Church in Session #18: Nadja & Dominik Bucher

Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff, formed in Toronto in 2005, but currently based in Berlin, Germany. The duo makes music which has been described as ambient doom, dreamsludge, or metalgaze. Over their nearly two decade long career, Nadja has established a unique and signature sound which combines the atmospheric textures of shoegaze and ambient or electronic music with the heaviness, density, and volume of metal, noise, and industrial.

The duo has toured extensively around the world—including performances at such festivals as SXSW, FIMAV, Roadburn, Donaufest, Le Guess Who, Incubate, and Unsound—and has shared stages with artists like Earth, OM, Ben Frost, Tim Hecker, Khanate, Neurosis, and Godflesh. 

Nadja has released numerous albums on many respected underground labels—including Alien8 Recordings, Daymare Records, Southern Lord, Hydrahead Records, Gizeh Records, and Important Records—and their own imprint, Broken Spine Productions.

Nadja: Instagram

Dominik Bucher is a Berlin based sound-artist. Three amplifiers and the electric guitar create an intense, building sound structure. This „soundattack“ is a hypnotic soundscape in which repetitive patterns and intense layers of sound develop into a constantly changing listening environment.

Dominik Bucher: Instagram