{"id":14273,"date":"2026-06-02T11:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/?page_id=14273"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:56:10","slug":"sam-karugu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/en\/guest-composers\/guest-composers-2027\/sam-karugu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Karugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"w-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"mb-4 font-light font-text-font text-large-text leading-large-text md:mb-10\">At EMS May 3&ndash;23, 2027<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"richtext w-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Sam-Karugu-beskuren-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Sam-Karugu-beskuren-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Sam-Karugu-beskuren-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Sam-Karugu-beskuren-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Sam-Karugu-beskuren-1536x894.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Sam-Karugu-beskuren-2048x1192.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"w-constrained richtext\"><external-link-icon>\n<p>Sam Karugu is a\u00a0Kenyan, Nairobi\/Kampala-based musician, audio artist and filmmaker. 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