How's Life Loma Doom?

Loma Doom is a masterful selector, weaving together dark world music rhythms, moody psychedelia, light-headed folk and slick electronica. From her many radio residencies and guestmixes to performances in white cubes or black boxes, you are invited to a gifted mind seeking the outliers, one that avoids linearity, towards a space where intuition and understanding meet. Time to get to know her a little bit better in our How’s Life? series.
How did you get into music?  There was always music around me growing up. I think I got my first small record player (that only played 7” records) when I was 5 or 6. My dad was always playing jazz records  (and some disco) and playing instruments. My mom was always singing. So I was fed a very  steady diet of jazz greats like Mingus, Coltrane and Blakey. And then naturally at some point  I started rebelling by listening to hardcore punk. Which really pissed my dad off. =) But it took me a long time to find my own voice in playing and now also producing music. Of  course because of that damned imposter syndrome. It was the flight of online radio that  allowed me to set the conditions of what I wanted my sound to be. It set a slow pace of  developing skills and growing in confidence. So shout out to all independent radio stations  for giving artists like me such a nurturing environment. Favourite record to play in front of a crowd at the moment?  ‘The Key To The Exit’ by Deena Abdelwahed  What was that one album your parents used to play?   I vividly remember them dancing together in the living room to Roberta Flack’s ‘No Tears’. Any tips for beginners?  ‘Listen to the sound of the earth turning.’Yoko Ono (1963) Everybody has its guilty pleasure, what’s yours?  I only believe in pleasures. Why would anyone feel guilty about enjoying a song or a piece of  music? What’s the number one thing on your bucket list?  To play a very long set in a desert at dawn.To go to Japan.To finally start on my album. With which artist would you like to collaborate someday?  Oof. There are so many. I have some incredibly talented friends I would love to collaborate with, from NÂR to Elena Colombi and which I’m sure will happen at one point. But if you ever  bump into Kim Gordon, please give her my number. And I truly wish I could have met  Pauline Oliveros.