Kelela - New Avatar Live

Kelela at O2 Academy Brixton

Kelela Mizanekristos, known as Kelela, is an American singer whose work moves between electronic music and alternative R&B. Active since 2011, the artist released the mixtape Cut 4 Me in 2013, the Hallucinogen EP in 2015 and the debut album Take Me Apart in 2017 on Warp. A second album, Raven, followed in 2023, and its remix companion RAVE:N, The Remixes, in 2024.

The concert is built around new avatar, described as the third album, on which the singer and songwriter uses the guitar to question the boundaries between R&B, rock, indie and electronic music. The songs deal with lived experience, resistance, misogynoir and romantic tension, and the production is intended to prompt a wider rethink of alternative music. The 2025 live album In The Blue Light, which reached the Contemporary Jazz and Jazz charts, shows another side of the artist's work.

The concert takes place at O2 Academy Brixton, a London venue that hosts concerts and shows. The evening suits listeners already familiar with Kelela's recordings, as well as those interested in alternative R&B and electronic music that addresses social themes directly.