An innovative, expressive experimental musician and producer, Katie Gately unites technique with emotion in thrilling ways. In her own work and her collaborations with Björk, Zola Jesus, and serpentwithfeet, Gately uses a plethora of computer programs to mutate her voice and found sounds into dense aural constructions ranging from abrasive industrial collages to playful, abstract pop. Early works such as 2013's sprawling vocal collage Pipes already displayed Gately's knack for juxtaposing mischievous details with washes of sound, while 2016's Color brought the whimsy and melody of her style to the fore. The vividly personal turn of Gately's early-2020s work showed just how powerfully she could tell stories and evoke moods: She captured the cataclysmic feelings of loss her mother's death engendered with 2020's heaving, fractured 2020's Loom, and transformed the intense highs and lows of pregnancy and early parenthood into the wild contrasts of 2023's Fawn/Brute.