MAMI UMAMI exists in the tension between control and chaos. Born in Sweden’s cold, gritty underground, the project channels resistance through dance, jazzy pop melodies colliding with distorted hip-hop drums and 808s, physical beats, and performances that blur the line between concert and confrontation. They turn the dance floor into something left out too long—warming, waiting, impossible to ignore, like your mami’s voice echoing from another room.

Based in Malmö’s concrete sprawl, Jaquelin Elamiri (Miss Mami) and Leonard Furby write and produce music that reflects life inside modern systems: hyper-connected, surveilled, and restless. What began as a loose collective in a rat-infested industrial basement evolved into a focused duo, driven by instinct, friction, and speed. Since their debut album Söndagsångest (2024), MAMI UMAMI has embraced a stripped-back creative core where ideas move fast and nothing is over-polished.

Live, MAMI UMAMI is unpredictable. Shows shift between performance art, dancefloor euphoria, improvised jams, and moments of collapse. The duo expands and contracts—sometimes two bodies, sometimes a full-band eruption—inviting the audience into a space where structure dissolves and participation becomes unavoidable.

* in a collaboration with Sustainable Punk