LEAH KARDOS

Hounds Of Love 40th Birthday Celebration - 16 Sept 2025

I'm excited about this! A belated book launch and celebration happening at The Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury on Tuesday 16th Sept, the actual 40th anniversary of the release of Kate Bush’s masterpiece Hounds Of Love.

It’ll be a listening party with deep Bush chat (!) PLUS an exhibition of Kate Bush-inspired pieces by the WONDERFUL Ukrainian artist Daria Hlazatova

Will I see you there, wearing purple?

Tickets available here: https://wegottickets.com/event/671633/


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A Memory Hole

I called this piece ‘A Memory Hole’ because I feel like I completely zoned out and went to some other mindspace while working on it.

The loop came from the piano part of ‘Open Again Eventually’ (from 2020’s Bird Rib) and I used SLATE+ASH's Cycles software to make it performative and malleable. From there all I remember is a dreamy blur of sound unspooling, running forwards and backwards… I must have I sat there staring out the window listening to these loops for hours and hours. Through the swirl of notes I felt like I could hear melodies and harmonic footings suggesting themselves, so I picked those out with some gentle overdubs.

This is part of Perceptions, Vol. 6, from Bigo & Twigetti- the full compilation drops July 4.

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Elizabeth Price's 'Here We Are' at the Liverpool Biennial

Tonight the Liverpool Biennial opens, and I've been working with Turner prize-winning artist Elizabeth Price on her new film Here We Are for the past 9 months. It's running at the Black-E venue, 1 Great George St - if anyone is in town, you should check it out!

And I'm extra pleased to see Jonathan Jones at The Guardian declare the piece "best of the Biennial"!


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Audiobook is out now!

Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love is now available to listen to on Spotify and Audible!
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Interview with Mattea Roach for CBC Bookends

Out of all of the interviews I've done about the book, this one was probably the most fun.

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I don't know why I'm crying...

… am I suspended in gaffa?


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TFW you're the only one who dressed up for the Young Americans panel at Dublin Bowie Fest

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