Her critically acclaimed debut album Gramarye was nominated for Best Independent Album at the AIM Independent Music Awards and shortlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2025. Her debut EP Angelica received Best Independent EP at the AIM Independent Music Awards in 2022, establishing her as a distinctive voice within contemporary electronic and pop music. In 2022, she was named BBC Radio 1 Dance Artist of the Year, and in 2024 was nominated for Best Breakthrough Producer at the DJ Mag Best of British Awards.
Selected presentations and performances include States of Love and Collapse with the Serpentine Gallery (2026); heavenrise (live) at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (2024); TAAHLIAH with the London Contemporary Orchestra at the Southbank Centre (2022); alongside appearances at the Barbican Centre, Sónar, Glastonbury, and Berghain, among others. Her interdisciplinary works have also been exhibited at the V&A and the National Library of Scotland.
Her collaborations have spanned the worlds of contemporary music, orchestration, and pop culture, including projects with London Contemporary Orchestra, Blood Orange, Purity Ring, English Teacher, Lyra Pramuk, and Loraine James. She has previously guest-presented on BBC Radio 6 Music and hosts her own radio show Fe’rever Forever on foundation.fm.
Alongside her artistic practice, Simumba has cultivated a parallel path in advocacy, programming, and curation. She has held roles at the Scottish Queer International Film Festival and Africa in Motion Film Festival, and currently works at the British Film Institute, contributing to institutional approaches to inclusion and accessibility.
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Education
Glasgow School of Art
BA (Hons) Painting & Printmaking
2021
Universität der Künste Berlin
Performance & Sound
2019
Solo Shows
A star that burns forever is a star that burns in me
Glasgow International
Glasgow, Scotland
2026
Group Shows
move/003
180 The Strand
London, England
2024
Passions
National Library of Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
2022
Tay Late: And the Beat Goes On
V&A
Dundee, Scotland
2021
Representation
untitled (recs)
primary talent (uk and eu)
united talent (usa)