MAMI UMAMI

MAMI UMAMI exists in the tension between control and chaos. Risen from Sweden's cold, raw underground, the project channels resistance through dance, jazz-touched pop melodies that clash with distorted hip-hop drums and 808s, driving beats and performances that blur the line between concert and confrontation. They transform the dance floor into something that's been left out too long – warm, waiting, impossible to ignore, like your mami's voice echoing from another room.

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

Live, MAMI UMAMI is unpredictable. The performances shift between performance art, dance floor euphoria, improvised jams, and moments of collapse. The duo expands and contracts – sometimes two bodies, sometimes a full band outbreak – inviting the audience into a space where structure dissolves and participation becomes inevitable.

Their upcoming EP is made for movement but charged with direction. It flows seamlessly across genres and tempos, dissecting modern capitalistic life through the eyes of two young adults, oscillating between routine, escape, and subdued revolt. Shaped by Malmö's narrow yet expansive cultural landscape, the EP depicts the present as an open prison – where freedom feels within reach but always surveilled.

MAMI UMAMI offers no solutions. They create pressure, friction, and release – and let the dance floor decide what happens next.

”Fuck you and everything you stand for.”

MAMI UMAMI