With an overall disregard for musical genre divisions, she fuses field recordings, acoustic instruments, and atmospheric ambience into harmonious noise and harsh ritualistic rhythms as means to utilise sound and music as tools for storytelling. Combining her practice of music with her studies in psychology, Utku's works draw inspiration from the human condition, Jungian psychology, mysticism, and folklore.

In August 2018 the Şeb-i Yelda EP was released by Karlrecords, which presented Utku (as R.A.N.) with an evolved sound and strong theme to a wide audience. Following the international success of her EP, she released her debut full-length album Gnosis (Karlrecords) under her own name in July 2019. This release gained Utku recognition for her unique approach of creating sonic story plots by merging concepts with experiments in electronic music.

Since 2016, she has presented her work and performed across Europe and the Middle East. In 2021, Utku was selected as a SHAPE (Sound, Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe) artist, and  is currently preparing to release her new album via Editions Mego.

  • Gnosis, by Hüma Utku

  • Gnosis, by Hüma Utku