Ale Hop
Ale Hop. Photo courtesy of the Artist.
Ale Hop is the moniker of artist, researcher, and experimental multi-instrumentalist Alejandra Cárdenas.
Beginning her career in the 2000s underground scene of Lima and now based in Berlin, Cárdenas has developed a complex repertoire of unorthodox guitar techniques, psychedelic drones, and visceral live performances. Her approach to the subjects on her albums is deeply studious, constantly shaped by her background as an interdisciplinary researcher. Cárdenas holds a BA in Art History, a Master's in Sound Studies, Postgraduate Degree in History of Science and Technology, and is currently pursuing a PhD at Berlin University of Arts. She has edited two volumes of the publication Border-Listening/Escucha-Liminal on decolonial, non-western perspectives on sound and listening, and is co-founder of the Berlin-based festival Radical Sounds Latin America.
