others. 　 REVIEWS Boomkat (album of the week) 'Absolutely gorgeous music and a big recommendation for followers of [Home Normal] and good music everywhere.' Smallfish (recommended) 'Truly a delight to listen to and something that is both familiar and strangely exotic sounding. You’re unlikely to hear another album quite like this in the near future and for that we must be thankful that Isnaj Dui is out there doing her own thing.' Textura November 2009 '...an oft-beautiful exercise in sensuous tone-painting that, in seemingly effortless manner, not only distinguishes itself from the competition but establishes Isnaj Dui as a distinctive artistic voice.' Nils Frahm 'Deeply inspiring music from a very, very special place' DISCOGRAPHY Protective Displacement (Rural Colours) December 2010 Circle of Sleep free download on Arctic Circle Radio and limited CD release (FBox Records) due February 2011 Unstable Equilibrium (Home Normal) August 2009 Patterns In Rocks (FBox Records) July 2007 Amacrine (Smallfish) June 2007 Sequence EP (FBox Records) May 2006 Isnaj Dui (FBox Records) March 2005 COMPILATIONS 'A Secret Peace' exclusive track, Vertical Integration compilation (Second Language) August 2010 'Version 5' & 'Remainder #1', 14 Versions of The Same EP box-set (Front & Follow) July 2010 'Daybreak' exclusive track, Panic At The Planetarium compilation (Courier) June 2010 'Weeks Went By' exclusive subscriber's track, Arctic Circle Explorer's Club series (Loaf) March 2010 'Saying Goodbye' exclusive track, Shivering Sands and Scavenging Birds compilation (Midwich), June 2009 'Lieunb (live)', Telephasic Workshop >1, May 2007 'DulcImprov' exclusive track, Disco_r.dance Vol. 1 compilation, November 2006 'Catoctin', The Wire Tapper 15, June 2006 　 REMIXES, COLLABORATIONS & BANDS 'Bones' with Andy Nice, Arctic Circle Explorer's Club series (Loaf), October 2010 Pattern Beneath The Plough, The Owl Service (Rif Mountain), May 2010 Remix of 'Dr Titan', Andy Nice - The Remixes (Front & Follow), October 2009 ingliy spikin werld, with storyteller Guy J. Jackson (FBox Records) July 2008 Version 5 of 14 Versions of the Same EP with Long Division With Remainders (www.ldwr.net ) March 2008 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.